Word: niggerness
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...voice. When he rises at his desk, he throws out his chest and stiffens his shoulders like a fighter going into action. His formal speeches, meaty with facts, are carefully prepared in advance. His mind and tongue both move slowly. Personally pleasant, he has a serious temperament that bars "nigger jokes" and Cobb-like stories from his remarks...
...Noble County, Okla. A towering Negro . . ." (TIME, April 18). I have Col. Zack T. Miller's letter for a suggested correction. I quote: "Bill Pickett would weigh about 170 Ib. and was 5 ft. 10 in. high and was the originator of the bulldogging stunt (not bulldozing). This nigger was one of the best hands that was ever on this place and up to the time he died would rather jump off a good horse onto a wild steer than eat a square meal. I had him with me in London in 1914 and he had also been...
Sirs: Issue April 18 Milestones mentions death of Bill (or "Nigger"-as he was always "billed") Pickett (am sure spelled with two t's). "Bulldogger" not "Bulldozer" is technical rodeo term {Continued on p. 50) {Continued from p. 6) for his act and those who these days throw steers-by horns. How necessity-danger-was responsible for Pickett's act is an interesting tale: It seems he vyas a "hand" on a Southwestern ranch, was helping load cattle, went into the car to "untangle" the load. Those starting the cattle into the loading chute...
...Author? For 20 years a musical and dramatic critic droop-headed Sophisticate Van Vechten wrote his first novel, Peter Whiffle, at 42. Since then The Blind Bow-Boy, The Tattooed Countess, Nigger Heaven, Spider Boy, Parties have ripened his racy fame. Besides memories he collects autographs, postcards, pamphlets, book jackets, cats...
...little-known horse named Shem won a race at Havre de Grace. Investigation showed that the horse was not Shem but a four-year-old named Aknahton, disguised with dye. Havre de Grace officials satisfied themselves that gamblers had arranged the dyeing, suspended nine of them, including notorious Nathan ("Nigger Nate") Raymond. They traced the career of Aknahton to a small town in Indiana, where he dropped out of sight...