Hobo Convention Brings Humor to Clifford Michigan
A spirited recounting of the National Hobo reunion at Clifford Michigan highlights a colorful assembly of hoboes from various backgrounds. The piece notes officers re elected, unusual contests like long distance sleeping and handout roping, and humorous rules proposed by Slothful Sam, all amid sleeping quarters in parks and porches as the crowd enjoys food and camaraderie.
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Clifford
Association
Sam
Weary Willie
Rufus
Tom
Dan
Hank
Peter
Louie
Walter
Francis
Mike
Tin-Can
Teddy
Unwashed
Roll Call
Sighing Sinkers
Desplaines Street
Chicago
Sinkers
Wakefab Wales
Dinky Dan
Slothil Sam
Jake
Uv de Order
Riverview Park
Fat Man Excused by Woman in Tense Car Seat Confrontation
A summer city car confrontation ends with a fat man insisting the woman is not a lady after she refuses to move. She retorts that if he were a gentleman he would understand, and she exits, excusing him as they part amid a tense exchange.
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Nelsonville
Now Gunnies of India Laborers Eclipsing Machines
An 19th century Nation article describes the so called now gunny laborers in Mysore India who haul quarried stone for long days at very low pay. The piece contrasts their strength with machinery and notes a cable system was tried but abandoned due to cost. It highlights the mass labor force of 5000 plus at the Marh Kasave gorge along the Vedarati river.
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Tadin
MarhKasave
Vedarati
Mysore
India
Stone
Elt
Alte
Scientific American
John
Marianna Starmbeck
St. Louis
Louis Dispatch
New York
Big Tub and the Tide’s Sudden Retreat in Fundy Bay
A Kansas City Journal excerpt recalls a summer urchin’s amazed cry as tide lines vanished from the Bay of Fundy. The scene plays on weather humor and a yarn about misattributed influence on the atmosphere.
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Big Tub
Bay of Fundy
Kansas City Journal
Mystery in Wadsworth as Butler is slain
Ohio State News reports police in Wadsworth seek clues in the murder of a 21 year old factory girl found shot along the road near Custard Hook. Suspect Guy Rasor, fiancé of the late woman, is detained as investigators probe the case and deny prior knowledge of the tragedy. The body was discovered by Charles Rasor during early hours near the city, with no definitive motive established.
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Wadsworth
Ora Lee
Wailsworth
Guy Raser
Mie Tee
Rawl
W Wooster
Charles*Rasor
Trusts
Guy Rasor
Paroles Granted At Ohio Penitentiary Hearing
A Louisville era of parole awards was held in Columbus as the Ohio Penitentiary trustees approved paroles for multiple inmates including J Edward Howe for two years for shouting to wound Edward Pickett for burglary James Sweeney for manslaughter William Wilson and Andrew DeVerman for various offenses Dora Brueggeman received three years for manslaughter and other cases were noted in the surrounding reports of public notices and local crime developments.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. Edward Howe
Jackson County
Edward Pickett
Mahoning County
Janes Sweeney
William Wilson
Trin Dullenvnty
Afteen
Andrew DeVerman
Hamilion
Dora Brueggeman
Hamilton County
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Georgia
FR Ein
Ilsson
Fat Man
Hopsy Garside
Hopsy
Spain
Ellen Maury Slayden
Barcelona
Don’s
Ohio State News
Lonely Road
Cincinnai
Ashtulimia
O—Hinton
P. M. Shaw
Ohio Central
Findlay
M. Grover
Wanakoneta
Toledo & Ohio Central
H. C. Yant
Toledo
Bert BE. Henry
Igame Ines
East Liberty
Wapakoneta
Cleveland
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
East Liverpool
Springfield
Hamilton
Louis Mayer
Philadelphia
Hamilton Police
John F. Mayer
Youngetown
Paul Liverpool
Srand
Charles Williams
Vellaville
Steubenville
C. Pearson B Conn
St. Louis Post
Herald
Lawrence Zwick
Edward C. Betts
Danbury
Pronger
Hancock County
Drad
Athens
Enoch Arden
Grosvenor
Ruth Grimes
Sharpaburg
Athene County
Georgy Doothby
Yrovide
Mariela
Henewe
Board of Sericulture
Zunesville
Robert Wall
Harris. Santuny
Harris
Atte Board of Charities and Corrections
Mank Field
Dipartiean
WiIl
Ohio Brewers
Rose County
Supreme Court
Cincinnati Lexow
Pleedon
Wayne County
Woneter
Wooster City
Orrvitte
Belefontaine
Harlan Wynn
Indaw
Miles Arnold
Arnold
Wynn
Greenville
Henry St. Clair
Darke County
Ottawa
FP. Watts
Putnam County
Shelby County
Sidney
Hamden Junction
Orison Champin
Fenton Post No
the Agricultural Society
J. A. Slade
William
J. Meeks
W. Wallace
Shilienturger
Beenetary L. M. Largh
Mr. Shillenbarger
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