Here’s a holiday cartoon that greeted readers of the New Era 100 years ago, on Jan. 1, 1909:

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One hundred years ago, in December 1908, the U.S. economy was rebounding from the “Panic of 1907,” in which the stock market had fallen 50 percent from its peak in 1906.
The nation was still in recession in early 1908, but was recovering by the end of the year. That’s the context for this cartoon, which […]

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Here’s a little hundred-year-old humor for a cold, rainy Friday. Still worth a chuckle after all those years, I’d say.
This cartoon was published in the New Era on Jan. 9, 1909.

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