Irving, Father of American Literature and His Times
SARAL DAVIDSON recounts Washington Irving’s rise from New York youth to celebrated author. It covers his early life, Europe travels, brushes with law, and literary triumphs including Rip Van Winkle, life in Sunnyside, and his role as a prominent American writer shaping national identity.
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Ashingston Cavengis
Ile
City of
New York
Dash
Treving
Washington
Resing
Trving
Hin Brothers
Passare
Irving
Europe
Jie
Allston
Newton
Ite
Rome
America
Hetle
Imade
Feving
Walter Scott
England
Rip van Winkle
Byron
Teving
Presbyterian Church
Ife
Hoe
Jonathan Oldstyle
Bracebridge Tall
Spain
Columbus
Granada
Alhambra
London
Legation
Hudson
Sunnyside
Prairies
Bancroft
Sleepy Hollow
Little Wretch Torments City Stores With Demands
A Boston Traveler item describes persistent neighborhood children testing shopkeepers by asking for empty boxes cards and almanacs. A West side clerk finally lashes out after the boy presses for various items and even asks for sense. The scene highlights ongoing minor harassment in local business districts.
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West Side
Thia
Boston
Central Through Sleeper to Cali on Illinois Central
Illinois Central offers through tourist sleeping car service to San Francisco and Los Angeles starting Friday August 31 with weekly departures from Chicago on train No 3 at 11 15 p m. The route passes Iowa Omaha Pueblo Denver Grand Junction Ogden then Southern Pacific to destination arriving San Francisco 4 15 p m Tuesday and Los Angeles 1 30 p m Wednesday. Second class tickets honored with rate under half of standard sleepers. Eastbound car leaves Los Angeles Friday 12 40 p m arriving Chicago 10 20 a m. J F Merry Assistant General Passenger Agent Dubuque Iowa.
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Illinois
Illinois Central
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago
Iowa
Omaha
Rock Island
Pueblo
Denver
Rio
Grand Junction
Rio Grande
California
J. F. Merry
Dubuque
Burlington Route Sells Excursion Tickets for Saengersfest
The Burlington Route offers round trip excursion tickets to the Biennial Saengersfest in Burlington Iowa from Aug 9 to 12 1900. Fare five dollars ten cents, sale Aug 8 9, return by Aug 13. Inquiries at city office 611 Main or at depot foot of Second Street.
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Burlington
Main Street
Second Street
Knights of Khorassan and Pythias Meeting at Waterloo
Announcement of a Waterloo gathering for Knights of Khorassan Knights of Pythias and Rathbone Sisters scheduled August 6 to 9 1900. Chicago Great Western offers excursion tickets Aug 4 to 8 return Aug 10 at one third fare. Details and atlas catalog provided by John G. Farmer AG P&T A B CR N Ry Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Young People’s Convention
Iowa Evangelical Association
Waterloo
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railway
J. B. Ross
Main Street
Dubuque
Knights OF
Khorassan
Knights OF Pythias and Rathbone Sisters
F. B. Ross
China
John G. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
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Washington Irving
Newport
Hey
George Gould
Saral Davidson
Central
Cali
What Is
Castoria
Cennne
Itn
the Centaur Company
TT Mura
Street, NE
Joan W. TscHiRgi
Ws. J. Calvert
Tschirgi & Calvert
Dubuoue
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