Revue Magazine - Adventures In Central America Two unlikely arrivals in Honduras more than a century ago were William Sidney Porter (18621910), better known as O. Henry, perhaps the greatest American 20th century http://old.revuemag.com/article-print-294.html
Extractions: by Allan Levine Two unlikely arrivals in Honduras more than a century ago were William Sidney Porter (1862-1910), better known as O. Henry, perhaps the greatest American 20th century shortstory writer, and Alphonso (Al) Jennings (1863-1961), attorney, train robber and Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate who ultimately ended up in Hollywood, California, working in the motion picture industry making Westerns. However, these two pals came to a near fatal adventure on the north coast of Honduras and wound up serving time for other escapades in the same U.S. prison. Al Jennings What happened afterward was anyone’s guess, because everybody involved was deliriously drunk. The following day the governor of the department called the American consulate in Tegucigalpa to thank the American patriots for “… quelling the revolution. What incredible hombres, these Americanos.” By day’s end, the government and the rebels had kissed and made-up. The rebel leader demanded American blood — that of Jennings and Porter — and the American consul advised their immediate departure.
Culture And The Arts In 1910: Music, Art, Dance, Literature And Drama 100 Years He was really William Sidney Porter (18621910) of Greensboro, NC, and died penniless at age 47 of tuberculosis in New York City. Abolitionist and poet Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910 http://www.suite101.com/content/culture-and-the-arts-in-1910-a184730
Www.vu.union.edu Henry, O. (William Sidney Porter) (18621910) Don't turn down the light. I'm afraid to go home in the dark. Jefferson, Thomas This is the fourth? http://www.vu.union.edu/~mcguirem/lastwords.html
Extractions: Famous Last Words Adams, John (d. July 4, 1826) "Thomas Jeffersonstill surv..." Adams, John Quincy (d. February 21, 1848) "This is the last of earth! I am content." Alcott, Louisa May (d. 1888) "Is it not meningitis?" Beecher, Henry Ward "Now comes the mystery." Barnum, P.T. (d. 1891) "How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?" Beetoven, Ludwig von "Friends applaud, the Comedy is over." Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) "No." Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) "What's this?" Bogart, Humphrey (d. January 14, 1957) "I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." Booth, John Wilkes (1839-1865) "Tell mother, tell mother, I died for my country...useless...useless..." Bouhours, Dominique [French Grammarian] "I am about toor I am going todie; either expression is used." Bruce, Robert (1274-1329)[King of Scotland] "Now, God be with you, my dear children. I have breakfasted with you and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ." Calhoun, John C. (1782-1850) "The South! The poor South! God knows what will become of her." Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (d. July 1, 1904)
Extractions: Select Search World Factbook Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Bartlett's Quotations Respectfully Quoted Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Nonfiction Christopher Morley Modern Essays PREVIOUS ... BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD Christopher Morley, ed. Modern Essays. 10. O. Henry By O. W. Firkins Several years ago I turned to The Nation. I found no entry, but every few months I would again rummage that stout red volume with the same intention, forgetting that I had done so before without success. It seemed hardly credible that a critic so brilliant had been overlooked by the industrious compilers of that work, which includes hundreds of hacks and fourflushers. When gathering the contents of this book I tried again, still without result. I wrote to Mr. Firkins pleading for biographical details; modestly, but firmly, he denied me.
