Fragmented Old Humorous Exchange Between Generations
A clipped dialogue joke montage references love of country and labor, with lines about a grandfather and a Dead Sea. It pairs quips from figures labeled Last Word, Unsympathetic Listener, and others, ending with a witty exchange on money and bachelorhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountains
Dead Sea
Storm on the North Sea
Hank Cowden recalls the 1896 wreck of the four masted bark Stanley off Texel in a north sea gale. The ship ran aground after a sudden squall. sixteen aboard were rescued by distress rockets and Texel light, with Hank the last survivor to jump to the Hercules. He has since quit the sea and settled ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Cowden
Chicago
Adventure
Hank Cowden
Stanley
Liverpool
Calcutta
India
Hamburg
Germany
English Channel
Straits of Dover
North Sea
Hank
Texel Island
Mr. Steeves
Hercules
Amsterdam
Nien Diep
Holland
American soda water origins and The American's Creed
European discovery of soda water traces to Priestley in 1772 and Schweppe in London 1780. Philadelphia physician Physick helped introduce soda water to the United States, with a 1807 precursor to the soda fountain. Early fruit syrups with aerated water credited to Eugene Roussel. The American's Creed by William Tyler Page asserts government of the people and duties to country and Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priestley
Paul
Geneva
Schweppe
London
Philip
Philadelphia
United States
Townsend Speakman
Eugene Roussel
William Tyler Page
United States of America
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