Railroads Win Move to Monthly Mail Payments
The Rock Island system and other railroads secure a ruling by the second assistant postmaster general that starting January 1 monthly payments will replace quarterly settlements for mail service. The change affects contracts nationwide and will inject over $45,000,000 annually into circulation through monthly disbursements.
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United States
Post Office Department
Rock Island
Guy Adams
Adams
Western railways prepare all steel passenger cars
Illinois Central and Rock Island lines expect to order all steel passenger equipment to replace wooden cars. Wood cars are viewed as outdated. Costs for steel cars exceed wood cars, but final specs are not yet offered by the carriers.
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Ilinois Central
Rock Island Company
Central
Danville Freight Repair Strike Over Wage Cuts
Thirty eight men in the freight repair department at the Danville car works walked out Friday afternoon at 3 30. They claim a ten percent wage reduction sparked the strike, while company officials deny any wage cut and say the pay scale remains unchanged. Some strikers report 10 to 15 percent cut on piecework pay.
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Danville Car Works
Vandalia Orders Disinfection of Stock Cars
Vandalia officials mandate disinfection of all stock cars before use to curb cattle disease spreading from Michigan New York and Pennsylvania through live stock shipments.
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Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Train 18 held briefly to assist passengers near Cincinnati
Panhandle train No. 18 bound for Cincinnati was held in the city twenty minutes yesterday to accommodate a number of passengers on train No. 20 en route from Chicago to Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
U. S. Houck
Vandalia
Vandalia Station
M. B. Corriden
Phelegm Seers
Wells
Montgomery
Terre Haute
General Managers
Will
Henry Sehrt
Lafayette
R. L. Murphy
Panhandler
Examination at Indiana Union Traction Company
The next semi annual examination for Indiana Union Traction company employes is set for January 1 with each trainman answering questions on company rules. A new order at Anderson mandates January 1 and July 1 as future examination dates. The note lists various crew changes, lay offs, returns to duty, and work assignments across the Vandalia line and related divisions.
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Indiana Union Traction Company
Anderson
Meat bargains and seafood for Thanksgiving week
Best Meat for your money. This can be successfully accomplished by making your purchases of Meat here. Plenty of Oysters and Poultry this week for Thanksgiving. Louis Schmidt, 202 W. Market. Phone 916.
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Mak
Rheumatic Tablets Promote Cure and Prevent Appendicitis
Trusler's Rheumatic Tablets claim to cure rheumatism nervousness and constipation. They are described as easy to take and purely vegetable and priced at 50 cents a box. Sold by druggists with Porter named as a contact.
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Trusler
Porter
Cozy Corners and Burnettsville Echoes on Canty Street
A poem by ESSIE DUNHAM celebrates Canty Street neighbors and the cool summer shade. MISS CLARA DUNHAM recalls Burnettsville's quiet farming town with praise for fields gardens churches and a local newspaper. Logansport resident 12 years old.
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Burnettsville
Clara Dunham
Logansport
Canty Street
Where Do All the Pennies Go in General Circulation
The article notes that cents or pennies produced by the United States mint in this city are heavily circulated and not returned to the mint for recoining. It states about a million bronze cents were coined last year and weigh about seven and a half pounds per thousand, containing roughly 99 percent copper. The piece asks where these pennies end up, highlighting the mystery of their final destinations.
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United States
Social Guestsvisit Indianapolis and Gas City
Miss Elizabeth Wilson visits Mrs Dillon Hacker in Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Scott Guyer visit A E Guyer and family in Gas City over Thanksgiving.
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Elizabeth Wilson
Dillon Hacker
Indianapolis
Scott Guyer
A. E. Guyer
Gas City
Clinton Township Sunday School Convention Admits Schools
The Clinton township Sunday school convention at Clymers station admitted township schools to the County association. Mrs. Cora Butler county secretary presided. Elected for the coming year were President Mrs. Ruth Reed, vice president Amelia Hamburg, secretary Miss Maude Britain, treasurer Mr. George Watson, cradle roll superintendent Miss Mary Watson. Miss Edna Stewag ot and Ruth Fergus attended from the city.
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Cora Butler
Edna Stewag Ot
Ruth Fergus
Pin Worm Destroyer Promoted for Child Health
A health ad urges mothers to treat pin worms as a cause of fever and nervous symptoms in children. It cites worms as the disease behind many child illnesses and promotes Steketee's Pin Worm Destroyer, 180 doses in one bottle for 25 cents, available at drug stores or by mail from George G Steketee, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Steketee
George G Steketee
Grand Rapids
Mich
Train Schedule Fragments Show Northern and Midwestern Routes
A partial timetable lists eastbound and westbound train numbers, origins, and daily or Sunday-only operations. Notable routes include No. 2 St. Louis to New York and No. 9 New York to Kansas City with times around morning and evening. several local and express stops at Terre Haute, Logansport, South Bend, and St. Louis.
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M. P. Driscoll
F. R. Wilkins
Co. L. Waldrip
South Bend
Henry Kuhn
Bert Wright
Mr. Wright
John Ryan
George Lauteback
QO. J. Flory
Frank Bowman
Vandalia Lines
Terre Haute
Vandalia
St. Louis
New York
Kansas City
Toledo
Bureer
T. Haute
Lous
Mail
Logansport
Aia
Pennsylvania Rail Route Train Schedule Fragment
A fragmented timetable lists multiple train numbers and routes between Cincinnati Logansport Chicago and beyond. It notes sleeping cars on Nos. 6 1 3 10 and parlor dining cars on Nos. 118 119 and Nos. 18 19 with dining privileges between Logansport and Chicago. Daily operations and Sunday exceptions are indicated.
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Chicago
Louisville
Cincinnati
Cinhicago
Columbus
Pittsburg
Logansport
Train Schedule From Monon Indiana Delivers Fast Mail
Northbound and southbound train times listed for Monon Indiana with express and mail services. Includes Sunday exceptions and specific departure arrivals, noting FRANK J. RHED. and G. P. AS as registrants or officials.
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Frank J. Rhed. G. P. AS
Traction Co Schedules Fort Wayne Area Trains
Traction Company announces daily passenger and freight trains with multiple morning and evening departures to Delphi Lafayette and intermediate points. Westbound and eastbound services listed with specific times. supervisor R T Gunn Fort Wayne Indiana notes improved freight service between Fort Wayne Legnardport and Lateyel Cars on listed fall trips.
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Ft Wayne
Légangport
Lateyel
R. T. Gunn
Ft. Wayne
Ind
U T System Interurban Service From Logansport to Indianapolis
U T System effective March 12 1907 lists interurban train departures from Logansport to Indianapolis with multiple daily times and limited trains. It notes connections at Tipton for Freemont Alexandria Fairmount and other intermediate stations with Coupon interchange and a sale offer of 12 dollars value for 10 dollars.
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Kokomo
Indiapolis
Ohio
Alichigan
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