The Internet is great. Where else can you stumble upon 105-year-old news stories about
your relatives?
Here’s a short one about my grandfather from the June 17, 1907 edition
of the Montgomery City (Mo.) Tribune. Grandpa, 35 at the time, regularly
took the train from his home in High Hill to the county seat, Montgomery City, where he had business interests. The 10-mile trip passed through the town of
New Florence. A few days before, the railroad had raised its fares from 2 cents
to 3 cents a mile.
New Florence, June 16
G.L. Dryden of High Hill was ejected from a Wabash passenger
train here tonight for a refusal to pay his fare of 3 cents a mile. Mr. Dryden
tendered his fare at a 2-cent-per-mile rate, which was refused by Conductor
Cunningham.
And for those of you who have speculated as to where my cantakerousness comes from,
now you know.
It's genetic.
Oh, so this is how it's gonna go--your "boring" book is going to be broken up into little blogs.
ReplyDeleteYou may be right. I certainly have some good stories to tell. Just not in a book!
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