Topeka Sought as Host for National Brotherhood Meet
At a meeting of union leaders plans were launched to bring the national convention to Topeka in May 1862. Organizers cited local business support and hotel stays by attendees as key factors, noting Norfolk, Va as the next venue and Beattie, Wash as Topeka's only rival.
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Weas
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Rnelawers
Topeka
Mene
Rust
Chalet
Job
M Pentratarye
Aa Heeler
Wetman Cpasara Sexhill
Charles Jones
Jeter
Bringne
Bae
Norfolk
Beattie
Wash
Topeke
Wreck on Iron Mountain Injures Many in Ore Region
Ari November 12 a wreck on the Iron Mountain railway near Sifed with many injured as an engine carrying forty workers struck debris and left the track. The scene saw workers thrown in all directions and some entangled beside the rail. Hazelton Pa November 12 Thomas Sutty president of the United Mine Workers calls for a reevaluation of national policy backing re enactment of Chinese exclusion law affecting coal regions.
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Ari
Iron Mountain Railway
Sifed
Cigy
Hazelton
Thomas Sutty
Oom
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets and the Home Remedy Claim
An old remedy mix of Eucalyptos Giatarol and Hydrantin is promoted as external care. The text reports a chemist secretive blend yielding an effective canter for nasal and bronchial catarrh. It cites Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a proven aid, with testimonials from J. Camanova and W. Rhai of New York City and a Pittsburgh physician endorsing them for various catarrh conditions.
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Stuart
Stuarty
J. Camanova
Hotel Griffon
W. Rhai
Trouble In About Over Says Mr Mudge Rail Strike
Railroad news reports that Santa Fe switchmen strike at Pueblo is fading with no spread. General Manager Mudge says most Pueblo switchmen are not union members and other railroad unions refuse aid. Officials believe Santa Fe trouble near end, with no major developments expected today.
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Mudge
Santa Fe
Puchi
Denver & Hip Grande
Pueblo i
Dh & Kk
Pueblo
Bir. Mudge
Denver & Rio Grande
Ube Mel Mento
Pactio Sm Yapidisis
Denver
Switchmen's Union of North America
Herbert Utiatne
Su Uon
Brotherhood of
Hidimad Traipten
Owlet
Tee
Asong
Holding Company Circles Northern Pacific and Allies
Circulars sent to stockholders describe a holding trust to absorb the Northern Pacific Great Northern and related lines. The plan resembles the Steel Trust and would place leadership with J J Hill allies. Northern Pacific directors meet next week with Mellen expected to attend and Darius Miller possibly elected to the Northern Pacific Ward.
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Victous
Northern Pacific
Steel Trust
Northern Padfe
Mellen
Northern Pacffc
St. Paul
Darius Miller
Great Northern
Miller
Mellen Ag
Bold Bisbee Freight Heist Sparks 90 Car Capture
A chaotic freight swap along the Southern Pacific line ends with 90 cars seized amid a dramatic bid to move goods toward Bisbee. Gunfire and clashes are reported as authorities order new track movements and car transfers to nearby facilities.
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South Tine
Southern Pacific
Bohan Ron
Alan
Elmiso
Santa de Bet
Death Traps Hit by Chicago Papers on Rail Roads
A garbled Chicago text cites rail routes described as death traps after Rock Island and other lines. It mentions a meeting at Turner Hall under Lows A Prey and Moynihan inflating the campaign for southern Fallcane crossovers and various figures and dates are loosely referenced in a confused report.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Chicaso Turner Hall
Lows
A. Prey
Aarnien
Alen Fon
Jonve
H. Moynihan
Fallcne
Denver hearing opens on freight rate discrimination
Denver cor court room hosts a federal inquiry led by C A Prouts of Vermont and Joseph W Fifer of Tu fnell into charges that Pacific coast freight rates to Denver exceeded those to Missouri river points on 129 articles. The Interstate Commerce Commission seeks why equal rates were not implemented. Representing complainants are W E Hartison for the Denver Chamber of Commerce. Santa Fe and Union Pacific appear. Southern Pacific absent with apology.
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Denver
C. A. Prouts
Vermont
Joseph W. Fifer
Tufnell
Interstate Commerce Comrelsion
Federal Court Room
Thi City
Pacific Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific
Missouri River
Kansas City
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
W. E. Hartison
Construction Delays at New Machine Shop Site
Foundations for the BES machine shop are underway but delays persist due to slow material delivery. A central track and grading work are planned, with anchors set in concrete. Ballard crushed stone arrives from Atchison, Swanven Co. oversees doors for the blacksmith shop and prep for twelve company houses once lumber and supplies arrive.
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BES
Phils
Ballard
Atchison
St. Joseph
CO. Swanven
Dlacksmith
Scrompton
Making Steel Rails from Oxide to Ingot Process
A fragment describes an order for tons of steel alloy rails and the production steps. It notes smelting ore starting at pre-dawn hours, a five hour holding period, and the sequence from furnace to ingot to final rail, including times for each stage and a payroll figure for workers. It references costs per ton and a production timeline.
