Hugh has the most fun yet with this silly little story printed in Emporia, Kansas 150 years ago today. He examines the spread of this viral meme that originated six months earlier with one man's embarrassing moment during an Episcopal church service in Syracuse.
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44: Mustapha Kemal Jape
43: The Death of Rev. Samuel J. May, Part 2
42: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
41: The Death of Rev. Samuel J. May, Part 1
40: Gerrit Smith, Horace Greeley and Obscure Politics
39: Salt Spat, Part 2
38: RECALLING THE GREAT FAKE
37: Salt Spat, Part 1
36: Devil's Fiddle
34: Flame Wars
33: April 7, 1871
32: Fire Engines, Drunks and the Boys Jumping On the Cars
31: Irish Soda Bread
30: Dr. Platto
29: Big Day For Crime in Syracuse
28: The Relative Valuation of Little Girls and Bears
27: Halfway Through Reconstruction
26 - Statues and Asses
25: All the Difference in the World, Part 2
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