Pennsy trains women for rail jobs after telegraphy success
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to train women for roles such as ticket examiners ushers information clerks and timekeepers following successful trials at Broad Street and West Philadelphia stations. Miss Catherine Ward and Miss Sarah Petriken join the program as examples of rising women in rail service, with further placements expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsy
Philadelphia
Broad Street Sta
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Broad Street Terminal
West Philadelphia
J. L. Johnson
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Catherine H. Ward
Miss Ward
Pullman Rates to Rise After Passenger Fare Hike
Washington June 4 The Pullman Company will raise the minimum overnight berth rate from 1.50 to 2.00 while other Pullman rates stay mostly unchanged. Commuter tickets will be honored until used. ordinary fares rise from June 10. Universal three cent mile rate being considered for nationwide mileage books. Interurban lines to revise to near three cents a mile and Western schedules reduced to save about 1,000,000 train miles yearly.
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Washington
Pullman Company
McAdoo
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Head of the Lakes
Railroad Administration
West
Penny Branch Shows Profits
The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington railroad reported for the year ended December 31, 1917, extreme concentration of war traffic on its 137 mile main line between Philadelphia and Washington. Freight miles rose 4.58 percent while passenger miles rose 6.82 percent, with total freight and passenger traffic up 17.41 and 35.23 percent respectively from 1916. The line serves the south Atlantic to Middle and Eastern states, with Wilmington Del to Delmar Delmarva forming a second north south route. Total year expenditures for improvements and equipment additions were 5,000,000 plus 89,759, including 1,173,255 for equipment.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
United States
South Atlantic
Middle
Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Delmar
Norfolk, Va
Baltimore
Train Crew Rosters and Assignments by Division
Philadelphia Division lists crews for Harrisburg and Enola with engineers firemen and brakemen up for specific engine numbers. Middle Division and Passenger Department show roster details including conductor up and yard board assignments, with entries for various crew numbers and times for the Reading network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Flagman
Gemmill
Steffy
Karr
Simmons
Rennard
Brown
A. K. Steffy
Frickman
Brodhecker
Kinnich
Althouse
Craver
Cornello
Beard
Greenwood
Bolton
Waltz
Beverlin
Earley
Leiter
Leib
Holsinger
Gilbert
Haskins
Sterner
Gross
Clouser
Wadell
George
Walker
Predix
Caruso
Weigle
Gunn
Shelley
Delancey
Zimmerman
King
Bitner
Leonard
Lackey
Cockerly
Maeyer
Sholter
Snell
Bartolet
Getty
Barkey
Sheets
Bair
Eyde
Keener
Ford
Crawford
Buffington
Auman
Essig
Ney
Kell
Rhea
ENOLA
Dewees
Haines
Trostle
Matthews
Middle Division
Quigley
Holland
Fenical
Feass
Gingrich
Kapp
Lutz
Hinkle
Herron
Bryan
Ewing
McNally
Fish
Garlin
Damer
Copp
Weaver
Handibee
Yeagey
Martin
Kipp
Eichelberger
Holmes
Steffee
Morris
lEngineers
J. Crimmel
R. M. Crane
W. C. Graham
R. E. Crum
G. G. Keiser
W. D. McDougal
O. L. Miller
D. G. Riley
H. Alexander
D. Keane
F. McC. Buck
J. A. Spotts
J H. Haines
R. F. Mohler
P. Stauffer
F. H. Cook
J. Cover
Carlisle Indian School Honors Winners At Commencement
Carlisle Pa June 4 Athletic reception with Cs presented to many school athletes at the fortieth annual Carlisle Indian School commencement. Tonight the pageant Liberty and speeches by Captain Campbell of the Argyle Sutherland Highlanders and Lewis F. Post assist Superintendent Francis in diploma ceremonies. Winners include Lacrosse David Nori Pueblo Lyman Bruner Choctaw Fred Walker Omaha James Holstein Chippewa Wesley Washington Choctaw Charles Walker Omaha Noah Haynes Nez Pierce Warren Large Shoshonee George Cushing Aliente Alaska Clement Vigil Pueblo Ira Cloud Chippewa Emerson Metoxen Oneida Ellis Wright Choctaw Jacob Herman Sioux Guy Elm Oneida Track Philip Moore Choctaw James Choate Piegan Alexander Wakeman Sioux Richard Rocking Bear Sioux Taylor Edmunds Ponca John LeRoy Stockbridge Albert Spider Sioux Joshua Iscomer Choctaw Francis Ojibway Chippewa George Thomas Piegan Francis Auge Chippewa Nicholas Lassa Flathead Juan Routzo Pueblo Joseph Oldshield Sioux.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Indian School
Public Safety Committee
E. 8. Campbell
Argyle Sutherland Highlanders
Campbell
Western Front
Lewis F. Post
Francis
J. Riley Wheelock
David Nori
Pueblo
Lyman Bruner
Choctaw
Fred Walker
Omaha
James Holstein
Chippewa
Wesley Washington
Charles Walker
Noah Haynes
Nez Pierce
Warren Large
Shoshonee
George Cushing
Aliente
Alaska
Clement Vigil
Ira Cloud
Emerson Metoxen
Oneida
Ellis Wright
Jacob Herman
Sioux
Guy Elm
Ernest Anderson
George Allen
Seneca
Thomas Spybuck
Ponca
Cecil Ahtoowooffenhke
Comanche
William Marks
John Davis
Taylor Edmunds
Norman Little Walker
Frank Verigan
Philip Moore
James Choate
Alexander Wakeman
Richard Rocking Bear
John LeRoy
Stockbridge
Albert Spider
Joshua Iscomer
Francis Ojibway
George Thomas
Piegan
Francis Auge
Nicholas Lassa
Flathead
Juan Routzo
Joseph Oldshield
Blast Calls Birds to Feast of Dead Fish
On the Panama Canal an underwater blasting process draws wild birds to surface fish floods. A specially equipped barge drills blast holes beneath water and detonates charges after the whistle warns nearby vessels. Birds, workmen, and natives gather as dead and stunned fish surface post blast.
