The Dispatch publication details and circulation notes
The Dispatch header lists publication info for Pittsburg with entries showing post office dates November 14 1957 and offices at 07 and 99 Fifth Avenue 75 0 and 79 Diamond Street. It includes circulation figures for the daily six months ending April 1 and Sunday edition March 1888 with 46428 copies, and describes postage free rates and daily carrier delivery terms.
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Pittsburg
Fifth Avenue
Diamond Street
The
Dispatch
Tesar
United States
Dasy Wierarca
Dieraret
Lisratcn
Senday
Dany Insrarch
Beonts
Pittsburg Legislature Dodges Vote On Anti-Discrimination Bill
The Pittsburgh legislature adjourned to attend Lee’s surrender celebration and used railway passes to avoid a direct vote on Wherry’s anti-discrimination bill. The piece argues public opposition to corporate discrimination is rising and urges lawmakers to press the issue and uphold constitutional principles.
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Wherry
Carnegie
Lee
Milton
The Governor's Veto of County Building Sale Bill
The Governor vetoes a bill to authorize selling old county buildings. He argues lack of authority and shows a general law could achieve the same result, citing a fifteen year old statute permitting County Commissioners to sell property with court approval. Lawyers are urged to review statutes before seeking special legislation.
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State Executive Department
Pittsburg
Court of Quarter Sessions
Obedience to the Law and Des Moines Evictions
Iowa reports say Des Moines river settlers evicted after occupying lands for years resist US officers. The incident is labeled a massive wrong and a crime of theft by a corporation, urging citizens to obey the law and seek redress through legal channels rather than defying authorities. The piece calls for universal respect for law from rich and poor alike.
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Iowa
Des Moines River
United States
Des Moines
The Dakotas Have Not Improved Their Atmosphere Yet
The essay laments North and South Dakota as new states failing to improve their climates or atmospheres after statehood. It mocks their imagined joys and notes ongoing storms and hardships while teasing their political status and local officials. The piece frames the Dakotas as inert, awaiting guidance from older states.
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Dakotas
North
South Dakota
Congress
North Dakota
Weather Watchdog Cited as Model for Da Kotas
The text notes Pennsylvania as a model for observing variegated weather patterns and tying them as a metaphor for tame control. It critiques the Republican administration for not managing the weather carefully enough.
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Pennsylvania
City Charter Debate Over Controller and Finance Committee
A heated meeting reveals divergence between the Controller and Finance Committee over city administration and the sinking fund. Supporters argue for a charter shift to department heads, while others advocate a board of the Mayor, Controller, and Treasurer to manage funds and avoid public disputes.
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Finance Committee
Councils
Fun on the Outside in Halstead’s Independent Freelance
The piece describes Murat Halstead’s columns after his Senate nomination rejection. It highlights his allegations that Senator Evarts is tied to corporations, Teller aided land grabbers, Quay protected Kemble from punishment, Plumb conspired to extort, and Ingalls and Farwell gained seats like Payne.
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Murat Halstead
Senate
Halstead
Senator Evarts
Teller
Interior Department
Quay
Pardon Board of Pennsylvanian
Kemble
Plumb
Ingalls
Farwell
Payne
Government Bans One-Horse Circus Licenses in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia public safety director announces that no one-horse circuses may seek licenses, prompting questions about the legal definition of a one-horse act and provoking speculation about broader limits on circuses and related entertainments across culture and politics.
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Philadelphia Department of Public Safety
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Police Department
Department of Public Safety
Fairmount Park
France Invention Claims Milk Whitening Using Cat Brains
A Parstas milkman proposes a scheme to whiten milk with cat brains, possibly linked to another French invention making butter from bovine fat. The idea faces disfavor due to suspected health harms to infants and potential feline mortality.
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Parstas
France
County buildings sale bill finds older general authority
A reflection notes that lawyers and lawmakers passed a bill to sell the old county buildings only to learn a general act already authorized such sales for fifteen years, implying duplication and unnecessary action.
Record of Congressional Publication Gap Sparks Discussion
The Congressional Record suspension creates an opening for alternative outlets and informally shifts attention to legislative proceedings and public notices. Analysts ponder how the gap affects transparency and accessibility for citizens seeking official record of debates.
