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Milton Mowrer letters to sister Ellen Miller Mowrer, 1866-1868
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whole catalogue, but then after one has the books they are his own. Ellen, you wanted to know about the streets cars, these cars are drawn by two horses, sometimes in rainy or snowy times four horses are used, for seven cents on can ride all over town, they are of great use, anyone wishing to so any certain place or street street will get on the car, every street has its own cars, often they go up one and down another, for instance, up fourth and down fifth, these cars look like other passenger cars, only the platform is lower to the ground. It is great many children killed by them, the [illegible]buses has entirely disappeared. Some of the cars permit colored folks, say one car on every street, it laughable to see the darkeys sitting by the driver, who looks as blank as he can. Oh Ellen, it makes me cross sometimes to see and hear these darkey wenches, as they go along the street, making so much noise, and one must step aside or be pushed over
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whole catalogue, but then after one has the books they are his own. Ellen, you wanted to know about the streets cars, these cars are drawn by two horses, sometimes in rainy or snowy times four horses are used, for seven cents on can ride all over town, they are of great use, anyone wishing to so any certain place or street street will get on the car, every street has its own cars, often they go up one and down another, for instance, up fourth and down fifth, these cars look like other passenger cars, only the platform is lower to the ground. It is great many children killed by them, the [illegible]buses has entirely disappeared. Some of the cars permit colored folks, say one car on every street, it laughable to see the darkeys sitting by the driver, who looks as blank as he can. Oh Ellen, it makes me cross sometimes to see and hear these darkey wenches, as they go along the street, making so much noise, and one must step aside or be pushed over
Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries
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