Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Home life; School
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, asking him to write. She is worried and anxious and wants word from him soon. Also Ella writes asking for a letter. She fills him in on the children's lives.
The "G.W. McBride" was built in 1916 at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania as the "Conqueror". The "Conqueror" was upset in a storm and sank. She was raised, rebuilt, and named the "G.W. McBride" by Captain Birch McBride. She was sold to the Ohio River...
A photograph in the Jasper Herald showing the Robert Strobel family prior to the two-car collision that took all of their lives. Back row: Mrs. & Mr. Strobel. Front row: Sarah and Mike Strobel. Keywords: man, woman, children, family, newspaper.
The Madison Courier on October 25, 1943, reported, "Frank B. Conner, 60, conductor, was killed instantly, and four railway cars were demolished at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon when a "runaway" railroad train raced down the "cuts" plowed up the...