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Welock
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cost of steel rails reported by Industrial Commission
An Industrial Commission special report outlines past and present costs and selling prices of raw and steel products from 1886 to 1911. Figures show steel prices ranging from about $1.87 to $25.98 and later up to $38.12 in a scattered annual timeline.
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Industrial Commission
Commission
Invents a Metal Tie for Rails at Hutchinson
H Bryan of Hutchinson Kansas has received a patent for a metal railroad tie designed to replace wooden ties. The device features rails fitted into grooves and ballast mortised in, promising greater durability and a firmer roadbed. Railroad superintendents have deemed it practical and notably good.
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Hutchinson
H Bryan
Kan
Mir. Bryan
NO GIRL WAITERS Denver & Rio Grande Will Not Try the Innovation
Denver reports Major Si Hooper denies a widespread claim that the Denver and Rio Grande Railway will hire women as dining car waiters. The piece touches on related railway ownership notes and a separate Kentucky line purchase, plus a Louisville Nashville uniform gesture and an Odwein strike ending.
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Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
Si. Hooper
Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company
Msenger
Railway strikes and navy of workers at Paso area
The report covers prolonged labor action with three hundred strikers over three weeks including a judge’s ruling on a restraining motion, plus numerous railroad personnel changes at Rock Island El Paso division. It lists new officers, foremen, and shop workers, plus crew absences and injuries among the locomotive and maintenance staffs.
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Southern Pacific
Paso
Tex
Blaher Railway
Clark
New Mexico
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island & el Paso Railway
J. Myers
Dallas
Texas
S_C_ Matthews
Chicago
A. E. Coleman
Dalhart
Water reservoir and railroad work progress update
Report covers construction on a Santa i reservoir with earth and masonry dam across a draw to save water, and railroad operations with multiple engineers and crews pulling Limited Tom Topeka cast. King injured repairing hydrant near coal chute. off duty since incident. Rev. Emerson lectures on Worth of Man as week of prayer topics proceed for railroad OM CA.
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Otnant FE Armsleigh
McHugh
Harry Wilkinson
Rastoandrs
Henry’ Themes
H. Herington
Newton
Bar Tedeeworth
St. Joseph
Miter
Bert Brusett
Belie Anon
I Works
George Cole
Ackemith
A. O. Saunders
Emfairl
Ocal
Ned
John Wolff
Whegl
Lave
UME
Outha Bina
Norton
Rom An
Linhes
Burt Wens
Boones
Wiliam King
Panne Coateng
Boloneine
C.J. Devlin
Samuel Wise
John Allen
Marceline
Tom Topeka
al Roberts
Fred Riggley
Cottonwoodivision
Here
Cuntinghane
John Snyder
FW. Emerson
Lgad
Washington telegrams list honors urged for Hoetard brothers
Brief dispatches from across the globe note various events. Representative Jones pressed for recognition of Lieut. Oliver P. Hoetard and his brother for service with Gen. Funston during the Aguinaldo capture. Additional items cover deaths at Pt McPherson Barracks, industrial losses in Paterson, Irish envoys’ travel plans, a Columbia professor’s fatal fall, a Mexico City suicide related to business troubles, a Galician petroleum trust plan, Prince Christian’s scarlet fever illness, a Prussian mining disaster, Boer wartime threats, arbitration council dates, LDS mission meetings, and oil finds in Debeque.
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Washington
Jones
Oliver P. Hoetard
Funston
Aguinaldo
Atlanta
John W French
Pt. Mc~ Pherson Barracks
Kidney Trouble Alarm Prompts Swamp-Root Trial Notice
Back pain signals kidney trouble and alerts health. Swamp-Root offers mild to strong relief, advertised as a world famous remedy. Free sample promises, with contact by mail to Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, Hing hamton, NY.
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Fons N.Y
Topeka
Btate Journal
Kihmers Swamp-Root
Hinghamton, N
Pensions Granted to Kansans and Marine Hospital Alert
Pensions for Kansans list grants for John Hill of Lyons 0 James Lord of Topeka 17 John Goodrich Ottawa 12 James Lucas Ottawa 3 Harry Wasner Topeka 50 and Harriet Smith Stockton 3. A Washington cablegram to the surgeon general reports an outbreak at Gidessa and a marine hospital service notice follows.
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Kansans
Washington
John Hill
Lyons
Lncrwaso
James Lord
Topeka
John Goodrich
Ottawa
James’ Lucas
Spain
Harry Wasner
Harriet Smith
Stockton
Pisque
Odesse
Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service
Gidessa
Spreads Like Wildfire in Quack Health Claims
Fragmentary OCR text shows advertising claims for Agincwe Bitters as best for stomach, liver, and kidney issues, promising to cleanse blood, strengthen nerves, and cure ailments quickly. Language is garbled and promotional, lacking verifiable details or authorities.
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Abraham
Heliewille
Ivers
Soa Rowela
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Union Cel
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Kansas Avenue
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Pemmanshin
Quincy St
George B. Palmer
Mce
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Fmasonic Temple
Jackson Street
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