Trains Cut on Lake Shore Lines in Time Card Change
Eighteen passenger trains will be removed from main lines and Lake Shore branches as a new time card takes effect Sunday between Buffalo and Chicago. Elkhart Toledo No 155 to be discontinued, others reduced. passenger mileage drops by about 100000 miles monthly. Changes include No 16 timing shifts, the Sunday Grand Rapids to Elkhart accommodation halted, and the Twentieth Century Limited No 26 arriving earlier at Elkhart.
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Lake’ Shore Road
B Affalo
Chicago
Elkhart
Elkhart-Toledo
Toledo
Grand Rapids
Eikhart
Twentieth Century Limited
FE ¥Khart
Cas
A. Tule
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Buffalo
Railroads Trim Passenger Service Across Big Four Area
Railroads cut passenger mileage as lines including the Big Four reduce trains 17 and 14 on Indianapolis to Cleveland and 24 and 41 on Columbus to Gallien. Train 18 sleeper from Indianapolis to Buffalo reportedly removed. Big Four reduction about 70 000 miles monthly. Pennsylvania began schedule trimming January.
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Linke Shore
We Linke Shore
Wwe Reeds
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
Cleveland-Pittsburg
Lake Shore Car Robbers Hit With Heavy Fines
Police arrest James O Neil and John Larovich of Nottingham Ohio after a hat amid a last car break leads to charges. Detectives seize 500 dollars worth of goods at Larovich’s home believed stolen from lake shore cars. Larovich fined 25 dollars and O Neil bound over to the grand jury.
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Lake Shore
Lake ‘Shore
James O'Neil
John Tlarvovich
Nottingham
Scap
Clevelanda
Levovich
Larovich
O'Neil
Garrett workers face reduced hours during hard times
In Garrett the last ten days have brought widespread lay offs and reduced shifts for railroad workers. Firemen and conductors talk of drawing less pay, with some predicting as little as 26 to 28 dollars per day while others work six and a half to eight hours.
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Garrett
Pennsylvania Officials Eye Schedule Change For Lake Shore Train
Officials expect rival Pennsylvania line to cut the Twenty First Century Limited time, hoping to lengthen the Lake Shore flyers. Despite futile talks, the shortened Pennsylvania schedule drew business from the Lake Shore, raising questions whether the move will restore lost traffic.
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Pennsy
Pennsylvania
Lake Shore
Chicago
New York
St Paul Road to Open Milwaukee Line to Seattle
The St Paul route extension announced by Jo Miller, Milwaukee and St Paul, will start January 13 with Marmaih North Dakota service and between Harlowton and Musselshell Montana. Trains may reach St Paul to Butte by May or June with construction finishing by mid February and Seattle target in 149.
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ST. Paul
Montana
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
AL Miller
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Marmaih
N. D
Bowman
N.D
Harlowton
Musselshell Moat
Butte
Lena Rivers troupe stalled by canceled Lake Shore train
The Lena Rivers theatrical company, booked for Bucklen theater in Fort Wayne tomorrow, is stranded after the Lake Shore Sunday morning passenger train to Fort Wayne was canceled. The manager, facing high travel costs, demands fulfillment of the contract and transport to Fort Wayne next Sunday morning.
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Lake Shore
Fr. Wayne
Lena #ivers
Bucklen Theater
Ft. Wayne
Mornog
Record Railcar Production Tops All Time High in 1907
Railroad Gazette statistics show 289,645 railroad cars built in the United States and Canada in the previous year. About 50,000 were passenger cars, the rest freight. Locomotive output exceeded 7,000 engines at a higher average cost. Combined industry business near 477.6 million dollars.
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Railroad Gazette
United States
Canada
Southern Railroad Cuts Salaries of Officials
President Winlay of the Southern Railroad announces a 10 percent salary reduction for the president, vice presidents, and general officers and their office staff due to falling business and decreased revenues, effective February 1, 1968.
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Southern Railroad
Winlay
The
T He
Ice
Wicer
Askers Seek Major Pullman Berth Rate Reductions
George S Loftus of St Paul with Bewater La Fondlette presented a petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission on Tuesday. They ask a 25 percent cut in lower Pullman berth rates and to set upper berths at half the lower rate for all interstate travel nationwide.
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George’ 'S
Loftus
St. Paul
Bewater
la Fondlette
Srea Commission
Pullman Sousa
Trains Found Dead Front Freight Car Mystery
A freight car was found on the Terre river road near Pillsburg Pennsylvania with a dead pan of iron work, indicating a crash or malfunction. Investigators search the scene for clues as to cause and next steps.
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Ixramer
H. Falrona
Lake Shore gravity yard project at Miller Station cost estimate
Estimate sets the probable cost of the new Lake Shore gravity yards at Miller Station at five hundred thousand dollars. The figure anchors project budgeting and funding discussions for the proposed site improvements.
Railroads Followed Plan to Annull Passenger Schedules
The report notes Pennsylvania Grand Rapids Indiana and other railroads adhering to a plan to annul a number of passenger schedules.
