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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: Good first artical. In response to the other comment left reference the name Jumbo: The tower was nicknamed 'Jumbo' after Phineas Barnum's famous circus elephant in a derisory attack made by Rev. Canon J. Irvine during the opening ceremony in September 1883. (Lloyd whellams (talk) 00:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC)) (edit)

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Source of etymology: Take Our Word For It.

[edit] Where is or was "Gare de Sud" in Paris?

I can't locate "Gare de Sud" in the map of Paris.

I have heard of "Gare du Nord" and "Gare de l'Est", but not "Sud" in Paris. There is a railroad station close to "Jardin des Plantes de Paris", but it is "Gare d'Austerlitz" (Map Jardin des Plantes Area - ParisBeyond).

La "Gare d'Austerlitz" was hardly once called la "Gare de Sud" or "Gare de le Sud", though it might have been named "Gare de Sud-Ouest".

Links

• w:fr:Liste des gares parisiennes
• Web pages showing the word "Gare de Sud-Ouest"
  1. The use of the 25c. Sage ultramarine and blue - postmarks
  2. Lot 2219 in 2160-2239

Toby (YebisYa) IQUEPPE 19:13, 2004 Nov 17 (UTC)

[edit] Peanut butter jar

Um, can we get a citation on the elephant's ashes being kept in a peanut butter jar in the office of the Tufts athletic director? It just seems...unusual. Especially with the specific brand of peanut butter jar being stated. -Toptomcat 02:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

In Response to Toptomcat:

I added a citation for the peanut butter jar: "For Carzo and his colleagues in intercollegiate sports, Jumbo continued to live on in this little jar. Since 1975, teammates have rubbed the 14-ounce Peter Pan Crunchy Peanut Butter jar for good luck. In 1999, when Carzo retired after 26 years of directing Tufts athletics, a ceremony of "passing the ashes" to new director Bill Gehling, A74, was performed."

from Tufts Magazine Spring 2002 - http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/spring2002/jumbo.html

I have never added a citation before, so please check that I did the formatting correctly.

On a side note, I have seen both the tail in the Tufts Archives, and The Jar of Ashes in the athletic office.

AJseagull1 22:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History/trivia

23-July-2007: I have created a "History" section, merging and removing the "Trivia" section. It is a common technique: generate an intro summary, then move original details into full sub-sections (such as "History"), where there is more space to merge trivia points which would crowd an intro; then keep adding subsections until all trivia statements find a home. Usually, a "History" section can absorb a lot of trivia, with ample explanations to connect facts. -Wikid77 10:55, 23 July 2007 (UTC)