Bird Center cartoons, a chronicle of social happenings at Bird Center, Illinois; pictures and text (1904)
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 · Chicago, A.C. McClurg & co. · leaf 70
Riley Peters got off agood joke on the chil-dren out at tlie BirdCenter Fair last Thurs-day. He painted one ofthe prize pumpkins sothat all the little boysand girls were quite star-tled. Riley is a greatpractical joker. … Mr. Cyrus Hombeckentered his trotting mareGypsy Queen for theMrs. Riley Withers bysweepstakes, but wasbeaten by an unknownhorse, entered under thename of Capt. Fry.There is considerablespeculation as to whoowns the strange entry.Mr. Hornbeck is muchvexed about the matter,and vows to be revenged.
Wit and humor, Pictorial
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