Vol. LVIII, No. 1. Article about displaying the importance of rivers in World War II at a museum. Article about draft deferment for transportation industries including 845 deferments for river workers and 27,000 for rail workers.
Vol. XXII, No. 8. Georgia Lee sinks. Report of the Department of Commerce and Labor for the month of February, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The Drummers' Association. Mexico's supply of long leaf pine and condition of naval stores industry.
Vol. XXII, No. 14. Bulletin: Issued by Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association - Necessity and Opportunity. River Improvement. River Business. Statement of Approximate Tonnage of the Upper Mississippi River From Minneapolis to St. Louis.
Vol. XXII. No. 43. Devoted to the Marine Profession, Yachting and Commercial Interests. Official Organ of the Western Rivers' Ferry Owners' Association.
Vol. XXII, No. 22. Steamer Fred Swain Burns: Boat Said to be Total Loss-Capt. Verne Swain and Engineer Joe Carskaden Real Heroes, Saving Many Lives. Congressman Borland in Washington. Pilot Sid Smith Dead.
Vol. XXII. No. 52. Devoted to the Marine Profession, Yachting and Commercial Interests. Official Organ of the Western Rivers' Ferry Owners' Association.
Vol. XXII, No. 20. Thomas Tells of Des Moines River: Former Riverman Urges People Take Great Interest in Important Question - Survey Stream Soon - South Ottumwa Postmaster Also Tells of His Trip to the Mississippi River - The Many Improvements.
Vol. XXII. No. 45. Devoted to the Marine Profession, Yachting and Commercial Interests. Official Organ of the Western Rivers' Ferry Owners' Association.
Vol. XXII. No. 51. Devoted to the Marine Profession, Yachting and Commercial Interests. Official Organ of the Western Rivers' Ferry Owners' Association.
Vol. XXII, No. 36. Lakes To Gulf Second To Panama In Importance: Congressman M. B. Madden, of Illinois, Talks About the Proposed River Improvements-Channel From Chicago to New Orleans Will Be of Immense Benefit to the Country. The New Water Route. Upper Mississippi Report.
10 15/16 inches by 8 3/8 inches tan journal with black and red writing. The top of the cover has red and black letters spelling "Straight from the shoulder A Journal of Political Fact VOLUME 3 NOVEMBER, 1956 NUMBER 9". This was made and distributed by the Republican National Committee as a series in the lead up to the 1956 election. There are fifteen pages in the journal with a back cover page
This manuscript journal was written in 1817 by Thomas Wright, a druggist and veterinarian, as he traveled from his native home in England to the Morris Birkbeck settlement in southern Illinois. The pages are filled with his optimism and courage as he set off on a long and winding journey over open ocean, to distant shores, and across the wild American West. His careful and detailed observations