Recollections of Artemus Ward Before His Fame
A reminiscence by A. Minor Griswold recalls meeting young Brown in Cleveland who would become Artemus Ward. The piece details Ward’s early humor, his eccentricities, a revelatory school exhibition anecdote, and Griswold’s regret at potentially crowding him from the Plain Dealer job.
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Artemus Ward
A. Minor Griswold
Buffalo
Cleveland
Brown
Plaindealer
Mr. Gray
Mr. Brown
Cleveland Heights
Hanpiston
Rolla
Gomez
Shakespeare
Baldwinsvill
Berlin
Dyer
Patterson
Cee
J.T. Post
Ag’t Charter Oak Life Ins
Life compared to a short blanket and night comfort
The piece notes a proverb likening life to a blanket too short to cover feet and shoulders, suggesting some manage a pleasant night. It then cites a French biologist arguing precocity in lower animals and inferior human races indicates a lower order of development.
Dark Arkansas lynching after river murder by trio
A trio of Black men in Locksburg Arkansas killed a traveler they ferried across a river after finding only a dollar on him. They fled, a freshet washed the body ashore, and lynchers pursued them for three days before hanging them without trial. The incident ended with their execution by vigilantes.
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Lancaster
Mishler Herb Bitters CO
Perker
Queen Victoria
Ireland
California
Philadelphia
Whitehall
Texas
New Orleans Picayune
Locksburg
Ark
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Harter Oak
Mads
Reals Maw’ Co Tv
Pease
H.s.renick & Co
Lydia E
Inatiaih
Lynn
Mass
Overer
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Jydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Pinkham
Lydia
John Db Park
Reeves
Chatham &T
Ena Wheeler
N.Y
Emersone
Chicago
George
Tatigar
Bloomington
Pye
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Patrick
New York
Furden
Little Rock Gazette
Bishop Huntington
Amherst
Taily
Central Office
New Mexico
Browning
Central Pacific
San Francisco Post
Conrad Cook
West Side Public Square
DR. J
Jordan
Lung Renovator
Loganeport
Murdock House
Lafayette
Terre Itante
Ind
N. ¥. Herald
Hop
Hop Ritters
Rochester, N. Ye
Toronto
Ont
Physicians and Surgeons
Taylor’s Store
J. A. Goldsberry
Indiana and
Poplay Streets
G. W. Bence
Belncastle
Mulfrolh
Vaews & Newpent
Loa & Mistrance
Morey
Nev
Landes’ Druc
Washisetam Street
Greencastle
James J. Satey
Wiluis G
Neve
Sy Smiley & Neff
Attornhoys
Albin’s
Black
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Geenessde
Natotice
Fulnam County
Indiana
Lydia BC
Johneun Jiste
Putnam County
Gertrude Kh. Jousson
Elizabth Givens
Louisville
That City
Parker
Tallahasee
Fis
William Taylor
Boston
Shiloh
Shiluhi
Jonrad Cook
Patterson Isles
Whuashe
Henry
Giveca
al Parte
Dubno
Mott
Ionn
Hegeman
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Lone Pung
Bramwell, Ind
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J. V.vienen
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Duffalo
Ds. Mancy
Quincy, Mich
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Aver
Nerous
Ayen
Cherny Pecrora
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
ES Seavice
Srack
Michigan
Ste Actum
Glen
Wud Warranly
Nichols, Shepard & CO
Battle Creek
Mores & Paw GS
Cloverdale
Elward
Pitts
Woodbury
Tis
Seymour,sabin & Co
Stillwater
Minne
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