Do You Remember Armistice Day and Charleston Lore
A nostalgic column recalls Armistice Day 1920 parade speakers and a dance in the Charleston Armory, names local leaders and attendees, and reflects on community ties. It also recounts old Charleston swimming spots, river giger lore, hay rides, and a 1971 Charleston Day at Morris Harvey College with a long local delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Azee
Charl
Kanawha Post No. 20
American Legion
Wth
Iba
Armory
A. Bliss McCrum
W.T. Willis
Point Pimsane
aDd and
Robert E. Elwood
Atlantic City
Chap
Charleston
Society
Malden
Morris Harvey College
Barboursville
First Methodist Episcopal Church
South
B. P.taylor
D. B. Brawley
L. B.oliver
J. Charles Mohtler
C. B. Cakes
YR Shanklin
M. F. Mohler
A. W. Cox
Lichel Mohler
Pirates Ahoy! The De Braak Treasure Ship Saga
The De Braak brig sank off Cape Henlopen after a squall, captain James Drew refusing rescue, then a Royal Navy prize taken in the Caribbean. The ship carried brass guns and captured Spanish prizes including a La Plata bullion ship. Drew planned a northern route to avoid warships and replenish in Lewes, Delaware, before further spoils were claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Deiscoll
de Braak
Ioen
James
Capa Ilenlopan
Gome
Drew
Royal Navy
Caribbean
la Plata
St. Xavier
Brezil
St Xavier
de Brank
South America
Spain
Lewes
Delaware
Treasure Ship De Break Sinks Off Cape Henlopen
The De Break anchored off Lewes harbor in a squall during 1798, carrying 70 tons of copper and vast treasure from five captured Spanish ships. The vessel foundered at the Capes of Delaware with Captain Jamca Drew aboard, and survivors arrived in Philadelphia months later. A monument at Lewes commemorates Drew and the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Gazette
Philadelphia
Helifax
Delaware
Jamaica
England
Drew
Wesl
Lewes
Jamca Drew
Capes
Mozambique Company stamps and colonial depictions feature Manica region
The piece describes stamps issued by the Mozambique company showing colonial subject matter and symbols. It lists designs including animals, landscapes, fortresses, and a West Point building motif, with notes on the Manica and Sofala territories, population figures, and designers such as Capt. Lawrence E. Schick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozambique Company
Ilka
Mut India
Hudson
Manica
Sofale
Portuguese East Africa
Scent Army
West Point
Lawrence E. Schick
Assixtant
Wood
Literary Guidepost review covers Yangtze Ripper and other works
The piece critiques Thomas Woodroothesay about Yangtze Skipper and his BBC broadcasts, then surveys Jerome EphraimTake Care of Yourself, Frederic Van de WaterA Home in the Country, Albert Deutschs The Mentally Ill in America and related topics. It notes publishers and authors, with mixed judgments on style and usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Weedrosife
Bhetidac House
Nightingale
BBC
Thomas Woodroothe
Portsmouth
Woodroothe
Toby
Chins
England
Cambridge
China
Prederic F. van de Water
John Pay- Meynard
Fishhcocks
Dwight Farnham
Frederic F. van de Water
Tve
Usher
van de ‘Ater
Farnham
van de Waters
Fairfield County
Conn
New York
van ‘de Watera
New England
Statea
Vermont
van de Water
Best Sellers List From May Bookstore Reports
Publishers Weekly compiles May sales from eighty eight shops noting fiction hits such as Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and The Years by Virginia Woolf alongside other novels like Of Mice and Men, The Outward Room, and Three Comrades while non fiction includes How to Win Friends and Influence People and The Nile among top titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publishers’ Weekly
Margaret Mitchell
Virginis Woolf
W. Somerset Mangham
John Steinbeck
James Hilton
Midea Brand
Wallace D.2amonds
Exider Forbes
Erich Blarty Remarque
Myron Brinty
Dale Carnegie
Georgrey Dennis
Noel Coward
Odyregey
Victor, Helser
Henry C. Eink
Lancelot Hogben
England
Andre Maurais
Edward VIII
Hector Bolliho
Nile
Emil Ludwig
Engand
van Wyck Brooks
Fragmented OCR Summary About Deutsch and Rush Perspectives
Through years to the present site Mr. Deutsch’s history appears comprehensive. His attitude contrasts with humanitarian views while tracing how Dr Rush’s ideas, now seen as barbarous, mirrored the enlightened opinion of their era. The piece notes a broad audience for historical reflections in America.
