Editing Michael Kenna (politician) (section)

==Early life==
Michael Kenna was born in the late 1850s{{efn|name="dob"}} to Catherine ({{nee}} Ferrel) and John Kenna, both immigrants from [[County Cork]].<ref name="deathcert"/> He was born at the corner of Polk and Sholto (modern-day Carpenter) streets at the edge of "Connelly's Patch" on Chicago's [[Near West Side, Chicago|Near West Side]].{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=73|ps=none}} At age 10 he left school and began selling newspapers.<ref name="rites">{{cite news | title = Rites Saturday for Hinky Dink, An Era's Symbol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/371557942/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 21, 2019 |newspaper = Chicago Tribune  |volume=105 |issue=243 |page=4 |date = October 10, 1946 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>{{sfn|Abbott|p=58|ps=none}} At age 12, by then an orphan,<ref name="Tribune 95">{{cite news |title="Hinky Dink" is in it |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/355232640/ |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, IL |volume=54 |issue=26 |page=6 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |date=January 26, 1895}}</ref> he borrowed $50{{efn|${{Inflation|US|50|1870|2018|fmt=c|r=-3}} in 2018}} from a barkeeper and purchased a [[newsstand]] at the corner of Monroe and Dearborn Streets. He was so successful that he was able to pay back the loan within a month, and would sell newspapers at the stand until 1877.<ref name="Tribune '23"/> According to legend, it was at this time that Kenna got the nickname "Hinky Dink" from ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' publisher [[Joseph Medill]] due to his small stature;{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=73|ps=none}} as an adult he stood {{convert|5|ft|4|in|cm}} tall.{{efn|{{harvnb|Abbott|p=58|ps=none}} gives a height of {{convert|5|ft|1|in|cm}}.}}<ref name="Life">{{cite news |title=The Passing of Hinky Dink |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iU0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 |url-access=limited |access-date=August 9, 2019 |work=LIFE Magazine |page=53 |date=October 28, 1946}}</ref> Kenna variously professed ignorance of the nickname's origin<ref name="Tribune 95"/> or claimed that it arose at "th' old swimming hole."{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=74|ps=none}} He was also known as "the little fellow".<ref name="Life"/>{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=346|ps=none}} In 1879 he moved to [[Leadville, Colorado]], to work for a newspaper in the area, returning to Chicago in 1881.<ref name="Tribune 95"/>