Word: boss
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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George E. Brennan, boss of Illinois (succeeding Sullivan), died...
...Brown Derby first met Boss Brennan in San Francisco in 1920. Both were experts in friendship; quickly and together they fashioned one, Al and George. A fortnight ago George lay dying. Al got daily bulletins. When George died, Al was almost the first to telephone the relict and her daughter. Busy, he bustled through the most pressing business, put aside his speech, got his friend, Contractor Kenny, to come up with the "St. Nicholas" for quick passage to Chicago. With them went a dozen other friends and his son, Arthur. At Englewood, a company of politicians boarded the train...
Roger C. Sullivan, boss of Illinois, died April...
Charles F. Murphy, boss of New York (Tammany), died April...
James R. Nugent, deposed boss of New Jersey, died April...