Servants in Santiago and scattered notices in a 19th century paper
A stitched miscellany describes Santiago servants with vivid attire and idle habits, then shifts to short items: Colorado regiment in Manila seeks muster out, catarrh cure claims, a new Congregational creed in Chicago, a Kentucky stock dealer praising Chamberlains remedy, Cuban politics under Gen. Wood, and local ads for stoves and medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Regiment
Manila
Gov. Adams
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Dio
F. J. Cheney
Sweeping Washout on Kansas Rail Line 1880
A veteran civil engineer recalls the McPherson Lyons railroad washout of 1880 near Lyons Kansas. Heavy drought followed by a midnight thunderstorm erased the roadbed and bridges as trains faced a June deadline. Crews rebuilt tracks and bridges to run into Lyons by June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
McPherson & Lyons
Kansas
Atchison
McPherson
Lyons
N. Y
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Chicago
Plymouth Congregational Church
John Mathias
Pulaski, Ky
Chamberlain
I. C. Savage
Ormoe
Manzanillo
Leonard Wood
Bridge & Seach
Lloyd Hardware
de Queen Street
Polk County
Peter
Rome
Vatican
Cheatham
Jackson Drug Co
Lewis
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Cleburne County
de Witt
Pipkin & Hanes
Omaha
Neb
H. B. Hardt
Hardtso
Washington
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
United States Senate
Virginia
Gen. Lee
Gerstle
St. 'S
L. Gerstle & CO
Props
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lloyd Hardware Store
J. W. Cary
Mena, Ark
J. C. McKee
W. I. Boyer
Furniture
The
Mena Tailoring Co
Romeo Goff
Warrens
Cleveland
Ohio
S. B. Kirby
J.J. Mershon
Mena
Fire Association
Philadelphia
Home
New York
American Central
St Louis
Springfield Fire and Marine
Springfield
Mass
North British Mercantile
London
Edinburgh
Fidelity and Casualty
E. A. Lilly, Agt
Cage
Eos
Davis Machine CO
Sadie Nichols
G. W. Paltz
Sherwood Avenue
Oposite Height Depot
Garrett’s Transfer CO
Mena Opera House
H. Gaither
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