— Urbana, Illinois
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Document date
Sunday 18th of March 1917
Transcription Notes
Slept much better than I usually do & train 1_ - 2 h[ours] late so we just missed our connection at Indianapolis. The gentleman at the Information Bureau advised us to get back into the train and go on to Matoon where we should make another connection for Champaign (really the same as Urbana) of course we missed that also by a hair’s breadth only. After some haggling we prevailed on a dingy westerner to take us in his peripatetic car to C[hampaign] and started on an adventurous & nerve racking journey of 4 hours. The motor stopped several times, wheezed, groaned & snorted and finally arrived at 9.15 quite hors de combat one tire gone (we had driven 20 miles on the steel rim) leaking, steaming & looking woefully groggy. We left the Westerner enquiring for a garage while we transferred ourselves & baggage to a taxi and drove to the Inman Hotel, had supper & went to bed.Location
USA : Massachusetts : Boston [42.3584308,-71.0597732]
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