Rochester to Pittsburgh and back by rail timetable notes
Train schedule fragment shows connections between Beaver Station and Rochester with arrival and departure times to Pittsburgh and back. Includes agent names and superintendent annotation.
20 Jan 1864
Page 1
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1864
Page
1
Train schedule fragment shows connections between Beaver Station and Rochester with arrival and departure times to Pittsburgh and back. Includes agent names and superintendent annotation.
The document presents a quarterly bank statement listing resources including cash on hand 08,124.48, furniture and fixtures 4,50, notes and checks from other banks, and various balances. It includes totals for assets such as cash, due from other banks, and Browns account with verification by a clerk J.P. on November 6.
Fragments describe a produce shop listing items tea and sugar but text is garbled. No clear event, date, or organization identified.
Fragmentary OCR text shows names Beaver and Penn a fragmentary line likely from a local notice or directory. The readable bits provide no clear event date action or official body. Further context until full text is available.
Reports from Chicago detail a severe cold wave and snowstorm that began Thursday morning, leaving streets impassable and hundreds frozen. The Michigan Central train became trapped by a drift, passengers endured extreme exposure, and救 a transfer by Michigan Southern trains finally brought救 them to safety. Fatalities were reported in Crown Point area, including Krutzer family deaths, with nearby fire and destruction observed.
A garbled historical text recalls a sixth year at a university, political service from 1840s to 1860s, and a Confederate-leaning Boston paper note. It mixes biographical fragments with Civil War commentary and a sensational anecdote about a perilous seaside suicide attempt.
An 1864 era Cincinnati meeting presided by Gen Rosecrans discussed emancipation and Arkansas rejoining the Union with slavery bans. Speakers praised abolition and urged Northern and Southern reconciliation while noting Confederate sympathies and wartime figures. Civil war updates and hog raid anecdotes accompany broader war coverage.
A garbled passage shows figures discussing tactics and blame games in a political conflict. It references the federal inquiry and calls for narrowing choices to defeat the opposing side. The text hints at internal debates and strategy shifts amid a tense national scene.
The Lancaster Express reports on a remarkably fattened hog raised by John Cipeman in Cayuga County and others by A B Benham in Tompkins County New York. The animals grew from 809 pounds to approximately 1400 pounds from May 1863 to the present, with weights listed for several months.
The official report records 382 commissioned officers 191 party officers and 877 seamen aboard. The data implies roughly one officer for every three crew members.
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