Political zoo symbolism in American election history
An exploration of campaign symbols and the cartoonist Nast shaping party imagery. It traces elephants and donkeys, Tammany tiger, and other icons from 1837 through 1880, noting origins of symbols like the rooster, log cabin, rail fence, and hats used to rally voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
New York City
New York State
Tammany Hall
Prohibition
White House
Bayard
Nast
Hopkey
France
New Republic
Atlantic
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Harrison
Martin van Buren
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Ulysses S. Grant
Kentucky
Horace Greeley
New York
Cleveland
Senator Thurman
Thurman
Theodore Roosevelt
Sonny Boy Questions Heaven Plumbers In Path Pathfinder
A Pathfinder quip envisions a boy asking his father if there are plumbers in heaven. The dad replies that heaven likely has no need for plumbers as the sky leaks so much, delivering a wry moral in a brief exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny Boy
Pathfinder
Crimson Gulch Mystery Drifts Through Town
A nameless stranger asks about the principal business in Crimson Gulch. Mesa Bill probes motives and asks if the newcomer is a drummer or a detective, signaling a tense, unclear purpose in a frontier setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimson Gulch
Mesa Bill
Generous Attitude Reflected in Dog Ownership Tale
In a light hearted exchange, Mr. Erastus Pinkley quips that his luck would drive him to abandon a dog if he could, while a generous attitude toward the animal shines through as he considers finding a new owner who can care for it.
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Mr. Erastus Pinkley
Insomniac’s remedy a glass of wine, humorist quip
A London humorist quips that wine helps with contentment rather than sleep, as a remedy for insomnia. The exchange notes regular intervals, but the wine does not induce sleep, only makes staying awake tolerable.
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London
Will of Walnut Street theater worker allocates Yorick skull
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports John Reed, a long time gas lighter at Walnut Street theater, wills his head to be used as Yorick in Hamlet. He requests his skull be brought to the theater after death and employed to portray Yorick’s skull on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
William Howard Taft
Joseph Chapman
Indiana
Hancock County
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Democratic Party
Chapman
Indianapolis
Crow
Indiana Democrats
Indiana Sentinel
Andrew Jackson
United States Bank
Treasury
Jackson
Balaam
John Reed
Walnut Street Theater
Yorick
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Grow a garden of graduates from Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Ferry-Morse Seed Co promotes its 80 year program of seed breeding at The Jerry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute Stations in Rochester Michigan and Salinas California. Purebred stock is used for seed production then thoroughly tested for quality and germination before sale. Look for the Ferry display in stores and write for a free Home Garden Catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry-Morse Seed Co
America
Jerry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute
Rochester
Mich
Salinas
Cal
Detroit
San Francisco
The Braggart It's the cockerel that does the crowing but the hen delivers
A humorous line contrasts bragging with actual results, highlighting a hen as the key performer who gets the job done while the rooster merely talks. The phrase suggests measured praise for effective, behind the scenes work.
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Anders
Elmo Scott Watson
Ladies and Gentlemen of America
P. T. Barnum
The
Ringling Brothers
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Thomas Nast
Harper's Weekly
Lincoln
Times
Johnson
Edwin M. Stanton
War
Stanton
Supreme Court
Grant
Johnson-Stanton
Copperhead Papers
Jackass
Samuel J. Tilden
John A. Dix
Tilden
Tweed
United States
James
Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Old Enoix
Republican
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Til
Bell Syndicate
WNN
Knox County
Wrigley's
Ferry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute
Coleman Lamp and Stove Co
Wichita
Kans
Chicsgo, Il
Pai
Oe Angeles
Calif
Montana
Gallatin Chick Hatchery
Bozeman, Mont
Grain Buster Mills
Link Manufacturing Co., Inc
Fargo
N, Dak
Sir— Answers Magazine
Cee
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