Editorial targets and oddities raise asides in Pittsburgh Record
The article mocks editorial control and journalistic pretensions in a Pittsburgh paper, mentions Colonel Shepard and Colonel Fellows, notes nautical and legal quibbles, and critiques politics from Lords to Boulanger, with stray comments on Oklahoma settlers and Allegheny baseball. It surveys varied public figures and opinions in a satirical tone.
Senator Sherman backs ballot choice for postmaster in Findlay
Senator Sherman urged Findlay residents to choose a postmaster by ballot. The move echoes Henry Cabot Lodge’s plan, suggesting motive may be to avoid spoils or secure his own preferred appointee.
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Sherman
Findlay
Henry Cabot Lodge
House Achieves Silence on Pressing Public Questions
The House managed to dodge questions about a pressing public issue, marking a notable achievement that alters the usual pace of public inquiry and scrutiny. No further debate or inquiry followed the confrontation yesterday.
Boston man Burgess may thwart Lord Dunravin yacht visit
The report says Mr. Burgess of Boston is a designing man whose thoughts appear to threaten the planned voyage of Lord Dunravin's yacht to this country, hinting at designs that could render the visit fruitless.
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Mr. Burgess
Boston
Volunteer
Lord Dunravin
Presidential Post Offices Renew Hope for Filithral
A terse, era-tinged line suggests renewed optimism among the filithral regarding their happiness, as yesterday’s developments in presidential post offices are read as hopeful signs.
Prominent Figures Faced With Illness and Honors
A roundup of notable people includes Rev Morcan Dix of New York seriously ill from overwork. Ex senator Palmer presents a gift to Detroit journalist W H Brearley for top firework display. Sioux Commission names include Crook and allies while Tam Kook Yan named China’s minister. Florence Campanini described as cultured but with harsh delivery.
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Morcan Dix
New York
Sexation Morn
Vermont
BisHor Hows
Protestant Episcopal Church
Reading
Srcox
Gloace C. Cross
Seventh Cavalry
Knox College
Galesburg
Inl
Harron
Russell Harrison
Proctor
Althaugh
Grand Opera House
Washington
Rhea
Lonp Loxsdale
Noshagak
North Pole
Tracy
Commodore Walker
Lieutenant Mason
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United States
China
Tam Kook Yan
Imperial Academy of Pekin
Phillips Brooks
Boston
New
Sioux Commission
William Warmer
Missouri
Charles Foster
Ohio
John H. King
Nebraska
Crook
Pennsylvania
Derriorr
W. H. Brearley
Detroit Journal
Brearley
Palmer
Russell B Harrison Portrayed In Mixed Opinions And Anecdotes
A long piece assigns varying views of Russell B. Harrison, describing him as a level headed, energetic young man with a will of his own. It recounts his avoidance of reporters, mentions a Cabinet connection, and includes anecdotes about New York opinions and a humorous Hank joke on the Lake Shore line. Dauer references to figures like Benjamin F. Tracy and Carnegie appear alongside newspaper humor about Hank.
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Russell B. Harrison
Russell Harrison
Herbert Potter
New York
Benjamin F. Tracy
Tracy
Cincinnati
Sugar From Sorghum The Results Of Two Years Experiments
H. W. Wiley of the Agricultural Department reports two years of sorghum sugar experiments. Tests at Rio Grand New York indicate sugar cannot be produced commercially on a small scale. A Donglase Kansas test sought better sorghum but failed to show economic viability without cheap fuel and good cane.
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Wasnixotos
H. W. Wiley
Agricultural Department
Rio Grand
N. Y
Wiley
Donglase
Kan
Arctic Ocean voyage planned by Winnipeggers party
A party of Winnipeg residents led by A. W. Everest plans a yearlong pleasure voyage to the Arctic Ocean following Lord Lonsdale’s route to the es river then north to Asti Oona and Point Hawer before returning via the Behring Sea to Victor. The travelers will be absent about one year. Secretary Noble denies a claim that Tanner will rapidly dismiss Democrats in the Interior Department.
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Winiireg
Victor
Noble
Dispatch
Washington
Tanner
Interior Department
Fragmentary Telegram Newswire Item from Pennsylvania
An unreadable fourth class dispatch fragment mentions places in Pennsylvania and names J. B. Pearsall and EM Harford. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or dates.
