The Commercial Traveler in North Carolina
A brief anecdote on the life of traveling salesmen in North Carolina noting uneven hotel quality from big towns to small ones. A New York Times tale recalls John Gilbert asking about Jingletown’s inn and meeting a darky who asserts knowledge of Jedge Gillam in Chowan County.
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North Carolina
New York Times
John Gilbert
Durky
Jingletown
Darky
Gillam
Chowan Kentry
The Old Judge Gillam and Jim Pool Tavern Tale
A dialect tale recounts Judge Gillam confronting Jim Pool in Jingletown Sub. The judge threatens harsh punishment but the narrator notes the judge never stopped at the tavern. locals claim the old judge often spared the Black man, despite a guilty verdict.
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Darky
Jim Pool
Jingletown
Suh
Judge Gillam
Jedge Gillam
Theodore Roosevelt and the zeal of thine house
A childhood memory recalls Theodore Roosevelt fearing zeal as a dragon at church. His mother asks what zeal is and the boy suggests a big animal. The minister reads Bible verses until the boy exclaims Psalm 69:9, noting the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Theodore
Emily tops class in French on shrugging note
Emily leads the class in French after a written exam tie with another girl. The decisive factor cited is Emily’s more correct shoulder shrug, reflecting French etiquette.
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Emily
Mumma
Chauncey Depew engagement crowds at Delmonico’s dinner
Ex congressman Cable’s daughter education in France is mentioned amid a column of anecdotes. Chauncey Depew’s engagement is celebrated with a Chamber of Commerce ovation at Delmonico’s. A curious encounter with Frederick H. Cowles ends with an abrupt ejection by a porter. A witty quip about a husband mowing appears from the Chicago Record.
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Cable
Illinois
France
Chauncey M. Depew
Chamber of Commerce
Delmonico
Huy
Frederick H. Cowles
General Supply Company
Mr. Cowles
Riprap
Chicago
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Baker's
Baron von Liebig
Baker's Chocolate Wafers
H. B. Stillings
Pinehurst, N. C
Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mass
The
Commercial Traveler
Mr. Depew
Hay
George Billing
Lyddite
the Outlook Press
South
C. T. Patch
Battenburg
Point
Southern Pines, WH. Cc
J. Ernest Judd
Crown and
Pinehurst
J. P. Sanderson
Johnson’s Pharmacy
Southern Pines
N. C
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