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...time is easygoing 1909, but even Danny senses that the going is hard for his folks. Grandfather Tom O'Flaherty is in his 70s and can hold his own only at the local booze parlor. Grandmother Mary is a termagant who keeps "givin' him hell . . . because that's the way you have to treat a man." Aunt Margaret is in love with a man who is not only married but a "black Protestant devil" besides, and pretty Aunt Louise is dying of TB. As for Uncle Al, a shoe salesman who foots most of the bills...
...signs; the boys had picked them up in front of the Barber Shop and then walked over to stand in two orderly rows flanking the police barrier. There was a little boy leaning on the barrier. He turned to one of the boys with the signs. "How much they givin' ya?" "Dunno. They ain't payin' us 'til after." The little boy looked over towards the barber shop. "Any left?" "Dunno. Wyn'cha go look?" The little boy started to brush through the crowd, then stopped and looked at the bigger boy. "You from 'round here?" "Nah," said the bigger...
...Legg Menn Begun Givin New Buchs Inda Loupe Yeska-Day. Zee Pages List New Numbers Fore Every Phon Inda Citti, Annal Taiche Affek Sept. 18 Withee New Dial Sistrump...
...Turners-nine in all-are Negro sharecroppers, who clear about $50 a year. Thinks Grade: "De gover'ment's got no business a-payin' out relief money and a-givin' WP and A jobs to farmers. . . . If 'twas fixed right dey'd make all de livin' dey need from de ground." What worries her most is having had to drop out of the burial association which costs 25? each time a member dies. Haunted by the prospect of a pauper's grave, Gracie prays: "Please keep death off till...
HARVARD YALE SECONDS SECONDS Lewis, l.e. r.e., Gil Upton; l.t. r.t., Smith Dwinnell, l.g. r.g., Simmons Warner, c. c., Givin Brown, r.g. l.g., Wade Johnson, r.t. l.t., Hitchcock Harding, r.e. l.e., Lambert Covel, q.b. q.b., Wells Owens, l.h.b. r.h.b., Conklin Kiser, r.h.b. l.h.b., Wiener Pierce, f.b. f.b., Ward...