Oracle's Column lighthearted crowd in dorm chatter
The piece catalogs campus chatter about Junior Table Tennis title prospects and a parade of colorful names. It highlights jokes about Walt Barry and pool shouts, mentions George Scarth and other dorm personalities, plus a praise for Carl Makeover as a modest unsung hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horbert Albright
Art Liebermann, Jr
Lee Olin
Gaylord Thompson
Walt Barry
George Scarth
Wally
Carl Makeover
Clarence Fleishour
Clarence Polson
Daredevil Leap From Brooklyn Bridge Captures City Attention
In 1886 a red-haired youth known as Reds makes a famed 150 foot plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge amid a rowdy New York waterfront crowd. Police arrest and soon release him as spectators witness the spectacle and the crowd disperses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East River
Jim Brennan
Brooklyn Bridge
Paul Butler
Jerry Cane
Tim Brennan
Brooklyn
Reds
Sally
Steve Brodie
Watkins Syndicate, Inc
The Marie Celeste Mystery What Became of the Crew
The article recounts the 1873 abandonment of the Marie Celeste while cruising from New York to Genoa with alcohol cargo. Captain Briggs his wife and two children, four crewmen and four others aboard vanished with no trace. The log incomplete no evidence of storm or foul play fuels theories of insanity piracy accident or curse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven Seas
B. S. Briggs
New York
Genoa
Briggs
Marion
Mass
Amer
St. Mary’s
Azores
Gibraltar
Boyce
The
Dei Gratia
Deon
Captain Briggs
Skipper Briggs
J. H. Winchester
Rahway
N. J
Messrs. Meisner, Ackermann
Messrs. Meisner, Ackermann & Co. the New York
Watkins .Syndicate, Inc
Signature value of Button Gwinnett in American history
The article notes Button Gwinnett’s rare autograph as highly valuable among Signers of the Declaration of Independence. It recounts Rosenbach purchases in 1926 and 1927, including a 51 000 letter signed by Gwinnett and four other marine committee signers, highlighting rarity and national importance.
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John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Button Gwinnett
Gwinnett
England
America
Georgia
Continental Congress
Lach~lin McIntosh
McIntosh
Immortals
A. S. W. Rosenbach
Button Gwinnetts
Rosenbach
Marine Committee
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