"Fork Me Out the Dimes": Newspaper Carriers' Addresses of Salem, Virginia, 1854-1904

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dc.contributor.authorLong, Johnen
dc.contributor.editorCampbell, Hugh G.en
dc.contributor.editorCox, Claraen
dc.contributor.editorModlin, Charles E.en
dc.contributor.editorSavage, Lonen
dc.contributor.editorTaylor, Charles L.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-06T18:55:14Zen
dc.date.available2019-03-06T18:55:14Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en
dc.format.extent16 pagesen
dc.format.extentSize: 3 MBen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.issn1093-9652en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/88306en
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherMontgomery County Branch Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquitiesen
dc.publisherPocahontas Press, Inc.en
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Historyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderThe Smithfield Reviewen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectHistoryen
dc.subjectSouthwest Virginiaen
dc.subjectBlue Ridgeen
dc.title"Fork Me Out the Dimes": Newspaper Carriers' Addresses of Salem, Virginia, 1854-1904en
dc.title.serialThe Smithfield Reviewen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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