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VOLUME XXX MARCH-APRIL 1992 NUMBER 2

The Hurst Alger miniatures- See Page 6

Who was E.H. Wadewitz?- See Page 8

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ew member:Jam . uth rin (PF- 9 )R.D.1, 44 Wat rford Pk. Rd.

he ter, WV 26034Jam al a call ct antiqu farm to I and

equipment, includin ca t iron h r impl­ment at.

Wally Pars ns (PF- 96)45 Brentwo d DriWillow ro e, P 1 0

Wall ha b en c 11 ctin Alg r books foreral ar, but just found out ab ut H. . .

Change of addreDaniel M. Pet r en (PF-200)37 Tup 10 Lan, pt. 2 0

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Nerman's Book410-63 Alb rt

Winnipeg MB Canada R3B 1G4Children's Book Catalogue published regu­larly. Over 70 pages of collectible booksincluding Algers. Hentys and hundreds ofolder series books.

17 subsections including Boy's series, Gir1'sseries. Grosset & Dunlap, Whitman. Englishpublishers. Annuals, Big Little Books. LittleGolden Books, Readers, Sports, Sci-Fi. Ani­mal Stories. Illustrated and much more. Over3,500 listings.

Catalogue is issued regular1y and each newcatalogue has 500 or more new listings.

Send $3.00 for next catalogue or $15.00 forthe nex1 six issues.

Letters are 40 cents to Canada.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Dust jacket for variation 2-a (rose design).

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By Rolfe B. hase (PF-602)

,m m mth ag la ked orhelpfr lmth ew bread r hlp in lr er that I ml~ht flI an Mti I for

ew bo (n th durabl lilt! txl(lk. I nnw kn w thailh nlwa not mart n ught)kJuwhn tla k orwhatIn ed; or, Indeed, I kno what I did n d. couplI reader- kindl ga me information whi h helped,

hutonl d pened 01 onfu Ion and id n d the op(1 01 nje t.

Ir r entl I rot t anumberofH... membl-r'\ hn I thnught had miniatur 'and a k f r their help,J elm parti ularl grateful t I B lb Williman (PF- 9), JimThorp (PF-57 ) and m brother Brad (PF 12)foq~i ingme mu h in rmati n bout their mini ture . In addi­h In, I ha added to 01, colle ti n. I now ha a ehelk, 'upp iti os and a Jot) unan red que tion .

}Ole upp -iti n :I -- Then! \ t!rt! 57 title-. i~ 'ued b Hurst in th~ mimature

for01,1I,2 -- Fnr 5S If the!>e titl~ (I "Tht! Ent! Train Boy" an

.. ounK crob t") there ar t\ '>pine/c r printinK f u-milt-.. ThE!'>e are:

(a) ri fro n we~ n "pin and c ver(b) "hanHmg daAAer" on pill with two

pnnhnR on front owr:(b-I) Title at t p; H RATI L ER JR. at bottom,

nl't (If pa ted-on apphqu III the center.(b-2) compl vin /Ieaf d I~ printed un co er;

title I LCER III mall print at bo m ri~ht; oval appliqu..hm inA ariet ofvirtuou maidl'n.. at )pof(rontta ing2Uto J(l pt'r ent of cover pact!.

- For b th 2 (a) and 2 (b·l), tht!rt! are a \ Ide vanl't llfpa'>t d appli u . There are m re than 24 over" ound >farTh ap Iiqu are ven more numer IU'i becau'>e of thl'van~ties \ lthlll a l;iven applique ( 6, belo )

,,- "The Erit! Train Boy" and "Youn~ n bat" (and '>(, f r,'1Il1 ' thlh>e two) have nut unly an cca,>lonal a pJiqu~, butmllr £len a printed now r d iW'dlrectl on th c r, (l atlea t fi e diff~rent \lanebes.

5 - ) far, it app ars that thl:! 55 titl~ could haw bet!npubh ht!d in both the ·t!neral f rma . Jam mlhure ab, utlht!lth r t\ o.

(,- numb rofth a pliljut!.. havetwodi'>tin tvartation..,.1 .. fl II" ..'

(a) Football 'ame (Bob iIliman '>potted thi.. 011l')(a-I) Runner holdi~ ball in ri~ht hand(a-2) Runner h Idin~ all in !x,th hand.

