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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1994
Page
10
A reader note lists common Irish surnames such as Murphy Kelly Sullivan Walsh Smith OBrien Byrne Ryan and OConnor inviting checks for acquaintances. It also recounts the Irish tale of Stingy Jack and explains jack o lanterns were carved from potatoes and turnips in Ireland and England.
The note highlights George M. Cohan as a Broadway star and composer with Yankee Doodle Dandy, Eugene ONeill as a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner, and John L. Sullivan as a famed bare knuckles boxing champion from 1882 to 1892, inviting genealogical help.
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