Comments on: Encore typewriter of the moment: Mencken and the 1948 conventions http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/encore-typewriter-of-the-moment-mencken-and-the-1948-conventions/ Striving for accuracy in history, economics, geography, education, and a little science Tue, 21 May 2013 18:52:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: A neglected 95th anniversary of Mencken and Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub – National Bathtub and Presidential Obscurity Day « Millard Fillmore's Bathtub http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/encore-typewriter-of-the-moment-mencken-and-the-1948-conventions/#comment-263869 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:23:06 +0000 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/?p=19766#comment-263869 [...] Mencken and the 1948 conventions, at Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub; “Mencken suffered a stroke later in 1948 that left him unable to speak, or read, or write for a time. He spent much of the rest of his life working to organize his papers, and died in 1956. His epitaph, on his tombstone and on a plaque in the lobby of the Baltimore Sun, reads: ‘If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner, and wink your eye at some homely girl.’” [...]

]]> By: Happy birthday, H. L. Mencken (a day late) « Millard Fillmore's Bathtub http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/encore-typewriter-of-the-moment-mencken-and-the-1948-conventions/#comment-243504 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:46:51 +0000 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/?p=19766#comment-243504 [...] Encore typewriter of the moment: Mencken and the 1948 conventions (timpanogos.wordpress.com) [...]

]]> By: Today’s Birthday: Henry Louis “H.L.” Mencken (1880) | euzicasa http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/encore-typewriter-of-the-moment-mencken-and-the-1948-conventions/#comment-243371 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:20:48 +0000 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/?p=19766#comment-243371 [...] Encore typewriter of the moment: Mencken and the 1948 conventions (timpanogos.wordpress.com) [...]

]]> By: chamblee54 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/encore-typewriter-of-the-moment-mencken-and-the-1948-conventions/#comment-242026 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:03:21 +0000 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/?p=19766#comment-242026 In 1952, The democrats nominated Adlai Stevenson II, with John Sparkman as his running mate. This was the second time the the President and Vice President had last names starting with the same letter. In 1856, James Buchanan and John Breckinridge ran together. One of these combinations won, the other lost. We will know in November how Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan do.
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]]> By: Love dares you to care for the people on the edge http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/encore-typewriter-of-the-moment-mencken-and-the-1948-conventions/#comment-242016 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:46:40 +0000 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/?p=19766#comment-242016 [...] after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner, and wink your eye at some homely girl.”Congratulations are in order. Cool.“Church Sign Epic Fails, Vol. XXIX“ /* Filed [...]

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