San Antonio Tour, Houston Historical Tours We will visit the O. Henry House from circa 1855 (home of the short story and surprise ending writer William Sidney Porter (1862 – 1910) who lived here in 1895 – 1896), Casa http://houstonhistoricaltours.com/sanantonio.html
Extractions: Fort Bend Counties Out-of-Town Brief Tours Out-of-Town Extended Tours ... Download Brochure Don't See What You Want? Ask us about customizing a tour for you. There is so much more to see. Schedule an extended Out-of-Town tour today. You'll be very glad that you did! 3-Day Tour of San Antonio Day 1 - Friday : Drive to San Antonio. After parking at the Rivercenter Mall, walk to the Alamo. Tour and shop at the Alamo. Construction of the Alamo began in 1718. The major battle was fought on March 6, 1836. We will then return to the Rivercenter Mall where we can shop and have lunch. During the afternoon, we will take the riverbarge ride on the San Antonio river. We will then walk along the River Walk (Paseo del Rio) and sightsee at La Villita, San Antonio's earliest residential settlement dating to the 1700s. After viewing the San Antonio IMAX Movie of "Alamo ... The Price of Freedom." Following the movie, we will check into our hotel and dine at one of the excellent and picturesque restaurants along the River walk. Day 2 - Saturday Day 3 - Sunday: Note: Accommodations will be at a bed and breakfast either in the King William Historic District or close to downtown if there is a small number of tourists. Larger parties will stay at one of the prominent hotels in downtown such as the Marriott, Drury, Riverwalk Plaza, Munger, or Emily Morgan, depending on availability.
Real Last Words — O. Henry (William Sidney Porter; 18621910), US short-story writer. I am just going outside and may be some time. — Captain Lawrence Oates (1880—1912), British soldier and http://www.gdargaud.net/Humor/FamousLastWords.html
Extractions: Other relevant pages (or forgotten links): "Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." Karl Marx (1818-83) to his Housekeeper. On this page: "Here's to the health of my beloved Critias !" "Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt ?" Socrates (c.469-399BCE). "I foresee a great funeral contest over me." Alexander the Great "You too, my son..." Julius Caesar "I am still alive !" Gaius Caligula ( -41 AD), Roman Emperor, after being stabbed to death by his own guards. "Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god. An emperor ought at least to die on his feet." Vespasian (9-79 AD), Roman emperor.
O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) 18621910 Cabbages and Kings The Four Million The Gentle Grafter The Gift of the Magi Heart of the West Options Roads of Destiny http://psp.manybooks.net/auth/henryo
C. Wayne Kinser - Versatile Entrepreneur Builds Carolina Timeshare Empire An early client he helped was Sara Coleman Porter, the elderly widow of William Sidney Porter (18621910), a writer of short stories better known by his pen name, O. Henry. http://www.ampersandcom.com/ampersandcommunications/Waynekinser.htm
Extractions: Versatile Entrepreneur Builds Carolina Timeshare Empire By Rosalie E. Leposky Peppertree Resorts, Ltd., is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 1997. A prominent regional development firm based in Asheville, North Carolina, Peppertree owes its growth and success to the creative dynamism of C. Wayne Kinser (1934- August 31, 2003), its founder, chairman, and president; and to an executive staff consisting primarily of longtime associates and business partners who help to implement Kinser's ideas. "Wayne is a visionary," says Donald K. Clayton, a Peppertree employee since 1984 who is the firm's senior vice president of marketing. "The first time Wayne looks at a raw piece of property, he envisions how it should be developed. Generally, he is right," says Kenneth C. "Ken" Crump, Peppertree's senior vice president of construction resort development, who has worked with Kinser since 1986. C. Wayne Kinser Fourteen and Growing Peppertree currently is developing and/or managing 14 mountain and beachfront timeshare resorts with almost 44,500 members: Kinser began his first timeshare project, Peppertree Vacation Club, in 1977 on the grounds of The Great Smokies Hilton Resort (now a Holiday Inn Sunspree) in Asheville, North Carolina. The six-acre project has 18 buildings, 28 timeshare units, and 1,310 members.
Extractions: Rubber plant (Ficus elastica), a cultivated, ornamental house plant, belongs in the family Moraceae (fig family), a native of India and southeast Asia. It is said to be among the oldest plants used as a house plant worldwide. It requires no special maintenance, is adaptable to low light in moist, well-drained soil and occasional fertilizing. The rubber plant I have is relatively small and has been slow growing since it was given to me 2 years ago. I wish I had paid more attention to it from the beginning and recorded how tall it was or how many leaves there were on the plant. I wonder if it could have started out with just 3 leaves like the one in the O. Henry's story. There are now seven leaves on the plant and the top four leaves appear to be very young.
