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It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.

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Kin Hubbard
Age: 62 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 1
Died: 1930
Died: December 26
Cartoonist
Humorist
Journalist
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Frank McKinney Hubbard
Game
Went
Games
Failed
Force
Fellow
Else
Advertising
Used
Fellows
Today
Police
Everything
Goes

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