Aunt Ess Betrothed in Poverty in Amsterdam Tale
In a damp Amsterdam cellar, Aunt Ess a hard working, cheerful shopkeeper in love with kettle seller Karel endures poverty while planning a prudent future. Their betrothal survives repeated setbacks, lottery dreams, and mounting hardship until a cold autumn night reveals her death, leaving him to carry on with their memory.
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Ess
Amsterdam
Iss
Holland
Aunt Ess
Karel
Havana
Bee Ess
Iseauirint
Imoneys
Imoney
France
Tip Tov
Aimee and Daughters Seen as Quiet Mother at School
Aimee and her two daughters, aged five and eight, were briefly placed at a school and later with a private French family on Staten Island. A teacher described the children as bright but not precocious and noted the mother’s plain, stylish dress and absence of makeup, contrasting with public impressions of her.
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Philadelphia
Aimee
Staten Island
Mlle
The Wish Ring from St Nicholas
A poor farmer finds a wish-ring via a talking eagle. A wicked jeweler steals it and dies under gold. The farmer and wife delay a wish, working for years to prosper, until they die peacefully with the ring, still unused, in the grave.
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Ann
Hichberg
St. Nicholas
Big Wife
Lins
Street fakirs and throng expose swindle on Bowery corner
New York Street scene near Canal street shows a fold of street fakirs running a three card monte style con. A loudmouth swindler pockets a bystander as a Bowery slugger challenges the scam, while a police bystander watches. The scene ends with the con man continuing as a crowd gathers and a strong drinker stands by.
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New York Letter
Boston Herald
Bowery
Canal Street
Dett
New York
Lamib
Sheridan and the Correspondents Remembering a Gentle General
The memoir recalls General Sheridan’s humane treatment of war reporters, his habit of answering questions privately, and his willingness to share information. A reporter recounts asking for a compelling battle description and Sheridan revealing the Fifth corps strength of 10,000 men to be kept private for now.
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Gath
New York Tribune
Sheridan
New York
Fifth Corps
Mary Andersons Dialect Sparked London Interest
The London press derides Mary Anderson for a peculiar dialect learned from her grim stepfather Dock Griffin who speaks rudely to her, describing their childhood chatter as harsh and taunting. A separate Paterson incident reports a man using a beer barrel boiler to power a yacht, which exploded and destroyed boat and boiler.
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Chicago News
London
Mary Anderson
Dock Griffin
Paterson
N. J
Livestock Description in Ear Mark and Crop Notes
The fragment notes cattle details with ear mark and under half crop. It also mentions the right thigh and ownership of the same animal. This record preserves the concise livestock description typical of property or sale records in the period.
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NED
Argueom
Irs
Inble
Shellers
Fg, CO
Arnold Mortier
Estelle
Esther
Tsay
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Yarrop
Powder River Cattle Com
PANY
Ranges
Powder River
Tongue River
Johnson County
Wyoming
Foreman
Fred. Hesse
J. B Culver
Bingham
Jyyl Cdk
Brands—Tongue River
Powder River Cattle Co
Rawhide
M. E. Post
Range Pole
Horse Creeks
North Park
Plunkett, Roche & CO
P. O
Johnson Co
Wyo
Range
John Donoughue
O. Ford
P. O. Adaress
Cheyenne, Wyo
Lance and
Old Woman Creeks
Lemuel Smith, Jr
P.O
Dress
Fetterman
Range Dry Creek
North Side
North Platte River
Increase
Mack Eo
Cattla
Sturgis, Goodell & CO
Sturgis & Lane
Custer City
Dakota
Oshen Hole
Cheyenne River
Cheyenne
Fox and Horse Creeks
Goshen Hole
Sturgis, Goodell & Lane
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