Word: thompsons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Mrs. Lucy Ann Osborne Thompson, who lived for 47 years after being scalped in a factory mishap; at Bridgeport, Conn. Special instruments were sent from France for the skin grafting operation, which was probably the first of its kind...
...foot 200-pounder stood upon the stage of the Four Cohans' Theatre in Chicago last week. His paunch heaved like a vexed hippo's, his ham of a hand smote the air, his flabby face howled. Technically, he was no vaudeville actor; he was William Hale Thompson, candidate for Mayor of Chicago. Yelled he: "I wanta make the King of England keep his blasted snoot out of America. . . . This is the issue of the campaign [he draped the Stars and Stripes over his arm]. What was good enough for Washington is good enough for me. In the face...
Taking a gulp of water, Candidate Thompson continued: "I'm no mudslinger. All I'll say about Ed Litsinger is that he is the biggest liar that was ever a candidate for Mayor in any city in the world...
...Messrs. Thompson, Litsinger and Dr. John Dill Robertson are battling for the Republican nomination for Mayor. One of Mr. Thompson's campaign tricks is to reveal at political meetings a bird cage containing two housebroken rats. He calls them "Dill" and "Fred," in honor of Dr. Robertson and Fred Lundin. "What the hell do I care for Lundin? He's a dirty rat!" cried Candidate Thompson. "He is grooming this other rat, Robertson. He's the scum of the earth." It will be remembered that "Rat" Lundin helped make Mr. Thompson Mayor of Chicago many years...
Sinner. Since marriage is a state of conflict, the theatres make much of it. Thompson Buchanan presents his version of the cosmic combat in a comedy, the title of which is derived by nicking the heroine's name, Cynthia. It appears that the young lady likes her man without matrimony. An unfortunately discovered roadhouse dalliance leads to her being forced to accept him with the conventional wedding ring. In Act II, emerges the conflict between business and wife-petting. Husband (Allan Dine-hart) woos his Mexican oil wells. Wife (Claiborne Foster) languishes in the company of an artist friend...