Word: jacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Indianapolis Firpo staggered under the first serious blow he has encountered in the U. S.-a $2,000 jolt in the pocketbook from Jack Druley, who promoted his exhibition with Joe Downey, of Columbus, O. The furry financier, who saw this wallop coming when Druley paid only half of his $4,000 guarantee before the gong clanged, tried to dodge it by sulking in his corner and refusing to box more than four rounds unless the balance forthcame. This sulkiness prompted more than 10,000 Indianapolitans (already infuriated by Governor McCray's decree that the go must...
...into radiant womanhood. There also lived the foul Lizard, Villain Number One ?and Saint Jimmy, who was just Tiny Tim grown up and wild about doing good to everybody. There also came Hugh Edwards?man of mystery?fleeing from the shadow of a crime?and, of course, Sonora Jack, the outlaw, dropped in occasionally?and Natachee, a philosophic Indian, was always monologuing his way about the crags?in fact, now and then, the good old canon got so cluttered up with characters there wasn't room enough left to swing a mountain lion...
Marta and Edwards fell in love. And Sonora Jack and the Lizard did their best to raise H?1?but, H?1, what could they do against the forces of Virtue? The mysteries of Marta's parentage and Hugh's suspected crime were all wiped up?the Mine with the Iron Door discovered ? Natachee had an opportunity for several symbolic orations?and "in the blue depth of the sky a wheeling eagle screamed . . . Natachee . . . smiled." So did Mr. Wright. Also D. Appleton and Co. Likewise, every bookseller and train-news-agent in these United States when they heard...
Sued for divorce. Voris ("Jack") Reynolds, wrestling instructor at the University of Indiana, by Mrs. Emma Reynolds, at Cedar Rapids, la. She charged cruelty. Reynolds claims to be world's welterweight wrestling champion...
...money rolls in Sept. 14. Firpo has agreed, after prolonged haggling, to fight Jack Dempsey at the Polo Grounds, New York. Firpo will receive 12½% of the receipts with a $100,000 minimum guaranteed. By the time he returns to the Argentine he will be a millionaire -in pesos...