Word: grocer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lucky in his name. That name, with its blended suggestions of some old Roman or Carthaginian proconsul, was no title for a mediocrity; Mark Hanna sounded best as either a bum or a conqueror. He was a conqueror. Marcus Alonzo Hanna, son of Leonard Hanna, well-to-do wholesale grocer and ship owner, was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1837. All his life Ohio was his empire. Until the Presidential campaign of 1896, when Bryan, the silver-tongued prophet of Free Silver, ran against Hanna's man McKinley, he was hardly known outside Ohio's borders...
...Grocer Feldman then emptied his till, gave the contents ($45) to the Negro, who disappeared into the night. Later Grocer Feldman went to the police. "It was the same man," he declared, "and the same pistol...
...Atlanta, Ga., Samuel Feldman, grocer, looked across his counter at a smiling Negro who was pointing a pistol...
...Where have you been?" asked Grocer Feldman...
...Grocer Feldman should know. Six times since January has his little store been entered and robbed by the same glib, ebony thief. The procedure has almost become a ritual. The Negro customarily surveys the store about closing hour (7:30 p. m.) to see that Grocer Feldman is alone, then immediately enters with his pistol. Usually nothing is said. Grocer Feldman smiles wanly and calmly gives his money to the black man. The first time he got $87. His succeeding visits netted him $49, $57, $54, $30. This year, Grocer Feldman was unable to take his family away...