Post Office Clerks and Promotions Debate 1890s
A historical discussion examines postal service clerks and promotions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. It notes legal limits on clerk numbers by grade, proposed lump sum funding, and calls for better compensation for substitutes and carriers to improve efficiency and public service. The document cites concerns over equalization, vacancies, and the practicality of budgeting for future staffing growth.
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Jay
Qurlotkn
Arts of Congress
Doe
Treasury
Hentin
Portal
Clarks
Payic
Congress
Benca Fs
Poeta
Pastal Errvicn
Tnr
Enbeliinte Shell
Arta
Unclear OCR fragment about currency and deposits
The text appears to discuss illicit transfers or remittances, currency handling, and restrictions on deposits and safety on an island. Specific names and places are garbled, making concrete facts difficult to extract beyond general references to money, bans, and deposit limits.
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Jae Bay
Porto
Barta Rico
Peculiar Ryno case ends with prison sentence verdict
The state Supreme Court upheld a conviction against A Ryne for assaulting Maud Holmes. The case centered on a long ran correspondence with a man who used aliases and ultimately appeared at the Holmes home before a shooting near Maud’s chamber. Evidence tied Ryne to the letters and visit, leading to a prosecution for assault with intent to kill.
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Ryno
Supreme Court
Johnston
Maud Holmes
Holmes
A. Ryne
Bie Holmes Place
George Kt. Clark
Ohio
Karfax
Canton
Kansas
Hhs
George St. Clark
Maud
Holmer
Allus
Ryne
George
R. Clark
Holmes Place
Hit
Seth
Wasson Candidate for State Superintendent Post
Wasson, longtime state superintendent officer, announced as a candidate for superintendent of public instruction in Shansee county. After Zion College he attended Paola Normal School and Kansas Normal College. He has served as district teacher and city superintendent and led forty normal institutes in the state, five in this county.
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Hi. Waaron
Opicebee
Shansse County
Zion College
Wasson
Paola Normal School
Kansas Normal College
Bears Triumph Over West Hart In Close Basketball Tilt
Local game saw Bears edge West Hart in a tight matchup. Key players delivered decisive baskets as the Bears secured a narrow win to boost standings.
Rock Island and Santa Fe Plan Chicago Conference
I F Loree leads Rock Island with Santa Fe chief Ripley to meet in New York this week to discuss likely agreements. Possible Santa Fe trackage rights from Lolano New Mexico to Kansas City could ease western routes and avoid building 500 miles of new trackage. Loree will stay in Chicago to oversee Rock Island operations as New York leadership ends.
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I. F. Loree
Rock Island
Ebp
Ripley
Santa Fe
Chicago
New York
Mr. Lureé
Hock Island
Santa, Fe
Lolano
N. M
Kansans City
Kansas
Loren
Loree
Lorie
Harris
Hartington
Hughitt
Northwestern
Western Railroads
Western Railroad
Jefferson City
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Secretary of State
Kansas City
Leeds
Jackson County
DICKERING ON TERMS Elliott Harriman Seek Reciprocity Deal
Portland June 1 The question of trackage arrangements for Northern Pacific trains from eastern Washington over Oregon Railroad Navigation and for ORN to run over Northern Pacific to Seattle Tacoma seems near a deal but terms block agreement. Presidents Mellen Mohler and Harriman express willingness yet no progress. scheme would reduce Cascade haul and allow through traffic to Sound without bulk loss, but each side values its offer more than the other.
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Elliott
Harriman
Portland
Ore
Northern Pacific
Washington
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Oregon Railway
Mohler
Cascade Mountains
the Sound
Gould Unifies Eastern Rail Lines Under Consolidation Plan
New York officials report Gould lines to be grouped by regions with Pittsburg, Carnegie and Western to be wound up and Rye and related lines placed under Wabash along with Wheeling and Lake Erie. Plans include new securities and closer finance ties between Pittsburg, Chicago and St. Louis.
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Gould
New York
Pittsburg
Carnegie and Western
Gould Linen
Herald
Chicago
St. Louia
St. Louia. the Pittsburg
Carnegie
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Ann Arbor
Iesaburg
Baltimore
Virginia Central
Pecedas
Santa Fe Plans Sloan San Felipe Railroad Branch
Colonel R B Mwitenel and C A Spless returned from Chicago with word that the Sloan San Felipe railroad is assured. The Santa Fe system will build and operate the line as a branch, running from the former village of San Felipe on the Santa Fe line to the Sloan coal fields fifteen miles away. Construction will proceed.
