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...Athletic Association will conduct an information bureau in New Haven at the Yale bootblack parlors, directly opposite the Yale athletic association office, from noon today until noon tomorrow. Any tickets returned between now and 12 o'clock Saturday will be disposed of to graduates at that place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Haven Branch Office of H. A. A. | 11/23/1906 | See Source »

...hero of the new play, written for Nat. Goodwin, is a bootblack who attains the summit of his ambition - night clerk in a hotel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL. | 2/14/1882 | See Source »

...Albany bootblack, when asked why he pronounced the word "either" as if it were spelled "ither" replied: "Well, the Harvard boys all say ither, and their style is good enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 1/5/1882 | See Source »

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