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March events

  • March 7 The Winona Interurban Electric Railway ( Indiana )is forced by its major creditor to begin operations on Sundays, a move resisted by its Sabbatarian founders, including H.J. Heinz and J. M. Studebaker.



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November events

  • November 1 “Golden” spike ceremony on the Western Pacific. As no company officials were present, the local track foreman drove the last spike, the track crew shouted “Hooray!” and two women walking by with their children kissed each other.

  • November 10 - Louis Brennan successfully demonstrates his Gyroscopically -balanced Monorail system, which he designed for military use and patented in 1903, at Gillingham , England .



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