Life on Shipboard Aboard Baltic A White Star voyage
G W Shockley writes of cruise life on the Baltic a White Star liner en route to the Mediterranean. He describes ship size and facilities the English crew social scenes on deck dining and promenade life and notes Iowa travelers on board including Shockley and others. He recalls wartime history and current banter aboard with chaperones hosts and mild non alcohol social norms.
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Baltic
White Star Line
Cedric
Celtic
Liverpool
Queenstown
New York
Town Boys
Rainbow Division
168Th
General Pershing
Arrival in Funchal Qualifies First Port of Call on Voyage
The narrator notes a planned stop in the Madeira Islands capital Funchal famed for wines and scenery. After seven days at sea, travelers look forward to shore time, the first foreign land experience, and anticipate sharing details about Portugal’s isle and Columbus connections including his early ideas and a schoolday romance.
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Maderra Islands
Funchal
E&cially
Portugal
Christopher Columbus
Cook Stove Apostasy in the Modern Church
A skeptical sermon contrasts the early church’s upper room with today’s supper room. It laments feasting over fasting and prayer, noting more appetite in church kitchens than in prayer, and fears the church stove’s fire outshines the pulpit’s. Ice cream symbolizes cooling fervor.
Upper room faith and cooking burden replaced by prayer
A tract contrasts early Christian focus on prayer over meals, urging fewer dinners and more piety. It laments cooks and meals, calling for less ham and sham, more devotion, and a church of servers awaiting the Lord’s coming.
Illness note shows A. D. De Reus improving at home
A. D. De Reus, whose illness has been chronicled in the Chronicle, continues to improve and is able to be up part of the time. He hopes to come into town soon, and friends will rejoice at his recovery.
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States
Christabel Loos
Professor Loos
Iowa State University
A.D. de Reus
Chronicle Duri
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G. W. Shockley
Iowa
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Pacific Ocean
Mindanao
Philippines
Compton
Mediterranean
Town City
Chas
A. Williams
Oskaloosa
California
Hawkeye
Des Moines
Minnesota
Peck
Axeruise
Masonic
Rotary
Camera Club
Mal-De-Mer
Ocean
Pres. Wilson
Princeton
B. V
Volstead
England
Oppenheimer-Alsop Coo
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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