Travelogue Of Two Women Through Canadian Towns
The author and Leona Allen recount a Canadian trip from Thetford Mines to Lennoxville and Sherbrooke, staying at a three story house by the Masapippi river and visiting the Lady Betty tearoom in Lennoxville. They note asbestos mines, local food, and encounters with locals and drivers, including crossing Derby Line into Vermont and a brush with U S customs. They observe more drinking in Canada and the contrast with American attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Lune
Beauce Junction
Thetford Mines
Black Louise
Lower Town
Lennoxville
Leona
Massawippi
Sherbrooke
Derby Line
Canada
Quebec
Peple
Derby
Vermont
Washington
Iowa
Funny School Tales and a River of Detours in Washington
Margaret Chalupa fifty cents at the Journal office sparks a playful tale of a cat and mouse game in school with a puddle mishap. The piece blends school memories, travels from Washington Iowa to Brattleboro Vermont, and notes a 1899 Town Business Men’s Directory excerpt listing local shops and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
East Main Street
Washington
Iowa
Margaret Chalupa
Journal
Margaret
R. R
Mniss
Democrat
Gazette
Press
Alberson Amos
American Express Co
Daugherty
Armstrong Samuel
Tall Harrison
Carpenter
Blair Wm. & Co
Brindley and Eichelberger
Burrell Howard
Pub, Co. Paes
Burroughs
James R
Physican
Calhoun J. C. Sawyer
Chilco
Mann Warren B
Mann Warren T
Moore John Rector
Miller & Dougherty
Moothart W. P
Neals Samuel W
Patterson Cam
Roberts Jackson
Robinson 1
Rodman George G
Rogers Prank
Omnibus Line
Ross Gustavus
Scofield H & W
Scofield Jenkins
Shields John
Smith Jackson C
Smouse Winfield
Stone Award W
Sweet Milton H
Swit Prank B
Teeter John
Washington Military Band
Frank Sheets
Wilson Chas
Wilson Chas. J
Wilson Robert T
Wylie Samuel
By The Way and Other Fragments From A Morning Page
A collage of humorous asides and quotes from a morning paper page. The gag includes a Judge Patterson exchange about a man named Sparks and a dry cell remark, reflections on street electric signs and illuminated house numbers, plus musings on leadership and public life from Isaac Marcoson and John Hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac F. Marcosson
Marcosson
John Hay
A Night in the Pines With a Flagstaff Stopover
The narrator hitchhikes toward the Grand Canyon from Maine Arizona and finds shelter in a Flagstaff barn. Mr Curry and his wife host a warm breakfast after a night among hay bales, sharing local life, farm calves, a quilt raffle, and Independence Day festivities. The morning ends as a Ford from Oklahoma offers a ride toward the canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Norte
Colo. Ane
Jack
Maine
Arizona
Grand Canyon
East Peak Ranger Station
Western Lumber Company
Th Canyon
Flagstaff
Mr. Curry
Mrs. Curry
Flag Steff
Mr. Carey
Thad
Oklahoma
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the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Roma Clemons
Leona Allen
Manton Hebner
Orville Elder
Oskatoona
Phillip Moore
Cnine
Green Street
Willowby Lake
Andonville
New York
Darling
Fort Boston
Here
Brit
Adam
Arthur
Solomon
Jonah
Caesar
Cleopatra
Elizabeth
Michelangelo
Walter Rawleigh
Madame Dustarry
Admiral Farragut
Cal Coolidge
Man
Southport
Connecticut
Yew
York
Far West
Date Elder
San Francisco Peaks
Eagle
H. & A. Baking Co. “Masters of Good Baking
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