Word: taxicabs
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...photograph closely resembling the missing link, the prowess of one John Lester Johnson-as if that were of prime importance. Instead of giving all of the worthwhile news of the world, you seem to gloat over the fact that the said Johnson knocked out the teeth of a taxicab operator who happened to incur his displeasure-thereby showing your true colors-catering to the lowest animal instinct-brute force...
...friend of mine by the name of Cohen, but no relation to the taxicab operator. . . pointed this out to me. I was about to send in my renewal of my subscription, but in view of what I can see your paper is coming to I must decline the honor of being one of your regular subscribers...
...Jack Dempsey. Now his life is free and easy; he looks the white folks over as they pass through the door, keeps out the trashy ones, lets in the hungry ones, bows to the haughty ones, spreads his smile. Last week, while he stood displaying his buttons, a taxicab snarled down the street and stopped before him. Doorman Johnson helped two people out, waited for the taxi to move along. Its driver, one Edward Cohen, seemed inclined to loiter, to dawdle. "Hump yo'self, Jew boy," said Doorman Johnson...
Excise Taxes. Groups from several industries asked for abolition of the taxes on the things which they produced?automobiles, f i r e a r ms, cameras, jewelry, etc. The taxicab drivers wanted their $10 tax abolished; the motorboat and yacht builders wanted the tax on motorboat users removed...
That curious taxicab of the soul...