Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1971, SEPT. 513 THE BEAUMONTS I. GODFREY BEAUMONT II. DAVID BEAUMONT III. ELLA BEAUMONT IV. TANEY BEAUMONT V. WILLIAM P. BEAUMONT VI. ROBERT LEE BEAUMONT Sept. 28 - Telegraph wires are up to Tracy. Sept. 30 - The great fire at Chicago. OCTOBER Oct. 4 - Hallie McDonald, daughter of F. M. McDonald, of Parkville, accidentally burned to death. The following from Platte City attended the St. Louis fair: Belt, Brasfield, Gilbert, Johnson, Talbott. Oct. 7 - Reinterment of Confederate soldiers killed at Camden Point July 13, 1864. Platte River extremely low. PLATTE COUNTY CENTRAL RAILROAD Oct. 10 - The election resulted: 216 for, 161 against, the proposed subscription of $75,000. The bonds were defeated, as the law requires two-thirds. The railroad also failed.