Misc.News Item: LOST TRAIN TICKET From: Geneseo Republic Newspaper, 1936 Submitted by: Deboray Lacy brandon@ccms.net "Lost Train Ticket In 1881; Is Given Free Fare, 1936 -------- Geneseo, June 11.--Fifty-five years ago Mrs. Clara Patrick (she was Mrs. George Crane then) lost a railroad ticket. A few days ago the Rock Island railway made good the loss by giving her transportation which the lost ticket would have provided. In was in 1881 that Mrs. Crane bought a round trip ticket from Geneseo to Chicago. When she was ready to go home she discovered the loss of the return ticket. She bought another fare. Arrived home, she wrote to the offices of the railway and explained her loss. Soon came an answer to this effect: "If you ever have occasion to ride from Chicago to Geneseo this letter will serve as a ticket on the Rock Island lines." Years mounted into more than half a century. Mrs. Crane became Mrs. Patrick. She moved to other parts of the country. Many of the years she spent in Texas and Arkansas. But she kept the letter. And in the closing days of May, 1936, came the opportunity to turn the letter into transportation. Mrs. Patrick had been visiting a son in Argo, Ill., near Chicago. She wanted to return to Geneseo, her former home. The Rock Island railway was as good as its word--its word given nearly fifty-five years ago. Mrs. Patrick rode from Chicago to geneseo without purchasing another ticket. She is now visiting Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ollson who live on the Grand View Farm adjoining the city at its northwest corner." ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deborah Lacy