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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1883
Page
8
A condensed reprint contrasts 1843 labor pay and living costs with modern times. It notes daily wages from fifty cents to two dollars, low rents of twenty five to forty dollars yearly, and varied food costs. The piece argues workers today earn more for comparable skill, reflecting overall improvement since then.
A Hartford reader recounts a Grass and River Streets congregation aiding a man posing as destitute. A ring, a mock wedding, and a grand feast followed as actors exposed him. He fled, later jailed in Cald., and the tale closes with a quip about a self aware boy and a miniature church sent to a fair.
Fragmentary OCR notes list stations and cities including Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Baltimore again with references to G P.G. and K. Lord. The text is incomplete, offering only place names and initials without a clear event or action.
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