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 -----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