Mary Jane Travels on Boundless Bile and Merrie England
Mary Jane and Dickey sail from New York to Europe aboard a Hamburg American liner. The letters describe sea voyage feelings, seasickness, culture clash with German passengers, humorous misreadings, flirtations, and the surprise of approaching Plymouth. The piece blends travel notes with witty observations on American and German travelers and the romance of crossing the Atlantic.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
England
Europe
PiugwecTu
America
Dickey
France
Germany
New York
Hoboken
Mary Jane
Gurman
Nebraska
California
Texas
Iowa
Wildis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Fatherland
Guatemala
Buenos Ayres
Ahefd
Bothrich
Anyself
Imal de Mer
Nevillne
Judge Kincaid
Plymouth
Eng
London
Hamburg
Lizard Point
Rhaetia
Cat Nearly Scares Kaiser With Steam Boil Disaster
A wandering cat nearly toppled Kaiser William due to a steam apparatus in his bedroom. The smoke caused a break in the tube and boiling water spilled, but the emperor escaped scalding. The soot puff traced to the cat, drawn by fried fish, stuck in the chimney flue.
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William
Germany
Sbis
India
Berlin
New York World
Uncrowned Queens: Margaret Haughery and Sister Dora Memorials
Special correspondence from New Orleans and England recounts the unveiling of statues honoring two civic heroines. Margaret Haughery, The Orphans' Friend of New Orleans, and Sister Dora of Walsall are celebrated for charity, care of orphans, and hospital work.
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Margaret Haughery
New Orleans
Dora
Cottage Hospital
Wabatll
Staffordshire
England
Fannah Dustin
Boscawen
Queens
Margaret
Baltimore
Gaffney
Charles Haughery
Leland
Julian Poydras
Sisters of Charity
United States
Cam Street
Canal Street
Crescent City
Walsall
Dors
Kapiolani's Realm and Hawaiian Prosperity Amid Sugar Trade
Special Correspondent reports Queen Kapiolani's visit highlights the Sandwich Islands. A Honolulu sugar magnate and Claus Spreckles ally claims population has fallen to about 40,000 since Capt. Cook's era, predicts eventual U.S. ownership, notes 92 percent of trade with the United States, and that a Chinese and Japanese foreign element grows. He describes Honolulu at 20,000, Kalakaua in debt to the church of England, and a two-house government. Spreckles and Kalakaua are said to be at odds, with Spreckles owning vast sugar lands and influencing royal finance. the magnate portrays Spreckles as a pivotal Pacific sugar figure and details a high-scale operation and profits.
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Sandwich Islands
WasHincTon
F Kapiolani
Sandswich Islands
United States
Honolulu
Claus Spreckles
Hawaiian Islands
Cook
China
Japan
Kapiolani
Kalakaua
Church of England
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Spreckles
Washington
West
New York City
California
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Spreckies
Kalakwua
Ralakaua
Thomas J. Topp
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Merrie England
Globe-Democrat
N. H
Hannah Dustin
Mrs. Dustin
View Haverhill
Mass
Moses Fousom
David Shear
Warren County
White & Company
Beecher & Copeland
Ceeee
Benerie Be
Michalovitch
Fletcher & Co
Cincinnati
M. Mead
Warren, Pa
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