French People In Good Spirits Amid War Caravan
James O’Donnell Bennett notes French, Belgian, and English resolve as mobilization travels from Boulogne to Lille. He records calm courage, tearful farewells, orderly passport controls, and patriotic banners at farms and churches while soldiers march and civilians rally with mixed emotion.
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Calais
Boulogne
Lille
France
Meissonier
Brussels
Liege
Red Cross
Marquette Held At Sea in War Time Escape
The Ocean liner Marquette carrying Americans fled Antwerp as Britain and Germany declared war. Pirates aside, the ship zigzagged through the English Channel with two destroyers guiding it to safety. Passengers faced hunger and tensions as they reached Boston with tales of spies, evacuations, and wartime travel.
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Europe
Folkestone
England
Germany
Antwerp
North Sea
English Channel
English
Findlay
B. H Rogers
Paterson
New Jersey
Boston
America
Berlin
Paris
A M. Barri
Russia
St. Petersburg
Rafle Road
John E. Redmond
Isaac Butt
O'Connell
Ireland
Cavan Puffy
Grattan
Irish Volunteers
Redmond
Irish Party
T. B. Fitzpatrick
United Irish League
Buffalo Student Escapes War Drama in Europe
Miss May O. Traska, Buffalo music student, recounted three days of peril from St. Petersburg to Antwerp amid Belgian German fighting. Imprisoned briefly as a suspected spy in Liège, she crossed to safety aboard the Red Star liner Marquette after sleeping aboard with no money or baggage, her mother nearby during the ordeal. The tale ends with her voyage to America aboard the Marquette.
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Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Eugene Klein
J. M. Goldie
Francis Foy
Marguerite
William P. Snow
Rena C. Smith
W. D. Roberts
Katherine
Elizabeth
Augusta
Charles
Thomas
Roberts
Boston
Henry Thomas
Washington Episcopal Church
Selda Stager
Freya Stager
Marie Stager
B. H. Rogers
New Jersey
Alexander H. Phillips
Princeton
T. M. Green
South Carolina
Max Traska
William Traska
Buffalo
Ames Grady
Tennessee
Jean and
Floride Harris
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Éyven
Antwerp
Red Star
Marquette
America
Liege
May O. Traska
Belgium
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Brussells
Dover
Ostend
Republic
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John Findlay
Atlantic
Switzerland
Marguerite Foy
Brookline
Captain Findley
Findley
Holland
Miss Traska
Spy
High Seas
B. H. Roger
Serna
Ue Centaur Compakt
New York
the Centaur Company
Orvv
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense
VM. Pierce
Cove
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