A Fragment of Passion and Plans in a Midnight Dinner
A tense noir scene unfolds at a candlelit table where a man and woman debate money, memory, and futures. She contemplates leaving for Monte Carlo with Elton Miller, while he hints at pressuring her with marriage and compensation. The tension merges romance with greed as they scheme their next moves.
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Bar
Curiibe
Cigaretta
Monte Carlo
Tomor
Atvar
Miller
Itds
Elton Miller
Rich New York Women Handle Their Own Fortunes
The article surveys wealthy New York women who manage their fortunes, citing Hetty Green and others who built or inherited large sums. It lists heiresses and heirs, detailing amounts from multiple estates including millions left by family figures, and notes how these women oversee investments and real estate, with several poised to gain substantial future wealth.
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Americas
Isaac M. Singer
Isabella
Decazes
Noa
Charles F. Livermore
Haron de Sellers
Winneretta
Prince Sceymonsbelaird
Singer
Loring Andrews
Countess von Linden
Rachel M
Lucy Gilsey
John Gilsey
Henry Gilsey
Vonyrighted
New York
Wall Street
Hotty Theen
Deacon White
White
Mrs. Green
Siwaye
Hetty Green
Frank Leslie-Wilde
Leslie
Isaac Sherman
Ste
Abe
Anson Phelp Stokes
Isaac N. Phelps
Clementina
Sophia Pore
William eReee
Wou Facut
Peter Glisey
Gildsy
Lucy Gileey
George M. Varian
William G. Fargo
Walls-Fargo Express Company
Georgiana
Samuel Willetts
Caroline France
Louisa M
James PF. Kernochan
Louiss Kernochan
Mary MM. Cisckscher
William R. Travers
Maria L. Wadsworth
Travers
Stephen Whitney
Metropolitan
Willan
Whitney
Charles J. Folsom
Cortland de Poyster Pield
John W. Hawersley
John Arnot
Swealthy Canker
Elmira
Daugher
Georges Griswold Haven
New
Catharine Winthrop
Moses Taylor
Robert Winthrop
B. T. Babbitt
Clarence E. Hyde
Frederick E. Hyde
Frederick H. Cassett
George E. Dodge
Augustus D. Tullisrd
George Law
Sarah Williams
Anna F. Wright
Counry
Henry LeGrand Cannon
Misa Elizabeth M. Thompson
Detroit
West
Misa Catherines Wolfe
Jobo J. Wolfe
Miss Wolfe
Jane
Maison Square
Laura F. Gonknog
Conkling
America
Virginia Fair
San Francisco
St Newport
Hermann Oelrichs
Pat
Odrichs
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Neen
Lawerscr S. Morr
Drummers Letters From the City of Magnificent Virtues
A romantic and picaresque missive log from a traveling drummer’s circle. The letters reveal social rounds in Baltimore, Wheeling, and Petersburg with notes on performers, suitors, and a love confession tangled with jealousy, travel plans, and a convert’s return to duty. The ciphered tone echoes a bygone era of flirtation and personal dispatches amid theater, music, and drumming culture.
Montiero and Virginie Rome Meeting Report
Fragmentary OCR notes show names Clanys Monteiro and Virginie in a Rome setting with references to 7 February and a person named Mark Arc, unclear context, and reading errors.
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Weas Virginie
Rome
Marck Arc
Ree Aings Whoting
New Year Health Advice and Nonsense Phrases
A garbled excerpt lists odd health tips and quotes about Edwin Booth and vaccination. It mentions Coxeyism and worker unrest, then hints at Mary in pouchers’s assertion about Heery of Battenburg not knowing how to play vemos. The fragment blends era figures with street chatter and political allusions.
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Exetaxpre
Mary
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de Norean
Proto
Firgista Fale
RICL
Marna
Kimpee
Mra Hetty Oresa
Americsa
Qikere
UDE Vi
BILT
Gypsy Dangerfiel
Deak Gippys
Baltimore
Sykesville
John Prince
Gladys
Sykeavilis
McDonald’s
Idatia
Jack Winthrop
Daisy Summers
Mt. de Chantal
St. College
India
Dace
Lottie Collins
Wuertexo
Thuradey
Dean Tenpy
Washington
Wheeling
Ls France
le Joulder
Harry Lacy
Academy of Music
Paps
Panama
Daisy Sommers
Jack
Midway Plaisance
Petersburg
Echo Point
Fairfax
Warettso
The
Academy
Gladys Mogleira
Richmond
Lynchburg
Pittsylvania
Court House
Inet Palrfar
Ocean Crave
St. Augustine
Grecpaporo
N. G
Onatas
Charleston
W. Va
Marjorie Gentry
Teddy
Osc
Mcfure House
Ling
Greecebors
Charlestos
Gnarrox
Charlottsville, Va
Stu
Mla
Jaxuaath
Tomrrow
Alaska
MR Wamry
Clanys Monteiro
Edwin Booth
Boston
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