(b) Thr men in a can(b-l) Boy III fr nt hac, ..h lrt h If

(b-2) Bo)' in ront ha.. I n~ hair (or earinR fur pI() an at d k with ,fnee bo .

(c-1 f ic y ha left f(X~t fon ard(c-2) ffice bo, hac, ri~l foot forward

(d) Bo readin~ in fr nt of fireplace.

The Hurst miniatures: A preliminary lookSHIFTJ G FOR

HIMSELF

March-April 1992 NEWSBOY Page?

Variation 2 (a): Rose pattern on spine andcover; boys-In-canoe applique design.

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·Young Acrobat· In flower design printeddirectly onto cover (no applique).

Variation 2 (b-1): Hanging dagger pattem onspine; newsboy applique design.

"The Erie Train Boy· in different flower design oncover (no applique).

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Western's current Plant No,. 2,Iett, in Racine, Wis., is jus1 a short distance from the ornate Dr. Shoopbu Idlng, right, whose basement the company occupied in 1910. The firm took over the entire buildingIn 1914 when Dr. Shoop, a seller of Patent medicines, retired. By 1918, Western Printing and uthograph­ing Co. had outgrown the Shoop building and purchased the plant at lett, which Is stili In use today.

Whitman Algers or, who was E.H. Wadewitz?b Bradford . Cha e (PF-412)

ditor note: This article i the I tlookml1rmtat Bradhase'. ol/goil/ tlldyofthe Wll1tmall PI/bli hill, o. al/d It·

rolea an Iger reprmt publisher. Tho eof 011 wllo ha eread1m• . 1 book. "HoratIO Al er 800 PI/bll hed fly AL

Burt:' are amillaru itll thedlligl'1lce alld great detaIl he pIli.illto proJect of thi type. Hi fi t report 01/ hitmall AI erwa presl'1Ited atthe 1 0 OllVl'1ItlO/l m at 'klll, . '. al/dla.tMayhespeut everalday ill Raehle. W' "whereWeste11lPubli hil/ ottlfJtmy, II/c., ( ""ent lIame of ti,e fJroducer ofthe Wllitman line) i headquartered, doil/g additiollal re­.earch. mcllldill ti,e taking of plloto or thi article. A'ubseqlle1lt artIcle 011 ti,e mal/Y Wll/tmal/ Iger omlQt willappear ill a IItllre i Ill' of ew bo .

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March·April1992 NEWSBOY Page 9

E. H. Wadewitz

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Wadewitz's West Side Printing Company occu­pied the basement of this building at 550-558State Street in Racine In 1908.

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Whitman Algers or,who was E.H. Wadewitz?

In 1928 Western built this new plant on Racine'sMound'Avenue, which still houses the company'smain offices.

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ar )u~ht arb man

"The Poky uttte Puppy," one of the eor1iest uttteGolden Books, os of 1982 had sold more than6 million copies.

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Horatio Alger, Jr... or, Harry Hampton, A.B.Editor note: Follou'lIIg, olle (/ 14 'J(lTt tones wnftl'll by

Hural;o . \/ •.." (T. I/Ilda Ihe I/lllil-TecfI1t1y r",d, crn'aed p el/d­rlllym HaTry Haml'ton, ..tR. Ihal UII'Tt' pl/bl; lied //I Doose'Literary Museum 11/ 185.3 alld 18 . Gllberl . I'st 'aTd IIsl/b"ultl'd tillS alld UIIl' ollll" Hamploll hort sloryfor I'"bll I/lmill ew bo . He Ira also rqJTodl/C<!d all 14 a Ihe lOT/I!" illBootblack: The HoratioAlserM"841zine.

FaT maTt' ill ormation U Tilf' Gilb..,t Wf t nrd II, W01. I .

Sfh (lI/rl, Ilaynl()// Rt'ndr, FL 33426.

ADVERTISING FOR A HUSBANDby Harry Hampton, A.B.

M ou In May Vivian and • w r at d to-~ th r, on pi ant umm r aft moon. Ma Iwild, ompul Iv creatur ,y1 Idlng hers Ifwlthoutr tra.lnt to an caprice orwhim that nl ro her~ rUl fan . She had b n ItUng tlent for two fullmJnut . I'walted pall nU ,w 11 knOWing that hw brooding over some new ch m of mJ chi f.whl h In due Lim would b communicated to rn .

