Word: sambo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thus sang the beery compositors of the venerable Springfield (Mass.) Republican from the time of Founder Samuel Bowles (1824) through the regime of Samuel II (1851) and Samuel III (1878). When Samuel III ("Sambo") died in 1915 the printers quit singing about "young Sam Bowles." It was evident that Samuel IV would never become "old Sam Bowles" to the staff. A rollicking, roving reporter, he did not get along with his sober, thoughtful father, spent little time on the Republican. Hence "Sambo" left control of his newspaper to his favorite younger son, Sherman Hoar Bowles...
...Since Sambo IV (Harvard 1908) is suing Brother Sherman (Harvard 1912) for an accounting of their father's estate, it was questionable whether he would extend to Sherman the handsome offer inscribed in the 1908 classbook: "... I have a delightful wife, a delightful home and a delightful hideout, where I shall be glad to offer concealment to any of the Class of 1908 who desire to elude the police...
...GREEN PASTURES?The Bible according to Sambo...