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Thread #173152   Message #4198875
Posted By: and e
10-Mar-24 - 08:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Oh, Sir Jasper Do Not Touch Me!
Subject: RE: Origins: Oh, Sir Jasper Do Not Touch Me!
Oh!

Oh, John, please don't let's park here
Oh, John, please don't let's park
Oh, John, please don't let's
Oh, John, please don't
Oh, John, please
Oh, John
Oh!
That, gentlemen, is the short short
story of the ages!


South of Market Journal, September, 1930. Pg 5.

See online: https://archive.org/details/southofmarketjou4519281930sout/page/n487/mode/2up?q=%22don%27t+let%27s+park%22


After this Sep 1930 appearance, it shows up in several newspapers in 1931:


Strathmore standard (1931-04-15)

Vulcan advocate (1931-04-09)

The Blairmore enterprise (1931-04-02)

The Carbon chronicle (1931-04-23)


These all have "John" with an introductory line "Just a smile for all the hands in your office--this bein' the latest from any battlefield-"