To enhance the effect, women sometimes resorted to various white lead compounds. These had the advantage, if you can call it that, of giving the skin a permanent pallor eventually. With the urbanization of America, the proliferation of sedentary jobs, and the growth of leisure time, the emphasis on attractiveness began to change. Most people have seen films of head-on train collisions. The story is an amusing sidelight on America's love affair with the machine.
Locomotives wear out and have to be scrapped.
Unfortunately, he underestimated the power of the explosion when the boilers burst. Two spectators were killed, many injured, and the railroad was in litigation for years. Never again would a railroad stage a train wreck. Watching the event was farmer Joseph Connolly, who saw a potential for a tremendous spectacle if it was done properly. He plowed most of his savings into the attempt and submitted his idea to the Iowa State Fair, who at first were horrified and turned him down.