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Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Unknown
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JONES, John, made a fortune for Europe by inventing the picture
post-card.

JONES, John Paul, an American admiral who scared England, and
was only prevented from capturing London by the unimportance of
the place.

JOSEPH, a Hebrew-Egyptian politician. Born in Judea. When a
young man he became his father's favorite, while his brethren
had to do the heavy work. Wore a loud coat. This aroused the
ire of his brethren, resulting in Joe being sold as a slave,
and in the coat being sent to the cleaners. J. journeyed to
Egypt, where he refused to elope with the Pharaohess. Her
husband, the Pharaoh, out of gratitude, put J. in prison, and
afterward made him the royal butler. Years passed. A famine
occurred in Judea. Joe's brethren came down to Egypt to lay in
provisions. There they were confronted by the coatless Joe,
who thanked them for the good luck they had thrust upon him.

JOSEPHINE, only one of that great multitude of women who
carried a heart which was broken by the ambitions of a man.

JUDAS, suicide.

JUDY, Mrs. Punch, but usually unconventionally called by her
first name. She suffered considerable annoyance at the hands of
her husband, although she frequently hen-pecked him. Went on
the puppet stage for a few hundred years, displaying her
domestic infelicity.
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