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The Casting Out of Jimmy Myers and the paper’s misfit boy
A small town newspaper recounts in sharp satirical tone how Jimmy Myers, a diligent but unlucky reporter and advertising solicitor, causes a cascade of errors. Misprints ignite conflicts with merchants and townspeople, ending with his dismissal after a fatal roll of misjoined copy and dramatic funeral notice mix-ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers Boy
Opera House
Jimmy
Tred Martin
Ted
Tie
Lilian Gilgey
Hurley & Co
James Myers
Statesman
Missouri Valley
Committee On Reception
Golden Eagle Clothing
Democracy
Capua
E “Yiner
United States
Kansas City Star
J. B. Morgan
Kansas City
John Luck
Kipling
Miss Larrabee
St. Andrew’s Church
Antrohug
Oman
Antrobus
Prank Milligan
Old Milligan