Rock Island plans El Paso Rock Island route and new cutoff
Railroading news notes large capital for terminal facilities and a rumored Meade to Tyrone cutoff to shorten distance and grades toward El Paso. Bucklin, Liberal, and Dodge City area lines are reorganized with a Dawson branch in the northern territory. New route names, stations, and telegraph positions accompany the El Paso Rock Island plan.
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el Paso
Ute Stock Island
Bucklin
Ford County
Rock Island
Dodge City
Red Island
Meade
Kansas
Tyrone
Liberal
Buck- Min
Dalhart
Waite Oaks
1St Pas
Sunta Rona
K.P
Dawson
N. ML
Santa Fe
Sumner
HP. It
F Freight Eee
Hock Island
Creme
United States civil service exams in Topeka update
The civil service commission announces examinations in Topeka for applicants seeking positions in government service. Openings include assistant in pathology and assistant in physiology among others, with details on eligibility and filing deadlines to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commision
Topeka
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Promoted For Relief
An advertisement extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a remedy for catarrh and throat irritation. It describes previous inhalers and sprays, notes the tablets target the root cause, and urges trial with claims of quick throat relief and favorable effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Ariche
Stuarts
Federal job exam notices outline salaries and dates
Multiple examinations announced for federal offices in agriculture science engineering and logistics. Positions include plant industry lab assistant soil exam patrolling or physiology, seed laboratory assistant, train master, steamboat inspection service trainee, steam engineer, and machine vịt inspector with salaries ranging from 1000 to 1500 per year or day. Examinations set for February to March at federal buildings and Fort Mason with required prior experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tineal Board of Examiner
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Sgriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Quartermaster's Department
Presidio
San Francisco
Bulle
Fort Sae
United States
Sierch
Brief Telegrams From Around The World And United States
The telegrams recount arrivals in Oslo and London society notes, casualty lists from South Africa, stockholder meetings on railroad amalgamations, and notes on naval and missionary supervision. Included are fringe mentions of individuals such as Geoffrey Pite-Clark, Earl of Munster, and James W. Tufts with scattered dates and places like London, Oslo, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Earl of Munster
Geoffrey Pite-Clarkshee
Tapoo
N Ovat Im Lotdan
A. A. Robinson Remains Topeka Registered, Mexican Rail Leader
A. A. Robinson, president of Mexico's largest railway, keeps Topeka, Kansas, as his registered home while in St. Louis. The veteran executive, cordial and imposing, declined to discuss anti-pact topics, noting he knows little of them and would rather stay loyal to Topeka as his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. Aester
Creedy Railroad
Railway Journal
A. A. Robinson
Dave
A . Robin Fon
St Louis
Topeka
Kin
Mr. Robinson
Montezuma
Mexico City
Kansas
Mexico
St. Louis
Thas
Kan
Sholes and Telegrapher Inspect El Paso Route
Sholes, superintendent of telegraph for the Santa Fe, and Gams, head telegraph supervisor for the Northern Pacific with headquarters in St. Paul, toured El Paso and the Texas state area yesterday. They examined telegraph and telephone facilities on their way home from a broader Western inspection, noting potential improvements and the usefulness of new lines for long distance messaging.
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el Taste Times
Sholes
Banta Fe
CA. Gams
Pacine
Reaguiarters
St. Paul
el Pano
Tarea
Sante Bysvete
Umata
Bheles
Tepika
Albuquerque Will Have Biggest System Storehouse
The Albuquerque Journal-Democrat reports the storehouse under remodeling with new shelving labeling and classification to improve efficiency. The interior will be whitewashed for brightness and the work is expected to take about two weeks. The upgraded storehouse will be the largest on the Santa Fe system outside Topeka.
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Albuquerque
Topeke
Albuquerque Journal-Democrat
Store House
Lange Building
Howe
Topeka
Santa Fe Trainmen Demand Higher Pay In Conference
A Topeka meeting in the Behts Fe offices heard Santa Fe trainmen plead for more weeks pay before Third Vice President J W Kendrick. General Manager Mudge and General Superintendents Ressegale and Hurley refused, and no decision was made, with an appeal to Chicago officials possible.
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Santa Fe
Behts Fe
Ressegale
Hurley
Chicago
Kendrick
Topeka
Lsten
Mudge
Teesseguie
Curtis Bill Passes Extending End and Anadarko Railway Route
The House passed Representative Charles Curtis of Kansas bill granting a right of way to the End and Anadarko railway through Oklahoma and Indian Territory. It would extend from near Watonga east to Fort Smith Arkansas, with about sixty miles already built and plans for another hundred miles. The extension aims to develop new country, provide an outlet for coal fields of the Choctaw nation, and ties the Enid and Anadarko line closely to the Rock Island.
