antedating jitney 1899

[Stephen Goranson]

Morning Herald, page Page 4, iss. 349
Publication Date:
December 16, 1899
Published as:
The Morning Herald
Location:
Lexington, Kentucky
Headline:
Election So Quiet This Pair of "Heavy-Enders" Didn't Know it Was on - A Little
Tramp
Article Type:
News/Opinion

"Can't spare de change. Me granmaw died in Sout' Afriky an' I need dis
to float
me over ter de fun'ral"
"Quit yer kiddin' an' let me have a jitney"

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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