Old German person
also known as: old man
Summary: A German merchant who, with his wife, ran a tent store selling groceries and notions, and owned a wagon outfit which he sold to the narrator's party.
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arrested_for
robbery
cited from As I walked up the main street I noticed… (1891)As I walked up the main street I noticed
the tent of the old German of whom we bought
the outfit the day before was a perfect wreck,
and also one or two other tents were more or
less damaged. The poor old fellow and his
wife were about hal…
lived_at
cited from He was absent but a short time and on his… (1891)
He was absent but a short time and on his
return he informed us that he had found the
very thing we wanted and told us to follow”
him. He took us to the largest tent in town
which was occupied by an old German and his
wife who had a sma…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-20 (1891) · +2 more
have no
doubt has come to the conclusion that I was a
tenderfoot and a badly scared tenderfoot at
that and that the terrible crowd of ruffians were
merely a crowd of honest miners as harmless
as kittens. Wait, my friends, wait till I get
t…
occupation
grocer
cited from He was absent but a short time and on his… (1891)He was absent but a short time and on his
return he informed us that he had found the
very thing we wanted and told us to follow”
him. He took us to the largest tent in town
which was occupied by an old German and his
wife who had a sma…
grocer
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-20 (1891)have no
doubt has come to the conclusion that I was a
tenderfoot and a badly scared tenderfoot at
that and that the terrible crowd of ruffians were
merely a crowd of honest miners as harmless
as kittens. Wait, my friends, wait till I get
t…
owned
cited from On making known to Apache our wish to… (1891) · +1 more
have no
doubt has come to the conclusion that I was a
tenderfoot and a badly scared tenderfoot at
that and that the terrible crowd of ruffians were
merely a crowd of honest miners as harmless
as kittens. Wait, my friends, wait till I get
t…
cited from He was absent but a short time and on his… (1891)
He was absent but a short time and on his
return he informed us that he had found the
very thing we wanted and told us to follow”
him. He took us to the largest tent in town
which was occupied by an old German and his
wife who had a sma…
cited from As I walked up the main street I noticed… (1891)
As I walked up the main street I noticed
the tent of the old German of whom we bought
the outfit the day before was a perfect wreck,
and also one or two other tents were more or
less damaged. The poor old fellow and his
wife were about hal…
cited from As I walked up the main street I noticed… (1891)
As I walked up the main street I noticed
the tent of the old German of whom we bought
the outfit the day before was a perfect wreck,
and also one or two other tents were more or
less damaged. The poor old fellow and his
wife were about hal…
sold_to
narrator's party for Two hundred and seventy-five dollars
cited from On making known to Apache our wish to… (1891) · +1 morehave no
doubt has come to the conclusion that I was a
tenderfoot and a badly scared tenderfoot at
that and that the terrible crowd of ruffians were
merely a crowd of honest miners as harmless
as kittens. Wait, my friends, wait till I get
t…
Sources (5)
As I walked up the main street I noticed…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
He was absent but a short time and on his…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
On making known to Apache our wish to… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-20
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
We found the old man had a good span of… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details