Dr John A Ray joins Vanderbilt faculty in Nashville
Dr John A Ray son of Dr and Mrs A J Ray has been elected to the Vanderbilt University faculty in Nashville Tennessee. He will teach French. The Nashville Tennessean notes his distinguished record as a linguist and diplomat and his Yale BA and MA and PhD from Yale.
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John A. Ray
A. J. Ray
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
Whitewright
Nashville Tennessean
Ray
Yale
Uni
Hogwallow News Oddball Docket Mixes Names and Nonsense
Local column sampler recounts rural misfits in lighthearted vignettes. Dock Hocks and Ellick Helwanger tease each other with alleged invocations whileCricket Hicks hypes and bells churchgoers, Sidney Hocks socializes after Rye Straw, Sile Kilden touts a bare hoofed mule crossing Gander Creek, Jefferson Potlocks warns of nighttime rumbles, Sim Flinders photos in mischief, Cricket calls on Miss Peachie Sims, and Fletcher Henstep riffs on a long winded debate at Wild Onion school house with sharp jabs about knowing little about the topic.
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Fletcher Henstep
Wild Onion
World traveler and linguist Prof Ray praised by Boston Transcript
Profile of Professor Ray who taught Spanish at the U S Naval Academy, served as U S consul in Odessa during the Russian upheaval, later at Lourenco Marques, and escaped a torpedoing aboard the Runo in 1914. He speaks 12 languages and has toured nearly every country. Spivy & Company Bonham touts dry goods advantages.
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Paris
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
U. S
1St
Texas Cavalry
Odessa
Siberia
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Excerpt in 1890s Toledo
Frank J. Cheney sworn by notary in Toledo declares his firm F. J. Cheney & Co. will pay $100 for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notice describes internal action through blood on mucous surfaces and advertises testimonials and distribution by the Toledo firm.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Ohio
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Ellick Helwanger
Cricket Hicks
Sidney Hocks
Rye Straw
Sile Kilden
Gander Creek
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Sim Flinders
Sim
Peachie Sims
Tickville
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Lilley’s
J. F. Lilley
Pepperell
Children’s Underwear
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Price Baking Powder Factory
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