Rock Island seeks vast system with Wabash link
Rivalry shapes a potential Rock Island Wabash Lehigh Valley merger to grasp eastern traffic. An inspection team studies converting the Wabash lines to first class, with Lake Shore freight fed through Crissey. If approved, a massive system could rival New York Central and Pennsylvania lines with nearly 12 thousand miles of track across major western, southern, and eastern hubs.
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Rock Island
New York
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Canadian Pacific
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Lehigh Valley
Denver
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Watertown
South Dakota
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Minneapolis
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Texas
Chicago
Philadelphia
Buffalo
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Railway Casualties and Trips Reported in City
Foreman Reed led a bridge inspection tour with the bridge gang on the old road. Philadelphia's Allen Steward, once overseeing Brooks locomotives, visits city on business after a prior crushed foot injury. Yard brakeman Harry Andrews returns to work after a hump accident. Fireman Frank Fashbaugh suffers a bad palm cut from a fall. J P Morgan rode the first eastbound Twentieth Century section from Chicago to New York yesterday afternoon.
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R. H. Reed
Allen B. Steward
Philadelphia
Brooks
Lake Shore
J. P. Morgan
Chicago
New York
F E & Western Engine 3522 Ready After Major Repairs
The F E Western engine 3522 finished in local shops today after heavy repairs and will head to Libson to F H Reagan the new master mechanic. Reagan replaces Collinwood assistant shop superintendent B Kuhn formerly general foreman of locomotive shops. Garden Hose 714c at Turnock's. The Truth contains all the news.
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Fuuakerie & Western
Libson
F. H. Reagan
Mir. Reagan
Collinwood
B. ¥. Kuhn
Lake Shore Shops to Install Safety Devices
Deputy factory inspector Peter Kline of South Bend visited Lake Shore shops and recommended immediate safety upgrades in the machine shop carpenter and boiler shops. Shields or guards will be added to saws gears and other dangerous points to prevent injuries.
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Peter Kline
South Bend
Lake Shore
Michigan section men end strike after wage compromise
The Michigan division section men resume work after a settlement between the Big Four agent G A Henry, and the company. An advance in wages was granted, though not as much as demanded, and both sides express relief at an easy resolution.
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G. A. Henry
Big Four
Michigan
Photograph of ancient Corliss engine at Lake Shore shops
A Chicago representative visited the Lake Shore shops yesterday and photographed the old stationary Corliss engine installed in 1870. The engine has remained in constant operation with two brief outages, one in 1890 and another in 1909, serving as a direct driver in the work of the shops.
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Chicago
Lake Shore
Corliss
Baseball scores from multiple leagues and games
National League results include Chicago 3 Brooklyn 2 in ten innings and Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 6 New York 10 St Louis 5 Philadelphia 2. American League games show Philadelphia 4 Chicago 2 and Washington 4 Cleveland 3 New York 6 St Louis 3. Central League notes Fort Wayne 5 Wheeling 6 and Grand Rapids 5 Evansville 4 in 12 innings. Payton 2 2 Zanesville 1 1 South Bend 1 8 Terre Haute 6 2 in ten innings second game. Boston Detroit rain.
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Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
L . Pet
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston A
Washington
Fort Wayne
Grand Rapids
South Bend
Nbc
Terre Haute
Dayton
Wheeling Pe
Zanesville
Evansville
Pittsburgh
Schedule highlights from major league matchups
Brooklyn at Chicago. Boston at Pittsburg. New York at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Chicago at Philadelphia. Cleveland at Washington. St. Louis at New York. Detroit at Boston.
Classified items add mix of jobs and notices
Classified section lists WANTED bookkeeper Elkhart Motor Car Co. tf LOST ladies gold watch with engraved name between Goshen and Elkhart finder to office reward. 20 WANTED road cart William Sorvier SY9 H chevy street 24 FOR SALE steel Detroit launch cottage for rent at Klinger Lake season Mrs J R Cook Sturgis Mich 2b WANTED brass moulder 1315 West Franklin Williams Brass Foundry 21
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Goshen
Elkhart
William Sorvier
Chevy Street
Detroit
Klinger Lake
J. R. Cook
Sturgis
Mich
West
Franklin Street
Williams Brass Foundry
Norwegian Athletic Club Wins Tug of War in Brooklyn
Sixteen members of the Norwegian Athletic club of Chicago returned from Brooklyn after defeating the Brooklyn Athletic club in their annual tug of war. I Wold led the team with Con Magnuson as anchor, and the trophy, a $1590 engraved cup, was shown on arrival. The Chicago club achieved its first win over Brooklyn in fifteen years at Prospect Park on Saturday night.
