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Odds and Ends Teaser of Odd Facts and Quotes
A column of quirky snippets notes diverse facts from gas works and proud quoter lines to colonial notes, with items on San Francisco banks, Yale College, and a Vermont or Virginia orphan’s death. The survey includes statistics on coal labor, almanacs, and a horse riding remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sax
Globe
Dr. Dahl
Gayling
Nes
Boston
Prussia
France
Europe
Faro
Louisville
Anne Arundel County
Yale College
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Nevada
Judy
Virginia
tesSan Francisco
Say
Pusey
Arkansas
James O’brien
Illinois
Seax
Tennessee
Gar
St. Paul
Minnesota
Bret Harte
Alex
Feodorovitch Looff
Ses
Abraham Samuelson
Friends of Temperance
Jaycoming County
Pennsylvania
Binghampton
New York
Lindsay
Alabama
Wilmington
N. C
Gar Wendell Phillips
Seward
Gar Baron Staussman
Victor Emanuel
Rome
Napoleon
Paris
Massachusetts
New Orleans
North Adams Chinamen