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Word: hin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Verman. (He was tongue-tied. Once he shouted put: "Hi haw him hoe humhin hin hair!" meaning: "I saw him throw something in there!" There was also Sherman. But Sherman was not as prominent as his brothers, Herman & Verman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Evening This Week: An Evening This Week - Answers to No. 7 | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

Sued for Divorce. Moy Back Hin, 70, millionaire tong ruler of Portland, Ore.; by Leong Ho. Moy claims that Leong Ho is his housekeeper, that Ng Shee is his wife. Pearl, one of the children, claims that she has never known any other mother than Leong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 7, 1927 | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...Newark one Chin Hin, a member of the Hip Sing Tong, locked the thin door of his hall-bedroom, went to sleep. He was awakened by a soft repeated, terrifying knocking on the door. Summoning all his courage, he flung it open. There was no one outside. He returned to bed. An interval of silence; the sound began again. Once more Chin Hin, with cold sweat starting from him, threw open the door; once more he was met by vacancy. He turned his key; almost instantly, the knocking was resumed. Chin Hin, deranged by terror, jumped out of the window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Tong | 9/7/1925 | See Source »

...late James McCrea was President of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1907 to 1912. Hin son, Colonel James Alexander McCrea, Vice President of the road, aged 48, died last week of pneumonia, in Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILWAYS: Two Presidents | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

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