[CBQ] Frate vs. Freight

["David Pease via groups.io" <david_f_pease=yahoo.com@groups.io>]

I noticed in newspaper article of the Chicago Tribune on page 30 and 31 in 
Burlington Bulletin no. 78 on the wreck of 1947 any spelling of the word 
Freight was spelled Frate. I found six examples, "roadgrader fallen from a 
frate car", "A long frate of more than 100 cars was rolling westward", "far 
back from the frate engine", "any of the frate train crew knew of the 
accident", "the grader fell from the frate car near Foster av", "and the frate 
train was quickly stopped".

Is this a regional spelling of the word freight? Like caboose vs. waycar?

I tried asking Google but it kept changing frate back to freight like I was 
some kind nut job, which of course I am.

David


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