Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-06-08
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very fine one. We stopped for dim
ner at Cocoa and we phoned out to
Elizabeth Pinkerton and she came
into our hotel and we had real
nice visit for one hour. The driver
of our bus took us all around W.
Balm Beach and Palm Beach At
Palm Beach we saw the biggest ho
tel in the world. It has 100 rooms
in it, 1900 servants, and the dining
room seats 1910 people at time.
We stayed 10 days at Miami. Our
bus takes us a 2-hour ride around
Miami and Miami Beach and we can
see the William j. Bryan estate.
We went through the Flamingo
hotel and saw the boat races. The
boats were going 4 0 miles an hour
and the same day in the afternoon
we went out to the polo grounds to
see them play polo. They played 3
games. First the Reds beat the
Blues. then the Yellows beat the
Reds, then the Yellows beat the
Blues 1t is very funny game.
Some men ride horses and have long
handled mallets and shoot the ball
across the field and the other ones
drive it back We took a "a IL mile
ride out to Hollywood by the sea,
and they gave us a nice lunch. We
went down to Key West over the
great railroad built by John Flagler.
Part of the time we were on bridges
over the water. The longest bridge
was smiles long. We went from
Key West on the big ship Governor
Cobb. Mamma and Daddy got sick
going and coming to Cuba, as the
water was very rough, but I didn't
get sick either way. 1t was very IN
teresting to see the men diving for
money at Key West while waiting
for the ship to start. People would
throw small pieces of money in the
water and they would catch them
before they would reach the bottom
of the bay. They would put the
money in their mouth and wait for
some more to fall.
We saw-a great many very inter-
esting things in Havana. The people
, all jabber in Spanish, so you don't
know whether they are making fun
of you or Dragging on you. I learn
ed few Spanish words while / was
there, so | will talk Spanish to you
when I see you. We took a few
large drives around the city and
country but can not tell you about
them this time. / have seen so
many things that | can not put all
in one letter.
HAROLD FINLEY.
Dear Mr.. Durbin:-I promised to
write letter about st. Augustine,
but i am of the opinion most who
squander the time to read it would
prefer to hear a little about Ha-
vana. l will tell them about ST.
Augustine any time l meet them.
We decided to see our little
neighbor with Spanish trimmings
which lies to the S. E. of Florida.
We bought our tickets at Miami
Fla, via. Key West over the IA
nous Florida East Coast Railway
| then to Havana by the p. & O.
| Steamship Co. The trip of 1876
miles by rail is most interesting, as
it hunts it's way over those little
| islands and across long stretches OF
water One wonders how anyone
ever found the place to put it. One
stretch out over the water is seven
| niles lOHS, Dut started TO talk
about Havana. We sailed from
Key West about noon. March 9, on
the steamship Governor Cobb-a
very fine boat. We anchored at the
Havana pier about p. M, after a
rough voyage. After the ship was
made fast we were instructed to &c
to the dining hall of the ship for
medical inspection. AS not half oI
us could get in there, they changed
their plans time or two and herd.
ed us around over the ship like q
bunch of sheep. Half the passengers