Gotrocks

Sat Jun 16 21:06:03 UTC 2007

Nice, Barry.

  The form my grandmother used was "Mrs. Gotrocks."  She was still saying it in the 1970s.

  JL

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Gotrox/Gotrocks shows up in every humor publication of the 1890s-1900s, suc=
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as Puck, Life, Judge, Vanity Fair, Up-to-Date, the New York Herald, and the=20=
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New York Journal.
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However, the earliest citations appear to come from the Indianapolis =20
Journal, from about 1890.
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Of course, I have no access to the American Periodical Series Online here i=
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Texas--that would require some favor of the Gods. Life, Puck, and Judge are=20=
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digitized there.
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$4.95 - New York Times - Nov 16, 1865 Joxrr B. Gotrox lectured last at=20
Cooper Institute on temperance, Lefore a crowded house. Miss Ronncaort=20
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30 March 1890, Omaha Sunday World-Herald, pg. 9: =20
Puck: Young Mrs. Gotrox...
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27 December 1890, Knoxville (TN) Journal, pg. 6:
I've made myself solid with Miss Gotrox.
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--Indianapolis Journal.
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_Hornellsville Weekly Tribune (Newspaper) - March 6, 1891, Hornellsvill..._=
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Subscription - Hornellsville Weekly Tribune - NewspaperArchive - Mar 6,=20
1891 Remember, brother Gotrox. there are no pockets in shrouds." Old k'=
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there arc not. a inau's shroud itt fur- nished by hit> heira." Indi.inapoli=
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28 March 1891, San Francisco Evening Bulletin, suppl. pg. 1:
>From the Indianapolis Journal.
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The wealthy banker, Peter E. Gotrox,...
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_Both Ashamed._=20
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Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest Archiver - Jul 12, 1891 Old=20
Gotrox--Look here, to come right down to the solid truth, aren't you just a=
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little Ashamed of your Old daddy? Honest now.=20

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11 March 1892, Santa Fe Daily New Mexican, pg. 3:
Brother Gotrox,...
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--Indianapolis Journal.
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15 May 1892, Philadelphia Inquirer, pg. 15:
Mrs. Gotrox--...
--Indianapolis Journal.
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11 November 1892, Knoxville (TN) Journal, pg. 6:
Mr. Gotrox...
--C. N. Hood in Harper's Bazar.
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8 December 1892, Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), pg. 4:
...Miss Gotrox...
--New York Herald.
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17 January 1893, Idaho Daily Statesman, pg. 3:
...but that Mr. Gotrox has more sugar.--Life.
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18 May 1895, Santa Fe( NM) Daily New Mexican, pg. 3:
Mme. Gotrocks: Tell me, how did he propose to you? Mrs. Muchcash: Why, he =20
asked me to get a divorce from my present husband, of course.
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_The Captives of Plautus - Page 35_=20
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by Titus Maccius Plautus - 1896 - 111 pages
He's one of the Gotrocks,=E2=80=94a family which is exceedingly influential=
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the highest esteem there. HE. What about the man himself ? ...
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17 May 1896, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday magazine, pg. 32:
_A Tough Job._
Mr. Gotrocks--"I don't think you really need any more money. When I was you=
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age I lived on five dollars a week."
Algernon Gotrocks--"Exactly, dad; but you never had to live down your old =20
man's reputation, as I must."--Puck
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3 October 1896, Biloxi (MS) Herald, pg. 3:
Chawley Gotrocks--"My dearest Margaret, I love you tenderly, devotedly. You=
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smiles would shed--"
Margaret--"Never mind the woodshed. How about a residence biult for two?"
--Washington Times.
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30 October 1896, Philadelphia Inquirer, pg. 11:
"Oh," he replied, carelessly, "that is Belle Gotrocks. Pretty, isn't she?"
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--Chicago Times-Herald.
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13 November 1896, Dallas Morning News, pg. 2:
"Arabella," said old Mr. Gotrocks, "that foreign count of yours is an =20
impostor."
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--Buffalo Express.
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7 July 1897, Idaho Daily Statesman, pg. 2:
Lawyer--So you didn't rob Gotrock's cottage?
Jim the Cracksman--Nit. My stand-in in de perfesh don't allow me to crack n=
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crib under four stories high. Dat lets me out.--New York Sunday Journal.
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4 October 1897, Wilkes-Barre (PA) Times, pg. 7:
_Abandoned._
Tom--What did that count mean by saying that he abandoned the intention of =20
marrying Miss Gotrocks on account of her figure?
DIck--He discovered it is less than five thousand dollars.---Up-to-Date.
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16 September 1898, Aberdeen (SD) Daily News, pg. 4:
_Warding Off Jealous._
Old Gotrocks (savagely)--What's that! You mean to tell me that you really =20
love my daughter for herself alone?
Young Hardup (tremulously) Y-yes, sir, but I think I could learn to l-love =20
you, t-too, sir, in t-t-time, sir.--Vanity Fair.
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8 November 1900, Salt Lake City (UT) Herald, pg. 4, col. 2:
_It Scared Her._
(Philadelphia Press.)
Tess--I thought she was going to marry old Gotrox.
Jess--She was, but she broke the engagement.
Tess--What for?
Jess--When she accepted him he told her she had put new life in him.
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30 November 1900, Bourbon News (Paris, KY), pg. 6, col. 4:
"What did Miss Gotrock's father do when you called last night?" "He rushed =20
me to the front yard line and kicked a goal from the field."--N. Y. Journal=
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1 December 1900, Suburban Citizen (Washington, DC), pg. 7?, col. 3:
_His Conjecture._
Servant--"There's a man at the door says he is hungry and has no home."
Mr. Gotrox--"Ask him which of my daughters it is that he wants. It must be =20
another one of those foreign noblemen."--Judge.
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13 February 1901, San Francisco Call, pg. 6?, col. 5:
Blobbs--How does old Gotrox get along with Lord Slimpurse since his Lordshi=
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married the old man's daughter?
Slobbs--Very well, indeed. You know the Lord Loveth a cheerful =20
giver.--Philadelphia Record.
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16 March 1901, Suburban Citizen (Washington, DC) pg. 6?, col. 5:
_Pleased to Release Him._
Harduppe--"can you spare me about ten minutes of your time?"
Gotrox--"Don' you know that time is money?"
Harduppe--"THen let me have $10, and you may keep the ten =20
minutes."--Philadelphia Record.

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