TitleDSS&A report of earnings for the third week of Janurary Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe DSS&A report of earnings for the third week of Janurary is $17,080, as compared with 8,270 for t... View Details
TitleUnder the new time schedule Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionUnder the new time schedule of the DSS&A railway, trains arrive as follows: From the west no 4 at 8... View Details
TitleSurveyors are now making the final location for the O&BR connection Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSurveyors are now making the final location for the O&BR connection with the DSS&A. Ontonagon will ... View Details
TitleTimber for the new dock extension Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionTimber for the new dock extension continues to roll through the yards and out on the long dock used ... View Details
TitleNew dock work Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionWork on Number 3 ore dock is progressing rapidly, and the contractors have reason to feel proud of t... View Details
TitleFrightful blow Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAbout 3 oclock Wednesday afternoon Albert Clement met with a painful accident while at work on the o... View Details
TitleTerrible ride Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAt 7:30 Thursday evening that thrilling locomotive shriek was heard which instantly told people in M... View Details
TitleThree Contractors who have laying Date1888-01-12 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThree contractors who have been laying track on the DSS&A have completed their work for this season,... View Details
TitleCommon council Date1888-01-05 SubjectRailroads DescriptionJanuary 15, 1888. The mayor stated that the DSS&A had been notified to place a flagman on the Gold ... View Details
TitleSeveral of the merchants are complaining Date1888-01-14 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSeveral of the merchants are complaining to headquarters about the passenger and freight service of ... View Details
TitleWant 10,000 Damages Date1888-01-14 SubjectRailroads DescriptionIt is said that friends of August Swanberg have commened suit against Mr. Peterson, a saloonist of t... View Details
TitleFavorite road Date1888-01-19 SubjectRailroads DescriptionReached the Soo at 5:00pm Wednesday, crossed the bridge at 10am Thursday and returned 5pm the same d... View Details
TitleMarquette's band Date1888-01-19 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThrough an oversight the News failed to speak of the most excellent music furnished by the Marquette... View Details
TitleSault Ste Marie proposes to have the biggest kind of a celebration tomorrow Date1888-01-19 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSault Ste Marie proposes to have the biggest kind of celebration tomorrow. The invitations sent out... View Details
TitleKilled : August Swenberg Date1888-01-05 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAugust Swenberg, a deal mute of Ishpeming was run over and killed by passenger train number 4, of th... View Details
TitleTerrible ride (2 pages) Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAt 7:30 Thursday evening that thrilling locomotive shriek was heard which instantly told people in M... View Details
TitleBaraga - Louis Lachapelle Date1888-02-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionA french Canadian under the influence of 40 rod, was making a race course of the DSS&A track. He go... View Details
TitleGeorge O. Summers Date1888-02-23 SubjectRailroads DescriptionGeorge O. Summers, the passenger of the DSS&A dropped in our den Saturday, being on business connect... View Details
TitleLouis Lachapelle, a French Canadian Date1888-02-23 SubjectRailroads DescriptionLouis Lachapelle, a french Canadian under the influence of liquour was making a race course out of t... View Details
TitleDSS&A will be completed into Duluth Date1888-12-23 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe DSS&A will be completed into Duluth early next summer. View Details
TitleSnow blockade Date1888-12-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionA snow blockade has prevailed for two days and will not be lifted until Monday. The Soo road suspend... View Details
TitleBurglarized Date1888-03-01 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe depot of the DSS&A at Humboldt was burglariously entered Tuesday night and the mony drawer and t... View Details
TitleLarge shipments of copper Date1888-03-08 SubjectRailroads DescriptionLarge shipments of copper are being made via the DSS&A View Details
TitleBadly injured, Michael Connell Date1888-03-08 SubjectRailroads DescriptionMichael Connell, a freight conductor on the DSS&A was seriously, if not fatally injured near the Buf... View Details
TitleIt is said a surveying party Date1888-03-10 SubjectRailroads DescriptionIt is said a surveying party for the South Shore has been at work for some two weeks past running a ... View Details
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