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Norwegian Athletic
Norwegian Athletic Club of
Chicago
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Athletic Club
Louis Anderson
Elkhart Brass Company
I. Wold
Con. Magnuson
Prospect Ali
Board of Works to widen Benham Street in Goshen
The Board of Public Works decides to widen Benham Street from 50 to 60 feet. A hearing date of June 6 is set for remonstrances against the East Jackson sewer project through communicating streets. Goshen and Elkhart high school baseball clubs will play at Driving Park tomorrow at 2 PM, renewing a storied rivalry.
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Board OF Works
Benham Street
Board of Public Works
East Jackson
Communicating Streets
Goshen
Elkhart
Elkhart High Track Team Skips State Meet
Prof. Bobbitt said this morning that the Elkhart High School track team will not participate in the state meet.
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Bobbitt
Elkhart
For Sale In Willowdale House With Yard Inquiries
For sale in Willowdale a sense room house with city water in yard and fruit trees. Close to factories and a potential good return. Price asked is 1100 dollars. Inquiries at 1218 Locust Avenue.
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Willowdale
Locust Avenue
Tree Surgery Pruning and Spraying Offered
O. H. Sweitzer's Grocery at Main and Jefferson accepts orders for pruning and spraying trees. Contact O. Z. Hall at 1426 Calumet Street for services.
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O. H. Sweitzer
Main and
Jefferson Streets
O. Z. Hall
Calumet St
Railroad personals roam city on business
Railway officials Roederer and Pepper are in town on business while Leo Baren, a chief clerk, visits Chicago on a trip. Skin sufferers urged to try D D D Prescription claiming quick relief from itching with a 25 cent bottle. Houseworth Bros. druggists endorse the remedy.
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Joe Pepper
Big Four
Leo Baren
Chicago
D. D.D
Houseworth Bros. Druggists
Crystal This Week Promises Top Acrobatic Show
Swain and Osterman the comedy acrobats deliver a standout act at the Crystal this week. They are noted as the best pair of acrobats seen in the city and carry their own scenery, promising a memorable entertainment. The same issue advertises a downtown office stenographer position with easy hours and good pay.
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Care Truth
Swain and
Osterman
the Crystal
Coler
Evans Captured After Long Pursuit In City
Police capture Evans after a long chase across fields and a chicken coop shelter. He is bound over to the superior court on 1600 dollars bond for assault and other charges. Castetter testifies or remains silent as proceedings proceed.
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Abe Pearce
Hhand
Pearce
Northrop
Les
Superior Court
Castetter
Joseph Bell
Etta
Julia
Clauda Lee
Te Vumount
Tourist transport choices in London cited against Swiss tourism revenue
The article notes London offers numerous transport options with omnibuses hansoms and four wheelers to meet visitors needs while Switzerland earns over 25 million dollars annually from tourism. It contrasts local hours and care with broad tourist mobility and revenue.
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London
Life Insurance Growth In Japan Surpasses Forty Firms
Life insurance has made great progress in Japan with forty two companies already operating there, nearly a quarter as many as in England. The note highlights rapid expansion and international comparison in the industry.
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Life Insurance
Japan
England
Self made claims meet quiet resistance in Louisville
Readers critique a local figure who touts his craft yet withholds the blueprint and working plan. The piece notes fatigue with hearing the trick and questions the spread of his recipe to all encounters. It preserves a measured, cautioned tone from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Slick
Fatigue Tests in Austrian Military Training
Austrian musketry school tested fatigue effects on shooting by sending a 50 man cyclist detachment over 65 miles in eight hours into a head wind. They fired ten rounds before and after, hitting 40 of 19 figures before and 38 of 16 figures after, while skirmishing at five hundred paces.
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Austria
Austrian School of Musketry
Magnetic magnets guard grain from flour mill explosions
A large melting concern installed electro magnets over the grain path to remove iron particles before milling. The magnets capture nails and other iron fragments in the grain, preventing sparks that could ignite the fine pulverized flour in mills and breweries.
London Meeting Debunks Radium Cancer Claims
At a Royal Society of Medicine gathering in London a warning was issued against reckless radium use. Even praised cancer treatment effects were sharply criticised as unsafe and unproven.
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Royal Society
London
Market Review Across Cities May Prices Show Hogs and Cattle Moves
Chicago and Indianapolis report mixed livestock pricing with hogs $9.75 in both cities and cattle around $7.90 in Indianapolis and $9.75 in Chicago. Sheep range $6 to $6.10, lambs near $8.50 to $9.05, while grain quotes place wheat around $1.09 to $1.14, corn 62 cents, oats 40.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Sun loses vast water daily to the sky
The surface of the world is arid, with the sun evaporating about six thousand cubic tons of water per year. Turnock's advertises 41.50 roller skates for 49 cents and lawn mowers at 2.88.
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Turnock’s
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