Impressions From a Life in Ships and Letters
A memoir fragment traces a boyhood among cargo manifests and clipper ships, early work with the Morning Leader, and a career at Daily News. It recalls voyages up the Amazon, war service, founding books, and the drift of writing toward publication after unexpected prompts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judgment Hall
Woodget
England
Antipodes
London
Southern Cross
Australia
Custom House
Guildhall Library
British Museum
Darwin
Huxley
Charles Bradlough
Hudson's Bay Company
Great Slave Lake
Ernest Parke
Amazon
Ernest Parke Murmered
Daily News
Belfast
Belgium
Victoria Station
France
Hindenburg
T. B. Wells
Gatti
Charing Cross
Malay Islands
Harpers
Massingham
Outward bound to Wallace's Ternate from Guildhall years ago
A narrator recalls sea travel and channel crossings, noting better conditions at sea than submarine days, and eyeing Wallace's Ternate island seen in memory from the Guildhall Library long ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Ternate
Guildhall
Illustrated Lectures at Botanical Garden Spring Series
A free spring course of illustrated lectures by the New York Botanical Garden at Bronx Park Museum Building runs Saturdays from March 7 to April 25. Speakers include H R Rose P A Rydberg Michael Levine G T Hastings F J Seaver G C Fisher J H Barnhart and K R Boynton with topics on Yosemite Valley Alpine flowers plant cancers and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx Park
Yosemite Valley
H. R. Rose
Rocky Mountains
P. A. Rydberg
Michael Levine
Chile
G. T. Hastings
Porto Rico
American Virgin Islands
F. J. Seaver
Linnaeus
Arctic
Lapland
G. C. Fisher
J. H. Barnhart
K. R. Boynton
Local Business Listings and Advertisers in Scarsdale Area
A dense roster of businesses and services in Scarsdale and nearby towns including auto dealers Packard Westchester Pierce Arrow and Ruggiero Auto Sales, theaters Bronxville and Scarsdale, real estate Angell & Co, hotels and tea rooms, and various trades from roofing to upholstery plus advertising agencies contracted for Inquirer net space. The list also names banks such as Scarsdale National Bank and County Trust and multiple professional firms and shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Buick Service
B. Jenkins & Co
E. S. Hessels
Edward Burgan
James J. Barrett
New Rochelle Auto Exchange
Oak
Packard Westchester Co
Pierce Arrow
Ruggiero Auto Sales Co
Stutz Motor Co
Uppercu
Cadillac Corp
W. M
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. M. Tomlinson
Colin Bros
White Plains
Orawaupum St
Scarsdale
Prince & Ripley
Brookfield ST
RADIO
the Electric Shop
Frank Kusner
Tel
Garth
Alfred H. Douglas
Martine Avenue
Lawyers Mortgage Co. Capital and Surplus
R. M. Hurd
Westchester
North Third Avenue
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Oakwood
Richard P. Kent
Westchester County
Luikert’s
Tuckahoe
Scarsdale Aga
Westchester Lighting Company
Spencer Corsets
Mary C. Macdaniels
Brambach Avenue
Scarsdale Supply CO
Scarsdale, N. Y
Elizabeth Nash
East Parkway
Station Park
Hartsdale
Louise O. Meyer
Elm Road
Hartsdale, N. Y
Scarsdale Inquirer
the Inquirer
American Legion
Kosloff
Dorothy O. Schubart, Inc
J. Stuart Halladay
Elmer J. Bonis
Scarsdale’s
Scarsdale Improvement Corp
Florists
Bassi Freres
New Rochelle
Hansen
John F. Burfiend
New York Floral
Wykagil Supply Co. Fruits and Vegetables
H. and
A. F. Assenbeck
White Plains Produce
Smith's Knickerbocker
Frost Furniture Co
Klug & Tait
Auto Accessories
Globe Motorists Supply Co
Walter L. Schumacher
Banks and Trust Co
County Trust
Home Savings
Lawyers Mortgage Co
N. E. Vail & Company
Scarsdale National Bank
Genung, McArdle & Leeney
Elizabeth Carney
Butchers
Argonne
Lexington
M. Luikert
People’s Market
Carpenters and Builders
A. Fabini
A. Hertsch
Casper Trumpy, Inc
George V. Briante
H. C. Wyant
Harold Allen
Thomas J. Fay
Carpat Cleanin
McCombont Supplies
Standard Agri
Chem. Corp
Christian Science Church
Civil
Gerhard
Hartsdale Square Club
Corsteiere
L. O'Farrell
Dreyer's
Dy Goods
Noch's
Genung
Jas
McCreery & Co
Ware's
Staten Island
ucation_ Board of Education
White Pains
Westchester Lighting Co
Hugh Adair
John Bonner
Grace L. Brown, Inc
Ers
F. H
Flagge & Hooley
Gristede Bros
Fowler & Sellars
Klein's Hardware
Janes-Reynolds Co
Lakewood Farm
Briarcliff Lodge
Gramatan Hotel
Heathcote Inn
The
Custer Arms
Jewele Black, Stacr & Frost
Heatherbloom
Watland Kennels
Alfred J. Kroll
Greenville Nurseries
Heathcote Nurseries
John Forbes
Michael Nonenmaker
Lawy
Albert F Frank & Co
Ausburn M. Birdsall
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn Clark, Close & Davis
Agate
Frank Kiernan & Co
Henry Melville
Joan L. Lockwood
M. S. Hottenstein
Rudolph Guenther
Russell Tay, Inc
William T. Mullally
Allen Laundry Service
Briarcliff Laundry
M. E. Bulkley
Motion Pictures
Bronxville Picture House
Loew's State Theatre
Loew's Strand
Scarsdale Theatre
Alfred Walker Music School
Etta Colin Garcia
Leo Crustein
Brenner
Embee Era
George Vorwerk
Niklad
Harry Golden Cunningham
Teal
C. O. Wallauer & Co
Bronx Parkway Commission
Printing— Community Press
the Greenacres Press
Campbell & Cross
Curran
Curran W. J. Beuhler
Ohn Gibson
Angell & Co
Elizabeth Locke Bogart
Farley Organization
Fish Germany Realty Corp
Fish & Marvin
Flood & Erhart
Julia Bennett
Louise O. Meyer Maxwell Smith
Marie D. Kling
Stanley B. Kirk
the Homeland Company
W. P. Johnston
Lester B. Knight
Electric Shop
Roofing— A. & A. Roofing Company, Inc
Berkeley Studio Bug Co
Klug & Taft
Ss. & S. McComb
Colin & Bros
White
Roger Ascham
Grace L. Brown
Green Fisher
Henry Szaniawski
George Vause
Briarcliff Cottage
Honey
Scarsdale Tavern
Wildwood Tea Room
Telephone- New York Telephone Co
Greenburgh
Edward A. Robinson
Edward Prewle
William Brunneman
Carpenter's Storage
Carpenter Storage, Inc
Inquirer
Amsterdam
Andrew Cone
Palmer Gautert
Calkins & Holden
Gampoel Advertising Co
H. K. McCann Co
Walter Thompson
J. Barrett
Wendell P. Colton
General Contractors
Austin Riley
Gedney Ronstuction Co
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