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New Territory
Rock Island
House of Representatives
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Andarko Railway Company
Okaahoma
Indian Territory
Watonga
Fort Smith
Ark
Enid and Anadarko Company
Santa Fe Decapods Claim World’s Biggest Engines
Santa Fe leads with claims that its new decapod locomotive is the largest ever built. Compiled figures from Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and related consolidations show total weight and wheel arrangements, with reports in Railway Age and Hammond Gazette detailing the mighty engines and their specs.
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Santa Fe
Hs Heen
Bante
Fee
Railway Age
Hamoud Gazette
Atchison
James Kurn Promoted to Chief Dispatcher Colorado Division
James Kurn named chief dispatcher of the Colorado division of the Santa Fe, succeeding C. M. Payn, with Pueblo as his headquarters. He has served as Pueblo dispatcher for years, earning the promotion in the telegraph department. The move follows W. E. Merrifield’s appointment as chief dispatcher of the Western division at Dodge City.
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Santa Fe
Tolleginy
Jorado
James Kurn
Colorado
C. M. Payn
Kurn
Pueblo
W. E. Merrifield
Dodge City
State Journal
First Mexican Tours Pass Through Topeka
The first of Gates tours to Mexico will pass Topeka on Thursday around 2 pm. About 100 excursionists travel from Chicago and eastern points. Fees are 325 from Chicago and 315 from New York. Stops include San Antonio and the City of Mexico with a week sightseeing a northward return via Lux Vogue and Grand Canyon routes. A separate note states El Paso & Southwestern will use Santa Fe tracks from El Paso to Deming.
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Mexico
Topeka
Santa Fe
Chicago
Eastern Point
New York
San Antonio
City of Mexico
Lux Vogue
Qome
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Railroad workers and projects in El Paso area
El Paso Texas February reports excavation at the Fintsch gas factory and new conduit work. rail connections to Rock Island and El Paso & Southern see trains into El Paso affecting business. Several notes on workers, plant shifts, hospital visits, and ongoing factory and rail yard activity across El Paso and nearby Newton.
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Rock Island
el Paso
Seeletn
Deming
Pintech
Tex
Fintsch
Santa Fe
Swamp Root touted as cure for kidney troubles
An advertorial touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder disorders misattributed to womb or female weakness. It promises free sample bottles by mail from Kilmer Co at Binghamton New York and lists fifty cent and one dollar bottle sizes in stores.
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Kilmer & CO
Binghamton,n
Mer County
Tropkst
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Aod & Book
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton
N.Y
Mixed Newark labor notes and illness in city jobs
The column lists workers including Harry Schur, Bert Sutton, and Earl Lolington as they handle selections at a company faced by staff shortages. It notes Robert Finnie’s delayed return due to his father Martin Minate’s illness and death, several assignments and injuries among boiler room workers, an eye injury to a helper and other job movements. It mentions train schedules, extra lists, and personnel shifts across various departments, with updates on Mr. Libby’s newborn son, and details on railroad crews, shifts, and upcoming transfers. A medical ad and procedural note about a topical ointment concludes the item.
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Sories Snyder
Miller
Sani
Albert Clifford
Scholer
St. Marys
Drakeman
G. W. Hall
Argentine
Topeka
J. E. Larkin
J. J. Stanton
Martin Salyers
Spik
Mie
Newton
Pt Cara
Jol D. Jones
John Langan
Mckness
Otto Sectors
Gang
David L. Heaton
Compar
Mattingly
Bald Bee Desxe Howes
Argen
Harry Schur
Bert Sutton
Earl Lolington
Ae Out
Robert Finnie
Martin Minate
Thomas Hatrsine
Santa Fe
Boston
Ith
Gee Whitney
Mwitehmen
Tana
A. Wilson
Floyd Jones
Roy
Innes
Lak Tran Hig Wvening
Atenisoe
Kansas
Airten
Tevin
Libby
John Fe
Emporia
Wiltim Beeron
Speen
O Walt
Emil Quednow
Wells
Cab Department
Somannervien
Mar Martin
W. P. Beeler
Jared
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East UN
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James W. Tufts
York
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Union Pacific H. A
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A. Robinson
City
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Beate
Tacoma
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el Paso & Southwestern
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Bunla Fe
Jackson Street
David Garner
D. Wingate
David Baysingar
Brass
Jeks
Sherman
Hayes
Bane
Albuquerques
William Wunt
Robert
Stockwell
Tin Storehouse
Lantry Brothers
Etterito
Aostetters
Gertrude Warner Scott
Vinton
Iowa
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