Secretaries and Schemes In A Tyler Estate Tale
Nicholas serves as secretary to an estate in Tyler while plots unfold around baroness, Baroness von Uted, and a planned marriage tied to Oregon. A drunken misdelivery derails the wedding as secrets surface, ending with a diploma ball at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calhoun
Tyler
Texas
Oregon
Nicholas T
Nis
Baroness von Uted
Enham
Tristen Catannie
Baronesa
Sachars Taminane
Choshin
Vetore Sewertiee
Elizabeth
Nicholas
Nee
Abe
The
White
Love and Politics in a Mexican War Era Ball
The narrator recalls an opulent Washington salon where Helena von Riis shines and private longing surfaces. Amid intrigue around John Calhoun and Elizabeth, the piece traces flirtations, a delayed farewell, and a treaty closure after Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending with reflections on Lincoln and fate as the story continues.
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John Calhoun
Pe Age von Rifts
Melenavor
Helena von Rits
Oregon
Rotary
Washington
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Senora Yturrio
Mexico
Calhoun
Mr. Polk
Senate
North
Palo Alto
Abraham Lincoln
House of Congress
Lincoln
Fragmented public notice of patriotic text and remarks
Fragmented OCR text quotes the Star Spangled Banner and a line about Miss Elizabeth Churchill, mentions Gen Scott, Bismarck, and a claim about women in politics with a clipped sentence on German bears and diplomacy. The readable portions are inconclusive about event, date, or source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Churchill
Gen. Scott
Bismarck
The Cold Young Lawyer
Mrs Sol Smith the veteran actress marked her eightieth birthday with a dinner of the Professional Women's league in New York. She praised the modern spirit as more mercenary than that of the fifties while a young lawyer bluntly questioned what she had in it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena von Riis
Samuel Ward
Helena
Calhoun
Elizabeth Churchill
Mr. Polk
Elizabeth
China
Jack Dandridge
Tayak
Sol Smith
Professional Women’s League
New York
Tent
Bea
America
Recollections on life principles from Dr. Washington Gisden
The passage reflects a view that strict prudence in the industrial world leads to conflict and poverty. It argues life’s fundamental principle will provoke strife regardless of disguise or caution, citing Dr. Washington Gisden’s recollections as context.
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Washington Gisdden
Bargain Between Hillis and Physician Recalled
Dwight Hillis, famed New York preacher and author, once led Brake ton First Presbyterian. A physician known for storytelling offered a pact: I will do all I can to keep you out of heaven if you do all you can to keep me out of hell, and I won’t cost either of us a cent. The anecdote comes from Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
New York
First Presbyterian Church
Braketon
Ming
Bill
Hillis
Hell
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Mrs Flubbit’s Distant Air Amid Wealth Accession
A theatre scene notes Mrs Flubbit growing cold and distant after Mr Flubbit’s wealth increases. The dialogue compares her unfriendly stance to show girls in musical comedies, calling her unbearably haughty.
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Emerson
Baubbte
Magnus G. Kettner
Jack
Elmhurst
Elisabeth
Francis Scott Key
M. D
D. D
Bashland
M. Z
Green Gables
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