Personally Conducted Tours Live On Railroads Past
Railroads expand tourist trains with private mattress beginnings and later Pullman sleeper services. Rock Island promotes new through sleeper itineraries to San Francisco Los Angeles and Pacific Coast points via the Denver and Rio Grande system.
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Rok Teland
A. W. Thompson
Mr. Phillips
A. Phillips & Co
Pacific Coast
Phillips
Ryedf
Tale
Joe Willetts
Witets Devan
Buxton
Tslena
California
United States
Rock Island
Kansan City
Thanas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pocite Coast Paints
Denver
Butte-Welena
Spokane
Puget Sound
Engers
Northern Pacific
Utah
Kansas
Chicago
St. Louis
Hest
Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
J.C Bramhall
L.w.wakeley
A. St Main St
Crry
St. Lotia
Howard Elliott
Eusrad
Vanderbilt Gets 5 B New York Dispatch Reports
The Times states that the Vanderbilt family has gained control of the Southern Pacific system after negotiations begun two years earlier and previously blocked by C P Huntington. His death altered the stance, enabling American financial interests to seize the council of the Southern Pacific.
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New York
Get
the Times
Vanderbilts
C FP. Huntington
Huntington
Ace Surprising Cures At Kansas City Office
S. Edward McCully M.D. proclaims cures for piles without cutting, bladder catarrh, ovarian pains, tumors, ruptures, constipation, and various catarrhs. Claims plaster cures, inhaler treatments, and relief from asthma, chronic coughs, neuraglia, and sore joints. Office listed at 726 Topeka Avenue.
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Kansas
Topeks Avenue
S. Edward Nccully
M.D
Vanderbilt Harriman Lead Syndicate In Pacific Mail Control
The syndicate including Willam K. Vanderbilt EH Harriman James J. Hill Norman B. Stearns and James Speyer has gained control of Huntington’s Pacific Mail property. Analysts note Vanderbilt aims to unite Atlantic coast to San Francisco routes via Pacific interests and Southern Pacific, signaling a major shift in western traffic rates.
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Willam K. Vanderbilt
EH. Harriman
James J. Bill
Norman B. Steam
James Speyer
Wall Strees
Mr. Huntington
Pacific Mall
H. Harries
Wik Associates
James J. All
W. K. Vanderbilt
Mr.Harriman
Tilll
Vanderbilt
Southern Pacific
Vanderbilt Tyme
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Atlantic Coast
New York
San Francisco
Far East
New York Central
Northwestern
Low Pacific
Vacancies Advertised for Santa Fe Engineers and Firemen
Long list of vacancies for Santa Fe engineers and firemen with seniority rules. Posts include fires on trains 10, 10, 15, 16 between Topeka, Kansas City, Wichita, and St Joseph, plus positions on trains 65 60 Ottawa Emporia, 65 66 between Argentine Ottawa, switch engine in Lawrence yards November 1, and fireman on Howard branch trains 266 266 between Ekaporis and Maeline, then Nos 2 2 Topeka Newton and Nos 191 182 154 Osage City Quenbi.
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Santa Fe
Firman
Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Nea
Len
St. Joseph
Hansas City
Ottawa
Emporia
Argentine
Lawrence Yards
Howard Branch
Ekaporis
Maeline
Newton
Osage City
Quebeni
Whistling Station of Kansas City Train Schedule Oddity
The Santa Fe whistling station at Kansas City with the eastbound California Hyer causes confusion as passengers and services adjust. Train cutbacks remove Kansas City sleepers and affect connections to Topeka and Chichza, with no stop at Kansas City between early morning hours. Santa Fe locals report staffing and inspection activities, a missionary tale to workers, and a record telegraph output by the department.
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Santa Fe
Kansas City
California
Chichza
Karsan City
John Parceth
Santa Fe Division
Fort Madison
Iowa
Topeka
Roundhouse
W. J. Chiistham
Santa Fe Telegraph Department
Cem
Santa Fe staffers depart for duties in various cities
McCoy and Mudge of the resident engineer’s office left for Guthrie and Topeka to finish unfinished business. Elmer Shafar, a Santa Fe hostler, traveled to Seattle for about six weeks with his family. W. A. McClaren went to Sedalia to attend to property matters, likely away about four days. George Fisher, keeper of the mechanical department, turns 24 today with a ten hour workday.
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Drouubiy
Tor Gaya
George Fisher
Mechanical Department
The
Santa Fe
Poverty in Russia through Henry Norman in Scrinner's
Henry Norman paints a stark portrait of rural Russia with villages of dirt paths and wooden houses. The nation, an agricultural giant, exports grain to Europe while famine strikes its fertile regions and villagers suffer syphilis outbreaks, alcoholism, and neglect amid state inquiries for remedies.
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Henry Norman
Scrinner
Russia
Deason
Sle
Poland
Europe
Ft la
Tings
Unruly Fashionable Evening Ends In Frightful Scene
A young society man wearing a new suit and patent leathers provokes a commotion during a visit to a Western district home. His approach triggers a dramatic scene as a protective father confronts him on the porch, forcing the young man to retreat amid scolding and laughter from onlookers. The episode underscores the era’s social tensions and the dangers of courting in public spaces. Weather Observer Jennings’ anecdote about choosing water over food and a playful note on modern attire are referenced, along with a local romance involving Howard Harding and a girl of the Ebakay family who notices the incident from a nearby window.
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Boise
Steve Gad
Tellet
Sanin Fenfices
Crane
Adame Streetn
Cit
Thor
Monsa Youne Min
Howard Harding
Mike
Soln Ladys
Aliobl
Belne
Cuburh
To Est
Alen
Qoeema
Buly
Hardix
Highwaymen and a Nose Scratch During Robbery Tale
The Troy Press recounts a tale where highwaymen demand hands up and one passenger, close to a shotgun, tries to scratch his nose. The robber scolds him, insisting he must keep hands raised, then adjusts the situation with a comic line about scratching. The anecdote highlights the tension and odd humor of a stagecoach robbery.
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Prom
Troy Press
California
Cholera Attack Trims Clerk’s Life at Centerville Court
A distressed clerk of the district court in Centerville Town endured a severe cholera attack causing near death. He recalls suffering agony during the illness and the ineffective use of various medicines, including wine, before seeking treatment and remedies from local sources.
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Centerville
Gui Drugenta
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TEL
Wm. Schick
Railroad News
Paris
Walter Baker & Co
Baker's Cogoas and Chocolates
Dorchester Mass
Lesson
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Tronquill
J.C. Elliott
Sprat
Columbia, Tribune and
Andrae
Topeka Cycle CO
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Jackson Brrest
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Puneral
Kau
LM Pewwell
Topeka Water Co
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Wooo
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Kansas Avenue
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