A Turkish Garden Encounter and a Tragic Coast Tale
A narrator recovering in Constantinople from illness recalls Abdallah the merchant and his harem. A fourteen year old girl in a veiled garden intrudes, and a dangerous flirtation ends with the girl murdered and packed in a blue chest found aboard the narrator’s departing vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Abdallah
London
Nivy Mussulman
Occident
Gazete
Zatima
Ealing
Ness
Engtirud
Papa
Smith
Veill
Duennas
Luke
Ife
Wwe
Fragments of Humor and Gossip From a Bygone Era
A collage of social jests and vignettes from a late 19th or early 20th century page. It includes wordplay on Ann as an indefinite article, remarks about fashion and marriages, quips from editors and travelers, and lighthearted anecdotes about courts, houses, and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Hee House
Butts
Fifth and
Market Streets
St. Louis
Cleveland Herald
Thomas
N. B
Ann
Linda
Paris
Ilijinks
Susan Marata
Tlissess
Sam Slick
Creation
Gussy
Leavenworth
West
California
Jim
Macduff
George Francis Train
Colfax
United States
Faust
Congress
Pat
Indies
Boston
Moth Felzth
Lewiston
Alaine
Andrew Johnson
Greenville
Sa Association of Tailors
Adamani
Eid
William
Philiadelphis
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John Littlefield
Marshall Directory
Crookshank
Marshall, Ilinois
R. C. Prewett
Kester
J. W. Anderson
EALER
National Road Street
Montgomery Toure
Marshall, Ufnois” Vom
R. L. Dulaney
Marshall
Clark County
Umnois
Lily Care
N. Spencer
M. D. Twysician
Sargeun
G. Denzer
National Road
Kesters Drug Store
Whitehead
Marshall, Diinois
Eurth Judicial Circuit
Travel
New Brick vi Nl
Marshall House
Hos Murphy
A. H. Kester
Marak
Jennings
Jennings & McCloud
McCloud
Livingston
F. R. Payne, M. D
R. E. Moore
M.D. Payne
Moone
Public Square
Ly. S
Mark D. Hare
Law and Notary P’ublic
Illinois
Nobl
Ancatetylo
Ofice
Moyer's Brick
Soin Scholfield
JW. Wilkin Scholfield
Terre Haute
Jacob Butz
GEO UC
Butz National
ORNER
Terre Traute
Indiana
Lawrence & Harvey
Main St
Estrella Restorant
Main Street
Terre Nautend
Holfelder & Seemann
Clark
Ohio
Torre Tante
W B. Grifith
I W. Griffith
T J. Gist
Clarke
Montezuma
Hhe House
Darwin Directory
J. W. Briscoe
Tysician and Burpee
Darwin Dinois
Darien Directory
John Wazen
Darien
Néely
R. F. Willians
Hysician
Burgeos Casey
Opposita Dowling's
6Th Street
Wbti Og
LA Moreux
Torro Lintte
Ind
Marshall Messenger
Marriace
Cuide
Low
Culverwell
Publisese Aide
CHASE
J C, Kline & 0
Bowery
New York
P. O. Box
Europe
Allius Bros
St. Lwsuis
Shof
Eaton & Stono
Beneft
Edward A Wilson Williamsburg
Kings Up
Josn B. Ogden
Cedar Stract
Freedlet
Bani Bator
Dietrar
Pricapmiraia
Oan
Corinl
Cherry Streets
Torre Haute
Zatina
Wonton
Turkey
Trix Znatinn
Abdallah the Maschanut
Chaistum Petesc
Grant
Pemberton
Josh Billlings
Earth
Accorp
Slaven
Toto
Greece
Rome
N. Y
Aly
Slo
Belle
Yale College
New Haven
Nadia
Taules
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