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Las Vegas
N. M
R. B. Mwitenel
Bante Fe System
C. A. Spless
Chicago
Sloan-San Felipe
Santa Fe Company
Pew
San Felipe
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Sloan
All Under Speyer & Co Negotiations in New York
The text notes curiosity about the merger prospects for several properties, mentioning an almost completed negotiation and apparent surrender details related to a Mexican event. It references Olbers 4s AD and related financial indications affecting the merger outlook.
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New Yorke Nan
Olbers
Consolidation of Major Mexican Railroads Takes Effect
The Mexican National Mexican International and Interoceanic railroads merged on January 1 consolidating control over the railroad system. The government aims to prevent parallel lines and achieve simpler administration and greater economy.
Santa Fe Engine Wreck Near San Bernardino
Engine No 2290 of the Santa Fe was wrecked last evening a short distance below the station, after the derailing switch opened. The wreck left the engine and tender on their left side in a ditch, two orange cars off the main line. Engineer William Dobson escaped unharmed. fireman Maloney was knocked unconscious briefly but recovered. a brakeman was tossed into weeds but uninjured.
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Santa Fe
Reilands
Cal
San Bernardino
San Hermardino
Chinatown
Wiliam Dobson
Maloney
Terminus No Longer as Salt Lake City Town Abandons
Salt Lake City Jan 11 Calientes once the terminus of the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad has been deserted almost instantly. Until yesterday it hosted 2,500 residents as the line nears Los Angeles. Now a new town of about 1,500 tents has sprung up between dawn and dusk at the end of the track.
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Salt Lake City
Calientes
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Burt's New Job in Chicago Reported
Omaha Jan 11 retiring Pacific railroad president Forrest G Burt has sold his home and plans to move to Chicago where he may succeed Marvin Huehitt as head of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. The office could not confirm but others say the fact is essentially true.
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Omaha
Neb
Tforace G. Burt
The
Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Marvin Huehitt
Chicago ’& ‘Northwestern Railroad
Silk From the Orient Passes Newton on Red Ball Route
Six cars of silk from the Orient traveled through Newton today as the second section of train No. 2 on the Red Ball route. The train was running on schedule with shipments bound for New York importers.
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Newton
Mankato
Kan
Orient
New York
Forced to concede as Belt Line drops switching fee
The Kansas City Belt Line capitulated after months of fighting the Missouri board of railway commissioners over an excessive switching rate. The line resumes the standard minimum rate of $25 per car, matching the $2 car rate charged by other roads in the city, following a year of agitation and limited protests by wholesalers and shippers.
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Kansas City Journal
Missouri Atte Board of Railway Commissioners
Kanese City
Remcee
Kapeas
Belt Line Fights Rate Hike Before State Board
The Belt Line tried to push the minimum rail rate to four dollars per car. A September protest prompted a filing with Missouri and Kansas officials, who repeatedly denied the higher charge. Notices then restored the three dollar per car minimum in Missouri and Kansas, with interstate rates lowered to prior levels.
First Battle in Uruguay and Related News
News from Uruguays frontier reports the first battle between government troops and revolutionists near Trinidad. Lamas likely remained with rebels as peace talks faltered. Additional items cover staffing changes at Santa Fe water service, Haverford ship events, Missouri Pacific retrofit plans, and evangelistic meetings led by Trey Wark.
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Uruguay
New York
Huenos Ayres
Mayhew Gonzales
Trinidad
Directory
Nationalist Party
Batavia
Revolutionary Movement
Lamas
Philadelphia
Haverford
J. A
Topeka
Albert Ferguson
Santa Me Ear Accountant
Ferguson
Little Hock
Missouri
Tenck
Kansas
Colorado
Roore
Mothe
Morton
Trey
Wark
Rallios I
Sram Fe
Ant Weolk
Lassociation Rev
Government orders Meads transport Mende to be not ready for sea
San Francisco January 1. The government has ordered the transport Mende, which has been lying up for the last year, to be not ready for sea. It will be some time before she can go into commission.
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San Francisco
Mende
Revolution Continues in San Domingo Cable Says No American Menace
Washington Jan 21 Commander Mertz of the gunboat Newport reports from San Domingo that the revolution continues with nothing menacing to Americans. The legation guard is withdrawn today.
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Jan
Mertz
Newport
Navy Oii
San Domingo
Legation Guard
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