![Two panels of a larger comic strip in which a rich man is served a plate of ice cream while a fool takes notice.](https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Clemens.png)
A Fool’s Cap and a Plate of Ice Cream
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A native of McDonough County, Illinois, Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell has built a reputation for his humorous drawings and poems which appear in Harper’s Weekly, Harper’s Bazaar, and other publications.
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Comic reproduced by the indefatigable Sara Clemens, Unwinnable Archivist, who absolutely loves a silent strip.