Origin of the Phrase to Cut Up Didos
A Boston Transcript and St James' Gazette excerpt explore the slang term dido. It traces usage in English and American sources from 1843 to 1855, notes regional variants, and cites examples in literature and speech. The piece ponders possible derivations, including a Dido reference, and mentions the Halifax man in Nova Scotia.
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Murray
United States
Fle
Gm Slick
England
Recitin
Ehher
Cuttin
Didoes
Haliburton
Joseph Wright
Ireland
Kent
Isle of Wight
Cornwall
Ase
Nova
Halifax
Professor Wright
Dreckley
Didos
Wright
Dido
Aenas
Tait
Boston Transcript
Dides
One Kind of Economy
A Wall Street man notes differing ideas of economy in a New York Press anecdote. On an elevated train a man brings a friend to his office by paying the ticket chopper and sharing a cigar, prompting questions about tipping and fare.
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Wall Street
New York Press
The Impossible Truth in Silas Hocking Novel
A critical excerpt describes an improbable church scene where a farmer and his strong minded wife attend service. The farmer rests after a hard week and is married during the sermon while his wife secretly claims the whip, delivering a fatal end as critics called the moment an impossible tableau.
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Silas Hocking
Dea
Asa Fact
Old French Dial Ring Curious Timepiece
A Louisville Courier Journal note describes a gold eighteenth century dial ring set with a tiny sun dial. The dealer claims it can tell the time when held to catch the sun, but cautions it is mainly a curio and accurate only in its local area if oriented to the correct compass point.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Unobliging Moon Cited In Night March Prep
Brigadier General Sir Henry Rawlinson cited an almanac during a Royal United Service Institution talk to show the need for careful planning in night marches. He recalled a South Africa incident where troops were ordered to march at 9:30 p m as the moon rose, but a total eclipse caused delay and confusion.
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Henry Rawlinson
Royal United Service Institution
South Africa
London Mail
Public Auction Notice for H B Russ Judgement Docket
Writ of venditions exponas issued by Houston County Circuit Court commands sale of 34.5 bushels of corn 368 pounds fodder 2 hogs 1 horse wagon and harness 1 buggy and harness 1 cow calf. Auction to occur January 15 1908 at Gordon Alabama during legal hours. Dothan January 6 1909. Also note greyhound speed comparison to a carrier pigeon.
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Houston County
Alabama
H. B. Russ
C. C. Lieden
Gordon
Ala
Houston
Galphin and Mogoloch Trade Dreams at Silver Bluff
In a South Carolina anecdote from Bench and Bar of South Carolina trader George Galphin shares a night dream with Indian chief Mogoloch. Each morning the chief claims the trader’s items as the dream’s prize, culminating with Galphin declaring a ten mile land grant around the Ogeechee town. The chief ends the exchanges with a comment that ends their dream trades.
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George Galphin
Silver Bluff
D. C
South Carolina
Galphin
Mogo
Mogoloch
Ogeechee Old Town
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Th. Hocking
Boston
Lincolnshire
St. James’ Gazette
Dothan
Will Griffin
W. W. Reeves
W. F
Frest
Ford
Patterson
Hammond
Lucinds Johneon
Fish Creek
Wis
Hewes & Potter
Dept
Lincoln Street
Reaton
F. S. Royster Guano Co
Norfolk
Virginie
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