Barbara Benson recalls Europe trip just before war began
Barbara Miller Benson of Stillman New Jersey recounts a European voyage from London to Switzerland Belgium and Antwerp. She notes tense moments a blackout in Cologne and decisions to leave Switzerland for Belgium aboard a neutral vessel crossing to Southampton. The trip ends with a calm return home as war looms and the family reflects on experiences.
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Barbara Miller Benson
Washington Girl
Europe
Stillman
New Jersey
London
Switzerland
Cologne
Rhine
Lucerne
Germany
Alps
Zurich
Paris
Boulogne
Antwerp
Chanel
Belgium
Simlly
Brussels
Ghent
Bruges
Poland
England
Southampton
New York
Famous English Parks Not Parks Race Courses
Famous English destinations list San down Park Hurst Park Kempton Park and Alexandra Park, noted as parks yet described as race courses. The remark highlights misnaming in a historical context.
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Sandown Park
Hurst Park
Kempton Park
Alexandra Park
McGuire Kin Informs of Fort Dodge Accident Death
Mrs Matt McGuire learned Saturday that her brother in law Ira Foster of Fort Dodge was killed in a Friday automobile crash near Fort Dodge.
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Cotter
Matt McGuire
Ira Foster
Fort Dodge
Quote from Hi Ho on boasting about mistakes
A Chinatown sage known as Hi Ho comments that the boast about never making the same mistake twice is flawed He says such boasters just keep making new errors and have no time to repeat prior issues
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Dinosaur Prints Preserved on Mount Tom Foot
Massachusetts will preserve dinosaur prints along the Connecticut River shoreline for posterity. The state purchased seven acres at the eastern foot of Mount Tom in Holyoke to protect the fossil site.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut River
Mount Tom
Holyoke
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