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Impressions of the Philippines from Lucena by Bibel Taylor McKillop
McKillop writes from Lucena Tayabas P I describing life in the Philippines. He details Sunday routines, funerals with skull imagery, local customs, church attendance, and mixed American Filipino marriages. He notes letters delayed, local foods, insects, pigs and a friendly Spaniard gifting pigeons, plus a bishop visit and daily life anecdotes.
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Bibel Taylor McKillop
Philippines
Lucena
Tayabas
P. I
Christian Herald
Dixie Land
Taft
Miss Roosevelt
Secretary Hay
States
Manila
Don Heime
Yas Hermenegildo
Telesforo
Presentacion
Jacinto
Trinidad
Itound
Antonia
Espec
United States
Kobbe
Forestry
Corro
Australia