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Blast
Toronto
Canada
Panama Canal
Star Firemen, Conductors, and Brakemen Rosters Summary
Union rosters list firemen, engineers, conductors, flagmen, and brakemen across years 53 to 73. Names include Barnhart, Fortna, Snader, Booser, Felix, Hagg, and Sassa man among engineers. Schwartz, Ware, Grace, Taylor, Saul, Booth, Deardorf among firemen. Blackwell, Baxter, Ford, Yochum, Bashore, Hall among conductors. Morrow, Gochenour, Beshore, Bittle, Wesley among flagmen. and Keating, Baker, Clipper, Beshore, Wirsy, Moore, Reilly, Trawitz, Lees among brakemen.
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Star
Lebanon
Barnhart
Fortna
Snader
Booser
Felix
Hagg
Sassaman
Bowman
Beecher
Schwartz
Ware
Grace
Taylor
Saul
Booth
Deardorf
Kresgre
Mintzer
Blackwell
Baxter
Ford
Yochum
Bashore
Hall
Morrow
Gochenour
Beshore
Bittle
Wesley
Keating
Baker
Clipper
Wirsy
Moore
Reilly
Trawitz
Lees
Soldier George B Preston Dies for Country in War
Treasury Department notice confirms $5,000 of life insurance for George B Preston of Middlesex as his parents Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Preston, Carlisle, Pa., learn he paid the supreme sacrifice for his country.
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Carlisle
Treasury Department
T. W. Preston
Middlesex
George B. Preston
Local Soldier Preston Dies After War Service
Noon reported that young Preston died on April 20 though no War Department notice had arrived. He had worked in a Detroit automobile factory and enlisted there as a mechanic in the One Hundred Ninth Machine Gun Corps. He married a Detroit girl visiting his parents. he previously studied in Carlisle.
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Preston
War Department
Detroit
One Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun Corps
Carlisle
Distinguished Cottagers at Blue Ridge Summit
Waynesboro Pa June 4. Blue Ridge Summit resort will host foreign ambassadors and U S government Army and Navy officials this summer with at least thirty diplomats occupying cottages at the Summit Monterey and Charmian. Arrivals include Colville Barclay of the British embassy Captain John E Carbey of the United States Signal Corps and Baron Kund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Blue Ridge Summit
United States
Army
Navy
Monterey
Charmian
Colville Barclay
John E. Carbey
United States Signal Corps
Baron Kund
Dr Naon's Arrival and War on Gambling Report
Dr Naon of the Argentine embassy and allied officials, including Elting and Saltonstall, arrive at Buena Vista cottage as war on gambling enforces Carlisle patrols. A separate Carlisle note reports Mrs Weaver injured in a staircase fall and a noon luncheon with Grosvenor M. Jones addressing prices today and after the war.
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Rene Carrea Luna
Edgar Richard
United States Food Administration
Clarence Little
United States Army
Porter
R. 8. Naon
M. Quinhana
Elizalda
Ecuador
Naon
Buena Vista
Buenos Aires
Thorities
Dillsburg
William Weaver
Koontz
Mechanicsburg
Carlisle
Carlisle Chamber of Commerce
Grosvernor M. Jones
Department of Commerce
Washington
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South Court St
North Second Street
United Ice and Coal Co. Lumber Dept
Forster and Cowden Streets
Mame
Lesher Whitman & Co, Inc
Broadway
New York
Lesher Whitman
House of Taylor
HOTEL
Martinique Broadway
Pennsylvania Station
Fecing Street
Rea Says
B. and
W. Line
P. m. Beth
Cumberland Valley
Sutherland Highlanders
Carlisle School
Comany
Market Street
Atlantic City, N. J
Wernersville, PA
Howard M. Wing
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Scotch Madras
s&Boys
Mary Garden
Colgates
Hudnut
Azure
Pomeroy
Melba
Dyet Kiss
Roger and
Gallet
Violet
Flora
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