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Title
When our citizens saw our dry goods box
Institution
Peter White Public Library

Subject
Railroads

Subject
Railroad engineering

Subject
Railroad depots

Item Number
AB01a904

Type
text

Description
When our citizens saw our dry goods box that was being built by the Railway company for a depot, they become disgusted and were not slow in expressing their opinion of it. Being determined, however to have something worthy of the name of a depot, a subscription was taken up and in a short time enough money was raised to buld one three times the size of the one the company was erecting.

When our citizens saw our dry goods box

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