Faraway Java scenes told by Tennant in Sourabaya
Palmer Tennant and his wife send a vivid Java tour diary from Sourabaya. He details customs, dress, food and daily life from Djokjakarta to Borobudur, noting batik sarongs, barefoot servants, Dutch dining rites, a Rice Festival, and the Sultan of Solo amid colorful processions and imperial pomp.
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Sourabaya
Java
Palmer Tennant
Lhr
Djokjokarta
Maryland
Virginia
Japan
Djokjakarta
Boroboedoer
Giza
Raffles
Taj Mahal
China
Angkor Wat
Tropics
Djokagaota
Solo
Bali Island Tour Described as Paradise and Change Looms
Palmer Tennant recalls a Bali visit from Sourabaya aboard a Dutch steamer, praising its pristine beauty and Balinese temples, dances, and women. He notes modern comforts creeping in, questions future cultural shifts, and recalls encounters with Mr. and Mrs. Bliss and connections to New York figures. He promises future letters on Burma Indo China and Angkor temples.
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Sourabaya
Bali
Paradise
Thomsettias
Boraboedoer
Mrs. Bliss
Java
Dot Haywood
American Society For Control of Cancer
New York
Vic
Tor D. Miller
Hagerstown
Bob Snively
Burma
Indo-China
Angkor
Palmer Tennant
Special Grand Jury Indicts Negro Slayer in Alabama
Clayton Alabama July 22 a special Barbour County grand jury indicted Lester Bouyer a Negro for murder and a statutory offense both in the first degree in the slaying the indictment follows an earlier preliminary finding in the case future court action was not specified in the report
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Clayton, Ala
Barbour County
Lester Bouyer
Attack near Eufaula targets Miss Beatrice Clark
Report cites Jack Hines, a mechanic from Eufaula, as involved in an attack on his companion Miss Beatrice Clark near Eufaula on the night of July 10. The fragment notes the incident occurred in the vicinity and lists those named as participants.
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Jack . Hines
Eufaula
Beatrice Clark
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