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Catchy schemes lure women to pay two dollars
A Boston based concern advertises for women to send two dollars and materials to learn a so called fancy work that supposedly earns ten dollars weekly. The piece warns readers that the value received is likely minimal and labels such catch-penny schemes as scams. The passage also touches on Democratic party signals to farmers, reform school activities in Maine, and a note about Mrs. George H. Penoleon being the daughter of Francis Scott Key.
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