Dear Arianne,
Do you happen know from checking Genealogybank.com if "Niagara Falls; Doesticks on a Bender" was reprinted in any St. Louis, Missouri newspapers between August and October 1854? Unfortunately, I do not have access to Genealogyback.com for free so I am not able to check that myself.
If it would not be too much trouble, I would be most appreciative if you could check this for me and send copies of any of the citations.
Thank you.
Ed Piacentino
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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 <
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> 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
>
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Arianne Laidlaw A '58
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