Union Pacific and Santa Fe Time Table Ad for 1885
Railroad schedule lists Union Pacific, Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Southern Kansas lines. Includes departure and arrival times from Ottawa and south stations, mail closing times, agent names, and service notes for a August 2 1885 timetable edition. The document reflects era-typical shorthand and OCR garbles.
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Southern Kansas Railroad
Ge Fulluwe
Ottawa
Ottewe
Weaivai
Rein
Koh Tanto
B.ves
Paes
Switchmen Strike Ends in Compromise at Kansas City
Kansas City dispatches report a compromise between railroad officials and switchmen ending the great strike. General Manager Nolan says all men will return to work at Chicago schedule prices, with Missouri Pacific action unsettled. Rallying riot in St Louis involved police clash and mobs delaying freight trains.
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Kansas City
au + ind
Nolan
Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Gulf Road
Chicago
City
Nettleton
Associated Press
Monaghan
Association
Missouri Pacific
The Situation at Parsons Strikers and Lockout Standoff
Parsons Kansas March 24 The strike here remains unchanged with one switch engine dumped into a turntable ditch. The company controls its shops and engines guarded by sworn-in special police and night brakemen on the grounds. Knights of Labor committees ask merchants to carry strikers but merchants cite cashflow pressures. No disturbances or intoxication reported, but trade is severely stagnated.
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Parsons
Parsons, Kas
Parsons Board of Trade
Knights of Labor
Ecompany
Sepanta
Sibley
Rembaugh
Rembaugh Inills
Big Employes
Law and Order League
Remblaugh
Fred Page
John A. Dalby
Trade and Labor Assembly
Legal Opinion on Knights of Labor Conspiracy Damages
A New York correspondent prints a legal opinion arguing that the Knights of Labor and its members act as conspirators when they strike or use force to impede railroad operations. The document outlines that all participants abetting unlawful acts are liable for full damages, separate from criminal liability, and urges lawful action to obtain redress for losses.
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Jay Gould
Knights of Labor
New Yorks
Messrs
Thilon and Swayne
So- Uettors
New Ark
St. Louis
West
Jay Goury
New York
Deak
Dillon & Swayne, General Solicitors
Red men terror again in West Virginia home invasion
Parkersburg reports a mob of twenty five masked men surrounded Robert Glover’s Smithville area home. They fired on the house, drove Glover and his family into the woods, and set the dwelling ablaze. Glover wounded two attackers as he escaped, his property burned, and the incident stirs widespread outrage alongside other regional crime notes. Archer and Lynch trial opens in Indiana with guards escorting prisoners from southern prison amid lawful proceedings. A Liberty druggist touts Parker’s Hair Balsam praising its non sales pitch and hair restoration claims.
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Parkersburg
Ritchie County
Robert Glover
Smithville
Glover
Lias
Archer
Ssoats
Ind
Lynch
Archer Gang of Outlaws
Gray
Koontz
Richardson Zouaves
Sycamore
Heffron
Messrs. Mosier and
Houghton
Army Bills and Indian Appropriation Debate in Congress
In Senate Washington on March 24 Mr Platt urged military expansion to defend the Monroe doctrine amid potential clashes with Canada Mexico or China and warned of domestic threats from revolutionaries. House action followed with Indian appropriation bill passage and postoffice funding details as debates over staffing removals and reform continue. News from Waco Texas reports a pursuit of a couple planning marriage and Judge Rector involvement. other items note local deaths fires drownings and a chess result.
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Wagameton
Platt
Republic
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Morgan
Bat
House
Blount
Georgia
Ohio
Virginia
Democratic Party
Waco
Tex
Austin
McClelland
Rector
Charles Brown
Nellie Brown
Galveston
John B. Rector
Mamie Clark
Holly Springs
Market Report from Lawrence Local Market
A dense historical price sheet shows flour, wheat, corn, rye, butter, eggs, cheese, apples, poultry, lard, tallow, and hay with varied regional quotes. It records futures hints, currency, discounts, stock mentions, and several named firms in Chicago and Missouri, with March figures and general market tone indicating unsettled grain and damp foreign exchange conditions.
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Lawrence
Bard
Cecamici & Valsey
Chicago
Burlon & Quine
Missouri
Hacine
Kansas City Live Stock Cirr March Market Report
The Live Stock Indicator notes ongoing railroad troubles causing market standstill. CATTLE receipts 10 with no shipments and little activity. HOGS receipts 300 with no shipments and scarce sales around 8.73 to 8.84. SHEEP receipts none and no trading observed.
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Ravens Cirr
St Louis Produce Prices and Items Listed
Market brief from St Louis dated March 2 details produce items and prices including corn barley butter and pork. The notice lists entries with mixed letters numbers and stray OCR errors yet conveys commodity categories and per unit prices.
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St. Louis
Fue Sully
Suasic
Bae
Cattle and Hog Market Report From St Louis Live Stock
St Louis March 44 cattle receipts 300 with insufficient stock keeping prices nominally firm. Hog receipts 300 with market active and up to 10 cents higher as packing houses show strength. Sheep receipts 600 with market fairly active and higher prices around 8.25 to 5.50.
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St. Louis
St. Lovie
Chicago Produce Market Report Summary
Chicago fruit and grain prices show flour and wheat declines with mixed futures. No.2 cash and winter wheat details appear with March to June contracts, while corn and rye figures show nominal movements and varied closing bids.
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Kansas
Ancy
Coumon
Ubicc
Wisconsin
TPC
REIC
Nomlanal
Chicago Live Stock Curceco March Market Report
The Drovere Journal outlines Chicago live stock activity for March. Cattle receipts around 5 000 with shipments 3 000, market slow and weak. hog receipts about 19 000 with strong higher prices. sheep receipts 7 600 with natives 27 head at 4.25 to 55.40. Prices shown for various categories include stockers or feeders and cows and bulls, with ranges noted.
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Drovere Journal
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Fourth Judicial District Court
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