Unnamed News Butcher

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Unnamed News Butcher
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Unnamed News Butcher
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White
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Male
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Lower Class
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Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
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Sales and Service
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News Butcher
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When the train to Memphis arrives in Hoke's, Boon Hogganbeck buys "three packages of molasses-covered popcorn and a bottle of soda pop from the news butch" (188). "Butch" is short for "butcher," a term that used to be used to refer to men or boys who sold newspapers, sweets and other goods that would appeal to passengers on a train.

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CUT: He eats these all the way to Memphis and walks through the station there "still working the popcorn out of his teeth with his tongue" (188).
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