Railroads Clash Over Panama Canal Plans And Irrigation
President J J Hill of the Great Northern argues the Panama canal will not beat rail transport and urges irrigation of arid western lands to boost farming and eastern trade with China and Japan. He favors expanding transcontinental rail routes and cautions against heavy canal expenditure while urging government land development for irrigation finance.
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J. J. Hil
Great Northern Railway
E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe
Beeves
Hill
Japan
Orient
American
Missiesoot
Panama
China
Puget Sound
Pacife
United States
New York
Mill
Mississippi
New Orleans
St. Louis
Hum
Great West
St Louis
Huh
Want 20 Per Cent Increase for Trainmen Plan Big Strike
Railway labor talks report trainmen west of the Elpilaston river planning a broad wage demand. The Milwaukee Sentinel notes a likely general strike and a 20 percent pay hike target as of September 15.
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Ipalaston River
Milwaukee
Igy
Cero-Fruto A Nutritive Wheat and Fruit Food Claim
An old advertisement extols Cero-Fruto as a superior all day food made from baked wheat and fruit. It claims easy digestion, reduced stomach strain, and high nutritive value with levulose sugars. Promotes use for breakfast meals, child development, and active adults, with samples available on request.
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Soneimer
Ro-Fruto
Cero-Fruto
Tuliguma
Tor
Ademol
Rail workers demand wage rise facing nationwide strike threat
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, with TCIMO members, pressures for a three percent wage increase, which would add about 1000 a month to railroad payrolls. If refused, a strike is planned that could eclipse all prior labor actions, surpassing even the 1934 American Railway Union demonstration.
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Ima
TCIM0
Brotherhood of Railway
American Railway Union
Directors Will Meet On Mow Extension To St Louis
Rock Island magnates discuss a potential Morris to St Louis electric rail extension via Grundy county. Patterson reports on traffic, construction costs, and profitability. decision likely next spring. Investors and locals anticipate favorable action amid a growing electric rail era.
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Rock Island
St Louis
Bloomington
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Road
A. Patterson
Dsstant Pan
Morris
Grundy County
St. Louis
Bloom
Ineton
Speinenici
Patterson
Nes
Witich
Gould to Visit His Texas Lines Inspection Trip Planned
Austin Aug 28 George Gould president of the Missouri Pacific will reach Texas next week for an inspection tour of the International Great Northern lines The visit will include a personal look at proposed extensions beyond those already announced and towns along the route are bidding for branch lines to their towns during Goulds Texas visit
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Gould
Texas
Austin
Tex
George Gould
Missouri Pacific
New York
International Great Northern
International
Wheat Grain Rate Increases Enacted By Western officials
Western traffic authorities again raised grain rates from Missouri to Chicago and east with a Sept 2 restoration of west to northwest rates to 15 cents for grain and 12 to 15 cents for wheat. The move follows earlier Aug 15 increases, not fully adopted at the time. Heavy trains prompt railroads to lay 100 pound rails on the Chicago Milwaukee line for stronger tracks.
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Missouri
Chicago
East
Missouri River
Gulf
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Iis
Pioneer Express
Busiaga
Orient seeks 82500 bond vote for road plan in four townships
petitions signed by required voters to call an October 14 election in Murdock Fairview Lincoln and Sycamore townships to issue bonds totaling 825000 for thirty one miles of road. if approved the route would veer away eight miles from el dorado. also noted are plans for santa fe to operate eastern Oklahoma extension trains within 90 days and promotion of a st joseph round trip fare of 2595 with many ads and notices included.
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Orient
el Dorrdo
Kan
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Ralston
Shawnee
Okio
Mites
Gulf
Topeka Santa Fe shop notes and personnel shifts
In Topeka the Santa Fe shops report routine movements and health leave among machinists and foremen. William H. Wood and others are noted in transfers and returns from trips to Denver and Colorado. Several workers resume duties after sickness while new hires and promotions hint at upcoming projects including motor installation in the smith shop and the power house brickwork.
