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1. almost 4 years ago on Two Party Opera

   Watta pun . .

2. almost 4 years ago on Rose is Rose

   Now, that’s funny!

3. almost 4 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   The boy I believe is Boog Skinner; he ought to be 16 by now. I am not 100% sure about the girl, but I will hazard that it is Aubee Rose Skinner, Boog’s sister; she should be four years old; it must be her. Both have September birthdays. I agree: a lovely tableau!

4. almost 4 years ago on Frank and Ernest

   Ha!

5. almost 4 years ago on Arlo and Janis

   Yes! Thanks for pointing it out!

6. almost 4 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   :-) !

7. almost 4 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   I’d refuse him entrance.

8. almost 4 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   I too. But I love Slim and Clovia!

9. almost 4 years ago on Two Party Opera

   In his diary, JQA had a period after “rays”—but also after “birth,” where above it the tail of the “z” in “blaze” might make the period look like an exclamation point. He also spelled the one word “empirean,” with a period after “hearth” too. The most important spelling comes with his “unobscurable,” which has no hyphen and includes a “c” (http://www.masshist.org/jqadiaries/php/doc?id=jqad45_540 and the page before too). Many thanks to Mr. Carroll for digging this out! Marvelous research!

10. almost 4 years ago on Two Party Opera

    Yes! Named after the great John Philip Sousa (who had it first made just as he wanted, bell facing up), first built by J. W. Pepper of Phila. Later, C. G. Conn made a bell-forward version, which is drawn here. There is a photo of Harding with a Sousaphone (bell forward) wrapped around him, which I’m sure Mr. Carroll knows.