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The Letter "j" As A Mascot

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
December
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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Is the letter "J," like the letter "E,' so indispensable that it is as difficult to find a list of names without the former appearing in it as it is to find a complete sentence in which the latter does not oc cnr? Is the above the cause of its fre qrient appearance in the names of Arner ica's great men, or is it really a mascot letter? Beginning with our presidents I find it as the first initial in the names of eight. The only president of the Confederacy also began his name with the "little mascot." In the list oi the vice presidents I find it six times divided equally between the Christian and the surnames. Among the caniea of the presidents pro tem. of the senate it occurs 22 times and among the speakers of the house 14 times. Thirteen of the secretaries of state con menced their first names with "J," and one used it as the initial of his súmame. In the realm of justice the record is equally if not more startling, 21 (ut of a tota] of 55 chief justices and justices beginning either their first or last uame with it. Besides the above we find it, in the names of nearly all the multhnillionaires of the country - viz, JohnD. Rockefeller. J. J. Astor. Jay Gould, J. 3J. Sears, J. S Morgan, J. B. Haggin, J. W. (rarrett, John WanaiuaKer. J. ö. Fair. John Tv'. Mackaj', J. G. F'lócxl, John Arbnckle. J. B. Stetson, John Claflin, Jose:h Palitzei and dozens of

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News