"Do you know, Annie" aid h ,at I n~, turn­Ing her parldlng y and ro~ul h fac toward m .... h an Idea."

"lnd ed, that I quit natural for you," 1 r ­marJ<, d. "Bu t1 never hall gue whalltl: 0 don'tk epmean longerln u p n ,mach recousin ."

"w 11, th n, you ar 0 tupld.. uppo •mu t t 11 you. I mean to advertl for a hu band.I n't It capllalld aT

"Wh, ay, you are perfi ctl razy. Ar youreall In uch hast to get mam d that you can'tw It lIll ornebody propo e ? • am very ur, at ahint from ou, harl s V mon .....

"Hu h, hu h. ou In," atd he:' ou ar r allmor upld than I took ou for, oryou would knowth t I only meant It for ajok , and th re would bu h fun In r c Mng I tt from ultor of ery

kind and de~r . I must and will do It:'So a ng. h lripp d gayly to th de k, and

taking out a h t of paper, be~an to write rapldl ."Th r , atd he, a h hand d It for my j n p c­

lion, "how will that do?"• r ad follow:"HU B D WED. -- A young lad. of r -

p tabl famu ,I de lrou offormJng m trlmonalconn cLion. She I ralh r prell , highly accom­pli h d, and po e a mod rate fortun ,whichI enUr I at h rdl po al, She h jU t attained thag of nln t n. Her obj ct In coming b fore thpublic In thl mann r I explain d b th fact th t

hid Irou of making our In Europ ,whl hwould r nder Lh pr n of mal prot tornec ary. An on who m y be dl po d to avatlthem Ive of Lhl opportunlt ,will ddr a I t­t r, ommunl aUn~ hi bu In ,and an oth rparU ulars which lh y rna d em of Int r l, toX.Y.Z.. through lh Po t om :.

"lfyou really are In amesl, Ma :' atd I. hand­Ing b ck Lh pap r,". think Lhl will do admirably.To teU the truth, 1 don't think the plan a bad one,and will ~l dly aid you to d elph r lb varioumanu rlpt whl h rna be ubmltt d to ourIn p CUon."

The adv rtl m nL wa cordln~ nt to thCO2 It ,wh r It app ar din du Lim . May---

and I walted with all th ImpaU nee of children forlbe I u of thiS bold v ntur , A da or two aft r­ward ,we had lh plea ure of receiving a letter, Ina brown nvelop. dtr t d In a bu In hand 0

MI X.Y.Z. The cont nt w r follow:

"To X.Y.Z. -- D ar MI : -- H pp nlng to looko ron ofth dip p ,th olb rd y,l noU dyouradv rtl m ntforahu band.Shouldb h ppyto propo my If, In It hould m ~r able.Have no objection to mak a tower in Europ .1 amb trad a but h r, 11k wi e widow r wi h nchildren. Can lea lh m a hom In charg of ahou eke p r, whU making th (0 r. Didn't ob­. rve wh ther you menUoned how larg your for­tun w .

R P ctfull , ours to command,amu I CUe :'

"Short and wet:' d l.le ughlng. "W U, Mawhatdoyou thlnkoflt?WlIlyou b om Mr . Clland moth r of t n childr n?"

.. ous U Trons," atd h. mlling. "Let u wfor th r I."

The next morning' matl rought lhr morcommu nicallon . Th n l w In anted n­

lop, and wa vtd nUy from a younger and morefa hlonable woo r than the first.

"D ar t MI : -- v rdld th un hln morbTighUy upon my I t n th non th t ntfulmomln wh n my y r t d upon our adv rtl ­m n . A thrill of ardor p rvad d my fram ,and mh art whl p red, 'At length hall thy un aLi n d

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March·April1992 NEWSBOY Page 13

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'W ll. wh t will au do bout It." k d.lookin up,

'TIl very que lion I about to k y u,"'''Th n, tf au will Lake my advi , au will

appoint a I" nd mou ,and mak your pp aranlh r. 10 I II d. a lhatyou can pre TV yourIn o~nlto. You will then wh tour. I" p t­fully,' h to a for him If."

'Th very thtn~. I w 11 do II."Th me l\n~ wa d Id d upon. r. mon

b In~ Infonn d by I t I" tha at a rtaln h ur hwould m tidy 10 ely veiled. and dfi d Inblu mantilla. In publi prom n d .

