Germany and Its Environments Described by Miss Mundy
Miss Mundy recounts a six month journey from Nebraska to Beverstedt Germany in 1909 10 visiting Chicago New York and Hamburg. She details impressions of urban sights at Marshall Field the subway tunnels Brooklyn Bridge and New York markets then describes life in Beverstedt with family scenes farms workers wages schooling elections and daily German customs noting contrasts with American life and expressing pride in the United States while appreciating Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverstedt
Germany
Hanover
Dakota County Herald
Dakota City
Herald
Maelish
Ponca
Petersburg
Lincoln
Fairmont
Strang
Bruning
Nebraska
Vail
Marshall Field
State Street
Armour's
Lake Michigan
Chicago
New York
Italy
California
Ohio
Acre
Wehawken
Mother
Singer
Times
Jersey City
Hudson
Wall Street
United States
Broad Way
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Hudson River
Navy Yards
Williamsburg
New York Chinatown
China
Court House
America
Pleza
Statue of Liberty
Coney Island
Berlin
Chicago University
All & Jolly
Kong
Ahe
Ev ‘Eryone
England
Dover
Cleser
Cuxhaven
Hamburg
Custom House
Elbe
Eldes
the Herald
Cod and lobster hatcheries and the cruel cost of seafood
A long, satirical piece contrasts government hatchery work at Gloucester turning out cod and lobster releases with observations on mackerel, currents, and lobster growth. It shifts to a humorous scene of Marian, Beatrice, and Miss Alma Briggs debating manners, cousin terms, and the limits of exactitude in conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
New England
Labrador
Artic Region
Jaalow
Scientiate
Hal
Pittaburg
Marian
Alma Briggs
Beatrice
Miss Alma
Mies Blanchard
Mise Briggs
Royal Street
Marlen
Misa Briggs
Foolish Pasha Mistakes Beardless Lieutenant for Rebel
An Egyptian war minister Kasim Pasha once ordered officers to appear shaved in public. A lieutenant pretending to be shaved rode with the minister who, after a detour, punished a barber. The lieutenant escaped, returned shaved, and the pasha admitted the plain truth that the young officer was a captain in disguise, making the officers laugh and concede the ruse.
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Pasha
Kasim Pasha
Egypt
Leutenant
Abisgeuli
Otcer
Abasseuh
oMeer
Observation at the wall of public life questioned by an inquisitive acquaintance
An exchange questions government power and independence as the Internal Revenue collector concedes change in attitude toward unusual inquiries. The dialogue notes a shift from sharp rebuke to tolerance of such questions.
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Internal Revenue Collector
Joker Practical Jests In Hungary End Up In Ashes
A Hungarian tale recalls Jogzan Jozsa a famed trickster who boasted a fine coach. He shows guests a hayrick and later discovers his carriage burned by the count as a prank to shelter the coach from a rainstorm. The joke ends with the coach hidden beneath the hay.
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Hungary
Jogzan Gyurl
Great Plain
Jossa
Count Keglevich
Joxsa
Jozsa
Conal-House
Weel good-by Mr Mallock Carlyle remark
The anecdote illustrates stubborn belief though Carlyle rebuked Mallock after a two hour fluent talk. Carlyle kept silent, then spoke mild farewell about never wanting to eat on Mallock again. The tale is set in a nineteenth century literary circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Knot Norton
Matlock
Thomas Carlyle
Mallock
Carlyle
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Johanna Mundy
Father Land
Yardstice