January 31, 1885: DBD | Twain's Geography

January 31, 1885

Submitted by scott on Sat, 12/04/2021 - 12:30
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After traveling all night to Davenport, Iowa, [from Rockford] the pair “made a great triumph” at the local opera house the next evening, Sam felt “old & seedy & wretched” before the show, but instead of bathing he “drank a big cup of black coffee & went on the stage as fine as a fiddle.” [Page 444 The Life of Mark Twain - The Middle Years 1871-1891]
January 31, 1885 Saturday

Submitted by scott on Sat, 03/04/2023 - 11:13
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January 31 Saturday – From Davenport, Iowa, Sam wrote of his recent travels to Livy:

“…struck a sleeping-car train at 12.30 [A.M.], but did not go to bed, as we had to change cars at 2.40. Did it, slept till 6, when we reached Rock Island; then Cable & I walked up through the town & over toward this place, when a sleigh overtook & we rode” [MTP].