Wandering Bill Nye and the Cherokee Exile Tale
An 1801 reminiscence by Edgar W. Nye recounts a Texas journey with conductor Taylor on the Houston and Shreveport line. He describes cross state scenes, Cherokee history, rough travel, soda jokes, a Mississippi crossing near Shreveport, and reflections on a graveyard lecture life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar W. Nye
Texas
Galveston
Taylor
Houston and Shreveport
United States
Houston
Shreveport
South
Sea
Timbuctoo
Peri
Louisiana
Red River
Mississippi
Milwaukee
Horace Greeley
Santa Fe
Griswold
Pennsylvania
Congress
Argu
Corrands at the stage clash and Kipling quip in Boston
A chaotic scene unfolds as Corrands provokes and crowds threaten to mob a performer while Griswold defends the door. A Boston visit turns to playful exchanges with Rudyard Kipling and a mock interview ends with a street joke about Great Jones Street and a deer.
My Friend O Gallaghers Dark Hospital Shadow
A satirical tale from the New York Evening Sun recounts Sullivan O Gallagher a hospital watchman who profits from sleeping, eating, and even supplying corpses to science. The narrator describes O Gallaghers roguish acts as he transports a bed 16C corpse in a wooden box toward a medical institution while the patient protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Gallagher
Sullivan O'Gallagher
O’gallagher
Ward C
New York Evening Sun
Twins Named After Presidents in a Black Family Vernacular
A Detroit Free article records a humorous exchange where an elder mentions twins at Uncle Mose's house and jokes about naming the children after presidents Christopher Columbus and Julius Caesar, reflecting playful dialect and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose
Yaas
Miasus
Bress
Christofo
Name this paper Nov 6 dia2t
An old advertisement urges young and middle aged men to send stamps for a “Perfect Question List” and a book “Diseases of Men” from Dr Bowes & Co at 24 Marietta Street Atlanta Ga with references to Constitution and Jacobs Pharmacy Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bowes & Co
Marietta Street
Atlanta, Ga
Constitution
Jacobs Pharmacy Co
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Wandering Bill Nye
Fair
Bostonian
Great Jones Street
Great
Jones Street
Scribner’s Magazine
Swift
Bluthenthal & Bickart
Marietta St
Southern Medical Dispensary
A. Mell
Mell & Linton
Cot
New York
Phoenix
Hartford
Verpool
London and Globe
Germania
New York, Insurance Co
North America
Georgia Home
North British and Mercantile
Conn
New York Life Insurance, Co
Michael Bros
Peerless
Broad Street
E. E. Jones & CO
G. &. Lintov
Huggins
China House
Raeee
Houcaines
Cuina Hove
East Broad Street
Albert L. Mitchell
Clayton Street
Athens, Ga
Mutual Reserve “Fund Life Association OF New York
Jackson & Burkeco
NEW Book Store
Iris
Bowen
Georgia Southern
Florida Railroad
Sowanee River
Atlasta
Macon
Iacon
Cordele Tilton
Valdosta - Lake City
Jacksonville
Seeienenememieene
Union Ion
Palatke
Jacksonvile
Paokiman
Central
Bet
Railrosda
A .C. Knapp
Thoge KS Barris
D 228
F Benay Burma
D.T
P. A. We
Muibers Rey
Icket
Union Depot
CuaeEie Rie Nes
Jon Teeta
Ova
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