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Wasursdon
Pennsylvania
Burntown
J. B. Pearsall
Some Excuse for Grambling
In the Denver Times a lecture or opinion notes the common tendency to condemn the political machine when it is run by the opposition, reflecting on partisan bias and public judgment.
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Grambling
The
Denver Times
Deaths Of A Day Edith McComb
Edith McComb died yesterday at her mother's residence on Winebiddie Ave after a prolonged illness. She faced death with quiet fortitude and left loving memories for her family and friends. Her life, described as noble, reflects her care for relatives during her long illness.
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Edith McComb
Lizzie McComb
Ben Venne
Alles McComb
A Dakota Wife Broker Seeks Wives in Wisconsin and Fargo
A Gliffe, an itinerant broker, traveled from Wisconsin to North Dakota and back seeking wives for men in exchange for cash and goods. He arranged marriages using cash, cattle, and crops, including a pair of young women promised to neighboring men, and fled Fargo after locals challenged his schemes.
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Lim
Brown County
Badger
Gliffe
Fargo
Cass County
Oak
Colored Man Seeks Equal Car Accommodations On Railroad
The Inter-State Commerce Commission opens hearings in the case of Wm H Heard, a colored man from Philadelphia to Atlanta, alleging Georgia Railroad forced him into inferior compartment cars while white passengers used first class coaches on the same train. Heard seeks a supplemental order to stop such prejudice, citing a prior commission decision against the company.
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Washington
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Wm. H. Heard
Georgia Railroad Company
Heard
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Augusta
Petitioner
Commission
Harrison Appoints a Large Number of Presidential Postmasters
The President named numerous postmasters in multiple states including Julius A. Remmel in Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania and Sidney A. Breeze in Cottonwood Falls Kansas. Several appointments were noted as January, 1880 or 1889 dates with confirmations pending or posts vacated by resignations or removals.
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Harrison
Washington
Julius A. Remmel
Mauch Chank
J. L. Stedman
Sidney A. Breeze
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Luella P. Haugh
Oliver P. Brown
Camden
Azel Pierce
Egerton B. Williams
Ironwood
Mich
George F. Kelly
James C. Rodgers
Elaorado
Thomas P. Fulton
Andrew Galbraith
Toulon
K. Knoxhall
Ambrose Bray
Central City
Col
Palemon Wiley
Whee City
Neb
Peter EK. Bonebrake
Knoxville
Laws
J.N. Davis
Joshua A. Pike
Florence
Alphonse Bicket
Augustus 8. Smith
Cal
Thomas Farrell
Lyman G. Willcox
Bay City
George Washington
Alex. Cameron
Madison, Dak
J. J
Louis Jackson
Bridal Tour Cut Short as Groom Loses Gift at Far East
In Denver on a wedding trip, New York stock broker G. W. Johnson and his bride registered at the Windsor Hotel. After a visit to a gambling house, Johnson lost 9090 from a £10,000 gift in three hours, prompting the couple to flee Denver by the Rock Island train.
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Fore
Hasteus
Denver
G. W. Johnson
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Windsor Hotel
Darian
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Rock Island
Mrs. Johnson
Governor vetoes sale of Allegheny county buildings bill
Governor Beaver vetoes the bill authorizing the sale of old Allegheny county buildings. He argues it breaches constitutional limits on special laws and questions the title’s clarity. The piece notes the property may adjoin county public buildings, and cites a 1874 act potentially granting sale rights with court approval.
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Hagersavris
Beaver
Allegheny County
Court of Quarter Sessions
Pittsburg Stage Promises Curiosities and Big Bill Next Week
The Casino announces new attractions for next week at the Bijou Harris Opera House and Academy venues. Shows include East Lynne and May Howanth Burlesque with Miss Lillian Burkhart plus Lipia Thompson’s company, Penelope and Columbus, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday and seat sales opening tomorrow. Proceeds benefit Abe Patterson Post relief fund.
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Bijou
East Lynne
Harris
Howanth
Academy
Atlanta
Lillian Burkhart
Abe Patterson Post
G. A. KR
Lipia Thompson
America
Penelope
Columbus
Seltzer Presses Street Railway Bill Amid Fire-Limit Debate
Harrisburg dispatch reports Colonel Seltzer of Lebanon urging passage of the street railway incorporation bill. Walter Lyon arrives with amendments. committee to act after excursion. Chalfant’s fire-limit extension bill faces opposition. debate over wooden buildings and safety controls continues.
