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The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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I was lying in bed sick when, on January 5th, 1868, the first issue came out. Understandably, the party line and the competition tried to alienate from me János Jankó, the illustrator of the…

Contributor:

Adolf Ágai

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Politics, Artists, Satire, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
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Subscription for the Year 1903 to the First Daily Zhargon (Yiddish) Newspaper in Russia, Der frayndPublished in Saint Petersburg by Sh. Ginzburg and Sh. Rapaport [S. An-ski]

Contributor:

Shaul Ginsburg

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Yiddish, Writing, Jewish identity, Jewish languages

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Advertisements, Reportage
Page of printed Yiddish text, with one line of Russian text at the bottom of the page.