Hobo News

Cover of the "Hobo" News in the late 1910s

Hobo News, alternately "Hobo" News, was an early 20th-century newspaper for homeless migrant workers (hobos). It was published in St. Louis, Missouri, and Cincinnati[1][2] by the International Brotherhood Welfare Association (IBWA) and its founder James Eads How. Hobo News was important for legitimatizing the hobo identity[3] and has been credited as a predecessor to the modern street newspaper movement.[4][5]

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  2. ^ Dodge, Chris (August 1999). "Words on the Street: Homeless People's Newspapers". American Libraries. pp. 60–62. Archived from the original on 29 July 2009.
  3. ^ DePastino, Todd (2003). Citizen hobo: how a century of homelessness shaped America. University of Chicago Press. pp. 103-. ISBN 0-226-14378-3. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
  4. ^ Howley, Kevin (2005). Community Media: People, Places, and Communication Technologies. Cambridge University Press. pp. 62–4. ISBN 0-521-79228-2.
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