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America
Albert Deulech
Doubleday
Doran
Albert Deutsch
Salem
Mr. Deutsch
Bet Known
New World
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Hospital
Benjamin Rush
Deutsch
Clifford Boers
Mark
Dr. Rush
Thore Distant
Isle Losing Ita People on Bardsley Island
North Wales island residents of Bardsley near Carnarvonshire see population drop from 100 to 35 in 30 years with eight families remaining. Young residents cite monotony and families plan to move to the mainland three miles away while isolation fears grow in winter storms without telegraph or telephone. The Irish Free State acquires 100 acres near Dublin for a new civic airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardsley Island
Carnarvonshire
North Wales
Ita
Irish Free State
Dublin
Reckless Lady Chapter SOLXY Afterward
Dick endures a tense day chasing leads to info on the girl. He and Ernest work garage by garage, while Mallory frets and Jay sobs, as Rickerts guides a sting from a restaurant to a Times Square office. The plot thickens with a Florida lead and a planned midnight payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallory
Mia
Jay
Asted
Eighteenth Street
Ernest
Nome
Marcia
Hudson
Thirty-third Street
Gerfac
Florida
J. Wonde
the el Dorado
Rickerta
Rick
Lito
Rickerts
Bickerts
Washington
Rickerlal
Aimple
Ray
Baba
Miami
Tha’ Corner
Ruckerts
Stoddard
Chase
Fifth Avenue
Times Square
Pat Walxe
Kings Taught to Farm At Native College
Kings of African tribes will be taught modern husbandry at a Native college in Rhodesia. Eight rulers with counsellors have become students, learning how, why, and wherefore of farming as chiefs and rulers. Government agencies provide instruction. more enroll as facilities expand.
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Boulbera
Rhodesala
Domboshawa
Tokyo Opens School To Train Wives For Travel Abroad
A Tokyo school trained wives of Japanese businessmen as new brides for Western careers. Led by Viscountess Otons, it offers courses in English French dressmaking cooking and economies. The aim is to ease wives dependence on husbands, reduce shopping and language barriers, and foster Western relations through practical home management and etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Viscountess
Otons
Foreign Office
Senbwiedge
Reed Thatching Revival Across Norfolk Estates
Reed thatching revived as Norfolk farmers renew contracts from Scotland to Jersey. Estate owners learn from medieval builders that reed roofs endure for a century while straw roofs last a decade. Six thousand bundles of reeds will cover the Bishop of Portsmouth’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Broads
RLOW
Farmap
Norfolk
Scotland
Jersey
Portsmouth
Invitation Refused by Holland's University of Amstere
The University of Ai will not attend the bicentennial jubilee of George Auguste University at Gosttingen in Germany. It will send written congratulations and regrets that certain scientific constraints prevent personal attendance, aligning with a year-old Heidelberg celebration stance. Army In Blue uniforms may replace khaki in Britain per War Minister Dutt Cooper’s view, with smart serge attire, gold chevrons, and banded caps for four regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
University of Amsteredam
Heidelberg University
Army
Dutt Cooper
London
India
Ptak
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Billie Richardson
Hamers Street
Meture
Lnte Jemes
Abeple
OU Wat Kepply Company
Spring Street
Elk River
Onutes
Eile
Rotary Club
William A. MacCorkle
Clyde B. Johnson
D. A. Elwood
Elsia Fisher Kincheloe
Frank Kincheloe
Paul Mr. Smith
Kanawha
Elk
Saan
Pirates
Horeward
de Bronk
Cape Henlopen
S Caetano
Sotala
Echinoceros
The
Blozambique Company
the Literary Guidepost
Heeman
Myle
Walt
Jerome W. Ephraim
Simea and Schuster
Logan Clendening
Zot
Raim
Isle
Rickert
G-man
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