"San Antone"/O'Henry

[William Salmon]

Don't know if this has come up yet on this thread, but there is a slight
variant "Santone" in the short story by O'Henry, "A Fog in Santone",
which appears to have been published in 1910.

WS

Quoting Bapopik at AOL.COM:

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> In a message dated 3/3/2007 12:15:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, =20
> wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM writes:
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> Last  year Bill Mullins found some 1885's. This is slightly earlier:
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> 1882 Frank S. Triplett _The Life, Times, and Treacherous Death of Jesse=20
> James_  (rpt. N.Y.: Konecky & Konecky, 1970) 110: San Antonio, or as the Tex=
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> affectionately and lazily calls it, San Antone.
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> JL
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> I should have killed myself years ago.
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> I'm Barry Popik, I have a website with lots of Texas terms on it.
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> Anyway, "San Antone" has been on my website for at least five months:
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> _http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/san_antone_san_antonio/_=20
> (http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/san_antone_san_antonio/)=20
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> Entry from September 21, 2006=20
> San Antone (San Antonio)
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> San Antonio has been called =E2=80=9CSan Antone=E2=80=9D from at least the 1=
> 840s. =20
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> 7 May 1840, Army and Navy Chronicle, =E2=80=9CTexian Navy,=E2=80=9D pg. 296:=
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> Schooners:=20
> San Jacinto=20
> San Bernard=20
> San Antone=20
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> January  1853, United States Review, =E2=80=9CA Stray Yankee in Texas,=E2=
> =80=9D pg. 93:=20
> When  we left San Antone in such haste, I engaged a friendly Mexican to brin=
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> it along  as soon as he could, upon pack mules.=20
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> 31 March 1854, New York Daily  Times, pg. 2:=20
> =E2=80=9CThey give us fifty cent a pound for our butter in San  Antone!=E2=
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