Arianne, Thanks for bringing these to my attention. Ed Ed Piacentino Professor of English Department of English Editor, Studies in American Humor High Point University 833 Montlieu Avenue High Point, NC 27262 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 336-841-9296 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Arianne Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 3:42 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Research Query: Saint Louis Daily Evening News or Saint Louis Weekly Evening News for October-November 1854 Genealogybank.com certainly had some Doesticks reprinted articles. Below are samples of what is there. Arianne Laidlaw Newspaper Archive - Doesticks News Articles Found. (Results 1 - 5 of 81) 1) Niagara Falls Doesticks on a Bender<http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:11AE7F1FB2EE9D55%40GBNEWS-11B33BA96FBBD558-11B33BA9797E52A0-11B33BA99E3E5328/?search_terms=Doesticks> Date: August 02, 1854 Location: New Jersey Paper: Trenton State Gazette Article type: News Article <http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:11AE7F1FB2EE9D55%40GBNEWS-11B33BA96FBBD558-11B33BA9797E52A0-11B33BA99E3E5328/?search_terms=Doesticks> 2) Niagara Falls--Doesticks on a Bender<http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:134048CBC59A89A9%40GBNEWS-1341F610B0DD4318-134190AECC923360-1353386A223D02E8/?search_terms=Doesticks> Date: August 12, 1854 Location: New York Paper: Plattsburgh Republican Article type: Letters <http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:134048CBC59A89A9%40GBNEWS-1341F610B0DD4318-134190AECC923360-1353386A223D02E8/?search_terms=Doesticks> 3) Niagara Falls--Doesticks on a Bender<http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:134048CBC59A89A9%40GBNEWS-1341F610B0DD4318-134190AECC923360-1380744F951B208C/?search_terms=Doesticks> Date: August 12, 1854 Location: New York Paper: Plattsburgh Republican Article type: Letters <http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:134048CBC59A89A9%40GBNEWS-1341F610B0DD4318-134190AECC923360-1380744F951B208C/?search_terms=Doesticks> 4) Niagara Falls--Doesticks on a Bender<http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:122AFBBA107AC9E4%40GBNEWS-125E8957B218F32A-12594FA89376544C-12F43BED537A86C8/?search_terms=Doesticks> Date: August 15, 1854 Location: Ohio Paper: Plain Dealer Article type: Letters <http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:122AFBBA107AC9E4%40GBNEWS-125E8957B218F32A-12594FA89376544C-12F43BED537A86C8/?search_terms=Doesticks> 5) Niagara Falls--Doesticks On A Bender<http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:109C88C3000E7338%40GBNEWS-12FF44A9EE3099A8-12FB07EA31EA55E8-130648B9AE0EF2CE/?search_terms=Doesticks> Date: August 18, 1854 Location: Virginia Paper: Alexandria Gazette Article type: Letters On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Mark Twain Forum List Administrator < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Research Query: > > > I'm currently completing my research for an essay, tentatively titled "Two > Views of Niagara: Doesticks and Mark Twain," in which I'm exploring > connections between Mortimer Thomson's (Doesticks) 1854 comic missive, > "Doesticks on a Bender" (some reprinted with the alternative title "Niagara > Falls: Doesticks on a Bender") published in 1854. Mark Twain was familiar > with Doesticks and with this work, and as Fred Lorch noted in a 1949 note > in > American Literature, Clemens, when he returned to St. Louis and set type > for > the St. Louis Evening News in August of 1854, may have seen the six > Doesticks letters reprinted in the Evening News between October 5 and > November 29, 1854 (one of which may have "Doesticks on a Bender"). > > I am seeking to find possible microfilm for either the Saint Louis Daily > Evening News or Saint Louis Weekly Evening News for October-November 1854 > period noted above. If anyone happens to know where I can find these > materials, please let me know. > > Ed Piacentino > > [log in to unmask] > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58
