Workers of every nation, and 'famous cutlets'

24 March 1889 (12 March 1889 old style) Proven

'Workers of various nationalities pour in there every day,' wrote a correspondent about the building site of the Myloi–Kalamata line. A good restaurant had been built: 'In Myloi-Lerna you can taste famous cutlets.' He joked that Lerna had more cutlets than the Hydra had heads.

Where

Myloi (the village), Railway station

Threads

Railway, Village life

Certainty

Proven confirmed by primary sources

Sources

• Καιροί, 12-3-1889 (o.s.), nr. 56, p. 3 Open (opens in a new tab)

Also in this period

1. 11 January 1886

   The schoolmaster of Myloi is paid by the state

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2. 31 July 1886

   A French engineer plans a line from Myloi to Kalamata

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3. 7 August 1886

   State commission accepts the line Argos–Myloi

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4. 9 August 1886

   A big station: Myloi meant to be the port of the Peloponnese

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