CHUNKS OF DRY COW MILK USED TO RUN TRAIN FOR 20 MILES
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On April 25, 1924, The United Press reports health commissioner Dr. Herman N. Bundeson* "ran a train over the Rock Island track for twenty miles using for fuel chunks of dry cow milk instead of coal."
The UP says "milk was the only thing fed to the fire" during the length of time of the experiment.
*Herman N. Bundeson (1882-1960) was born in Berlin, Germany & graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in 1909. HNB served as chief health officer for the city of Chicago, Illinois 34 years. He also was president of the American Public Health Association.
SOURCE
"Milk Fed," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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