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Bill Tams the job printer and his best denied plots
A Chicago satire recounts Bill Tams a wandering job printer who joined a small newspaper, produced brilliant bill-heads but drank fiercely. He pitched many plots for stories, yet sobriety failed him and none were published. His career spans multiple cities and ends with an unresolved promise of a final corker.
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Metropolitan
Dudley
Mr. Name
Bill
Sonny
Mr. Ijam
John Barleycorn
Evsy
Tribune
Greeley
Horace
Cairo
Egypt
Africa
Ealy
Bill Sober
Bil
Hikteper
Bill Himesel
Sam
Scott
Journal
Chicago
Old
Armory Station
Rate
Bat
van Buren Street
Bill Tams
New York
Nebraska
San Francisco
New Mexico
Etick
Sherman
Hounds
Rovers
Johnny Robertson
Rovere
Tom Riley
Franklin Street
Freman
Washington Market
Rootbeer
Desbrosses Street
Nicholas