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F15804 U.S. Copyright Office Covers central Washington. Shows radial distances. Text, map of Lehigh Valley Railroad, and ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. DCP
Covers area bounded by A Street N.E./N.W., 3rd Street N.W., Florida Avenue, and 12th Street N.E. Also shows block numbers and elevations of block corners. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Brittle, lacking sections along edges, and mounted on cloth backing. Includes note and track profile. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
15968Y U.S. Copyright Office Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shown in red. Includes index to points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy 1 trimmed and annotated in blue pencil on verso. Copy 2 mounted on cloth backing. 2 copies DCP
Covers area in central Washington D.C. bounded by Pennsylvania Av. N.W./S.E., 9th St. S.E., N St. S.E., diagonally northwestward to 14th St. S.W. Shows railroad yards, connecting trackage, and city block numbers. "October 1889." Typewritten on label affixed to verso: Ground covered by House bill 8243. Blueprint with selected tracks emphasized in red pencil. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 22 x 14 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
Typewritten on label affixed to verso: Profile of Sixth St., M'd & V'a Ave's, from the tunnel to the Potomac, showing effects of sinking tracks, &c. 1890. Blueprint annotated in yellow, red, and lead pencils. Profile drawn in 3 segments. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 22 x 14 cm. Includes drawing of "P.R.R. standard 60000 lb. freight car on standard roadbed." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
Partial cadastral map showing owners' names and acreages of larger landholdings in districts adjacent to the B&O R.R. in Washington D.C. and Montgomery County (Md.). "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1890 by Francis R. Fava Jr. in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." North oriented towards the upper left. Includes notes, "Profile of the Metropolitan Branch B. & O.R.R. ... showing distances from Washington D.C. and elevations," and advertisement for "T. Janney Brown, general agent." LC copy stamped on verso--"Gilbert Thompson." Sectioned in 4 sheets and mounted on 2 sheets of cloth. Annotated in ink--"With the compliments of Francis R. Fava Jr. C.E., January 1892." LC Railroad maps, 461 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
Class G. XXc. no. 4920 U.S. Copyright Office Bird's-eye view to horizon. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy halved and mounted on cloth backing.
Relief shown hachures and form lines. Wall map. Includes index map and 12 insets. Mounted on cloth in 4 parts on each sheet. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. This map was removed from the United States title collection and cataloged with an abbreviated TIL description in 1997 or 1998.
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Shows central Virginia from the Allegheny Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay. Relief shown by form lines. Pencil (some col.) on tracing paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) H267 LC Railroad maps, 549 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
On tracing cloth, with roads in red, rivers in blue, and railroads, villages, churches, houses, and names of residents in black, and some annotations and emendments in pencil. Oriented with north to the bottom. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 536.4 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Annotated on verso: United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. 1868. Millard Fillmore, Nov. 17, 1869. Shows routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes list of "Authorities" and inset "Territory of Alaska." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Vault AACR2
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NOTES FROM FLORIDA A Good Catch of Bluefish The Razorback Hog Orange Groves Moving South The Season Nearing its Close Correspondence of The Journal Palm Black Florida March 19 1906 A few days ago 1 went fishing with some friends Mr Leroy IIiscock anti his father who own the trim little launch Helen and as it was my first fishing trip in Florida you may he assured that the fact 1 came out high line was most gratifying 1 was awak1 ened from slumbers by my friends in 1 the early morning hours and crawlii g out of bed pulled on my clothes anil was soon breakfasting with them Af ter such a breakfast as befits a good fisherman we left on the little boat for a trip up the lake mid were soon on the fishing grounds The catching of blue fish here is considered a great sport and we landed a good catch We used a bright piece of lead with a bit of red flannel and while the hook was larger j than a mackerel jig it was on similar lines The fish bit readily and as we did all the fishing by trolling we bad to
