Vengeance and Captivity in Carlstadt Memoir
A former prisoner recounts Sedan capture, harsh Bavarian camp life, and a forbidden love with Olga von Langeweile. The narrative traces their secret marriage, Olga’s forced guardianship, the Count’s defection, and a postwar letter revealing a French heir. The piece shifts to modern tales of wartime hardship and a boy’s blunt remark about scarce resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedan
Carlstadt
Bavaria
Uoers
Col. Rothertuchs
Chopin
Lugo
de Musset
Delacroix
Society of Carlstadt
Olga
Christine Nilsson
Count von Langeweile
von der Tann
Potag
Ieiters
Reger
von Langewelle
Olga von Lange- Welle
Frederick William
Frederick
France
Longchamps
Carpet sweeper pitch and Bible huckster in city doorway
Mrs Jones eschews a persistent salesman who tries to hawk a carpet sweeper and Bible revisions at her door. He flouts broom use, woos youth and beauty, and claims to cure biliousness with pills. The scene ends with the sales pitch and a humorous account of their reaction in Warren, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget the Valiant
Mrs. Jones
Jeptha
Jones
Gvatarrhen
Warren Druggists
Elys’ Cream Salm CO
Owegs, N.Y
Parker's Ginger Tonic renamed Pasher's Tonic in ads
An advertisement recounts a testimonial from Mr Watts of West Somers New Scotia about overcoming fifteen years of dyspepsia with Parker's Ginger Tonic later called Pasher's Tonic. It notes a pharmacist Mr Cole of Carmel confirms the product's authenticity and warns against inferior imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter’s
Hudson
Adout
Lo Wase
Luli
Cou H. Watts
West Somers
Putnam Co
Cole
Carmel
Watts
Hiscox & Co
Especial Utten
Parker
Parker's
Hiscocx & Co
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High Dudgeon
Ed Wittie Urchin
Jack
Warren
Shiloh
A. W. Morck
Hackmetack
Richard B. Stewart
Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon Ind
Birrers
H. J. Dreyer
Water St
H.J. Dreyer
Warren, Pa
Flint & Kent
Buffalo
Main
Washington Streets
New York
Dinsmoor & Cable
Warren Saving Bank
Wateren, PA
Warren County
Foreign Exchange
BF. Watson
B.nesmitit
J. Hazeltine
Cashier
Auirlerger
Warren Go
Warren Ledger
aDa
Ehyeam Bal
Orively
Carl
Wyamd Maccines
Conewangs
Jackson Run
Taimered Farm
Jewell
North Warren
Fred
Clark
George Ball
Pennsylvania
Seorge Ball
Waren, Pa
Davis
Seeley
P. Greenlande
Front Street
Episcopal Church
Re. Gagenisind
Nicnett
Hickory Street
Asso
G. C
Tmentia of
Mayis
McNeti & CO
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