It would b difficult to anal e th ehara leI" ofMa . ~ elln~. . . wilh ralh I" a tr mulou h art.

he t out for he r ndezvou. h had rtaJnlthou~ht Lhat harl man wa attach d to h r.and h ould not on al Lh t h w not Indifli 1"-

"Dear MJ : -- I hay read our advertl m nl.and I am r ad to comply with it r qui Ilion .hould furth r acqualntan prav It de lrabl . Ifau will appoint an lnt rvt w, I wlU me tyou. and

w wUl com to d I Ion.You r p LfullChari

Jo hu

001" I" mark dIt I" Indl~nanU .

"It' from am old fanner, who h b nab helorb cu· h could find no on fooli h nou~h tothrow h lf away on him, I hay no doubt:'

For Lh two d followln~. ml Iv ofa harn -tel" lmilar to Lho quo ed boy crowd din. Th I"

W I" ofalld rtpUon .fromlhedeli ale1 - c nt d

X.Y.Z.: -- In a new pap rLhatI borrow d. t'oth rd. of nabor SmiLh. I douradv rtl m nl. and thinks 0 my elf, Jo h, that"~ood han for au. I'm fift old om prtn~,

but I'll ov rlook ourb Inp; a oun~, (quit on Id-rat ,truly)andwlllluv ouJu tthe am tfyou

wur old r. Iliv in a two- tory hou ,quit onv­nf nt. fi nlc room. and k ep tor. I hould bwlUlnp; to hi um h Ip 0 d w part of Lh hou -work. in hay1n~ lim, for my moral harncter. In v I" h ard nobod ything agln It. ltrav lIn~ to Europ ,I can't go th l. no how. lthinkllwouldb adeart mptln'ofProvtd n eta 10 I"th foamy billow, a m n ph w Thom (who I

po l. and h b n razy th two ears). allth m, Be Id ,It" dr dful exp n ive. I alculat Itwould a t two or lhre hundr d dollars. Hopln~that ou w1ll an weI" right off, a I hall h v to g ta hou k ep I" unl au becom my wlf< . I l,gnmy If,

"Quite nllm ntal, on m word, Reali, aumu t lak lhl Into on Iderallon. Th re' noknowln~what ma b th can qu n e of a r j e-lion. Let u pI" ed."'

The next I tter ran in thl wi :--

10n~ln~ b app a d, and Lhy w alLh of 10 e find anttln~ obJ ct.' In lh v ry lum of lh ntenc II" ad Lh charncl 1", and I f< It Lha to woo and winlh would b h ppln Ind d. Yet on lhln~ I dorep;rel. Thou art rt h. Pert h Lh paltry h Iwould Lhatthou wert poor, Lhat one ml~ht pro tolh how mu h of pur . unmerc nary loy mybo am fiU

"Let m add Lhat J am on of tho whom ruelTrade ha lz din h r mbrac ,and bound wlLhIron haln, In other word , I am I rk In lh

tabli hm ntof ubbtn o.And now. farew III"Dear maid, wh t 'er fall,

My h rt I thin :And thou .. th I" 's raptur In lh lhoup;ht ..

Thou mayst min:'ar I u Llndl ,"

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Horatio Alger Jr.or, Harry Hampton, A.B.( ol1tim/(d from Pa, e 13)

enllo her. The Id a ofh1 altachm nt to herwa tonc removed by hi an wertng her ad ertJern nt.a pro e din whlch ertalnly did nOl m al allon onanL with hl charcter. and on for which

M y was v ry much puzzled to account. Shall I athat h w notex mplfromthatunlv aH malcharncl rI tic. curio I . and thal th1 wa one ofth prin Ipal moUve which prompted the pre enlme tin,r(?

r. mon was on th p;round at the timappoint d. As oon as h r cop;nlz d th blumantill . h walk d up to MI Vivian. and Intro­du ed him if.

Ma un wered hi Inqulrte In a 10 ton. bulould not b induced lo lay Ide h r 11.

Th f!, nUeman w evid nU pi d."Do you know," aid h . with a mll whl h to

a a or d om wh t of u plclon. "thal oumbl fair friend of mlne v ry do 1 ."

