Story Of Marian Treat And Washington Era Courtship
A Dobbs Ferry romance during Washington era pits a Tory father against his daughter Marian Treat. Lieutenant Rathbone seeks marriage and liberty with Marian while Captain Reginald Winstead challenges the match. A Washington aide discovers a suspected spy. Rathbone negotiates Marian’s choice and Winstead exits unharmed to rejoin his army. Marian then chooses Rathbone, prompted by his honor and restraint.
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Dobbs’ Ferry
N. Y
Washington
Yorktown
Albany Road
Treat
John Rathbone
Marian Treat
England
Reginald Winstead
America
Rathbone
Kingsbridge
Dobbs Ferry
Marian
Ree
Ehiden Voring
Dominic van Vorst
Captain Winstead
Mani
Winstead
General Washington
Eskimo Family Life A Glimpse Of The Home
Captain F. B. Kleinschmidt describes Eskimo household scenes when guests arrive in Pacific Monthly. He notes naked waists, candlelike lamps, and a shared meal, with humor, hospitality, and a generally cheerful, playful culture. He cautions the Siberian Greenland and Labrador Eskimo are not included.
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Greenland
F. B. Kleinschmidt
Pacific Monthly
Illicit Diamond Buying in Kimberley’s Early Days
Louis Cohen recalls illicit diamond trading in early Kimberley South Africa. Stories describe dogs used as carriers starving before diamonds, horses driven with meat containing diamonds, carrier pigeons smuggling gems, and wax sealed diamonds in closures. A Cape boy’s forty carat stone was hidden in a goose stuffing to evade a detective.
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Kimberley
South Africa
England
Louis Cohen
Keinberley
Christiania
Vaal
Friends of Man
The Use of Esquire Letter Misdelivery Lesson
A German town letter unread due to the address John Brown Esquire led to a change in mail practice. The sender’s addition of Esquire caused the missive to sit in the E compartment of the poste restante. A guide warns against using Esq as it can be mistaken for a name.
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Germany
John Brown
John Brown Esquire
Poste Restante
Esquire
Esq
Real Leghorns and the curious ankle horns
On a bright spring day Willie and his sister play in a farmyard when a party of Leghorn chickens approaches led by a Leghorn rooster. Willie explains the breed name comes from the horned ankles seen on the birds.
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Willie
Very Much Alike Alligator and Crocodile Quip Noted
A Buffalo Express quote contrasts a curbstone broker with a legitimate broker by Frank Work remarking humorously that the difference is like that between an alligator and a crocodile. The anecdote highlights satirical insight into brokerage terms.
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Frank
Stock Exchange
Buffalo Express
Proverbial Exchange About Time Thief Proved Thief
A witty exchange highlights procrastination as the thief of time with a joke about stealing a watch. The line ends with a quip about the thief’s own downfall. The quotation appears attributed to the New York Times.
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New York Times
Quotations on Kiss and Facts From Boston Transcript
A humorous exchange about kissing and seeking exact facts contrasts with a remark on Irving’s art of drawing out a person’s best. The brief quotes reflect wit and literary critique from period sources.
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Boston Transcript
Irving
Whiting
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Llicit
McCormick and Wood
Batchelors
Paris Green
Bordeaux
Martin C. Ribsam
Trenton, N. J
Charles C. Groves
Frank A. Brown
Liverpool & London & Globe, Commercial Union, Niagara Ins. Co., Caledonian
Standard
Queen Ins. Co
North British & Mer
Camden Fire Ins.Co
Glens Falls
Ins. Co
N. America
Mercer Co. Hiutual
F. A. Brown
Tnt
F.c. Nee Pres. Cor. State
Warren St's
Trenton
Devoe
Schaffner & Marx
Clothiers
East State St
John Winar
Gunson
San Francisco
Pacific
Atlantic
Crus
Battery Street
California
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