Temperance

    The first page opens with a poem titled "Spring,” followed by "How a Pawnee Got Ahead of a Cheyenne Chief: A Story as told by one of our Boys," in which a U.S. congressman’s position was chastised using an analogy of a Cheyenne-Pawnee skirmish. There is also a blurb about temperance on this page. Page two features many…

The first page opens with a poem titled "Sound Principle But Poor Poetry," followed by "A Boy Needs a Trade," about the degradation of a ditch digger reprinted from the Detroit Free Press. There is also an article called "A Sick Man who Wanted Whiskey." The second page includes a report in the shape of a turkey titled "Our Thanksgiving Turkey…