Santa Fe doubles locomotives to cut train crews
Railroad news reports the Santa Fe Railway adopting an economy plan on the Western division by doubling up trains with one extra heavy locomotive replacing two ordinary engines. A Baldwin contract for thirty 140 ton locomotives aims to replace worn units, with delivery from Argentine to Emporia this week. While freight service will feel the impact, passenger service remains unchanged. T J Gaston recovers damages from the Frisco Road and May 2 theft case notes the county’s largest damages award to date.
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Santa Fe Raway Company
Manisas
Argentine
Sante Fe Company
Hald
Baldwin Escomotive Works
Philadelphia
Argentia
Emporia
Baldwin
Ta Fa
Smdlieg
Jury verdict in Gaston versus Priscu railroad case
The jury returned a verdict for 1500 in the case of T. J. Gaston against the Priscu railroad company. Gaston, a former Liberty schoolteacher, traveled to Wichita for an exam, claimed he paid for a ticket to Cherryvale, Kansas, and was put off six miles from Wichita, with the account ending in illness cited as the cause of his claim.
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T. J. Gaston
Priscu Railway Company
Gaston
Liberty
Tan
Wichita
Union Prisce
Santa Fe
Foe
Cherrytale
Kan
Tee
Prisco
Cuntueter
Tim
Unclear wartime notice on railroad facility and personnel
Fragmentary report describes interior work on a facility, references to tanks and piping, and a vacancy for a position titled helper with duties including watchman. Mentions personnel like Wells Jones and Gerred Woateet returning from a trip and a planned rebuild or installation timing around May.
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Hsf
Stednan
Tagrsten
Work train watchman and railroad crew changes noted
Fireman Barney Guterode to Chapelle as watchman on a work train. AL Relniver of Santa Fe Railroad arrived on No 1 passenger train from Lawrence Ram. Locomotive and crew movements include replacing engines on the D and G line and several locos attached to the east end locals. Officials and workers mentioned include Conductor Wo Steihete and Engineer Hines. several relocations noted with trains arriving at Goodland and gondiana delays until Thursday.
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Barney Guterode
Chapelle
AL Relniver
Santa Fe Railroad
Lawrence Ram
Istana
Weir
Sutherland
Wennestar
Millani
Hines
Giahiin
Meiles
Springs
East End
Gondiana
RUSHING DOUBLE TRACK ON SANTA FE WORK NEAR OTTAWA
Ottawa May 28 Work on the Santa Fe track between Ottawa and Whodilet progresses rapidly. Mr Wright and sons hold the contract and about twenty five teams are engaged. It will take about forty days to complete. Govulle tracking to continue before winter. At Caney J H Raneem leads men in side tracks and improvements.
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Ottawa
Wright and Sons
Santa Fe
Caney
J. H. Raneem
A Railroad Swan The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Trade Split
The Santa Fe traded its Mexican division from Benson Arizona to Guasmas for a Southern Pacific line from Needles to Mohave. The exchange created a gulf of California linkage for the Santa Fe and a Pacific Ocean route for the Southern Pacific. Ripley of Santa Fe and Huntington of Southern Pacific effected the deal early, likened to wrapping knives.
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Santa Fe
Benson, Ariz
Guasmas
Gulf of California
Southern Pacific
Needles
Mohave
California Desert
Smura
Gulf of Calfornia
Hatta Fe
Pacific Ocean
Los Atgeles
San Diego
P Ripley
Huntington
Santa Fe i. M
Chinago
Railroad in a Cellar Near New York Life Building
A cellar railroad runs beneath the New York Life building at Bradway and Warren streets. A small engine and cars move continuously day and night, delivering coal from bunkers to the boiler battery that supplies heat to the immense structure.
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New York
New York Life Building
Bradway and
Warren Streets
Death of Robert Gillham in Kansas City
Robert Gillham general manager of the Kansas City Mullsture & Gulf railways died last night of pneumonia after a brief illness. He built extensive street railway systems in Kansas City Center and Omaha. He was 44 years old and leaves a widow and three children.
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Robert Gillham
Kansas City
Kansas City Mullsture & Gulf Raiway
Pitts
Bure & Gulf
Gillham
Center
Omaha
Picnic plans eyed for Winfield in May
Master Mechanic Gavitt informs middle division workers the time and place for the annual picnic. He notes previous picnics were at Ottawa and suggests Winfield as a suitable site for this year's gathering.
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Winfeld
Emporia
Gavitt
Ottewa
Winfield
Paris Artists Will Exhibit Outside the World's Fair
Paris May 50 It has been decided that the exposition grounds this year will not contain the only art exhibit in the capital. The young artists who cannot get space there will have a salon of their own outside the grounds. Also includes medical patent remedies and local business notices.
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Paris
Town Story Of A Young Lawyer And A No Money Lunch
A jovial young lawyer with a brain worker’s absent mind misses his lunch. He enters a different restaurant, insults the staff, loses his meal ticket, and ends up unable to pay. A suggested arrest is avoided as officers pursue a burglar, leading to a chaotic scene at a west town location.
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Columbian
Burglary misfit Nixon moves into statehouse tent plan
Officers chased a burglar through a cellar and into the door now blocked. Nixon, a Wichita-born man with restless eyes, claimed ties to Governor Stanley’s Sunday School and hoped to set a tent in the statehouse grounds. He described his plan in his own rambling words as he faced removal from his rooms.