AN AUTO RIDE I To Boston and Back in a Packard Cr The writer recently enjoyedhere may be added all the superlatives to be found in the dictionarya trip to Boston and return in a Packard touring car The ride was one for pleasure and the rough places in the Maine roads of which there are many were gone over at low speed and at no time was the rate too rapid to prevent full enjoyment of the scen ery So parts of two days were taken each way to cover a distance that could easily have been made in one The route both going and com ing was through the towns and cities of Bel mont Searsmont Appleton Union Waldoboro Damariscotta Newcastle Wiscasset Bath Brunswick Freeport Yarmouth Portland Scarboro Saco Biddeford Kennebunk Wells York Kittery Portsmouth Newhuryport Lynn Cambridge and Boston I may have skipped a town or two but those named will indicate the route taken The start was made from Belfast at 7 a m on the coldest morning of the coldest day of the season The party were clad in winter clothing but fur coats would not have been amiss The wind was blowing a gale
6_ WEEPING ECZEMA SOON RELIEVED Perfect Treatment For This Distressing Complaint Wasinq I had an attack of Weeping Eczema so bad that my clothes would be wet through at times I suffered terribly I could get no relief until I tried Fruitatives or Fruit Liver Tablets and Sootha Salva The first treatment gave me relief Altogether 1 have used three boxes of Sootha Salva and two of Fruitatives and am entirely well G W HALL Both these remedies are sold by dealers at 50c a box 0 for 250 or Sent by FRITTATI YES Limited OGDENSBURG NY Fruitatives is aiso put up in a trial size which sells for 25c Waldo County Veteran Asso ciation Honesty Grange agreeable to its usual custom entertained the June meeting of Waldo County Veteran Association Thursday June 6th It Was one of Junes rare days and all roads led to Morrill that day so there was a record breaking at tendance The morning meeting was held at the Grange hall with President Trask in the chair and Grade Bowen acting secretary for the day The records of last meeting were read and approved Comrades 1 e _ 1 TT_I l __ VlVtJVCU uiniowu U
o __ HOW TH1S NERVOUS WOMAN GOTJVELL Told by Herself Her Sin cerity Should Con vince Others Christopher 111For four years I Buffered from irregularities weakness nervousness and was in a run down condition Two of our best doctors failed to do me any good I heard so much about what Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Com pound had done for others I tried it and was cured I am no longer ner vous am regular and in excellent health I believe the Compound will cure any female trouble Mrs ALICE Heller Christopher 111 Nervousness is often a symptom of weakness or some functional derange ment which may be overcome by this famous root and herb remedy Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound as thousands of women have found by experience If complications exist write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass for suggestions in regard to your ailment The result of its long experience is at your service Letters From Camp Devens Horace Baker Atkinson of Searsmont writes interestingly of a recent trip of Battery Commanders details from Bat teries C and D and Headquarters Com pany to the drilling range They were equipped with shelter tents rifles cloth ing and
V DONT NEGLECT A RHEUMATIC PAIN Go after it with Sloans Liniment before it gets dangerous Apply a little dont rub let it pene trate andgoodby twinge Same for external aches pains strains stiffness of joints or muscles lameness bruises Instant relief without mussiness or soiled clothing Reliablethe biggest Belling liniment year after year Eco nomical by reason of enormous sales Keep a big bottle ready at all times Ask your druggist for Sloans Liniment 30c 60c 120 WEDDING BELLS ELLIS REYNOLDS a very pretty and simple wedding occurred Saturday even ing Dec 14th at the home of Mrs Mit tie M Reynolds 39 Capitol street Au gusta when her only daughter Alice Mae Reynolds was united in marriage to Herbert Lester Ellis of Augusta with only the immediate families present Rev W J Layton officiated and the double ring service was used The wed ding march was played by her college friend Miss Eleanor Kelley of Gardiner The bridesmaid was her college chum Miss Leo E Jcnes of Augusta and the grooms best man was his boyhood chum Mr Ottie McCullum of Augusta The bride was very prettily gowned in white nuns veiling trimmed with lace and carried a