A West Point tale of tobacco and a costly cigar
A colonel recalls two tobacco mishaps that changed his life. At West Point a smoking infraction cost him demerits and nearly his graduation, pushing him into infantry. Years later a wealthy marriage plan hinged on quitting smoking, but a single cigar shattered that dream and cost a fortune. He laments losing half a million and remains haunted by the temptation.
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Genevieve
Medard
United States Infantry
Army
Navy
West Point
Amela Jones
Old Jones
Amelia
Alkali Plains
Jones
Pgol
oPather
Amelia Jones
Meehard
Winning a Name The Incident That Crowned Honest John Kelly
A New York letter recounts how ex umpire Honest John Kelly earned his nickname. As a boy he was praised for his purity of heart after a tinware peddler asked his name, and he replied John. The tale describes a Ninth Avenue episode where Kelly held a horse while the peddler drink, the wagon was stolen, and the peddler declared him Honest Jobe for saving the horse.
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Honest John” Kelly
Kelly
New York
Honest John
John
Ken
Lower
Ninth Avenue
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