Evening star., 1946-12-15
Fifty Years Ago
The mountains of the great Northwest

were just as high half century ago as
they are today
A Wreck Thot which is consider
Wos a Wreck able. "A freight train
of 80 cars loaded
with lumber and shingles going West"
reported The Star on December Q, 1896,
by way of illustration, "got beyond con-
troll on heavy grade east Of the Mullen
tunnel in Montana on the Northern
Pacific road Monday evening and ran
away. Twenty-six cars were scattered
along a distance of miles, where
the engine left the track. Ed Jarbeau,
head brakeman, was thrown down an
embankment and killed" Other
members of the crew were injured seri-
ously. 'It will be 48 hours before the
damage Is repaired" The final verdict
was: "It is the worst wreck ever known
on the Northern Pacific Railway In the
point of damage to track and rolling
stock"
On December 4, 1896, The Star gave
front-page space to an announcement
that: Double
Worming windows are be-
r.. WL:.. ua,. ing placed on the
north and west
fronts Of the Executive Mansion to
better protect the distinguished in
mates from the keen and chilling
blasts that sweep over and around
the historic mansion during the
winter" It was explained also: "The
building is heated by steam throughout,
and In addition there is stove or an
open CRATE In every room, but still the
house was not warm enough" So, "ad-
ditional measures" had to be taken ITO
keep out the cold air." Otherwise. the
presidential family might have been
afflicted with frostbite. Washington
winters in those days were colder than
Washington winters now are.
News about food always has been in
teresting to readers Of The Star. The
issue of the paper for
Menu December S, 1896, con-
eao.,o... tanned these items Of in
formation: Local dealers
are receiving large shipments Of quail
from Southern Missouri this season.
These birds are in splendid condition.
Potomac river fish are still scarce and
are bringing good prices. Florida Spanish
mackeral are plentiful and are shipped
here without being frozen. For q num-
ber Of years poultry dealers have de-
pended on Iowa shippers for grouse,
but this year this bird is scarce in the
State mentioned. Rabbits in Maryland
are often called Charles County pork
because Of the large number Of them
killed in that county. But this season
the upper counties of the State claim the
record for the largest number. In the
local markets rabbits are very plentiful
and are much cheaper than usual"
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DR.. Caroline Brown Winslow, The
Star for December 8, 1896, informed the
public, had died
Women Physicion the night before at
Dies her home, Grant
place. A native Of
Appledore, Kent County. England, she
was born November 10, 1922, and came
to the United States with her parents
as a small child. When graduated from
the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College
and the Western College Of Homeopathy
at Cleveland, she began practice at
Utica, N. Y. The Civil War brought her
to hospital service in Washington. In
1866 she married Austin G. Winslow and
thereafter for nearly 80 years was
one Of the foremost physicians in the
Capital area. The Star said Of her: 'Dr.
Winslow was woman Of rare strength
Of mind and charming personality. Her
philosophy Of life was full OF sunshine"
A friend OF Susan B. Anthony, Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other Lead
ing feminists, she was stalwart be-
lever in the right Of all classes Of citi-
zens to vote.
Quite fog prevailed between the
United States and Great Britain SO
years ago on an
British Resisting issue which does not
quential now. An
editorial In The Star Of December 10,
1896, declared: "The insularity OF the
English people has become proverbial,
but 1t never was suspected that 10
marked . degree Of national narrow
ness could possibly exist as has been
recently developed In the course Of .
discussions In the British periodicals as