Miscellany: Music

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In Water Valley. Miss., Henry Brassell and his wife had been listening for 20 years to the "music" of Illinois Central trains hurtling past their house. One day they detected a new sound, rushed out to the tracks, found a split rail over which the express had miraculously passed, flagged the next train, were praised for preventing a sure wreck.

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In Kelso. Wash., Albert Seifert. bank robber, was shot in the back and captured by C. A. Button, bank president, while he was escaping with a sack of silver....

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