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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1897
Page
3
The Bre Four Recre plans low rates for Elks members and friends for a reunion meeting. The route covers Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis and surrounding territory with service to Chicago, aiming to accommodate all attendees.
The Bie Four Route offers special Lew Rates for teachers and friends to the Milwaukee meeting July 6 to 9. The Big Four line serves Cincinnati Indianapolis Dayton Springfield Columbus and Chicago with through trains. Great Southern Exposition boosts interest in routes to reach the southern city.
The Y. P B G convention occurs July 7 to 12 in San Francisco. Special low rates will be offered from all points on its system via Chicago St Louis or Peoria. The Die Four run through trains from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St Louis and Peoria and from Cincinnati and Louisville to Chicago. Full information available from nearest agent.
The article touts the “Bie Four Route” used by Boys in Blue for National Encampments. It highlights a low data one cent fare both ways and superior through train service from major cities to Buffalo and nearby hubs with connections to intermedial galats via Cleveland or Toledo and Detroit. Full information is available from agents on request.
The Big Four Route announces at its convention that the Four Route will set a One Fare Round Trip on its system. East through trains to Cincinnati connect with the Q and C and L and N rails at Central Union Depot. North travelers may go via Cincinnati or Louisville. Contact a Big Four Route representative for rates and full information.
The article details the origins of a private Russian auxiliary fleet formed during a war with Turkey, funded by 2 million roubles, later transformed into a state-backed commercial force. It lists ships, routes from Odessa via the Suez Canal to Vladivostok, and the fleet's shift toward aiding Asiatic commerce, Siberian railway material transport, and immigration and convict shipments. It notes ice challenges at Vladivostok and ongoing London Engineering commentary on the fleet's commercial emphasis and British manufacturing ties.
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