Railroad News Offers Valuable Advertising Souvenir for Missouri
A facsimile pamphlet on the 1902 base is showcased as a souvenir for Missouri readers. The piece recalls flood disruptions in midwestern rail service, highlighting Alton and Santa Fe routes, river barge connections, and the impact on Chicago to Kansas City travel. It notes competition among railroads and the Alton’s leadership under General Passenger Agent Grige Charites during the crisis.
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Chicago
Atton Pass
Alton Waite
Kareoe
Eaet
Stl Laulk
Kunmus City
Alten
Grige Charites
Hinas
Gorda
May Haul More Freight As Great Engines Prove Useful
May haul of freight increases as Mammoth locomotives from the company are tested on the Wickit line. Officials claim engines can move hundreds of freight cars daily, with cars loaded about 1,360 tons per trip and tests continuing to gauge efficiency and capacity on future runs.
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CW. Jones
Une
Toe Pit
Merington
Camipany
Gunpany
Ned Henman
Warners Safe Cure Promises Kidney Health Remedies
An old advertisement extols Warner's Safe Cure for kidney disease. It describes uric acid, bladder stones, and severe symptoms, claiming the medicine cleanses blood, purifies the liver, and strengthens the body. It urges testing urine samples and notes price and availability while warning against imitations.
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Atling
Warner
Moohenter
N.Y
Western Passenger Association holiday travel fare notice
A fragmented notice outlines holiday rail fares from Chicago to western points, with open rates of 4.33 and 1.33 for round trips, minimums and maximums between stations, a 1800 mile ad rate, and special student discounts. Pickets wait Dec 4 and Jan 4. rates valid Dec 18 to Dec 24.
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Ling
Chicago
Wyanet
Turknsion
Rauin
Kanana City
Passteger Association
Rock Island and Omaha rail lines adjust grain rate battle
Rock Island and other lines settle the threatened rate war over grain with a new rate matching the Great Western. North western and other roads pledge to mirror cuts if matched. valid from Monday morning. Denver office notes add a room change. Stout street cigar store nearby referenced.
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Rock Island
Omaha
Neb
Western
Chicago- Omaha
Cuba
Chicago
Minneapolis
Great Western
Novay
Pressi Stickney
Hock Islad
Burlington
Rock Ihaw
Northwestern
Denver R. I
Tim Rock Ieland Offley
Denver
Stout Street
Rediction plans for railroad offices in the city
A fragmented notice describes the project to redo and redecorate a pair of rooms in a railroad office building in the city. Details are unclear but indicate changes to space and appearance by Tiktine.
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St We Sante
Ratie
Tiktine
Hutchinson Seeks Rail Division Move From Newton
Hutchinson leaders push to relocate the Santa Fe division from Newton to Hutchinson citing employee interest and expansion needs. Train crews from Newton would relocate, with profits from running mileage paid to engine crews and a pending water contract renewal affecting operations at Newton.
Altons Engines Largest Rival to Wabash Claims
Alton officials, after receiving six additional Baldwin locomotives, announce new engines will be the largest and heaviest yet on rails. The Baldwin and Wabash engines are contrasted by size, weight, heating surface, and capacity with claimed speeds of 80 mph and 60 mph for the Brooke-Wabash unit.
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Chicago & Alton
Alton
Baldwin
Rock Island to Build Massive Shops at Moline
Rock Island will spend 14 million dollars to create immense locomotive and car repair shops at Moline, Toledo and Til. The plan calls for at least two buildings and a three year construction period with total cost around 24 million dollars for structures and equipment.
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Rock Island
Moline
Til
Rock Isiana
Tul
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Mississippi Tax Claim Against Rail Line Unpaid Revenue
Mississippi revenue agent says the state seeks eleven years of taxes on six million dollars in stock of the Chicago and New Orleans railroad Row W part of the Union Central railway, alleging the stock has escaped payment of taxes due for the period.
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Jockron
Sissigsippi
Chi- Louis and
New Orleans
Tins Central Railway
Gaillion
Rock Island Explains Earnings Decline From Improvements
The Rock Island line cites September and year-to-date declines due to heavy improvement expenditures. Gross earnings rose by 303.00 while operating expenses jumped 3,546,964 from extensive summer and fall upgrades, leaving the road in better shape now.
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Rock Island
Weather and business lean toward winter adjustments
The report notes normal weather and business conditions with improvement outlays likely in winter. Practical completion of the year’s plans enabled the layoff of about 5,000 workers in the last two weeks, with a restart anticipated in the November statement. The October figures may show a rise in operating assets versus last year, though not as high as September, and a larger share of gross increases could be saved to net.
