Local Hero Boy

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This is a cute story about a local boy that appeared in an 1884 Baltimore MD newspaper called "Der Deutsche Correspondent." For those who don't read German, here's the translation:

Seven-year-old George Jones seems to have his heart in the right place. He lives near Cavittsville, Penna. The bright little fellow was on his way to school when, walking along the track, he made the discovery that a mass of rocks had fallen and blocked the track. First, he tried to remove the obstacle, but his strength was insufficient, and he then made a decision which one would not have believed such a young boy to be capable of. He hurried a distance along the track in the direction from which the next train was to be expected, and when it rushed along, he waved his cap and his handkerchief until the engine driver stopped the engine. Great misfortune was thus prevented, and the Superintendent sent the good boy a check for $35.