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Deluxe Delaware Valley Drive Sees Old Friends Reunite
The writer recounts an automobile tour from Jersey City through New Jersey and Pennsylvania visiting Delphi friends, historic sites, and institutions. Highlights include Independence Hall, Wanamaker's organ, Valley Forge, Gettysburg, and crossed Delaware by ferry. They cherish hospitality over wealth and reflect on lasting friendships from college days.
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Washington Irving
Plaza Hotel
Jersey City
N. J
Illinois
Indiana
Delphi
Wilson
Smiths
Chicago
Ben Been
Wilsons
New Jersey
Newark
Pas
Saic
New York City
New Brunswick
The
State University
Rutger’s College
New Jersey College For Women
Elizabeth
Trenton
Princeton
Dayton
Princeton University
United States
Woodrow
T. J. Headlee
Carroll County
Headlee
Blanche Ives
J. T. Ives
Dr. Headlee
Blanche
Mrs. Ives
Blanches Ives Headlee
Dr. Smith
Camden
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Simeon Ford
Allentown
Johnnie
Bethlehem
de Leigh Valley
Richards
Ardmore
Phildelphia
Curtis Publishing Co
Ladies Home Journal
Independence Hall
Mr. Wilson
State House
City
County of
Andrew Hamilton
Cityvernment
National Congress
Peale Museum
Benjamine West
Gilbert Stuart
Thomas Sully
Allen Ramsey
Bush
Washington
John Sharpless
America
Continental Congress
Congress
Colonies
Marshall
Wanamaker’s
Wanamakers
Wanamaker & Company
Wanamaker
Brother John
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Massachusetts Ave
Chestnut Street
Park
Husband
Hazel
Perry Richards
Copper Cliff
Ontario
Noblesville
Riley
Grigsby’s
Forrest Theatre
Mrs. Richards
Congoleum Company
Opportunity
Grace Harley Colloday
Valley Forge
Keystone State
Hamilton Watch Co
Lancaster
Columbia
Wrightsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gettysburg
New Gettysburg