Peck's Sunshine / Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, / Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882
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George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916) was an American writer and politician who served as the 17th governor of Wisconsin. Peck was born in Henderson, New York, in 1840 and moved to Wisconsin as a toddler in 1843. In Wisconsin, he was a newspaper publisher who founded newspapers in Ripon and La Crosse. His La Crosse newspaper, The Sun, was founded in 1874. In 1878 Peck moved the newspaper to Milwaukee and renamed it Peck's Sun. The weekly newspaper contained humorous writings of Peck's including his famous Peck's Bad Boy stories. His works include: Adventures of One Terence McGrant (1871), Peck's Suns...
Chapters (115)
- PECK'S SUNSHINE
- Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis., Generally Calculated to Throw Sunshine Instead of Clouds on the Faces of Those Who Read Them.
- “NOT GUILTY.”
- PECK'S SUNSHINE.
- FEMALE DOCTORS WILL NEVER DO.
- CROSSMAN'S GOAT.
- A MEAN TRICK.
- A FEMALE KNIGHT OF PYTHIAS.
- THE TELESCOPE FISH-POLE CANE.
- AN ARM THAT IS NOT RELIABLE.
- BOUNCED FROM CHURCH FOR DANCING.
- POLICE SEARCHING WOMEN.
- A NOVEL SCENE IN MILWAUKEE POLICE COURT.
- ABOUT HELL.
- UNSCREWING THE TOP OF A FRUIT JAR.
- BUTTERMILK BIBBERS.
- AN ÆSTHETIC FEMALE CLUB BUSTED.
- FOOLING WITH THE BIBLE.
- COLORED CONCERT TROUPES.
- COULDN'T GET AWAY FROM HIM.
- DOGS AND HUMAN BEINGS.
- ARTHUR WILL KEEP A COW.
- SHALL THERE BE HUGGING IN THE PARKS?
- THE BOB-TAILED BADGER.
- CANNIBALS AND CORK LEGS.
- THE MINISTERIAL PUGILISTS.
- MUSIC ON THE WATERS.
- WOMAN-DOZING A DEMOCRAT.
- A LIVELY TRAIN LOAD.
- HOW SHARPER THAN A HOUND'S TOOTH.
- A SEWING MACHINE GIVEN TO THE BOSS GIRL.
- DON'T APPRECIATE KINDNESS.
- RELIGION AND FISH.
- A DOCTOR OF LAWS.
- THE DIFFERENCE IN HORSES.
- ADDICTED TO LIMBURG CHEESE.
- TERRIBLE TIME ON THE CARS.
- CHANGED SATCHELS.
- THE NAUGHTY BUT NICE CHURCH CHOIR.
- SENSE IN LITTLE BUGS.
- SUMMER RESORTING.
- THE GOSPEL CAR.
- INCIDENTS AT THE NEWHALL HOUSE FIRE.
- THE WAY WOMEN BOSS A PILLOW.
- THE DEADLY PAPER BAG
- THE VIRGINIA DUEL.
- THE DIFFERENCE.
- SPURIOUS TRIPE.
- A CASE OF PARALYSIS.
- MALE AND FEMALE MASHING.
- THE USES OF THE PAPER BAG.
- THE NEW COAL STOVE.
- A COLD, CHEERLESS RIDE.
- SOME TALK ABOUT MONOPOLIES.
- A BALD-HEADED MAN MOST CRAZY.
- ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS AT THEATRES.
- ALL ABOUT A SANDWICH.
- GOODWILL AND COMPASSION.
- THE FEMALE BURGLAR.
- THE GIRL THAT WAS HUGGED TO DEATH.
- OUR CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS HAVE GONE.
- THE SUDDEN FIRE-WORKS AT RACINE.
- YOUNG FOOLS WHO MARRY.
- LARGE MOUTHS ARE FASHIONABLE.
- LOOKING FOR A MOOLEY COW.
- THE HARMFUL HAMMOCK.
- BOYS AND CIRCUSES.
- A TRYING SITUATION.
- THE KIND OF A DOCTOR TO HAVE.
- THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ABE TALKING ABOUT.
- A KANSAS CYCLONE.
- HOW JEFF DAVIS WAS CAPTURED.
- THOSE BOLD, BAD DRUMMERS.
- ANGELS OR EAGLES.
- AN ACCIDENT ALL ABOUND.
- PRIZE FIGHTING AND MORMONISM.
- MISDEAL IN A SLEEPING CAR.
- PARALYSIS IN A THEATRE
- THE QUEEREST NAME.
- CHURCH KENO.
- THE ADVENT PREACHER AND THE BALLOON.
- THE CAUSE OF RHEUMATISM.
- HOW A GROCERY MAN WAS MAIMED.
- CAMP MEETING IN THE DARK OF THE MOON.
- ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CASK
- THE PIOUS DEACON AND THE WORLDLY COW.
- THE QUESTION OF CATS.
- THE KNIGHT AND THE BRIDAL CHAMBER.
- THE HOUSE GIRL RACE.
- THE TROUBLE MR. STOREY HAS.
- TRAGEDY ON THE STAGE.
- THE MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
- THE MAN FROM DUBUQUE.
- THE GIDDY GIRLS QUARREL.
- DON'T LEAVE YOUR GUM AROUND.
- THE WAY TO NAME CHILDREN.
- ABOUT RAILROAD CONDUCTORS.
- A HOT BOX AT A PICNIC.
- BROKE UP A PRAYER MEETING.
- SHOOTING ON SUNDAY, WITH THE MOUTH.
- A WASHINGTON SURPRISE PARTY.
- THE DIFFERENCE IN CLOTHES.
- A TEMPERANCE LECTURE THAT HURT.
- BRAVERY OF MRS. GARFIELD
- ILLUSTRATING THE ASSASSINATION.
- THE INFIDEL AND HIS SILVER MINE.
- THE GREAT MONOPOLIES.
- ANOTHER DEAD FAILURE.
- OUR BLUE-COATED DOG POISONERS.
- AND HE ROSE UP AND SPAKE.
- GOT IN THE WRONG PEW.
- PALACE CATTLE CARS.
- DUCK OR NO DINNER.
- THE GUINEA PIG.
- FAILURE OF A SOLID INSTITUTION.
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