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Diary of a Miami Winter Trip from New York to Havana
A traveler records a February journey aboard the Clyde Line Shawnee from New York to Miami with stops in Jacksonville Key West and Havana. He describes hotel sights crowded beaches Jai Alai games and a visit to Coral Gables Palm Beach and the Miami Biltmore water show. The diary notes encounters with a Boise woman a Miss Idaho and a missing handbag incident in Havana and ends with a farewell voyage back to New York aboard the Shawnee.
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New York
Clyde Line
Shawnee
Atlantic City
Jacksonville
St Augustine
Idaho
Jax
St John’s River
Mayport
Miami
Ocean Boulevard
New England
Pan American
Coconut Grove
Nassau
Havana
Hialeah Race Track
Havanna
Iami
Key West
Atv
Uoos A
Florida Keys
Miami Beach
Broadway
Causeway
Miami Biltmore Hotel
Miss Idaho
Clyde Steamship
New Jersey
Palm Beach