Aunt Ess and the Dutch Betrothal of Hope in Poverty
The narrator recalls Aunt Ess, a brisk 60-year-old Amsterdam shopkeeper living in a damp cellar, and her devoted betrothal to Karel a penniless cigar dealer. They pine for a brighter future, save a thousand florins, and dream of marriage despite repeated disappointments, illness, and lasting poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Mortier
Amsterdam
Ess
Estelle
Esther
Tsay
Karel
Bee Ess
Iseauirint
Imoneys
Imoney
France
Aunt Ess
Aimee and Her Daughters Seen in Philadelphia Visit
Aimee and her two daughters aged five and eight were kept at a school briefly then with a private French family on Staten Island. A teacher described them as bright but not precocious noting the mother appeared quiet and well dressed with no makeup. The observer says the mother seemed like any other parent caring for her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Aunt Ess
Karel
Havana
Ess
Tip Tov
Philadelphia
Aimee
Staten Island
Mlle
The Wish Ring From St Nicholas Tale
A young farmer aided by a magic ring gains wealth after two eggs yield a wish ring from a magical eagle. A cunning jeweler steals the ring and dies in a gold flood. The farmer and wife delay a final wish, grow old rich, and die with the ring as a cherished mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Hichberg
St. Nicholas
Big Wife
Lins
Street fakirs and con games near Canal street described
A New York style street swindle unfolds near 192 Canal Street where a slick peddler runs a three cube shell game with $1 and $2 notes. A Bowery slugger challenges the grifter as bystanders watch a $5 haul amid a cautious crowd and a nonchalant policeman nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Letter
Boston Herald
Bowery
Canal Street
Dett
New York
Lamib
Sheridan and the Prime Whisperer in War Correspondence
The recollection portrays General Philip Sheridan as a humane commander who respected war correspondents. An anecdote shows Sheridan sharing strategic detail privately after a reporter asked for a battle description. He privately confirms the Fifth Corps had 10,000 men, choosing not to publish exact figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gath
New York Tribune
Sheridan
New York
Fifth Corps
Mary Anderson’s Dialect and Dock Griffin’s Influence
Chicago notes mock Mary Anderson’s speech as shaped by her grim guardian Dock Griffin who speaks to her in a rough patter. A Paterson man built a yacht with a beer barrel boiler. it exploded and wrecked vessel and boiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
London
Mary Anderson
Dock Griffin
Paterson
N. J
Ear mark and half-crop described for both ears
The description notes ear marks under half-crop for both ears and similarly the right thigh. It records identical markings on both sides, indicating symmetrical branding or tagging. No further context or identifiers are provided in the fragment.
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Irs
Inble
Shellers
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Iss
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Yarrop
Powder River Cattle Com
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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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