Sailor Gal Rose Hillyer Captivates Cape Desolation
In Captain Ira Berry’s weathered Maine grocery on Cape Desolation, a trio of French yachtmen arrive seeking champagne, sparking a brawl with local fishermen. Rose Hillyer, the famed sailor gal, emerges from a tomb to meet Andre Gautier, a charming invader, and a moonlit pact forms between them.
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Ira Berry
Cape Desolation
Berry
Maine
Ira
Hiram Duff
Hillyer
Caleb Hillyer
Hillyers
John Hillyer
Gal Bess
Cove
Massachusetts
Boston
John
Bess Hillyer
Portland Harbor
Mauritius
Duff
Bess
Portland
Caleb
Rose
Hillyer’s Cove
Hiram
Dave Grant
Capes
Dave
Rose Hillyer
David
Halloo
Kidd
Execution Dock
Tya Berry
Hellas
Gavin
Captain Kidd
Ra Berry
Bay of Chaleurs
Andre Gautier
Jules
Gustave
Tia
Mohammed
Andre
Miss Hillyer
New England
Berry’s Grocery
Tam
Mr. Gautier
Sailor Girl
Reminiscences of Robie on Perry Japan Expedition
Rear Admiral E D Robie, veteran of the Perry expedition to Japan 1852 1854 and golden wedding celebrant, recalls the voyage with Commodore Perry. He details ships Mississippi Susquehanna Powhatan escorting vessels, charting Tokyo Bay, engaging Japanese officials, and introducing daguerreotypes telegraphy and an early steam railroad in Japan. Only five of nearly 200 officers survive.
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Edward Dunham Robie
M. C. Perry
Japan
United States of America
Admiral Robie
Burlington, Vt
Jacob Carter
Louisa Dunham Robie
Binghamton Academy
Binghamton
N. Y
United States Navy
President Lincoln
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
A. Lincoln
Congress
Robie
Commodore Perry
New York City
Mississippi
Susquehanna
Plymouth
Saratoga
Hampton Roads
Cape Town
Madeira
Azores
St. Helena
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Point de Galle
Ceylon
Singapore
Hongkong
China
Shui
Lew Chew
Prom Shul
Bay
Yeddo
Yokohama
Bay of Yeddo
William Heine
E. Brown
Roble
Simoda
Admiral Roble
William Speiden
Fithian
The
J. H. Upshur
O. F. Stanton
Washington Star
The Age of Chivalry in Modern Times
A Washington Post reflection on how chivalry has expanded through modern centuries from knightly deeds to broad social care. It argues today’s era has more unified effort against oppression, broader protection of women and children, care for the poor and sick, and widespread acts of quiet courage in daily life.
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Chaucer
Washington Post
Intermarriage Banquet Sparks Race Debate in New York
A Cosmopolitan Society banquet in Peck's restaurant on Fulton Street features white socialites and black guests advocating race mixing as a solution to segregation. Speakers include Oswald Villard, William H. Ferris, Edward Walker, and Mary White Ovington amid praise for intermarriage and equality.
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Brooklyn
Cosmopolitan Society
Greater New York
Peck's
Fulton Street
United States
Oswald G. Villard
The
New York Evening Post
Henry G. Willard
William Lloyd Garrison
William H. Ferris
Harvard
Edward C. Walker
Sunrise Club
John A. Morgan
Hamilton Holt
Independent
Holt
Willard
Mary White Ovington
St. George Hotel
Ovington
Madison C. Peters
A. H. Thompson
Greenpoint
Isabelle Eaton
Marion Doolittle
J. W. Gates
Bessie
Gateses
Seattle
A. Stirling
L. Landis
Marie Perrin
Capt. Thompson
Martha Thompson
O. M. Waller
Anna Allen
Roosevelt
Taft
Bryan
Miss Ovington
Cosmopolitan Club
Republic
Mr. Willard
New York World
Reading character from hats and steps in daily life
A collage of anecdotes on judging character by appearance and gait. Tales from Baden-Powell on hats, boots, and walking styles reveal how footwear and posture signal wealth, honesty, imagination, and decisiveness. Included are notes on detective talk and a Tatler excerpt mocking suffragette cartoons.
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Baden-Powell
B.P
Nat Goodwin
Endless Warrior Across Wars and Continents
A cryptic ode to a tireless conqueror that vanquishes in burning southern plains and snowbound northern fronts. It recalls Alexander’s halted road, Napoleon’s army’s fate, and marks its legacy in distant monuments shining in every place.
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Alexander
Napoleon
It Is Better to Have Loved and Lost Saying
A quip notes that loving and losing is preferable to winning and marrying a Tar tar, reflecting a tongue in cheek view of romance and commitment.
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Nineveh
Gravelotte
Marathon
Gettysburg
Castor
Pollux
Jonathan
Judea
Saul
Jefferson Magazine
Mary
London County Council
Paris
William
London Tatler
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