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Mass tramp colony a Massachusetts experiment in reform
The St Paul Press notes Massachusetts plans a tramp colony to convert vagrants into workers on 2000 acres of land. Convicted vagrants serve two years, while others may work for a home for one year. The plan aims to address the tramp problem with practical American conditions. Mrs Lydia Spaulding of San Francisco loses 880 dollars crossing the Rockies. she is recovered in Denver after authorities act. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised as spring medicine. Mower and millinery ads mix with various goods and sales notices across a periodical page.
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St. Paul Press
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Lydia Spaulding
Bella Vista
San Fran Francisco
Rocky Mountains
Leadville
Colo
Pullman
Friends of the Lady
San Francisco
Thomas Hadley
Denver
Spaulding
Carlsbad
Germany
Spauldi
Virginia City