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Nixon
Belngea Fakin
Flo
Topeka
Niane
Wichita
Stanley
Statehouse
Fragment from a story with distorted speech
The text shows a distorted dialogue about a child and an older man, mentioning a tent and a room, with a figure wearing a cowboy hat speaking to the old man. The readable fragment hints at a narrative scene but lacks full context or clear event.
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Oder
Military feat eclipses famous campaigns says local veteran
In a Sixth Street grocery store anecdote a veteran recalls a remarkable military maneuver by the Kin s of the Franks. He contrasts it with Hannibal Napoleon and Washington noting the audacity of marching 20 600 men up and down again as the greatest feat. The speaker describes earlier service with the Ranass No tioiel Guard and being elected lieutenant by Company J. He recalls learning drill and passing time with cigars checkers and smoke as the unit prepared for future moves.
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Ananias Fisher
Sixth Street
Spain
Hannibal
Rome
Napoleon
Alps
Washington
Delaware
Ini Perkins Funston
Bagheg
Ranass Notioiel Guard
Company J
Soldier’s Camp Margins and Marches Remembered
In the state encampment I bought a uniform and sword and learned drill from experienced fellows. A hundred men followed my lead as I shouted march while grappling with turning the marching column. The heat and fatigue grew, and a sergeant advised a rest, yet we pressed on. I felt the strain of command and marveled at the feat of marching twenty thousand men up and down Bill.
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Bis
Kite
Prance
Teachers Elected On School Board Vote
The school board elected teachers for the next year. High school picks include L. D Whittemore as principal and Th F Eyer as vice principal with a list of female teachers. Grant picks E A Simmerwell as principal and several staff. Washington appoints J L Harrison as principal and others. Lane and Euclid selections include multiple teachers and principals.
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L. D Whittemore
Th. F Eyer
Viola Troutman
Effie Graham
Laura Ewing
Anna Murphy
M. W. Doran
Mary Barkley
Alice Patterson
Annis Dowsins
el E. Hearcek
Lillian Freeman
Bessie Boughton
Elizabeth Davidson
Edith Davis
Grant
E. A. Simmerwell
Mabel Miller
Neilie Lervicer
Fragmented School Class List Names and principals
A long OCR fragment lists numerous student names and associated class principals or teachers. It reads like a directory of pupils such as Katherine Quincy Ida Hossack Sue Benton Madge Moore and many other names with listed principals or supervisors, including J. H. McBride Le nora Henry Sa thaniel Sawyer and M. C. West, among others. The text is inconsistent and garbled but clearly catalogues students and their guardians or leaders in a school context.
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Katherine Quincy
Ida Hossack
Sue Benton
Madge Moore
J. H. McBride
B Spaler
Busater
S Nora Sexton
Ellen M. Guy
Tincott
M_ ZL Field
Edith Moore
Katherine Crawford
Lutie John Stan
Dollie Martin
Mauda Biehop
Jessie Donnell
Anna Payne
Jane T. Cieland
Blanche Stewart
Garfield
M. C. West
Anna KK. Painer
Anna B Banks
Gertrude Morton
Adda Smith
Laura Bb. Bailey
John 8
Trippative McCoy
Jackson—Cave Goddard
Mabel Smith
Mary Walker
van Buren
Harriet McCoy
Princia
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Seth
Willie
Gompuxien Mice
Yates
Dace
Vaur
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America
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Fay
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Goodland
DeWitt
Geo. W. Stansfield
Wf Wilson
Arnold & Son
Ald Kane & Co
Undertaker
Geo
W. Stanstien
W.H. Wilson
J. Arnold & Sos
A. J. Kane & Co
Campbells
Kansas Avenue
Geo. W. Bransfeid
W. HB. Wileen
A. J. Arnold & Son
State House
Wernicke
Crane & Co
Kas
Hair Health
United States
Great Britain
Lys
Ty Express
Indon Supply Co
Bea
Mat Hair
Swift & Holliday
Rowley & Snow
Kansas Avenues
Hays
Monroe
Frea Roundtrea
Coleative Johnson
Static Page Potwin
Eliza Nazis
Ina Harkins
Kate RB Hukiil
Artes Gentry
Mattie J. Duan
Harrison
K. G Fuster
L. Tuckerman
Camilla Campbell
M. Mitchell
Marie Westerticla
Nettie Miller
Elia H. Smith
Patey McCampball JM
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M. de Price Lowman
E._ Samim
SV. Leeper
Newell
Ida x Ballers
Douglas
Anne BR. Monteith
Sus Stevenson
Parkdale
Linda R. Haines
Princi
Deafiss & Ured
Laura McClure
Cora Hepkime
Winifred Vanderpool
Estella Harding
Fella E. Delete
Suchanan
C. F Cnkscale
of A. Page Geithe Page
Oxera H. ‘Watkins
Clay—O PW Mettintock
Prinet Miles Maddux
Helen T. Thatterflel
Mary Monteith
Anna M. Hager
Elmura McCay
Mannie Mi
Era Bealah Lae
Mar
Princ Ie So Arther Grade Notte
I Pord
Tide Senersat
Bensiewot
Grace L. Woendtfard
Wall
Dore E. Wits
Allie
Whitaanes
M. Fermeur
Helle Stagg
Lou Piltewe
Eoine Warren Slee Ailach
Mies Walters
Heeler Hawkline
Sadie R. Metals
W. Mergan
Catarre
Johnston
Ital
Oura
Chicago Medical Institute
Kansas
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