[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jazzbo" (Slapstick)

[Peter Reitan]

I cited the November 30 1913 article in my post about early uses of jazz, jazzbo and jasbo.

I found a couple earlier uses of Jasbo, but not clearly related to that sense. https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-jasbo-jazz-or-just-hokum-and-gravy.html<https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-jasbo-jazz-or-just-hokum-and-gravy.html?m=1>

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Excellent citation, Here is a match for "jasbo" with the desired sense
which appeared a couple of days earlier. The article is very similar,
but it has been edited differently.

Date: November 28, 1913 (date from page header; front page says Nov 26)
Newspaper: Bangor Daily Commercial
Newspaper Location: Bangor, Maine
Article: Vaudeville's Thirtieth Anniversary Next Week
Quote Page 10, Column 2
Database: Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/article/commercial-jasbo/206331732/

[Begin excerpt]
. . . Alderman Gowanus insisting upon acts with "jasbo" and gravy" for
a club smoker . . .
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 8:04=E2=80=AFPM Shapiro, Fred
<00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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> jazzbo (OED 1914)
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> 1913 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 Nov. 14/2 (Newspapers.com)
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> Vulgar, slap-stick comedy is "jasbo," or "hokum" or "gravy."
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> Fred Shapiro
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