I definitely enjoyed this: Brave lady! Kathy > Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:05:18 -0500 > From: karen.zach@sbcglobal.net > To: INMONtgo@rootsweb.com > Subject: [InMontgo] What a neat story - ENJOY :) > > Source: Crawfordsville Journal, May 13, 1907 > > Marion, Ind May 11 --Being the only woman in Indiana to manage a night > telegraph office is a distinction which falls to Miss Katherine Rhorer, > a plucky Marion girl of 21 years, formerly of Darlington. She has been > faithful in her work, having missed but one night during a year of > service. Miss Rhorer is not only the night operator and manager of the > local office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, but she records the > reports made over the ADT signal system by the watchmen in factories. > She goes on duty at 6 o'clock in the evening and works until 7 o'clock > in the morning. Miss Rhorer has grit and has no fears of being molested, > but she exercises the precaution of having a loaded revolver near at > hand and she is not afraid to handle it when necessary. On two or three > occasions since she has worked at night intoxicated men have entered the > office by mistake, but they become suddenly sober when they were > compelled to look down the shining barrel of a pistol in the hands of > Miss Rhorer. She has engaged in target practice at odd times until she > has become a good marksman. When asked if she would really shoot anyone > she replied, "I might." Miss Rhorer learned to be an expert telegraph > operator under the tutorship of her brother, Fred Rhorer, who is chief > operator in the day time of the same office. > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 12/15/2013 9:50 AM, Kathleen lynch wrote: > I definitely enjoyed this: Brave lady!AMEN KATHY - a VERY brave lady :) > Kathy > >> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:05:18 -0500 >> From: karen.zach@sbcglobal.net >> To: INMONtgo@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [InMontgo] What a neat story - ENJOY :) >> >> Source: Crawfordsville Journal, May 13, 1907 >> >> Marion, Ind May 11 --Being the only woman in Indiana to manage a night >> telegraph office is a distinction which falls to Miss Katherine Rhorer, >> a plucky Marion girl of 21 years, formerly of Darlington. She has been >> faithful in her work, having missed but one night during a year of >> service. Miss Rhorer is not only the night operator and manager of the >> local office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, but she records the >> reports made over the ADT signal system by the watchmen in factories. >> She goes on duty at 6 o'clock in the evening and works until 7 o'clock >> in the morning. Miss Rhorer has grit and has no fears of being molested, >> but she exercises the precaution of having a loaded revolver near at >> hand and she is not afraid to handle it when necessary. On two or three >> occasions since she has worked at night intoxicated men have entered the >> office by mistake, but they become suddenly sober when they were >> compelled to look down the shining barrel of a pistol in the hands of >> Miss Rhorer. She has engaged in target practice at odd times until she >> has become a good marksman. When asked if she would really shoot anyone >> she replied, "I might." Miss Rhorer learned to be an expert telegraph >> operator under the tutorship of her brother, Fred Rhorer, who is chief >> operator in the day time of the same office. >> >> http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >