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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
2
Three well dressed travelers on a Hoboken ferry face a treacherous North River ice jam slowing their crossing. The boat struggles, passengers grow restless, and two men flee to salvage belongings as a third returns empty handed, creating a comic yet tense misadventure narrated from the New York Herald account.
A New York Ledger note discusses counterfeit notes being nearly the correct size but slightly smaller due to paper shrinkage. It explains the creation process using a steel plate and transfer paper, then prompts reflections on historic figures like Washington and Edison, suggesting even great men may overlook personal details.
Col. Tanner of Calcutta extols the Bolon railroad crossing the Himalaya. He describes 7,000 feet above sea level stretches, gorge winds, and bridges over 4,000 feet deep. He notes few accidents and lauds the road bed and engineering as superb.
An elderly pair on a recent uptown Sixth Avenue L train rekindled a long friendship, recalling their past roles in education and law. They shared memories of a congressman friend and a figure known as Bean, confirming how years apart blurred their ages as they exited together in renewed companionship.
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