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Mine Run'•MINE RUN - • Uaot^oftod pioduof oi * ttia# hmuo* an a«»«ofcblY o! Uk« kind ttol specifically a medley fAthought oi idea*.*Dictionary(By Shot-Firer, Substituting forMine* Runner)The other day this column carried a little item about a station called “Irving”, on the oid I.. A I. S. Railroad this side of Sullivan, The story also told about a well-known Scotchman for whom thestation was named and who wasa great stor.s teller and an inter esting character. In response to that item telling about Mr. Irving we had a telephone call stating that he was a brother of Mrs. Mary Collins, of 440 Second street Northwest, this city. The name, however, should have been spelled Irvine, not Irving.* * *Other old stations on this road (now the Illinois Central) in that locality, between Dugger and Sullivan, were Buell or Lyonton (now Cass), Farnsworth, Caledonia and Niggertown. In fact,Caledonia once had a postoffice. The village is still called Nigger town.fThe originator and real muek-a-rnuck of this column, who has been “under the weather” since
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Linton Daily Citizen
Linton, Indiana, US
Tue, Jun 24, 1947
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