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Our Boarding House
Our Boarding House
was created in 1921 by Gene Ahern for the comics section of
newspapers. Ahern produced the cartoon featuring Major Hoople until 1936 (he was
still credited as late as 1937). The cartoon was continued by a number of other
cartoonists until its ultimate demise in 1981. There were several references to
corkscrews in the cartoon
.
1923