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Cedar Rapids Times

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1881

Page

4

The Toy Jumper and the Whirring Inventions

A vivid narrative follows a windup toy on a Newark street stand, detailing how a shabby man and Miss Ellen cross paths with inventor Jem and a budding artist. The tale threads through a charity of labor, family struggles, a budding romance, and the toy’s role in inspiring a patent venture while highlighting the era’s social warmth and technical curiosity.

Jamie Doleiby Tren Eich Poe Lex Alice Jo'g Litaak Burt Newark New York Mitlee Vwell Indy Jem Miss Ellen Ellen Jera Misa Denny Onidaie Misa Ellen Nan Jim Nat Sant Orton de Houge Devon Jack Manter Jos Areca Jay Elion Fea Barris Harris Eva Miss Elen Hacherd Weil Guy Lee Boston Catry Massachusetts Tris Pope & Billau

Fragments of Humorous Tidbits and Local Color

A garbled collection of quips and cultural notes from various papers. Entries touch on boots, mosquitoes, church attendance, wages, and social manners with knockabout humor and regional slang, including lines about a Boston fragment and a Galveston anecdote.

Adour Hanvard Boston Lou Oswego Daxscay Ager &Itan Scotland Galveston Iscics Herald Journal of Commerce

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