In the Steps of St Paul in Syria and Seleucia
In Morton’s travelogue the narrator recalls mud and misadventure en route to Seleucia near the Orontes, then describes Seleucia as a shallow harbour from which Paul and Barnabas sailed to Cyprus. The narrator traverses a vibrant Syrian landscape with colorful dress, mountainous scenery, and a bay near Mount Caius, noting the port’s ancient and strategic character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seleucia
Ford
Antioch
Daphne
Uhr Jund
Orontes
An- Huon
Paul
Pliny
Rome
Gibraltar
Tyre
Sidon
Cyprus
Asia Minor
Selearia
Reutine
St. Barnabas
St. Paul
Cypris
Remnants of Seleucia Revealed by Ancient Ruins
The narrator travels to Seleucia on the coast, detailing embanked paths, ruined city structures, and rock tunnels carved in Roman times. He highlights the great water-diverting tunnel of about 1400 yards, inscriptions naming Divus Vespasianus, and a port site now inland amid mulberry groves. The journey evokes excavation hopes and ties to early Christian voyage legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aone
Alexander Drummond
Edinburgh
Aleppo
General Chesney
India
Gertrude Bell
Syria
Seleucia
Seteucia
Walla
Jonty
TV Syrian
Paul
Barnabas
Mark
Cyprus
Asia
Minor
LURED TO DOOM Q SHIP HEROES HONOURED
A wartime tale recalls the Q ships used to lure submarines to their doom. Captain R. N Stuart V C D S O retires to Montreal to oversee Canadian Pacific ships after leading the Empire of Britain and Atlantic fleet. The article recounts the Q5 and Pargust actions of 1917, the sinking of U83, and the both-V C D S O distinction for Stuart and Campbell, noting the first time a whole ship earned a naval decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N Stuart
V.C. D
England
Montreal
Stuart
V.C
D.S.O
Merchant Service
R.N.A
Devonport
Weasel
Flotila
Sir Weasel
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
Farnborough
Ireland
Tukhead
U 83
Berehaven
D.S.C
Vittoria
Cardiff
H.M.S. Pargust
Pargust
Williams
Street and Parish Ltd. Offer Free Booklet Request
Street and Parish Ltd invites readers to request a free booklet. The notice outlines how to obtain the publication and provides contact details for process completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street & Parish Ltd
Ask
Deadly snakes and hidden treasure legend in India
Two startling reports touch India with peril and myth. Snakes killed 1207 in rural provinces while a Rajgir site reveals 22 centuries of snake worship relics and water spout pottery. The piece links snake cults to mine guardians and ancient treasure myths across Bengal and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Rajgir
Patna
Bengal
Rajagriha
Ben- Bal
Africa
England
Superstitions Around Medicine Bottles in Indian Village
Medical missionaries returning to a station in India found locals worshipping medicine bottles arranged on a pole. They believed the white man cured them with the power of the bottles, a scene that echoed ancestral frightful beliefs about healing aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anap-Country
India
Fashioning imitations and oddities fill British summer
News in brief highlights a British fashion trend with imitation mowers costing nearly a million pounds cited as a summer fad. It notes varied odds and ends from traffic fines in London 1935 to a cat in Alberta and a balloon journey across France, sketching a mosaic of curious items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee
Lsbour
China
London
Stavely
Alberta
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Gilde
Cale Lar
Gloucester
Mrs. E. Youns
Sunshine Cafe
Travel Service
Commonwealth Savings Bank
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Farmers & Graziers
Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited
Flemington
Nest
Pit, Son & Badgery Ltd
Pitt, Son & Badgery
Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd
Sydney
Winchcombe
Carson's Asses
WinChcombe, Carson Ltd
Saleemen
Bridge ST
Advocate
Barrington ST
H. V. Morton
Mulberry Harbour
Adoa T
Selev
Beleuria
Allah
Iit
Wilson & McIntosh
Hurch ST
Gloucester Investments
Cnvmgse Mercantile Mutual Insurance Co. Ltd
Mutual Life and Citizens’ Aw ‘Company Tad
Nwealth Savings Bank Agency
E. Patmore
Q” Ship
H. Coote
Jeweller
Toll IN
Legend OF
Grace Darting
Forfarshire
Northumberland
St. Saviour's
Battresea
Chapuree
Department
Aube
France
Tower of London
Thames
British Red Cross Society
Chipperfield Common
Enew
A. White
Garden of Roses
E. Meno
Prop
Horhek
E. Mino & CO
T. Hicks
General Commission
THE
Fisk Radiola
Amalgamated Wireless
Australia
A.W.A
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