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MR: AND MRS. JAMES NAIL ANtt^DAUGHTER AND SONj ROY NAIL^:•••■ . v • .. • •» •• • •. ^yxo*WILL MAKE 1,000 MILE .TRIP?:• -• “ J *• -.■«•*; ;POWN OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI^:iZl'Z “ * J-cr-HJIVE BUILT OWN IIvirhich Will Be propelled,By Gatolirir'■ .* ‘•• -iHylt;*'jEnglms-Coat of Craft Wa«?lMW^• .• t *f ' .. '*Than One Thout^nd Dollars; , 'v‘uMr* and Mrs. Jaimes* E. Nall'Ohd• daughter,, Qlhdys, and bod, Roy, 'are'! planning a trip by water from Madfi-*; soh.^and to-New Orlhaas. The ontfte’-': down the Ohio and Mississippi riverp'• wlijube made In a cabin cruiser being;-: built by Rtoy-NaSV^ancIi hia .father;-.' which Is now nearly finished: after/?eighteen months of work.? A number ?, of months, will be spent In reaching^the mouth of the Mississippi. ;/The’£•trip could he made in much ehbrier^time with the cabin cruiser trnt- mi*.^merous stops are expected to be m^*: *!png the iway. ;'f'A An entire freight car will berusei^i ^transporting the boat to “MadlwWi^ where it will be launched in the OIo-/; riye/and made ready for the fifteea% hundred mile cruise. A supply of*'etables and canned goods will be stoi^ ed in the hold; bed clothing, kitchen^; utensils, books and all of the supplies/-will be fitted in the cabin. .- The trip undoubtedly will be a fin*:/ vacation, hut it will not -altogether Wij a pleasure trip, as Roy and hte.;ftt£h^ er, who are carpenters/expect to-• * ■ . . *. '.j-job work In the different hamlets, ;?; towns and cities they come to atone?-' the river, in this way the expense' pf the trip and probably money be-’.: ,* sides will be made.; They will pat l.and sleep in the boat while in villages* • * * » • •or cities, thus the expense of.living/^ will be no more than If they were at'/; home. • '• •. •.y..' S.
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Shelbyville Republican

Shelbyville, Indiana, US

Mon, Apr 13, 1914

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