Mid-Week Excursions Urged by the Railroads
Eastern railroads led by Pennsylvania and Nickel Plate plan midweek excursions to relieve Sunday car congestion. Fort Wayne agents report schedules aiming for Thursday departures with round trips to Cleveland and the Falls, pricing around 7.50. Notices also mention staff changes, hospital stays, and local business ads amid the excursion push.
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Pennsylvania
The
Nickel Plate
F. P. Parnin
Fort Wayne
Transportation Department
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Bettsin
Falls
GONIER NEWS SNIPPETS OF SUMMER VISITS AND MOVEMENTS
Mies Gola Baker visits her aunt in Gonier while spending summer vacation. Mrs A B Bedewick of Greveland visits her parents. Mis Clara McNutt travels in Michigan for a few days. Dr A J Stiver buys a retail business in Indianapolis and will move. Homer joins his hostess in Fort Wayne for summer work. Ackerman and Ira Rose return from Howe Military School Lima. Miss Queta Allen of Bloomington visits Mrs W C Palmer. Miss Ruth Mier returns to Kinery after extended east and south trip. George Woodruff visits his mother. Kuhne and Co advertise loaning on improved real estate at low rates.
Tramps Targeted by Police Across Pennsylvania Route
Special Agent Stewart of the C and QO Police says tramps in yards are raided amid drunken disorders. Captain H C Stoll notes persistent vigilance keeps vagrants moving. Lack of penalties for vagrancy spurs assemblies. cabooses are rifled in yards daily. The road fraternity fears jail on the Pennsylvania route more than Peru detention.
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Stewart
The
C. & QO. Police Department
Reid
H.C. Stoll
Pennsylvania Police
Pennsylvania
Peru
WABASH RULING ON DRAWBARS FOR TRAINS
A new Wabash rule requires monthly bulletins after July 1 listing the number of drawbars pulled on trains. The aim is to reduce careless coupling and prevent cars pulling apart in Fort Wayne yard operations, with damage often found only during switching.
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Fort Wayne
Annual Meeting of c and 9 Indiana Subsidiary at Peru
The Indiana subsidiary of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway held its annual stockholders meeting at Peru headquarter with President George Stavers Vice-President Decatur Axtell and other officials present. The session, required by law to be held at state offices, discussed yard operations and the town of Silver Grove improvements on the Ohio River near Newport, including plans to build homes for shop workers.
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Indiana
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Lovalhead
Peru
George Stavers
Decatur Axtell
GB Wall
Grice
G. P Stereno
Altér
Silver Grove
Ohio River
Newport
Trainmen Will Entertain President With Wreck Show
A Independence Day event in Indianapolis features a head on collision between two giant locomotives on display. Organized by the Associated Brotherhoods of Railway Men in Train Service, the spectacle aims to entertain President Taft who has accepted the invitation. Locomotives are already sent to the fairgrounds and repainted. Plans for a new C and C schedule include the F. F. V. flyer route from Chicago to Cincinnati via Peru, starting at $9, with travel time about seven and a half hours, pausing at Richmond, Muncie, Marion and Peru.
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J. L. Taylor
Peru
Indianapolis
Associated Brotherhoods of Railway
Preaigent ‘Taft
Fair Grounds
Chicago
Cincinnati
Richmond
Munele
Marion
South Whitley notes and local visits move forward
June 28 item recalls Mrs. Van Culler ill at home in South Whitley while Mrs. Helen Hughes and Miss Leona McConnell travel to Valparaiso for summer normal. Mrs. Graham Davies of Indianapolis visits parents Mr and Mrs George Foster then to Fort Wayne with Clyde Dreisbach family. Mrs Fetter and Mr Charles Fetter ride to Columbia City. South Whitley Hoop Company advances after overhaul, promising improvement. Mrs Johnson visits Wabash with Mrs Sadie Atkins of Chester Pennsylvania.
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Reilly
Misa
Grace
Lencontér
Ain
Wabash
Mire
South Tey'in
Welcomshie
South Whitley Hoop Company
Albertson
South Whitley
Ind
van Culler
Helen Hughes
Leona McConnell
Valparaiso
Graham Davies
George Foster
Fort Wayne
Clyde Dreisbach
Birs. Dreisbach
Devies
CG M.greham
Columbia City
Charles Fetter
Johnson
Wee Friends
Sadie Atkins
Cheater
Delaware County
Mra
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Peoples
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Industrial News
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Hope Hospital
Davie
Rusher
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W. B. Rusher
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Industrial Notes
T. E. Nolan
Pennsylvania Machine Shop
Howard Gibbs
Fort Weyne
A. Herr
Dennis O’conerlg
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Frank Bowers
FH Berdelmen
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Barbea Lake
William Schwartz
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FL Bowser & Company, Inc
Charles Verweire
Winchester
HF. Boday
Thuredis
M. Baker
Rome City
John Deegan
Wellsville
W.H. Miller
Wayne Boulding Mills
B. M. Waterman
Fort Wayne Electric Works
A. O. Water
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