Longest Pennsylvania Railroad service record retires at 70
Numa R. Tourtelot of Hammonton New Jersey retires November 1 after fifty eight years nine months with the Pennsylvania Railroad chief clerk of the local ticket department. Born October 2 1849 in Camden New Jersey he began as a messenger boy in 1861 and advanced through telegraph and clerk positions to chief clerk by 1881. In 1918 he printed about eighty four million regular tickets and over five million baggage checks during a year of high activity.
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Philadelphia
Numa_ R. Tourtelot
Hammonton
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Clark Pidcock
Mr. Tourtelot
Camden
Camden and Amboy
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Tourtelot
Pennsy Official Returns Home After Amputation
I. B. Shelley a leading director at the Invision street transfer station of the Pennsylvania railroad has been in the hospital the past month for a leg amputation. He is now at his home 1229 North Second street.
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I. B. Shelley
Invision Street
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Second Street
Crews Standings and Assignments in Philadelphia Division
The narrative lists crew orders and personnel for the Philadelphia and Middle Divisions. It names engine officers such as Coniictors, Brakemen, Engineers, Firemen, and Conductors assigned to crews 131 and 260, with multiple shifts and layoff notes. It also records Enclaspid Philadelphia Division calls for 222 and 111 crews and lists personnel for passenger service across the Middle Division.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Man
Houseal
Stauftz
McCurdy
Tenney
Graybill
Conway
Klineyoung
Bennhouer
Shoaff
Leonard
Moffitt
Kase
Arge
Malone
Beers
Stitzel
Knok
Shiskoff
Hamaker
Chorpening
Fry
Myers
Leightner
Zimmerman
Coulter
Killian
Poff
Lesher
Schreffler
Fritsch
Rehkugle
Lutz
Eichelberger
Loper
Smith
Kreiges
Beverlin
Kistler
Sweger
Cramer
Dunkle
O. W. Snyder
Corder
Gray
Iisher
Kreps
Moretz
Rathfon
Leib
Richards
Leiter
Kauffman
Stemler
G. M. Bowers
Gruff
Pane
Vacker
Fortenbach
Resser
Humphreys
Burukheimer
Barton
Strayer
Naylor
Holsinger
Buss
Brookhart
Turnbach
Bixler
Wagner
Crimmel
Shilling
Brubaker
Beggan
Steininger
McNaight
Baker
Reinecker
Hawk
Rupp
Alter
Bitner
Shelley
Wilson
Cassatt
Linn
Lauver
C. B
Dennis
Yingst
Roddy
Hoover
Dare
Lake
Hollenbach
Gross
Zimmerman Dessinger
Roushe
Deamer
Rumberger
Mathias
Lentz
Hildebrand
Buffington
Woodward
Essig
Ney
Boyle
Shipley
Crow
Cless
Ewing
Yinger
Starner
Speese
Rothe
Ross
Cocklin
Kruger
Mell
Engle
Henderson
Selway
Gilbert
Christ
Burns
Swartz
Moyer
Mabius
Simpson
Nuher
G. Ll. Fortenbaugh
McNally
Feas
Herron
Bryan
R. H. Fortenbaugh
Quigley
Bretz
Flickenger
Shuey
Sanders
Benser
Cashman
Boyer
Meek
Metz
Morris
Crammer
Walters
Rider
Conley
Hichelberger
Kipp
Handiboe
Garlin
J. H. Ditmer
L. H. Ricedorf
F. F. Schreck
C. A. Swab
W. J. Keane
A. J. Wagner
W. C. Black
H. RB. Cook
G. W. Lenig
J. Crimmel
H. M. Kuhn
W. G. Jamison
H. F. Groninger
A C Allen
H. F. Stuart
B. Goshen
J. W. Burd
C. D. Hollenbaugh
H. B. Fleck
M. E. Horning
R. 8
Sheaffer
B. F. Gunderman
H. W. Snyder
J. I. Beisel
L. EB. David
F. M. Potsythe
A. H. Kuntz
C. L. Shea
97 Properties Sold In Week In City
Properties sold this week total 97 with assessed value 328 840 dollars. Of these 76 were houses or buildings and 21 were vacant plots. Transfers include M H Plank trustee to P Edgar Hess and others with prices ranging from 1 500 to 13 000 dollars.
