Nicknames as American character and power in sport and politics
Elmo Scott Watson argues nicknames define public personas from Babe Ruth to Paavo Nurmi and Helen Wills, tracing how familiar monikers shaped political life from Old Hickory to Old Rough and Ready. He concludes sports nostalgia sustains nicknames as national identity evolves.
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Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
White House
William Henry Harrison
Virginia
Zachary Taylor
Theodore Roosevelt
Executive
Teddy
T. R
DI Pois
Abe
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Harry of
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Fremont
Daniel Webster
Winfield Scott
George B. McClellan
Napoleon
Christy Mathewson
Matty
Mall
George Herman Ruth
Babe
Bambino
Sultan
Swat
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Ruth
Georgia Peach
Woo
Four Horsemen
Notre Dame
Tulane
University of Southern California
Helen Wills
Charlie Paddock
Paavo Nurmi
Bill
Tennis inspired canvas millinery sets as sportswear
Canvas belts hats and handbags stamped for easy setup tempt buyers with sport themed fashion. Describes crepe twist embroidery, stamped guides, and decorative braids featuring tennis golf football hockey themes. Notes realism trends in topic hats and hand painted yacht motifs in 1927 millinery.
Selects Her Own Nest At Wilton Hen Stunt
C BE Berson of Wilton New Hampshire owns a national hen that wanders daily from her usual haunts behind the Main street store to Drapers brothers garage. The bird enters the office and settles on a shelf then returns outside leaving an egg behind. She repeats the stunt each day and waits at the closed door for it to be opened.
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C. BE. Berson
Wilton
N. H
Main Street
Drapers Brothers
Boston Globe
Days Becoming Longer Amid Earth Rotation Slowdown
The busy man’s wish for longer days nears reality as Earth’s rotation gradually slows. The article notes this ongoing celestial change and hints at future effects, though it says it will take time before any practical impact is felt.
Cotton on throne phrase used by James H Hammond in 1858 senate
In March 1858 James H Hammond employed the expression cotton is king to stress how central the cotton industry was to South Carolina and the fate of those tied to it. The saying signaled that cotton’s dominance dictated economic and political outcomes for people connected with the trade.
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Rosa-Rossa
James H. Hammond
Senate
Oklahoma dairy farmer finds health with vegetable compound
Mrs. Cora Short of Oklahoma City writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound revived her vigor and sleep, allowing her to work as a tired dairy wife. She weighed 135 pounds after seven bottles and now feels stronger, with neighbors encouraged to try it.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Cora Short
Oklahoma City
Okla
Geologist's Idea Made Fortunes for Others
Dr. Abraham Gesner, a Canadian geologist, pioneered kerosene from bituminous shale and cannel coal. His lamp oil invention, initially called coal oil, preceded the petroleum boom after 1859, yet he reaped little personal wealth while his discovery fueled immense fortunes.
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United States
Canada
Abraham Gesner
Gesner
Pennsylvania
North America
Doctor Gesner
Fashioning twins or a single child in best families
Virginia Dibble, fashion expert for children, notes in the Woman's Home Companion that many well-dressed families dress two children alike. A male critic objects, arguing that the best-dressed families never have more than one child.
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Virginia Dibble
Woman's Home Companion
Missa Dibble
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University of California
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Thomas Jefferson
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Jeff
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John L. Sullivan
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Jim
Bob Fitzsimmons
Buddy Bob
Kangaroo
Jack Johnson
Sir Artha
Sam Langford
Battling Nelson
Harry Greb
Fred Fulton
Jess Willard
John Harrison
Messrs
Tilden
Johnson
Maurice McLoughlin
Biarritz
Jean Borotra
the Flying
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Oklawowia
G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury, FN. J
Dodd
Yan
Della Olson
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Dodd's Medicine Co
Main St
Buffalo
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