Old Stagecoaches: Atchison to Placerville Line's Glory and Folly
The Atchison Placerville stage line once linked the two cities in a 153 station route covering 1013 miles. Fares peaked at 225 dollars with 12 cents a mile, trains carried mail and express, and drivers earned 40 to 75 dollars monthly. The line wowed crowds from London to Concord while riders endured crowded cars and long waits.
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Atchison
Placerville
Cal
Veaver
Denver
Ben Holaday
Holladay
Atchison-Placerville
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Deadwood
Buffalo Bil
London
Prince of Wales
Europe
Concord
N. H
Stagecoach Factory
Atchison and
New _ _York
San Francisco
Hannibal
St. Joseph
Big Blue
Marysville
Little Blue
Platte Valley
Fort Kearney
Plum Creek
Julesberg
O’fallon
Atchison Globe
The Right to Vote in England and Public Notices
A mix of 19th century commentary covers restricted parliamentary suffrage in England detailing disqualifications such as peers clergy police officers and certain convicted or mentally unfit individuals. The piece also includes comic anecdotes about a Long Island railroad whistle and a dinner toast, ending with notes on artificial voices for speech and a quip about a late hour visit.
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England
House of Commons
House of Lords
Westminster
Long Island
Brooklyn Times
Nature's Icehouse Birds Feed Arctic Mosquito Swarms
Pearson's reports on Arctic coastal ecology detailing vast bird migrations to breed as snow melts. Cranberry and cloudberry bushes yield fruit while preserved frozen meals feed birds. mesquite-like swarms and cliff chaffs populate the tundra, drawing insect-eating birds to the region.
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Arctic
Asia
Pearson’s
Train Schedule Note on Sunday Closures and Stops
Times indicate daily except Sunday. When no time is listed trains do not stop. The terse dispatch informs riders of reduced service on Sundays and unspecified times.
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Viccannes
St. Louis
W. P Townsend
Vincennes
Ind. O
Sullivan Firm Plans Practice in Federal and State Courts
The firm will practice in the Federal and State Courts and in other courts where services are required.
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Rae
New York
Bears
Kansas
Fornia
Philadelphia Record
the Centaur Company
New York City
Crowder Milling Co
Uriah Coulson
Daviess County
Soor
The
Great Republican Paper of America
Daily Globe-Democrat
West
Dai
Issue of the Globe
Democrat
Isi
Globe Printing CO
Nature’s Icehouse
Knox Counties
Carlisle
Indiana
W.e.cowle
Evansville
Ami
Princeton
Oaktown
Paxton
Sullivan
Shelburn
Farmersburg
Terre Haute
Danville Je
Chicago
Danville
Farmersburg Shelburn
Sullivan Enere
Paxton Eee
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Baltimore New York
Boston
P. Jerryings
G. P
O. S-W. RY
North Verne
Columbus
Parkersburg
Washington Baltimore
Philadelphia
Ar Flora
Springfield St Louis
Royal Blue Service
Louisville
Baltimore
O. P. McCarty
Ohio
McKinley & McBride
Ind
David Crawley
Liston & Hazelrigg, Agis
Davis Block
Sullivan, Tet
W. H. Hill Jr
General Insurance
Sullivan State Bank
R. Riggs
L. A. Stewart
Washington Street
John T. Hays, Will H. Hays
Attorneys-at-law
Arthur D. Cutler
Miliaga
S.c.chanehy
A. G. McNabb
Southside
W.F. Wood
D. Hunt
Goodman’s Clothing Store
Sullivan Ind
Isaac H. Kally
Sullivan, Ltd
George W. Buff
Stratton
Coffman's Drug Store
Public Square
R.h.crowder
J.R. Crowder
R. H. Crowpver & Son
Physicians and Surgeons
Crowder
East Side Square
Sullivan, Ind
Walter N. Thompson
R. L. Bailey
Crowder Building
C. H. Edwards
Josh Beasley
James R. Brown
Beasley & Brown
Sullivan County
Coffman Block
East Side Public Square
Chaney & McNapp
Scastoff
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