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James C. Thompson
M. H. Plank
P. Edgar Hess
T. B. Rockafellar
South Sixteenth
Burton van Dyke
Daniel H. Barr
North Sixteenth
Wilson letters warn against severing diplomatic relations
President Wilson replies to Senator Fall acknowledging the Mexican affair but warns that any move to sever diplomatic relations would reverse constitutional practice. He insists executive branch controls foreign policy and that Congress should seek explicit agreements and appointments through proper channels.
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Lodge
Fall
Senator Fall
Subcommittee On
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Hitchcock
Congress
Houses of
Senate
Smith in Java Race Pilot Arrives in West Java
Associated Press report notes Captain Ross Smith, aiming to fly from England to Australia for a 10,000 pound prize, arriving at Kalidjatti in West Java. Also reports Helen Weathers arrested for dress theft by Detective Harry Co. White and W. J. Bailor delivering the Equal Rights League address at Perserverance Social Association.
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Smith
Java
Associated Press
Batavia
Ross Smith
England
Australia
Kalidjatti
West Java
Helen Weathers
Harry Co. White
Alderman Hilton
W. J. Batilor Spaaks
W. J. Bailor
Equal Rights League
Perserverance Social Association
Verbeke Street
E. Scott
Reading 66 crew on call list for 1911 openings
The Reading division lists 66 crew members for engine and fireman positions with names for engineers firemen conductors flagmen and brakemen. It notes engineers up for 53 65 and 72 and firemen up for 53 67 with several names of applicants and positions across multiple roles.
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Clouser
Bitting
Gruver
Douple
Beecher
Jones
Morrison
Vogelsong
Gochenour
Kirtland
Land
Myers
Kuntz
Emerick
Shoper
Pdarddorff
Gundron
Swartz
Gundon
Fillmore
Householder
Reneker
Watson
Leibtreu
Shank
Spangler
Rhinehart
Martin
Messemer
Fry
Stahley
Plan to merge six electric firms in Dauphin and Schuylkill
A proposed merger of six electric companies in Dauphin and Schuylkill counties into Citizens Electric Company is filed with the Public Service Commission. The new firm would operate from Hegins district and start with a 30000 dollar nominal capital.
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Public Service, Commission
Commission
West Penn
Western
Susquehannan Valley
Bucks
Delaware
Mercer
Lawrence
Dau Phin
Schuylkill
Citizens Electric Company
Hegins
Upper Dauphin
Perry
Juniata
Juniata Service Company
Hegins, Hubley
Lykens and Mifflin Township
Berrysburg
Gratz
Ford and Kendig Company
Philadelphia
Bryn Wawr
Bryn Mawr
State Industrial Board
Potter
McKean
Seth BE. Gordon
State Game Commission
Potter and McKean
Edward Martin
Canada
Public Service Commission
United Gas Improvement
Altoona
Philadelphia Suburban Gas and Electric Company
Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Company
Pottsville
Citizens Light and Power Company
Oil City
Lycoming Edison Company
Williamsport
Lehigh Valley Light and Power Cmpany
Allentown
Springfield Consolidated Water Company
State Centre Electric Company
Clearfield
Itizens Traction Company
Chester Valley Electric Company
Coatesville
Lehigh Industrial Power Company
Conestoga Lawrence Light and Power Company
New Castle
Edward E. Beidleman
Charles A. Snyder
C. Brown Mark
Department of Health
A. Mitchell Palmer
Constitutional Revision Commission
Rormer
Scott A. Norris
Homestead
Chester County Court
Department of Fisheries
Chester County
Franklin County Farmers’ Institutes
Mercersburg
St. Thomas
Dry Run
Adams County
Dental consultant and new state health department appointees
Dr Sidney A Sands of Philadelphia named dental consultant for the State Department of Health by Commissioner Edward Martin. The article lists multiple medical inspectors of schools and aides appointed to various townships, boroughs, and counties including Chester, Lackawanna, Columbia, Luzerne, Schuylkill, and others, plus appointments to the Tuberculosis Dispensaries and vital statistics offices.
