slight antedating of hobo (April 19, 1888)

[Stephen Goranson]

Paper: Kansas City Star, published as The Kansas City Star;  Date: 04-19-1888;
Volume: 14;  Issue: 184;  Page: [2]; [col. 6] [America's Historical
Newspapers]
KANSAS NOTES
....Wichita is struggling with the problem of reducing its "hobo" surplus.
"Hobo" is Wichita for tramp.

Headline: East Grand Forks News; Article Type: News/Opinion
Paper: Grand Forks Herald, published as The Daily Herald; Date: 07-20-1888;
Volume: 14; Issue: 68; Page: [4]; [col 4} North Dakota [Am. Hist. News.]
EAST GRAND FORKS NEWS
....A genuine hobo tried to run the Point on Wednesday evening. He
started in by
flashing his razor and cutting a young man's coat....

Later articles give the plural variously as hobos and hoboes.

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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