Tramps of Yesterday as Hobos Face Hard Winter
The article recalls the once common “knights of the road” or hobos and notes their decline as a profession. It details living hardships on the rails, enforcement by police, and drastic vagrancy laws pushing many to endure hunger, with warnings about a harsher winter ahead and caution against riding trains.
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Seattle
Wash
Dusty Rhodes
Horatio
Denver Dutchy
Merson
Pueblo
Denver
Colo
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Uylight
Chen
Texas
Northwest
Ted Seelman
Chicago Daily News
States of Lima Prisoner Released Overload of Fine
Arthur States of Lima ate his way out of prison after failing to pay a $1,000 liquor fine. County commissioners freed him on condition he pay $7 a month, estimating eleven years to settle the debt plus $1,249.50 to collect for the state. He remained jailed briefly while decisions were made.
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Arthur States
Lima
Double Life of Mary Marie in a Boston Diary
A thirteen year old narrator describes her split family life with a mother and father preparing for divorce. Nurse Sarah recounts how the father, a college professor, fell in love with Mary Marie and the child insists on recording the story in a diary. The tale contrasts parental harmony with the narrator’s sense of being a cross current.
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Mary Marie
Mary
Marie
Andy
Boston
Sarah
Madge
Desmond
Father
Nurse
Grandma
Anderson
Jane
Mary Marle
Nurse Sarah's Story Chapter Highlights
Fragmentary interview excerpt in which Nurse Sarah recalls changes after a visitor named Mary Marie arrives. The narrative traces vacations, close household days, and Sarah’s memory of conversations about stars, flowers, and a desire for intense affection beyond ordinary bonds. The voice suggests tension around boundaries and growing fascination.
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Bloomington
Chicago and Alton
Butchy
Bevicans
North Pole
Lieut
O. Omdal
Advie
EK. G. Fullerton
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Dallas
Yary
Eleanor. H.porter
Bridget
Sost
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