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...Ohio River off Huntington, W. Va., Wharf master George McClaskey's wharfboat was jammed in drift ice so dangerous that rivermen refused to work on it to free the boat. A drunkard reeled and staggered safely across it, knocked on McClaskey's cabin to ask him to call a cab. McClaskey rowed him back to shore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 17, 1936 | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

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