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Sidney A. Sands
Philadelphia
State Department of Health
Edward Martin
W. W. Betts
Birmingham
Pocopson
Chester County
Hutchinson
East
Bradford
West Whitland
Chester
Francis B. Jacobs
West Goshen
Westtown
Union Independent
Greenwood Township
Columbia
B. J. Longwell
South Bethlehem
Mahoning Township
Armstrong
A. M. Thomas
Shickshinney
Hunlock
Union Township
Luzerne County
W. A. Burke
Pottsville
Schuylkill County
Samuels. Beaver
Port Royal
Junina County
A. B. Heckerman
Benjamin W. Jones
Nanticoke
Newport
Hanover
Slocum
Gmitro Kapitula
McAdoo
Kline
Oliver A. Parfitt
Officers Named For New National Guard
Adjutant General Frank D. Beary said Governor Sproul ordered the commissioning of officers for the new National Guard. Majors include John C. Griff of West Chester and George Ross of Doylestown in the 6th Infantry, and Lucius M. Phelps of Eric in the 16th. Captains named include John R. Sproul.
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Frank D. Beary
Sproul
National Guard
John C. Griff
West Chester
George Ross
Doylestown
6Th Infantry
Lucius M. Phelps
Eric
Military commissions and appointments in several Pennsylvania units
The list names several officers from 6th and 13th Infantry regiments and the 16th, with first and second lieutenants designated for Scranton Berwick Lancaster Meadville and Erie areas. Separate battalion assignments include Ives Payton Spaide Lund Momeyer Forsythe Kurt Stahl Morris Schaultz Tomson Jones Hannon McLaughlin White Piccotti Rauch Bouchard McAdam Shank among others.
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Chester
Herman’ Sloan
Philadelphia
Edward L. Davis
Berwick
Archibald H. Ace
Thomas L. Hoban
Scranton
Peter W. Stauffer
Lancaster
Harry H. Barnhart
Lebanon
Frederick L. Pond
Meadville
Mitton A. Carlisle
Erie
Charles H. Ives
Nene J. Payton
Dunmore
Albert T. Spaide
Erwick
Michael J. McLaughlin
Gerald G. White
Louis Piccotti
Alton E. Rauch
Paul H. Bouchard
Bradford
Walter F. McAdam
Elvin H. Shank
Five Elders Elected at Market Square Church
Five elders were elected yesterday at the morning service in Market Square Presbyterian Church. The new elders named are Dr. J. George Becht, J. E. B. Cunningham, Frank G. Fahnestock Jr, George W. Reily Jr, and Ross A. Hickok.
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Market Square Presbyterian Church
J. George Becht
J. E. B. Cunningham
Frank G. Fahnestock, Jr
George W. Reily, Jr
Ross A. Hickok
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Chenreeg
Numa R. Tourtelot
Commonwealth Trust Company
Esther K. Hershey
East Side
Pemberton
George D. Thorn
John C. Orr
North Third
Ethel E. de Crow
George W. Bogar
William Co. Thompson
Bellevue Road
J. B. MacDonald
Hudson
Realty Company
H. A. Hipple
Estella M. Sohland
William M. Hoerner
South Second
Woodrow Wilson
Albert B. Fall
United States Senate
W. E. Lees
1Citizens Electric Company
Capitol News
Rob Cly
York
Cly
W. H. Reeser
Lawrence Process
State Health Department
P. A. Waggoner
Carlisle
Cumberland County
William A. Schweitzer
Adamstown
Lancaster County
Bureau of Drug Control
Max Tischler
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes- Barre
Boston
Er Lee Zee
Pennsylvania
the Shirt Festival
Ad&c
Society Brand
Market Street
Doutrichs Alway
Penna
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