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Ander
Asea
Railroads in China Syndicate Plans Concessions
Huntington and EK and others form a New York led syndicate with Erwin Hawley and Frederick Eldridge to secure railway concessions in China and bid on key lines. A. W. Bush and R. M. Hopper travel to China to arrange deals while a Philadelphia delegate joins. The group argues Chinese reverence for ancestors is not a barrier to graves relocation for rail development.
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San Francisco
Cal
Huntington
EK. 1
Erwin Hawley
TF. Qakes
Frederick Eldridge
China
Eyndstate
A.W. Bush
Combine
R. M. Hopper
Philadelphia
Bush
Hopper
Wan Jsow
Bolin
Unclean Ward Sparks Tent Annex at Santa Fe Hospital
Reports show Santa Fe hospital operates a tent annex to quarantine and disinfect dirty cases away from the main ward. The piece notes racial tensions and segregation in sanitation practices, stating uncleanly patients are kept separate before proper disinfection.
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Santa Fe
Missouri Court Rules Passenger to Stay Awake on Train
Kansas City reports a Missouri court ruling in Bascom v. Wabash that a passenger who slept through a stop and was carried past his destination bears full responsibility. The article notes a local burial in La Junta for John Earl Walker, killed in the Santa Fe wreck near Pueblo, with details of his family and K P lodge ties. It also covers Southern Pacific extensions in Northern California, the Chico & Northern Railway, and a record largest locomotive arriving at Frisco on November 4.
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Missouri
Kansas City
HB. Bascom
Wabash Hallroad Company
Kansam Wsey
John Earl Walker
la Junta
Célo
Pueblo
Wil
Kansas Cay
Mer. Walker
Tran
San Francisco
Memphis
Southern Pacific
Northern California
California & Oregon Coast Railroad Company
Grant's Pass
Ore
Crescent City
Chetoo
Curry County
Humboldt County
Chico & Northern Ril~ Toad Company
Chico
Sterling
Diamond Match Company
Southern Pacific J
Convention of Traveling Passenger Agents Opens in New Orleans
In New Orleans on November 11 the annual convention of Traveling Passenger Agents began with President Fitzgerald presiding. Nearly all members attended including several from Canada. The morning session featured welcome addresses from El Paso Portland and Mexico City after the 19th convention.
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New Orleans
Fithgerald
Ils
Canada
el Paso
Portland
Mexico City Aire
Rock Inland Wins Defer Extension Project Until Spring
Postponed until spring the Rock Inland and Port Worth routes plan to defer work on extending the Choctaw line toward Cucumis carl and link to Plainview. Proposals include building a fan station and a railroad to Plainview, with a new line the 0 miles distant, reflecting Rockefeller influence on regional rail development.
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Amarillo
Tex
Trix
Rock Inland
Santa Fe to Purchase Western Rail Lines and Hire New Chief
The Santa Fe plans to buy the San Francisco drill Northwesters Phoenix and East che and Mast Side and the ndsburg railroads at the next commercial meeting in December. A. J. Lapham arrives from Arc Bernardin to become chief work, succeeding Bert Gregory. A Santa Fe cub member, J. Kurcherje, wrote a booklet on the California trip taken by club members via the Santa Fe during the summer, led by S W. Maan ning, the New England agent.
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Saute Fy
Chibart
Freigat Ein Perlef
Iwi Locomotive Works
Alops
Oretery
Schl Weel
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Lepham Nas
Bert Gregory
Fe Topela
J. Kurcherje
Basum
Santa Fa Cub
California
Santa Pe
Scmmer
Karcher
Bietorian
Clube Excaraton
S W. Maanning
New England
Banta
OUR STANDING ARMY REPORTS STRENGTH AND MILITIA ISSUES
Acting Adjutant General Hall releases the annual army report detailing October 1 strength at 2881 officers and 5500 enlisted men, with losses, militia work, and public opposition. It notes militia efficiency work, inspections, and questions fears of militia roles amid labor and race concerns.
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Washington
Army
Atteches
Ress
Spain
United States
Slength
National Guard
Virginia
Georgia
Louisiana
Militia Maneuvers Funding and Attendance Provisions
A historical report outlines recommendations on financing organized militia maneuvers. Provisions include paying forage and fuel costs, hay bedding, and per diem allowances up to 48 cents per drill, with limits on state allotments. States may retain old arms. passage depends on appropriations for next fiscal year and eligibility for participation.
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Cengrins
Milla
Hornes
Zallitia
United States
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