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Bowing to Public Demands for Honest Lodgings and Low Prices
An old city proposal outlines a practical plan to house workers and travelers in a plain fireproof hotel near a railroad station. It would offer 50 cent rooms with meals, emphasize cleanliness and moderation, and require good moral character and weekly payment for admission. The plan argues such a facility could profit while serving limited means.
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Mary
Teadle
E. H. Sanford
Chicago Times