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Odds and Ends Highlights From a Nation of Oddities
A collage of brief notes and curiosities from around the country. Items range from Free lunch plans and theatrical rumors to local oddities, political jests, and whimsical facts. Notable mentions include Bristow’s Shiloh remark, comet chatter, a submarine tunnel talk, and portraits of social quirks across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Florida
China
Maryland
Washington Street
Boston
Baltimore
Bristow
Shiloh
Zurich
Switzerland
Washington
Fat Men’s Society
Carlisle
Charles Wirvaw
Brigham Young
Davenport
Colorado Territory
Paris
Connecticut
Lecocq
Offenbach
Sir Edwin Landseer
St. John’s Wood
London
Yankee Locke
Lowell
Mass
Oberlin
Ohio
California
Surlington
Hartranft
France
England
Smith
Coggin
Troy
Penneylvania
Brooklyn
Detroit
Mr. Beecher
Cain
Abel
San Francisco
J. N. Thayer
Darnaum
New York
Bancroft
Iarlan
John H. Ballow
Rhode Island
James F. Babcock
New Haven
Deacon Safford
Black Rock
N.Y