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Bailbold
William H. Wood
Renal Core
Barnes, & Carrej
Aden
Austin
Tralmsasster
Walter
Eis
Alexander Tuet
bin Wits
Colorado
Charles Brown
Fed
Thue
John Fritchard
Lee
Chiles
Sullivan
Ensuipment Company of
Chiesa
Emmett Whipple
H. P. Richards
Smith Shop
FR. Frost
la Junta
Cok
Ince Turs- Gay
Bert Gorham
Jenks Exng
Brother
Santa Fe
Thomas Mulvihill
St. Loui
Jon
Little Jap Beg Mawel
Epetinemakir
Ae Bone
Abe Mekness
Mia
Mason
Willa Oliver
Emporia
Carl Erickson
Mc Erickson Ura
Wolff Packing Company
William Pennington
Kakrlige
Wesleyan Methodist Church
New York
Spectt Car 218
Vic
Morton
Frank Hovey
Bredee
bin Ala
Frank Weeks
Hess
Louis Barnett
Rogers
R. B. Ford
Shops Lumber Yard
West
John Gurithen
Oklahoma City
Newton Mia
Lee Paddock
Spring Id
Sindiy
Prisco
Tra Miller
Worth
Denver
Childress
Tex
Lifes at Stake The timid man seeks escape
Fragmentary text suggests a dramatic line about a cautious man seeking safety and escape. Details are unreadable, but wording hints at a moment of danger and the pursuit of life’s end goal. No clear entities or events are identifiable from the garbled source.
Dying by Hundreds Across Asia in Cholera Outbreak
Aug 8 Victoria BC reports an escalating cholera epidemic spreading from Java to Japan, with hundreds dying daily. Hong Kong logs 530 cases and 4 European deaths. Tientsin records 1 % cases and 74 deaths inside, 1015 cases and 583 deaths outside. Reports from Kuelin Evanston and Shanghai note widespread impact and fears for Europe and America.
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Victoria
Clarmlvepronmortions
Pacific
Java
Japan
Hong Kong
Tien Tain
China
Kuelin Evanst
Shanghai
Canton-Hankow
Universal Gazette
Great Britain
America
Ching
Zito Ative Se Bain
Kwangsi
Nanking
Heilung
Kwei Chow
Hsilin
Yunnan
Lin
Wu Sanz
Uxat
Embezzled bigamist Pendleton jailed in Kansas mystery
Emporia Kansas Aug 2 James Pendleton alias Coda Morris jailed after bigamy exposure. He married Grace Obley in Emporia then vanished, assumed John Cox in Orlando Oklahoma, staged a fake death, bought a coffin with ice, claiming a friend’s death. The ruse collapsed as authorities probe. Grace Obley insists she will prosecute, while expressing sympathy for Pendleton’s family in Gentry Missouri.
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Emporia
Kan
James Pendleton
Coda
Morris
John Cox
Orlando
Morghine
Grace Obles
Pendleton
Gentry
Babe
Janes Pendleton
EmpdFin
Kas
Mins Grace Obley
Morrie
Lee
Burin
Instrence
Post Balloon Trip Aims for Long Distance Flight
The Denver Post plans to launch the Dix Glory balloon from Butch's Gardena in Denver Colorado on Sunday August 1 in a scientific effort to set a world record for the longest balloon journey. The ascent party includes Captain Baldwin and other crew.
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Lous Distesce
Denver Post
Dix Glory
Butch
Gardena
Denver
Colo
Conaista
Captain Baldwin
Long distance ballooning record cited by explorers
The piece cites Count Henry De La Veulx as holder of the world long distance ballooning record with a Paris to Korostichev flight covering 115 miles in about 35 hours. Captains Baldwin and Haddon expect te from mite technique will aid them over the Rocky Mountain winds, planning a St Joseph return trip priced at $2.35.
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Hudson
Co. L. Sherman
Post
Henry de la Veulx
Paris
Korostichev
Russia
Baldwin
Hadeon
Rocky Mountain
Sostbat
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Ripley
Congress
Tero-Fruto Food CO. Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Geo. H. Gibson
Engineering Magazine
Rinse Et
Anuorer
St Joseph
Banta Fo
Biks Fair
Ingram
BE Jenks
Tigreeprinte
Srest Pears
N.S
Wiliam Butler
Butler
Hatton
Frank Stewart
Stewart
Demotte
Santa Fe-Pacific
BE. Layden
Euet
Civis
Ferre Haute
Columbus
Keansan
Afl
George Frazier
C., Bo & Q. Mechanical
Galesburg
Ill
Siege
Wrazier
Fragion
Congdon
Morrison Manufacturing Company
Fort Madison
California
VIA
Topeka
E. W. Thompson
T. A
Kans
Colorado Springs Pueblo
Stseban
Harvey
T. M. James
North
T. L. King
GEO. M. Noble & Co
Topeka, Kansas
Jackson St
Wisconsin
The
J. Thomas Lumber Co
West Éth St
Kansas Avenue
U. P. Ry
Thorntou & Imino
Ramee Orb
Pica
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