Quips and curiosities from a humorous era in Montana
A collage of old musings touches on theft as sport, Wall Street as a name, Wall streets, lawyers, and celebrities like Mark Twain. It notes bicycle craze numbers in Battle Creek, mica production by state, and a quip about forks spreading from Venice to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Devil's Lane
Europe
National Zeitung
Pietro Orseolo
Argila
Florence
France
Colgate
Venice
Hrgland
Polly Carr Queen of the Forty Thieves Sent to Prison
Polly Carr a renowned London pickpocket and kidnapper known as the Queen of the Forty Thieves received a three year sentence. The article details her methods from bus fare tricks to kidnapping and blackmail aided by accomplices including Phil Ochre and Bridget Magee, with a long history of crime since childhood and a stint as a flower girl and art model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Polly Carr
Strand
Epsom Downs
Bridget Magee
Polly
Pimlico
Phil Ochre
Mrs. Magee
Little Magee
West Ind
Social Purity Movement
Henry M. Stanley
Dorothy Tennant
Royal Academy
A Stickler for Etiquette at Trinity College
A Trinity College student seeks shelter from a storm under a tree only to find Dr. Thompson, its austere master, beneath it. After a tense pause the student mutters a sign of clearing skies and the doctor retorts that communications to the master must go through tutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thompson
Trinity College
Cambridge
Trinity
Also Mentioned on This Page
Townsend Messenger
John R. Stout
Montana
Cripple Creek
Washington University
Supreme Bench
Kruger
Beard
Sarah
Judge Waterman
Illinois
Mark Twain
St. Louis
Dunravens
Baron Hirsch
Col. North
Weyler
Tom Hall
Louisville Post
Ohio
Kentucky
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Cecil Rhodes
England
General Lee
Uncle Sam
Spain
Boston
New York
America
Battle Creek
Mich
South Carolina
New Hampshire
South Dakota
New Mexico
Webb Bennett
J. C. Bennett
Mason, Co
David Pickering
Young Webb
Hall
Price
California Fig Syrup Co
Hood
Kota
J. Francis
Burlington
Omaha
Neb
Lion & CO. Tobacco Works
Durham
Floux City Engine and Iron Works
Pech Mfg. Co
Giloux City
Lewa
Tus Rowe
Cuase Maculvenry Co
Ensio Jon Worm
H Washington
LNU
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