Long River Race Sparks Historic Showdown In New Orleans
Memphis surgeon Dr. Louis Leroy and Col. George M. Cox prepare their boats the Bogie and Martha Jane for a 1200 mile river race from New Orleans to St. Louis. A five cent wager and wide interest echo the 1870 Robert E. Lee Natchez contest as crews ready to chase the record.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert E. Lee
Natchez
New Orleans
St. Louis
Louis Leroy
Canal Street
George M. Cox
Martha Jane
Henderson
Kwkh Fame
Col. Cox
Dr. Leroy
Driftwood
Robert Lee
Marriages and visits anchor Town Line North notes
Town Line North reports a reception at the Howard Dayton home honoring recent marriages of Nelson Bechtel. The column also notes visits and trips by locals including Chas Eggert, Mrs H Rahi, E Mackert, Chas Fitam and Rathaleen Delfield, Irma Spiegelberg, and others visiting Elyria Lorain Cleveland and South Ridge.
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Town Line North
Edwin Shhubert
Oliver
Howard Dayton
Nelson Bechtel
Chas. Eggert
H. Rahi
Akron
E. Mackert
Lorain
Chas. Fitam
Rathaleen
Elyria
John Delfield
Irma Spiegelberg
Sadie Beal
South Ridge
A. C. Corfman
R. B. Fleck
Lewis Schubert
Andrew Barder
Cleveland
George Barder
Elizabeth Ernsts
Dana Haag
Elmer Bischoff
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Pea Bf
Quaker State
AL Mason
Central Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company
Central
Mutual Fire Company
Geo. R. Allen & Son
Masonic Temple
E. Schubert
The
Grange Insurance Co
Bellevue
Margaret Nelding
George Nieding
Amherst
Leo Kihm
Peter Flock
Henry Ernst
Otto Feagler
Mike Thallman
Lake
Carl Henes
Fred Coverdale
John Henes
Harry Darwood
Chas. Johnston
Harmon Bischoff
Soviet
Leningrad
Pskovsky Pedagogical Technikum
Ostrovsky School
Tomsk
Siberia
Soviet Union
Nielsen Laboratories Inc
Middle Ave
N. D. Nielsen Bio-Chemist
Manchester
Madras
Batiste
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