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Pincea
Harrisburg
Seltzer
Lebanon
Walter Lyon
Allegheny
Philadelphia
Keyser
Married on a Pullman Car on a Wichita Train
A young couple elopes aboard a Union depot sleeper in Kansas City. In a fleeting ceremony aboard the Iroquois bound for Wichita, officiated by a black clothed clergyman, the marriage license was presented and the couple became man and wife with few witnesses as the train pulled away.
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Kansas City
Union Depot
Wichita
Br. Lowis
RB. B. Butters
A. A. McCoy
Pullman Car Company
Gameson
Booms
Kansas
Agricultural Experiment Stations History Pamphlet Issued
WasHiIxcox April Secretary Rusk issues a pamphlet tracing the history of agricultural experiment stations created under a recent Congress law. Forty one operating stations in 41 states and Dakota Territory with 370 scientists conduct soil tillage manures crops stock feeding dairying and horticulture experiments. They will receive about 1 125 000 from the national government and state and other funds this year. The stations report cordial relations with the Department of Agriculture, tasked by Congress to supervise and aid their work.
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WasHiIxcox
Rusk
Congress
Dakaota
Fow
Department of Agriculture
Legislature Adjourns May 9 After April 25 Final
Senate reports House concurrent resolution for final adjournment on April 25 with an amendment fixing May 9. On motion of Mr Delamater the modified result was unanimously adopted.
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Harristune
Senate
Bradman
House
Delamater
Tailors in New York Turn Coats Inside Out
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette notes New York tailors who remake coats inside out, a craft that might appeal to Democratic office holders seeking to stay in power longer.
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Cincionati Commercial Gazette
New York City
Black Snake Slain in Copley Sugar Bush
Former Andrews of Copley township killed a black snake measuring 40 by 20 rods in his sugar bush on Friday, drawing notice in local snake stories for the Akron Telegram.
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Akron Telegram
Andrews
Copley Township
Demand for spring post offices exceeds waning supply
The Baltimore Herald reports strong demand for spring post offices while Wanamaker provides limited poor quality stock. No job lots are offered at any price. The Boston Herald notes the exodus of failed office-seekers from Washington as a punning contrast to wartime bravado.
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The
Baltimore Herald
A Fading Color
A brief item notes a shift in color labels for postmasters and stamp colors amid fears of change. The piece mentions green postage stamps and green postmasters turning blue, highlighting unease about the transition.
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Springfield Republic
Petition Advocates Expanded Elevated Rail for New York
Four thousand citizens petition New York Aldermen urging Gould and Sage to build third elevated tracks and absorb Battery Park land for a terminal loop. They request endorsement to the Legislature to authorize a commission and push rapid transit plans. The Aldermen sent the matter to the Committee on Streets.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Gould
Sage
Battery Park
Bage
Fellows Leaves District Attorney Post as Child Illness Hits Home
District Attorney Fellows departed for New Orleans with no return date as he notified of a critically ill child. A telegram from his wife in New Orleans conveyed the condition.
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Fellows
New Orleans
Colonel Fellows
Grover Cleveland Buys White Plains Residence Site
Ex president Grover Cleveland is reported to have purchased the Broadway property of E. E. Phelps in White Plains. The three acre estate includes a 12 room cottage and lies about a mile from the depot, an hour from Grand Central. Cleveland had viewed the grounds before his recent trip south.
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Cleveland
E. E. Phelps
Broadway
White Plains
Grand Central
Harlem hermit contest for Monroe will wealth
The will contest over Thomas J Monroe’s $500000 estate began today with George G Grennell named as sole heir. Relatives in Brooklyn allege undue influence after Monroe, once known as Harlem hermit, left his fortune to Grennell despite a history of travel and isolation.
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Thomas J. Monroe
Harlem
Mr. Grennell
Monroe
Thomas J. Jacob
Larry Henson
Fire destroys German restaurant on Park Row
A stove fire started by a window cook in a German restaurant at Park Row spread to engulf the front of the eatery and threatened the World building and nearby hotel. Employees and patrons escaped, prompting evacuations as engines and police responded. the blaze died down quickly after the initial flare.
