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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1898
Page
5
Polly Marshall works as station agent at Kane Creek near Mercer. She greets the westbound express from St Paul and cares for engine 60. Engineer Marshall, her father, teaches her the craft as trains hiss through the dusty pine scrub.
Polly, a skilled operator in Kane Creek, foils a train robbery by using the locomotive to escape attackers. She fuels the engine with coal, warns Mercer, and helps recue her father Engineer Marshall, earning praise and a new post while helping capture a robber later identified by Polly.
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