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From: "Jim Laird" <>
Subject: [KSJEFFER] McLouth Article: Wher the Town is Located and its Prospects.
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:30:20 -0500

McLouth Times
Thursday
May 5, 1887

McLouth.
Where the Town Is Located and its Prospects.

Upon perusal of the Times by a stranger, the question that will naturally arise at once is: "Where is McLouth?" A question that we will attempt to answer.

McLouth is situated in Union township of Jefferson Co., Kansas, on the Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern Rail Way, which has been in operation for several years. It is 21 miles nearly west from Leavenworth; which is the recognized metropolis of Kansas, and is 36 miles from Topeak, the state capital.
It is in the midst of one the best agricultural districts of the state of Kansas, which contains some (of) the best land in the world.
The town has been established about four years, at present has a population of about 400, of as sturdy, thrifty and energetic inhabitants as can be found in any town of its sixe in the state. (Populace could be 100, tough to read).
The town will soon have a second railroad, the Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern, which is now being rapidly built, a large force of graders are already at work within one quarter of a mile of the limits of town.
The road is already completed and in operation to within 12 miles of this place, and will be finished to this place soon.
While in conversation, a few since, with Ex-Gov. Anthony; the manager of the road, he informed the editor of this paper that he expected that the cars would run into McLouth by June 1st, but in any event the road would be completed to this place within a month of that date.
When the road is completed to this place it will be 39 miles to Kansas City; and in direct communication with eastern points giving us the benefit of two great competing systems, the Santa Fe and Gulf routes.
Our thriving town contains the usual complement of stores and business house usually extant in communites of this kind, who are live men, as can be seen by a glance at our advertising columns, all of whom will be noticed more fullin in subsequent number, bing unable to do so at the present time on account of the multiplicity of duties incumbent upon the issue of the initial number of a newspaper.

Everybody should pull together to advance the interests of the town.

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