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World Building
Park Row
Gatekeeper Releases Gates To Let Train Hit Horse Car
A Jersey City gateman raised the guard gates as the Philadelphia express passed, not noticing an approaching drill engine. A horse car filled with passengers was struck, turning over. The driver and two men on the front platform were thrown into the street. Henry Book and Thomas Spun sustained serious injuries with broken bones. The gateman was arrested.
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Jersey City Railway
Philadelphia Express
Henry Book
Thomas
Old Rap's Triale Ends In Courtroom Echoes
In a crowded tenement back room the remnants of Old Rap Rappahanock, a veteran New York boatman, lie at rest. He fought the U S Government for 70 000 in damages claiming a gas buoy patent infringement and was urged by Congressman Amos J Cummings. He also claimed to have originated subterranean telegraph ideas and credited the Mackay Bennett cable system to his brain.
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Amos J. Cummings
Judge Delays Motion in Simmons vs Tilden Case
Dr. Charles E. Simmons seeks 100000 for professional services to the late Samuel J. Tilden. A Supreme Court motion was postponed to next week by Judge Beach due to Simmons occasionally prescribing for him. Judge Ingraham will sit in chambers next week.
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Charles E. Simmons
Samuel J. Tilden
Supreme Court
Immigration Dismissal Under Contract Labor Law
Secretary Windom upheld a New York Customs refusal to admit Swiss immigrant M. Flaig. Flaig answered an advertising appeal for embroiderers by George Baum and Bornemann of Newark Embroidery Works but had no binding Newark contract. He paid his own passage and faced deportation at the vessel’s expense under contract labor provisions.
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America
Washington
Windom
New York
M. Fiaig
Flaig
George Baum
Arosbach
H. Bornemann
Newark
Ewark
Thas Fraig
Ae Baum
Rome
government recess appointments listed in April Aic
The President announced multiple recess appointments this afternoon including Frank Promly of Vermont as United States Attorney for the district of Ver A Knight of Texas named United Fatty for near of Indeynei as agent of the Indians in the Territory James McDowell of Dakota named Register of the Land Office at Huron Dak and others in the sequence of posts.
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Wassiserox
Frank Promly
Vermont
District of Ver
A. Knight
Texas
Indeynei
James McDowell
Dakota
Register of the Land Office
Huron
Dak
Keystone State Oddities and Oddball Records
A Lancaster dog refuses meat. Dr Thomas Lromw of Williamsport has practiced medicine 61 years. Towanda to start a felt shoe factory. A Philadelphia father named twin sons Harrison and Morton, both died. Reading crier six feet eight and a half inches tall. Reading foundry molders form a burn association to aid injured workers. Porrsville garbage swept to streets and scraped yearly by supervisor. Butter found in Punxsutawney farm well after three years, still sweet. Chester City Hall cat waits for sparrows behind a trough and eats bread. Harrisburg mayor's office telephone removed for non payment.
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Lancaster
Thomas Lromw
Williamsport
Towanda
Philadelphia
Harrison
Morton
Crier
Polce Shorsex
Reading
Porrsville
Punxsutawney
Chester
Mayor's Office
Harrisburg
Curious Condensations From A Muddled March Issue
A jumbled clipping notes varied items from March including a murder rumor near Turnerville New Jersey, a phantom of omens, Egypt railroads, Elizabeth Smith’s frugal journey, new zoo jackals in Philadelphia, a girls military company in Poughkeepsie, tall chimneys swaying in wind, a hornless cow in Douglasville, a sponge party at a New York ball, ozokerite deposits in Utah, a Dublin dog case, a Liverpool will dispute, a Albany academy watch-toss fight, tiny watch screws, Lycoming County wonders, Gus Setzer’s death in China Grove, and a humorous oddity about cedar brush burial.
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New York
Poughkeepsiee
Han
Poughkeepsie
Douglasville
Dublin
Liverpool
William Evang
Mia A
Academy
Albany
Watchea
Eesti
Lycoming County
Pennsylvania
Rose Valley
Trout Run
Thesa Weil
Gus M. Setzer
China Grove
Rowan County
N.C
Quips and Quirks in a Patchwork of Cartoons
A collage of humorous snippets and misprinted quips from multiple papers. Bits reference ministers and presidents, shop talk about por primes and watches, and playful exchanges about zebras, kangaroos, and cannibals amid mock news captions and cartoon captions.
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