Railroad crackdown as hobo gangs harass rail line
The Pennsylvania Railroad seeks steady effort to eject tramps from its right of way between Alliance and Pittsburg. Detectives report arrest of a strong-bodied tramp near Leetonia carrying a farm strapped under his shirt with a cork arm in his coat. Rail workers forecast 250 thousand to 300 thousand men employed this season for track and roadbed repairs across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsy
Pittsburg
Leetonia
Alliance
Tampa
Vannes
Mysterious hobo reads Riley poem in prison cell
A Marion hobo, refusing to give his name, reads aloud the Down and Out poem by James Whitcomb Riley from an evening daily and writes a parody on a margin of a newspaper. Officers note his calm demeanor as he recites the verse and crafts lines with careful penmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebe
Britaedt
Muslow
Riley
Marion
Attlemarket House
Jack
Louis
Potter Headquarters
Hobo
James Whiteonly Riley
Geros
Marion Floag
Nak
Dr Kings New Life Pills Advertised Remedy
An old ad claims liver and bowel stagnation cause trouble such as head ache and biliousness and jaundice. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a reliable remedy sold for 26 cents at Yxchanen Bros store without grinding or griping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Yxchanen Bros
Governor Marked For Death Parody Copies Tulsa Poem
A Wichita police blotter cites an unknown poet who parodies Riley verses to mock Governor Charles Mand and Muskogee officials. The crude satire mocks lawmen as impotent, while readers are invited to a grimly comic vision of a calaboose night. The piece inflames tension as authorities investigate the author, with local businesses like Lawn Gries Seed promoting their wares at center street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skogee
Guthrie
Weiter
Charles N. Mand Bud Lachetter
Muskogee
Nemroes
Riley
Fats
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Oxfords
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Hart Schaffner & Murs
Strelitzs
Edison
Victor
Columbia
H.ackerman
Music Store
South Main Street
Grand Rapids
Schaffner’s
S. Main St
Dewitt & Company
Chicago, Ill
Railroad Motel
Ume
Nia
Smart & Waddell’s
Ducat
Mumpa
Ziater Bros
Patent Pumpa
Patent Colt Oxfords
Homa
Deata
Kobe
I B. Blake's
West Center Street
Robinson’s Grocery
Castoria
Bours
Cafe
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