Agree, this might be a better example.
“Yes, it serves the purpose of deceiv-
ing applicants to a limited extent, but it
was originally got up for the benefit of one
person alone. The history of that notice
is somewhat roniuntic and would be a
good subject for a ‘yallar kiver.’ ”
I urged him to give me the story
http://www.mocavo.com/Valley-Herald-Volume-January-3-1878/957060/9
https://archive.org/stream/jan3187801vall/jan3187801vall_djvu.txt
………
And then we have this:
walking papers, pink slip, walking
ticket; yellow cover [Slang].
http://www.fullbooks.com/Roget-s-Thesaurus-of-English-Words-and10.html