Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Magistrate August W. Glatzmeyer in traffic court: "I've come to represent my father. He is a hard working man and he can't take a day off from driving his taxi, because he has to make a living for me and the rest of the kids. But me, I can miss a day at school, because I can make it up. Besides, he got a ticket on Father's Day, and every kid wants to do his bit for his father...
...Nicholas Ave., N. Y. C., and Calumet Ave., Chicago. His chief club, The Turf Club (Chicago). His sons, Devere Joseph and George Joseph Jr., are in civil service and sportdom, respectively. George Joseph Jr. achieved some fame as a pugilist (nom de combat, "Jose Alvarez, the Mexican Kid") and fought "Kid" MacPartland to a bloody draw in his last ring appearance, in Illinois. Mr. Warner Jr. now bets on race horses...
Charles Siringo, born in the County of Matagorda, Tex., in 1855, was a cowboy from seven on.* For 40 years he roamed about the West, either shooting at bandits with a large revolver or selling ice cream and cigars in his shop. He helped chase Billy the Kid, whose bloodthirst was of an extraordinary coolness. As a detective he functioned for several years at taming the Wild West. Now he functions at pumping Wild West atmosphere into the eager balloon of his reminiscences. The verses above, quoted reminiscently, describe an oldtime bandit. Also they describe the spirit of Author Siringo...
...unhealthy "for old man Ford." She had said that her husband was a plumbing contractor, whereas Mr. Ford's detectives found him to be the operator of a "blind pig" (saloon). According to detectives, she had held mysterious conversations involving palatable sums of money with a Jew named "Kid" Miller at the courthouse...
...neglect to notice the Page & Shaw, coat of arma over the Throne. That's to prove that, Elizabeth was the Candy Kid...