1907: Chief Campbell Explaining Reason for Absence of Gold Teeth

May 29, 1907

WERE NOT JARRED LOOSE

Chief Campbell Explaining Reason for Absence of Gold Teeth From His Mouth Recently

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Chief Police Campbell is kept busy explaining that the bridge to his upper set of gold teeth came loose of its own free will and in the natural course of events, and the recent characterization of him as “Gold Toothed George” had absolutely nothing to do with the matter.

By a strange coincidence, however, the day following the issue of the dodger criticizing his methods and reforms, in which he was called “Gold Mouthed George,” the bridgework of his gold teeth came loose and many of his friends have chided him about getting his teeth jarred loose.

He has been in the hands of the dentist the last two days and his gold teeth will shine as resplendently in a day or two as ever, he declares.

Comments

[twinkles]

Wow. Not just gold-toothed but gold mouthed.

-ja