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Pennsylvania
Grand Rapa
Indiana
Uns
Modification of Rule 221 Applies to Train Signals
Today the transportation department announced a modification to Rule 221. If a signal is not displayed at the night office, trains not notified must stop and report to the superintendent's office at the first telegraph station. The report will now go to the superintendent at the next regular stop instead of the next telegraph office.
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the Transportation ‘Department
Robison Returns to Work in Master Mechanic Office
R H Robinson a clerk in Master Mechanic Foster's office who had been ill for four weeks returned to his duties this morning He has served longer than any other employee in the master mechanic's office.
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R. H. Robinson
Foster
Mr. Robinson
Master Mechanic’s
Force
Siding project advances toward Lake Shore yards link
Work on a second sidetrack from the Lake Shore yards to the 18idwinyv finctory in the Wliston addition progressed yesterday. The siding already exists with one track installed, and plans call for a third track to be added later.
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Lake Shore
Wliston
Foreman Miller Severs Injury. Expected Back Soon
Foreman W. G. Miller of the night shift brake force sustained a severe injury to his right instep Saturday night. He is still at a hospital but expects to report for duty within a few days.
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W. G. Miller
Nigné Nior
Indianapolis man enjoys new post as Dig Four shores superintendent
The text notes a resident who takes pride in his new position as superintendent of the Dig Four shores at Beach Grove and plans occasional visits to Elkhart.
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Indianapolis
Beach Grove
Elkhart
Machinist Returns to Work After Illness
Machinist TE WH Gawmeardner, sick at his home on Jeterson Street for several weeks, returns to work this morning.
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Gawmeardner
Jeterson Street
Railroad Y Ar C A Secretary Beisner Returns From Cleveland
A. Ti. Beisner secretary of the Y M C A railroad in Arkansas came back from Cleveland this morning.
Local workers listed with injuries and illness
Machinist Clinic injured in the shops yesterday is reported doing nicely. Lake Shore Carpenter A. J. Smith is ill at home on Division Street. Fireman N. L. Gurns is seriously ill and shop helper John Phillips is on the sick list.
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Lake Shore
A. J. Smith
Division Street
N. L. Gurns
John Phillips
Sprinkling Plant Moved to Install Murals at McCray
The construction firm that installed a large sprinkler system at the Sidway plant in Elkart today relocated its machinery to Kendallville to install an expensive mural in the McCray Refrigerator factory.
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Construction Company
Sidway Manufacturing
Elk Art
Kendallville
McCray Refrigerator Company
Population trends across Europe and Canada
The text compares European family sizes, noting France has the fewest children with 8.3 per family while Ireland leads with 5.2. England averages 4.8, Spain and Russia near Ireland, and contrasts French Canadians as the most prolific in Christendom.
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Europe
England
Canada
Christendom
Highest lighthouses listed with heights around the world
The article notes several tall lighthouses including Liberty Island at 151 feet beside a 155 foot pedestal, Genoa's tower at 218 feet, and Cape Hatteras light at 189 feet.
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Ar Thoidi Statice of Liberty
Isiarbor
Genoa
Italy
Cape Hatteras
Fragmentary OCR Note Hints at Medical Terms and Dates
Disjointed OCR fragment mentions rupture injury possible hernia terms and a hotel reference. Lacks clear events or names. Reads like a corrupted medical or accident note with scattered phrases including failure to contain coherent action or outcome.
Sale of County Loan Sealed Bids Due February 27 1998
The Auditor of Elkhart County solicits sealed bids by 2 PM Thursday February 27 1998 for the sale of notes totaling $60 000. Each note is $500 and 120 in number with five percent interest issued 1910 to 1915. Denominations and blank bid forms available at the Auditor's Goshen Indiana office. Bids below par will not be considered. Notes non taxable. D C Batchelor Auditor Elkhart County.
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Mikhart
Sikhart County
Tvo
Auditor's Office
Goshen
Indiana
D. C. Batchelor
Elkhare County
Threatened Breakdown Advice Reveals Heart Health Emphasis
A fragment advises that preventives like exercise and rest help avoid heart trouble. It argues steady heart action purifies blood and aids all organs, suggesting simple lifestyle changes over remedies.
Artist's Peculiar Qualifications Spark Public Curiosity
A local feature notes an artist with unusual qualifications and a peculiar habit described as drawing with a botanical and maritime motif. Residents discuss how these eccentric methods reflect the creator's approach and influence on public art displays.
Sunlight Harms Tools in Prolonged Exposure
Report notes that certain tools deteriorate when left in direct sun for extended periods. Observers warn of material fatigue and loss of temper in specific metal and wooden components under heat and UV exposure.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Reader
A grateful woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing severe female ailments after years of doctoring and costly medicines. The letter extols the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and related symptoms. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice.
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Ruly
Lyditiam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Consumption of Matches Watch Person in the United States
A fragment notes watchfulness over the consumption of matches in the United States with vague reference to maiclios cover y.
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United States
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