Literature Most important writers Emily Dickinson (1830 1886), Kate Chopin (1851 - 1904), William Sidney Porter (1862 - 1910), Samuel Langhorne Clemens / Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Theodore http://www.nitrosoft.de/projects/literature/history_us.html
Extractions: Most important writers: Captain John Smith (1580 - 1631), William Bradford (1590 - 1657), Winthrop (1588 - 1649), Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758), Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) Most important works: True Revelation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony (John Smith, 1608), The History of Plymouth Plantation (William Bradford, 1651), The History of New England (John Winthrop, 1649), General information : The earliest literature that can be classified as American were the journals and letters of those coming to the New World, John Smith being the first true American writer. Writing of the Colonial Period mostly dealt with historical, natural or religious issues, reflecting the Puritans' point of view on life. In the 18th century, Puritan writings as well as humanistic essays that dealt with the American independence were created in America. The Nineteenth Century Most important writers: Washington Irving (1783 - 1859), Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864), Herman Melville (1819 - 1891), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)
Inspirational Quotes On Death &Â Dying O. Henry (William Sidney Porter 18621910), US writer Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian author, comment on http://www.inspirational-ideas.com/inspiration/inspirational_death.html
Classic American Short Stories Text - The Gift Of The Magi William Sidney Porter (18621910), popularly known as O. Henry, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He did not receive a formal education and, at twenty years of age, moved to http://www.enotes.com/classic-american-short-stories-text/gift-magi
Wellnews: All The News That's Fit | The San Diego Union-Tribune – American writer O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) 18621910 One more thing to worry about Last year, more than 1.5 million people age 20 and older were diagnosed with diabetes http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061128/news_lz1c28wellnuz.html
Extractions: November 28, 2006 Evaluating Health Web sites http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/evalsite.html Health-related sites abound on the Internet, but how many are actually useful? How many are just the opposite? In a single page, this site outlines the questions you should ask yourself and the criteria you should use when considering the legitimate value of a health Web site. A psychiatrist is a man who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks you for nothing. Several factors play into whether one develops diabetes: genetics, age, diet, lack of physical exercise. Now an Israeli study suggests a new factor: job burnout.
O. Henry | Define O. Henry At Dictionary.com pen name of William Sidney Porter. 18621910, US shortstory writer. His collections of stories, characterized by his use of caricature and surprising endings, include Cabbages and http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/O. Henry
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking The Page Begins Here. Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking . Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking, by O. Henry pen name of William Sidney Porter (18621910); this story appeared in the http://www.angelfire.com/folk/famoustramp/henry.html
Extractions: It was with much caution that Whistling Dick slid back the door of the box-car, for Article 5716, City Ordinances, authorized (perhaps unconstitutionally) arrest on suspicion, and he was familiar of old with this ordinance. So, before climbing out, he surveyed the field with all the care of a good general. Whistling Dick's red head popped suddenly back into the car. A sight too imposing and magnificent for his gaze had been added to the scene. A vast, incomparable policeman rounded a pile of rice sacks and stood within twenty yards of the car. The daily miracle of the dawn, now being performed above Algiers, received the flattering attention of this specimen of municipal official splendor. He gazed with unbiased dignity at the faintly glowing colors until, at last, he turned to them his broad back, as if convinced that legal interference was not needed, and the sunrise might proceed unchecked. So he turned his face to the rice bags, and, drawing a flat flask from an inside pocket, he placed it to his lips and regarded the firmament. Whistling Dick, professional tramp, possessed a half-friendly acquaintance with this officer. They had met several times before on the levee at night, for the officer, himself a lover of music, had been attracted by the exquisite whistling of the shiftless vagabond. Still, he did not care, under the present circumstances, to renew the acquaintance. There is a difference between meeting a policeman upon a lonely wharf and whistling a few operatic airs with him, and being caught by him crawling out of a freight-car. So Dick waited, as even a New Orleans policeman must move on some timeperhaps it is a retributive law of natureand before long "Big Fritz" majestically disappeared between the trains of cars.
