"Fork Me Out the Dimes": Newspaper Carriers' Addresses of Salem, Virginia, 1854-1904
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2004
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Montgomery County Branch Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Pocahontas Press, Inc.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of History
Pocahontas Press, Inc.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of History
Abstract
In the 19th century, it was not unusual for boys who delivered newspapers to present their customers with poems during the Christmas season to encourage large tips. This article presents an entertaining history of this practice.
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History, Southwest Virginia, Blue Ridge