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Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024It's very easy to make a lot of money if all you want to do is make a lot of money.
on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024Moving from one "safe" house to another? Supervising troops? Out for a smoke?
on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024The NYT on how the IDF came upon Sinwar: For over a year, Israel’s security establishment, backed by…
on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024I don't think it's at all clear in 2024 what specific issue or issues we're dealing with. I thought…
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Curley probably refers to Jack Curley, a promoter. He’s the guy who brought pro wrestling to the cities and his organization is probably the precursor to the NWA.
The reason he got into pro wrestling was because he got squeezed out of boxing after the Jack Johnson title loss to Jess Willard… right around the time of this cartoon. Some theorize that Johnson took a dive.
So… yeah. The sports fans would be ticked off but good.
Also, Europe had moved on from the whole “Archduke” thing and was really getting into this whole “World War” idea.
So… yeah.Report