"M I k whom?" ked Ma . with Int r"MI May Vlvtan -- a you nf!, lady of f!,r l b aud c ompli hment -- who om Ume prom­

n d In a p;r n v 11 and a blu manUll ,'.M w that he w dl over d. and resol d

to com off with good a gra a po Ibl."I . Mr. Vernon," h ald. throwlnf!, b k h r

v 11. "th l It I Impo Ible lo de Iv ou. Yet. ownthal I h pI d m pan In thl om d withlol rabl u

"R adll. d 1am r ad to onCi th l Lfl hadnot known b for hand whom 1w to m t. the 11and manUlla would h v dived m . You ar

urprl d at m knowl dp,e of our r l. Theplanallon I very Imple.I awyour rvanl tthe

Po t Otric . p aldnp; In a low ton with one of thI r . omlng up uddenl. 1 h ard th nam.

X.Y.Z.. whl h. coupl d with the dv rtl emenl Ih d n. and our w U-known prop n Ity forprcUcal joke . I l minto th ecr t. I d termlned

l once to an wer our ad erU ement. and -- ouknow th re u11."

''You have play dour rol veryw U. Mr. monoand Lf ou ar willing to ort hom th lad_ In thblu manUlla, I will ho you om of th leltewhich h ve come to X.Y,Z,' ddr

" olhlnp; will f!,lve m p,r at r pIe ure. Bul Imu t firsl lmpan to ou th real obj ct of mme Unp, ou to-d y. I am not to th lad In th

blue mantilla, but -- to lay my h art at theJe t ojMiss Vivian. Will h ac pt ItT

·'What. ou would con ert my jok Into ob ram t? Why. thal will poll th who!," d M y.

laup,hinp, to avoid howinf!, h r onfu Ion.ev rth I . In du cou ofUrn the marrl~

ofMa and Charle Vernon w c I brat d with theu ual 01 mnlUe . Sh often laup,h over th un ­p cled I u of "AdverU Inp, for a Hu band,"

Would an of my read Uke lo try the exp ri-m nt?

Thi cartoon tttled "The Adventures of a Newsboy·was pubUshed In Ballou's Dollar Monthly Maga­zine in December, 1869, and was submitted byE.M. Sonchez-Soavedra (PF-788).

March-April 1992 NEWSBOY Page 15

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NEWSBOY

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Armstrong-Browning library: Houses the world'smost distinguished collection of the works of ElizabethBarrett Browning and Robert Browning. One of thelibrary's features IS the 40-by-40 foot Med~atlon Room.along with the largest secular stained glass collection Inthe world. Located on the Baylor campus at Speight andSouth 8th Street.

Dr. Pepper Museum: Step intoyesteryear's turn of thecentury soda fountain I Home of the ·pepper upper o· theonginal Romanesque bottling works offers memora­bilia and Waco hosp~ality.

Historic Waco Homes: The Fort House. Earl-NapierKinnard House, Harrison House, McCuliouch House.East Terrace, HoHmanette House and the Madison­Cooper House are all beautifully restored Mansions.The Waco Tourist Information Center will provide infor­mation on touring the homes.

Historic Hippodrome Theatre: Afive-year restorationprogram has reopened this vaudeville and silent filmstage. bUlh in 1914. John Wayne, Elvis Presley andAnn-Margret have all appeared here.

Lake Brazos: At the confluence of the Bosque andBrazos Rivers, this town lake IS formed by a low-waterdam. The lake is the site of various festIVals. rowingregattas and world championship boat racing.

Strecker Museum: Located on the Baylor Universitycampus, this IS the oldes natural history museum inTexas. Visitors can view displays of live reptiles and fish.along with dioramas and mammoth remains.

Suspension Bridge: Dedicated in 1870, hIS bndge IS

used by foot traffic alone today. The sne of breakfasts,wedding receptions, Fourth of July fireworks and otherevents. the old bridge connects Indian Spnng Park onthe west bank and Martin Luther King Jr. Park on theeast bank. The bridge was a working model for thefamous Brooklyn Bndge.

Texas Ranger Museum: Contains an exceptional col­lection of guns, Indian artifacts, antiques and lore of thereal old west that lIVes on through Texas' original lawenforcement agency, the Texas Rangers. Muhimedlashows run every hour and a grf1 shop IS located In themuseum complex.

Texas Sports Museum: Located at Waco Dnve and14th Street. the museum includes a tennis hall of famealong with the Texas High School Football and Basket­ball Hall of Fame.