Farmer Alley tale shows barber shop silver coinage talk
Sam Davis tells of a barber shop misadventure where he spreads free coinage propaganda in Newark and New Jersey, fooling barbers and locals about silver supports. a Nevada visitor, Lem Allen, misidentifies him as a New Jersey man, causing a scene and exposing the spread of silver rhetoric. The piece also mentions the Pacific coast canned horse meat industry and railroad rate inquiries for canned meat.
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F. Call
Sam Davis
Occidental
Powell Street
Sam
New Jersey
New York
Leagues
Newark
Lem Allen
Nevada
Davis
Carson
Thompson
Allen
Lem
Pacific Coast
Transcontinental Association of Railroads
Portland
Oregon
United States
Arizona
Saan
When the Women All Wear Bloomers in Rebellious Fashion
A humorous verse piece laments fashion shifts where women and girls wear bloomers and pants while men socialize with old norms. It mocks schoolyard teasing and parental worries about modesty and identity as wardrobes modernize.
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Johnny
Susie
St. Louis
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Wadsworth Bottling Works
H. W. Elden
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Leland Spencer
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Lovelock, Nevada
Avi Ogden
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