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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1906
Page
3
In a small town scene, Humphy Skinner parks near a hardware store and tells a passerby to watch his horse while he buys a shave. A rider offers pay, but the man declines and Skinner promises to guard the horse as a group of local boys approach a few minutes later.
Children gather to view an Arab horse while a crowd jokes and debates its breed. Humpy Skinner boasts, warning of the animal’s temper as a butcher intervenes and a police officer glances on.
A crowd watches Humpy Skinner calm a skittish Arab horse that bolt past,paw and rears. Boys discuss a mysterious box on the wagon as one boy proposes a dead man inside. Cats jump aboard, dogs pursue, and the street erupts in chaos as the wagon backs away.
A rough scene unfolds as Humpy Skinner jumps from a wagon and crowds threaten him with a jail term for umpiring errors. He returns home pale with shaking knees, as his mother plans to alert his father to seek medical or protective action.
An overheard street conversation shows humor in how Black speakers echo white phrases. A dusky aunt responds to a playful, exaggerated exchange about feelings and sobriety, as referenced from Lippincott's and the New York Press.
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