Child labor in New York flower trade shocks readers
A Consumers' League report details that 74 percent of artificial flowers in the United States are made in New York City tenements, with children as young as four to eleven working long hours for meager pay. It describes grim conditions, low wages, and the broader push to end child labor and improve unsafe home factories.
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United States
New York City
Israel Zevin
New York Herald
Consumers’ League
New York State
Italy
Board of Health
Margarita Rozzoni
Giovanna
Kip
St»Ysta
Tony
League
Luck and Laughs In A Quick Read
In Luck. Noah tells Japhet they can build a ship without funds. Millions use Red Cross Ball Blue to refresh clothes. A joke about grand opera and a child’s question about Samson follow.
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Noah
Japhet
Grover
Adv
Cuticura Ointment Hair Treatment Ad Promises Relief
An advertisement claims Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap hot shampoo can ease irritated scalps, dandruff, itching and hair loss. Free samples offered by mail via Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Also notes quotes about human beings and a brief line on fruit farming progress in South Africa.
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Dept. L
Boston
Spearminto Tooth Paste Promises Safe Dental Care
An advertisement promotes Spearminto Tooth Paste claiming it prevents tartar deposits with a pure formula by John O. Nutler DDS. The ad touts no alcohol or coloring and urges daily use, dentist consultation, and mail orders from The Spearminto Co in Chicago with a 25 cent price and a 4 cent mailing directions offer.
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Nutler
Spearminto
Chicago
Growing White Clover In Lawns
White clover is annual and spreads only by seed while most clovers are biennial or perennial. To have volunteer white clover next year, do not cut the lawn so short that ripe heads can form seed. Some people continuously reseed and get no self propagation.
Freckles cure touted in olime double strength
An advertisement touts ethine double strength for freckle removal with nightly and morning applications. One ounce claimed sufficient to clear skin and restore complexion, guaranteed or money back. Also mentions bird sanctuary plan and a joke line about turkey.
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Seo
Bkact
Apohn Menical CO
Goshen, Ind, U. S. A
Johnnie
Samson
Lincolns
Mark Twains
Walt Whitmans
Boston Globe
South Africa
Western
Canada
New York
Montreal
Helat
M, Bets
Natne Aine
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