LYCOS RETRIEVER 
1897
built 293 days ago
Located in Jamestown, California, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is home to one of America’s last authentic, operating railroad roundhouses. Known as “The Movie Railroad,” Railtown’s locomotives and cars have appeared in over 200 film and TV productions, including High Noon, Back to the Future 3, Petticoat Junction. Tours of the Historic Jamestown Shops and Roundhouse are available daily. Weekends April-October (plus selected weekends November-December), ride behind a real steam locomotive. To find out what's new at Railtown, click here.
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NUCO, formed in 1897, is the leading publishing and information services business for the insurance industry. Headquarters are in Erlanger, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, and principal editorial and advertising sales offices are in Hoboken, New Jersey. NUCO's Insurance Magazine Division publishes two weekly newsmagazines for the property/casualty and life/health sectors of insurance carrying the National Underwriter brand. The company ... publishes Claims, a monthly magazine for claims executives; Tech Decisions, for IT insurance professionals; Advising Boomers, for financial advisors to the baby boom generation; and two regional titles, Florida Underwriter, and Insurance Advocate, for the New York metro market. In live events, NUCO sponsors the Annual Claims Exposition, and the Life Insurance Sales Mastery Forum. NUCO's Professional Publishing Division issues its Fire, Casualty and Surety bulletins, reporting on the latest developments in insurance policy application and legal interpretation; and the TaxFacts annuals, summarizing how the tax code affects insurance and investment decisions, among some 160 titles in all.
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GRAYBILL - On October 5th, 1897, near Kill Creek, Osborne Co., Kansas, Michael S. Graybill, aged 73 years, 11 months and 21 days. He was married to Hannah Zimmerman, February 5th, 1847; to this union were born nine children, four preceded him to the better world, the five remaining are: John, Christian, Sarah, Susan and Maggie. He ... leaves twenty-four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. In March 1882 the deceased moved from Snyder Co., Pa., to Osborne Co., Kansas, where he resided to the time of his death. He suffered with rheumatism for forty-four years; for nine years he was unable to walk without crutches. He bore his great and many afflictions with great patience until the time of deliverance came.
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Between 1897 and 1911 Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, filled seven large scrapbooks with ephemera and memorabilia related to their work with women's suffrage. The Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller scrapbooks are a part of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. These scrapbooks document the activities of the Geneva Political Equality Club, which the Millers founded in 1897, as well as efforts at the state, national, and international levels to win the vote for women. They offer a unique look at the political and social atmosphere of the time as well as chronicle the efforts of two women who were major participants in the suffrage movement.
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In March of 1897, William McKinley was inaugurated as President of the United States. McKinley was in favor of annexation, and the change in leadership was soon felt. On June 16, 1897, McKinley and three representatives of the government of the Republic of Hawaii --Lorrin Thurston, Francis Hatch, and William Kinney-- signed a treaty of annexation. President McKinley then submitted the treaty to the U.S. Senate for ratification.
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FRANTZ - On August 25th, 1897, at his home near Gap, Pa., of an apoplectic stroke, Bro. Joseph Frantz, like a weary pilgrim longing for home, passed peacefully away, aged 89 years, 9 months and 24 days. He had been a member of the Mennonite church from his youth. He was very much interested in religious work. Up to the time of his death he was usually seen at church services. He always carefully read the HERALD OF TRUTH.
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