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Faked miners and Chinaman wash tale in Iowa and Detroit
A drunken coal miner in Des Moines stumbles into a Chinese laundry, is soaked, scrubbed, boiled, and ironed for ten cents per wash. The piece shifts to an elopement tale in Iowa, a Detroit court scene, and a geological essay, then a string of humorous anecdotes from Wisconsin to Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bis Won
Tes Moines
Iowa State Register
Samanthy Agin
Samanthy
Samantha
Samanthe
James Manville
Primer
James
Nazar
Sam
Esquire
Nozur
Detroit Free Press
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Osbkosh
Om Hinping
Spothen Tan
Spencer
Charles Spencer
Marshall
Spoons
Hin
Kara Ezekiel
Alno
Lesses
Ezra Ezekiel
Jos Bintaxes
Adam
Eve
Garden of Eden
Bender
Noasodt
Sammuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Mars
Kent Ae Plenamat
J. B. Rosh
Dex Street
New York
Castoria
Dr. Pitcher