Hobo News

It was published in St. Louis, Missouri, and Cincinnati[1][2] by the International Brotherhood Welfare Association (IBWA) and its founder James Eads How.

[4][5] Hobo News was published monthly with 16 pages and no advertisements,[1] and was distributed by street sellers for five cents[3][6] in bohemian areas.

[7] Content included poems, essays, travelogues, and articles about the life and lore of hobos, as well as news about labor organizing and unemployment.

It was mostly read by the hobos themselves but sometimes sold to the public as a way for the homeless to make money without begging, much like a modern street paper.

Its highest circulation was 50,000, and it was published by Ben "Coast Kid" (Hobo) Benson and under the direction of Pat "The Roaming Dreamer" Mulkern.

[10] It contained advice for hobos, opinion pieces, cartoons, etc., and was sold for ten cents on street corners.