Sixty five locomotives ordered to boost Southwest lines
Columbus December 18 orders have been placed for sixty five locomotives for the Pennsylvania Southwest. Forty will join the equipment and the rest replace worn out engines. Some will be built at Altoona shops, others at outside shops. Snow and cold forced yard congestion and reduced train tonnage, while additional motive power is being rushed to clear sidings and handle belated cars.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Southwest
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Nickel Plate Railroad
Wabash
Paul Bisler
James McDonald
East Cat Shops
George G. Dudenhofer
Mime Nepper
East Car Shops
EB. J. Gebhart
Wabash Railroad
West Unity
Repairing an Old Break at Penn All Tou House
An opening in the rear of the Penn all Tou house will be closed today as a gang begins work this morning. A coal train ser eon fell in earlier, during engine removal from the house. Repairs were delayed by plans for a new round house and cold weather now forces closure to protect workers, with the aperture to be secured soon.
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Jacobs’ Music House
Weber, Kranich & Bach
Raymond, Ebersole
Lindeman
Shhoamninger
Haines & Co
Schenffer, Smitt & Barnes
Marshall & Mendeil
Gur'stare
Forest, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
O. T. Peterson
Filmer
C. i. Stemen
C. Sutemeyer
Pennsylvania
James Pauley
William Haas
Pennall Tou House
Hous
Inspectors and department meeting at Master Car Builder office
A Monday night meeting for car inspectors and department heads is set at Master Car Builder Graham’s office to review work rules and current methods. The event aims to aid workers in the department and improve shop efficiency. Five men, John Collins, O M Ford, K M Patt, J C Haas, and C F Hietzeman, were assigned to laboring work in the round house yesterday.
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Graham
Pennsylvania
Hertofore
Round House
John Collins
O. M. Ford
K. m. Patt
J. C. Haas
C. F. Hietzeman
Joint line planned to connect Niles and Ravenna by Pennsylvanian and B&O
The Pennsylvania Company and the Baltimore and Ohio have agreed on a joint line from Niles Ohio to Ravenna creating a south of present routes. A double track will be built under B&O direction with shared costs. The new line shortens Pittsburgh to Cleveland travel by several miles and gives Pennsylvanian a direct route from Youngstown to Cleveland enhancing competition with competing lines. The old line remains active to serve traffic from nearby branches and towns.
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Pittsburg Post
Pennsylvania Cmpany
Baltimore & Ohio
Grann Niles, O
Lavenna
Pittsburg
Cleveland & Toledo
Battimore & Ohio
Bennsylvania Hes
Ohio
Pennsylvankt
Cleveland
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Niles
Ashtabuli
Fort i Wayne
de Forest Junction
Ins
Ravenna
Raventa
Treverma
Pittsburg & Western
Pennylvania Company
Pennsylvania
Alliance
Niles & Ashuibula
Fort Warne
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Reuven
Tultimere & Ohin
Warren
Leavittsburg
Pittsbucs
Painesville & Fairport
Lake
Newton Falls
McClintocksburg
Thomas Smith
di May
Plymouth
West Jefferson Street
T. S. Ogier
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cambridge
Ogier
Pennnsylvania
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Here
Storn
Windy City
Morret
James Leitch
Henry Mennewisch
West End
Stony Island
George W. Smith
Wabash Shong
Peru
M. Moore
Pennsylvania Lines
The Sabbath of the Year A Silent Sermon in Autumn
A long excerpt describes a preacher in autumn delivering a somber sermon on mortality. The text blends reverence with lament, portraying Death as a minister and the wind and organ as instruments guiding a communal moment of penitence. The seasonal imagery underscores the theme of life’s transience and the closing of the year.
Old Ballad Fragments and Christmas Bargains Across Town
A mix of medieval verse fragments including Lord Randal and The Seven Daughters of Orlamonde, followed by local ads noting skates half price at Koehlinger & Baur and Koehlinger & Bann, jewelry at Voirol, and watches at Stanko & Nussbaum, Calhoun Street. The page blends literary snippets with holiday shopping notices and store promotions.
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Koehlinger & Baur’s
East Columbia Street
Koehlinger & Baur's
East Columbia Istreet
Koehlinger & Bann's
East Columbia
Christmas Flour Ad from City Mills Offering Tresselts Flour
Old Santa keeps busy hauling flour from home mill. City Mills advocates Trasnek’s Silver Dollar and Hungarian Process Flour for Christmas baking. Wording urges asking grocer for Tresselts Flour, a home product, and warranted by the mill.
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City Mills
Trasnek
Umbrella Sale Slashes Prices Ahead of Christmas
Feldman’s Umbrella Store on Calhoun Street advertises deep discounts on ladies and gents umbrellas with prices cut from 75 dollars to 9 dollars and from 4 to 2.50 for various lines. A new line of colored umbrellas with fancy handles is offered at 1.65, with goods described as silk and ornamented in black and color.
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Tadies
Feldman's
Calhoun St
Opp
Cathedral
YWCA Meal Times At West Berry Street Facility
The Young Woman's Christian Association lists meals for women at 31 and 53 West Berry Street. Breakfast runs 7:80 to 8:20, Dinner 1:80 to 1:30, Supper 6:39 to 7:00.
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West Berry Street
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Pateates
GEO. Jacobs Music House
Southwest
Sonal and General Railroad Notes
Bass Foundry
Elorth
Pennsylvania Company
Nickel Plate
Mansfield
Bar Szink
Hammersmith
Fred Ranney
Armamaster Wells
Ramsey
Himes
F. Reardon
Lord Randal
Randal
Bert
Orlamonde
Orlamonne
Maurice Maeterlinck
The
Voirol's
Stanko & Nussbaum’s
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne Trust Co
C. Tresselt. & Sons
Exmas Umbrella
M. F. Noll
Lafayette and
Jefferson
Young Woman’s Christian Association
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