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Washington : C. T. Hunter's Official Guide Book (Classic Reprint) by W J Elliot

Excerpt from Washington: C. T. Hunter's Official Guide Book More to illustrate the vicissitudes experienced by the street waifs of large cities than to exploit the publisher of this book, the editor of the Official Guide deems this the proper place to say a few words on Mr. C. T. Hunter. It is but a few years since he was known as the "King of Washington News Boys." He is now only just past thirty years of age and since his fourth year he has been literally thrown upon the streets to make a living. At that baby-age he lost his father and the child through necessity took to the streets, selling newspapers to support his mother and still younger brother. In front of the Treasury building he daily sold the morning and evening papers, and wet or dry, cold or hot, the little childish voice could be heard by clerks, visitors and passers-by calling out the names of the different newspapers under his tiny arms. The boy grew and fought his way with his fists, his sunny disposition, his ever-ready good humor and obliging disposition, until he secured the acknowledgement from his fellow Arabs of being "King of the Bunch." Mr. Hunter early got inside the newspaper buildings and became an expert in the circulation department. He had wonderful control over the newsboys and they implicitly obeyed and believed in him. Hence many a "beat" he gave his rivals in other newspaper offices by "cornering" the boys and "filling them up" with his "extras." He has handled great and minor newspapers from the New York American to the Washington Mirror, and from one and all he has tributes to his honesty, faithfulness and integrity. The child and boy Hunter early learned the lesson that "honesty is the best policy" hence his sterling reputation at the age of thirty among the banks and business men of the Nation's capital. Branching out from the circulation department of the newspapers, Mr. Hunter opened various stores, along different lines of business, from Lunch Counters to Elevators, until he finally settled down some ten years ago at 113 Pennsylvania avenue, N. W., and opened a Bicycle Shop. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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