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They bought the Western Pacific in 1870, with the transaction being finalized on June 23. The heavy snow over the state tied up the Railroad transportation. Employee associations persist in a world of for-profit medicine. Miller was removed to his home while Paul was taken to the Pottsville Hospital. Her abolitionist weekly, the Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor, first appeared in 1848. We know and have copies of the plans approved in April 1905. As the railroad prepared to celebrate its 100th birthday, Charles E.
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Publisher: Indiana University Press; First Edition (US) First Printing edition (November 1, 1997)
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