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W3612 Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview CHICAGO FOLKSTUFF FORM A Circumstances of Interview Newsboys FOLKLORE CHICAGO No. Words 2890 Jun 14 [?] STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Abe Aaron...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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Form B Personal History of Informant CHICAGO FOLKSTUFF FOLKLORE CHICAGO No. Words STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Abe Aaron ADDRESS 5471 Ellis Ave. Chicago DATE May 18, 1939 SUBJECT Newsboys NAME OF...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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FORM C TEXT OF INTERVIEW (Unedited) CHICAGO FOLKSTUFF FOLKLORE CHICAGO No. Words STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Abe Aaron ADDRESS 5471 Ellis Avenue DATE May 18, 1939 SUBJECT Newsboys NAME OF INFORMANT...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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And the same with the third penny. Each time the penny drops on the other pennies in his hand. But the last penny I hold onto; I click it on the other...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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Somethin' like this: “Christmas comes but once a year, “And when it comes it brings good cheer; “So open your purse without a tear, “And remember the newsboy standing here.” Well, we...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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VI Did I tell you the one about the time we tried to get the bathing suits, and didn't? You know what an island showcase is? This was twenty-twenty-five years ago. You've...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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sometimes some cop on the beat, sometimes some palooka out walkin' the streets—it wasn't till about four before we got the chance we was lookin' for. So we rushes over. The padlock...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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Sure enough, when 'e gets up, 'e forgets to take the package, an' quick as a flash I grab it an' put it in between my papers, an' then I walk out....
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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lettin' us in for. I remember one time. I sold a paper an' I had to buy it back. But I got a kick that time that hit the bull's eye. It...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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I was, bawlin' like hell, an' I ended up askin' all the other kids when they straggled by if they wanted to sell me any o' their sheets, sayin' “If you're stuck...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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says to one of the cops, “there's a kid lookin' in the window. Go out 'round the back an' bring 'im in.” So there was the three of us; it was the...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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hell they're talkin' about. But the other kid, he owns up he saw the purse an' the money on me, an' they start searchin' me. Well, they go through every inch o'...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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be seein' them there. Well, they wasn't there when I got there, an' they didn't come; but I figured they would, so I hung around a long while. Pretty soon the other...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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till there's none of 'em in front of me, all behind. Then I call out real loud to one of the fellows I pretend's up ahead of me an' start to run...
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Aaron, Abe - Marius, Philip
Date:1939-05-18
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remember it, the home I mean, an' the mother; I don't remember the kid at all. An' I don't remember how I came to make friends with him. All I remember's his...