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Pidgin English and old salary anecdotes surface in Dorchester text
Hartford City Assessor Fred H Newton notes that 150 years ago workers earned 25 cents per thousand on the grand list. At that rate his pay would be 129201 annually, sixteens times his current salary, though he won’t push for the old wage. The piece mentions Quebec as a historic Canadian city and includes a dense Daily Crossword with many clues and answers from yesterday.
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