Famous and Forgotten Part II by Elmo Scott Watson
The essay links common words to their famous origins from diverse figures. It recalls Judge Beaver, jockey Soapper Garrison, Samuel Lynch, John Loudon Macadam, Charles Macintosh, Maverick, Pasteur, Morse, Settler Poinsett, Pullman, Ohm, Volta, Watt, Negus, Rickey, Jerry Thomas, Ramos, Burnside, Roorback, Sandwich, Sax, Sequoyah, Silhouette, Van Dyck, and Wallop as a retrospective on how names become everyday language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bey
Gallagher
Beaver
Morgan County
Kentucky
Tipton County
Harrodsburg
Joseph Ignace Guillotin
Gente Paris
National Assembly of France
Messieurs
Guillotin
Oe- Yona Assembly
Sam HU
Col
Samuel el
Guilford
Conn
General Assembly
New Haven
Proprietors
Virginia
House of Burgessies
Charles Lynch
Torres
John Loudon Macadam
America
Scotland
Charles Macintosh
Mr. Webster
Samuel A. Maverick
Yale College
Texas Independence
Congress of the Republic of Texas
Maverick
Georg Simon Ohm
Count Alessandro Volta
James Watt
Francis Negus
Queen Anne's Day
Joseph K. Rickey
Fulton
Orville A. Roorback
James K. Polk
Roorback
John, Earl of Sandwich
Rugger
Antoine
Adolphe
Joseph Sax
California
Sequoyah
George Gist
Guess
Etienne Silhouette
Controleur-Generale
France
Burnside
van Dyke
Anthony van Dyck
John Wallop
Western Newapaser Union
Roosevelt shifts right while building middle ground
The piece argues President Roosevelt will appear more conservative on major issues while moving to grow support among traditional Republicans. It highlights intra party dynamics with Huey Long and Father Coughlin, warns of a potential radical third party, and notes shifts in handling utilities and McIntyre’s access to conservatives. It also covers Scotch whisky stock, taxes, imports, and the politics of holding companies in Montana and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Repubcan
Huey Long
Coughlin
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Montana
Nebraska
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Connecticut
Hoover
Rhode Island
California
Golden Gate
Upton Sinclair
Ilas
S O Roosevelt
Louis McHenry Howe
M. B. McIntyre
Uncle Sam
Boston
Baltimore
Scotland
Wes
Wheeler-Rayburn
Burton KR. Wheeler
Preston 8. Arkwright
Georgia Power Company
Georgia
Senator Wheeler
Utiity
Montans
Wheeler
Africa
Chile
Malaria and the Mosquito: A Doctor's Look at a Persistent Plague
Dr Lloyd Arnold explains how Anopheles mosquitoes spread malaria via a twelve to fourteen day incubation in both hosts. He notes the disease’s ancient origin, regional prevalence, and the role of carriers in continuing transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Greece
Mussolini
Rome
Ilinois
Tadlapm
Ross
From Whose Names Were These Words Derived
A list of phrases and names such as Tet er go Gallagher and Sam Hull, with references to macadam, morse code, gin fizz, Sequoia, Tom and Jerry, Van Dyke, and Watt suggests word derivations tracing surnames, nicknames, and brand names across people, places, and objects. It centers on etymology of everyday terms linked to individuals and innovations.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Ilie Sam H
Cok Geerlen Lynch
Matagorda Bay
Colonel Maverick
Morris
William Morris
Milady Nicotine
Jean Sieur de Vvithe-Main Nicoti
Louis Pasteur
Samuel Finley Breese
Morse
Joel R. Poinsett
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande
Latin America
George Mortimer Pullman
Rhode Inland
Ambrose Everett Burnskie
DR. J, i, Guillotin
George M. Pullman
Gen
A. E. Burnside
Gillon
Onion
Bay State
Ita
Marcus A. Coolidge
Lloyd Arnold
College
Sumatra
Europe
Niccotine
Sam Hull
Ial
Poinsettia
Rickey
Ramos
Sequoia
Tom and Jerry
van Dyke Beard
Volt Wallop
Watt