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Title
Telegraph operators on the DSS&A
Institution
Peter White Public Library

Subject
Railroads

Subject
Telegraph operators

Subject
Upper Peninsula of (Mich.)

Item Number
AB01a467

Type
text

Description
Telegraph operators on the DSS&A between St. Ignace and Marquette, run largely through the forest, protect themseleves at night with smudges in order to hold the swarms of mosquitoes at a respectable distance

Telegraph operators on the DSS&A

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