Two Days of Paradise on the Eastern voyage with Warrington and Elsa
On a ship bound for Prome, Elsa and Warrington form an uneasy bond. He owns a faulted past and she questions social codes as she probes his character. A shared journey in the east awakens longing, risk, and a test of trust amid tropical winds and cultural tides.
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Paradise
Elsa
Warrington
Rajah
Orient
Prome
Rangoon
Singpore
Lucknow
Arthur
Martha
Arthur Ellison
Arkansas Sailors Help Orphans at Vera Cruz Hospital
In Vera Cruz on May 10, Arkansas battalion sailors came under fire while aiding the San Sebastian hospital and an orphan asylum Hospicio Zamora. After securing care for the wounded, they sheltered and fed the children, organized a baseball team, and preserved the asylum's safety while aiding refugees and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Custom House
Arkansas
Chester
Naval Academy
Red Cross
Hospital of
San Sebastian
Hospicio Zamora
Keating
Bluejackets
Philadelphia Ledger
Footsteps of the Fathers in Yorkville Enquirer Notes
The Yorkville Enquirer begins a series titled Footsteps of the Fathers tracing early records. The first installment appeared November 14, 1913 and the editor will continue notes as time permits to review past events for older readers and to entertain and educate the current generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Yorkville Enquirer
Exuberant Wealth and Gay Life in Buenos Aires
Philadelphia Public Ledger observes Buenos Aires as a city of exuberant wealth and fashion. The Florida Avenue, Avenida de Mayo, and Palermo Park showcase carriages, motorcars, and smart millinery with Paria jewels. Gaucho police regulate traffic as crowds gather for Sunday races at Palermo Park with bets running into millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayety
Buenos Aires
Paria
London
Berlin
Avenida de Mayo
Palermo Park
New York City
Republic
New York
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Franklin relic fetches 1005 pounds at Huth sale
The lone surviving copy of Franklin s early tract Discourse on Liberty and Necessity sold at auction for a record 1005 pounds. Henry Stevens had earlier purchased a copy in 1850 for 50 cents and failed to donate it to the British Museum.
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Columbia
Supreme Court
Kendrick
M. A. Moseley
Spartanburg
Eugene Bates
Moseley
Bates
Justice Hydrick
Frasier
Gary
Justice Gage
Justice Watts
Circuit Court
Benjamin Franklin
London
Philadelphia
Daily Telegraph
Wollaston
Franklin
Sotheby's
Henry Stevens
British Museum
Brown
James Lenox
Puttick’s
Hotten
Huth
M. Stevens
Mr. Hodge
Quaritch
Mr. Stevens
Stevens-Franklin
Government of the
United States
Fading boundaries challenge old patriotism across nations
The Saturday Evening Post argues national lines are minor for addressing and that real clashes of interests cross borders. Bankers and workers in the US, Britain, France, Germany, and Belgium view capital, labor, and political power as the shared fault lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Angell
New York
London
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Saturday Evening Post
President Wilson Leads Nation in Vera Cruz Dead Tribute
New York observed a solemn Vera Cruz memorial for nineteen sailors and marines killed in action. President Wilson spoke of duty and service, praising their quiet valor as crowds lined streets and a vast procession moved toward the navy yard.
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New York
Vera Cruz
Brooklyn Navy Yard
President Wilson
Washington
Navy
Navy Yard
Mexico
Trinity Church
Battery Park Plaza
Montana
Wyoming
Texas
Field Artillery
Glynn
Daniels
Mitchel
Pennsylvania Station
City Hall Place
Manhattan Bridge
East Side
Brooklyn
Naval Parade
Secretary Daniels
Bluejackets
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Parrot & CO
Singapore
Andaman Islands
St. Peter
Elsa Chetwood
Department of Agriculture
Pine Grove
Pine Grove Academy
H. Anthony
Wm. C. Black
A. Hardin
W. S. Bird
South
South Carolina
North
S. H. Anthony
N. A. Hill
Bethel
J. B. Hunter
J. D. P. Currernce
Peter McCallum
S. Rainey
A. B. Springs
William B. Wilson
R. T. Allison
A. S. Barron
J. Ll. M. Adams
Yorkville
S. Anderson McElwee
M. H. Currence
J. McElwee
B. R. Miller
J. B
A. I. Barron
Samuel Rainey
Col
W. B
J. D. P. Currence
Allison Creek Grays
Clay Hill
J. L. Wright
Duncan McCallum
J. L. Watson
H. D. Stowe
J. C. Hicklin
G. W. Mason
R. M. Pressley
J. N. Baird
Jas. Simril
S. L. Campbell
J. Starnes
H. H. Simril
B. C. Pressley
J. D. Currence
J. R. Beard
A. D. Cheat
James Smith
D. Cook
H. Tate
J. B. Stewart
E. B. Brandon
Jas. Wallace
H. H. Carothers
Tales of
Chihuahua
Pancho Villa
N. C. Adessides
American Review of Reviews
Villa
Gunther
the Gay
Pres
Wilson
Mankind
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