{"id":996,"date":"2017-01-02T20:27:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T04:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/?p=996"},"modified":"2022-12-06T16:43:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T00:43:59","slug":"from-the-files-25-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/02\/from-the-files-25-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"from the files 25 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<strong>Sausalito News, 2 January 1947<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from the files<br \/>\n25 Years Ago<br \/>\nIt happens that Phyllis<br \/>\nGordon lives near the<br \/>\nrailroad yard in Sausalito,<br \/>\nand here is the letter<br \/>\nshe wrote:<br \/>\n&#8220;Gentlemen &#8211; Why is it<br \/>\nthat your switch engine<br \/>\nhas to ding and dong and<br \/>\nfizz and spit and clang<br \/>\nand bang and hiss and<br \/>\nbeller and wail and pant<br \/>\nand rant and howl and yowl<br \/>\nand grate and grind and<br \/>\npuff and bump and click<br \/>\nand clang and chug and<br \/>\nmoan and hoot and tool<br \/>\nand crash and grunt and<br \/>\ngasp and groan and whistle<br \/>\nand wheeze and squawk and blow<br \/>\nand jar and jerk and rant<br \/>\nand jingle and twang and clack<br \/>\nand rumble and jangle and ring<br \/>\nand clatter and yelp and howl<br \/>\nand hum and snarl and growl<br \/>\nand thump and boom and clash<br \/>\nand jolt and jostle and shake<br \/>\nand screech and snort and snarl<br \/>\nand slam and throb and crink<br \/>\nand quiver and rumble and roar<br \/>\nand rattle and yell and smoke and<br \/>\nshriek\u2014all night long?\u2014<br \/>\nSincerely yours, yours,<br \/>\na Slightly Disturbed Sleeper.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&#038;d=SN19470102.2.24&#038;e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN--------\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sausalito News &#8211; 01\/02\/1947<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sausalito News, 2 January 1947 from the files 25 Years Ago It happens that Phyllis Gordon lives near the railroad yard in Sausalito, and here is the letter she wrote: &#8220;Gentlemen &#8211; Why is it that your switch engine has to ding and dong and fizz and spit and clang and bang and hiss and &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/02\/from-the-files-25-years-ago\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,3825,18],"tags":[82,553,687,1515,4276,1661],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-sergneri","4":"has-excerpt","5":"post-996","7":"format-standard","8":"category-california-history","9":"category-california-newspaper-archive","10":"category-faits-divers","11":"category-history","12":"category-this-day-in-history","13":"post_tag-82","14":"post_tag-ding-and-dong","15":"post_tag-fizz-and-spit","16":"post_tag-sausalito","17":"post_tag-sleeper","18":"post_tag-switch-engine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5063,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/5063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}