[Ads-l] "jasbo" / "jazz."

[Jonathan Lighter]

FWIW:

1899 _Plain Dealer_ (Cleveland, O.) (Nov. 7) 6: "Jasbo Fanem....[played
by]  Mr. Frank H. White.

1911 _San Angelo [Texas] Standard_  (Aug. 12) 2: Tonight ANGEL CITY TRIO
and MACK and HELD in the "Jasbo Dance."

1912 _Richmond Virginian_ (July 16) 4: A pair of acrobats who are good
comedians are..."The Jasbo Twins."

1912 _Butler County [O.] Democrat_ (Sept. 19) 1: Jasbo Johnson, forgery.

1912 _El Paso Herald_ (Oct. 25) [unp.]: It Wasn't All Jasbo's Fault at That.

JL
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