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PAY OF NEEDLE-WOMEN AND SILK CULTURE REPORTS
Editorial surveys pay for needle workers in undergarments and small goods, noting wages often at five to six dollars weekly, with forewomen earning fifteen to twenty dollars a week. It also covers silk culture experiments in Philadelphia and New Orleans, detailing costs, yields, and profits, calling the industry discouraged but noting rising reeled silk prices. It closes with local notices on liquor options, language quirks, Dakota news, and editorial views on newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess
Stont
Philiadelphia
New Orleans
Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Orleans
Lapor
Prof
Riley
Dalrymple
Jamestown
Borg
Wheeler
Malone
N. Y
Wenthworth
Mey
Minneapolis
Aberdeen
New York South End
Dakota
Cleveland
Sioux City Journal
Wessington Springs
Northwestern
C. M. & St. Paul
Manitoba
Mitchell
Iromen
Mitchell Republican
Sioux City
Nebraska
Vatota
Rev C. Bhava
Scotland
Farey
St. Louis
Union
Higerton
Faulkton
Campbell
Hurga
Palmer
Mellette
Mat
Watertown
Price
Sioux
Plummer
Aberdetn
Kleiner
Pierre
Merchants Association of Milwaukee
Chicago,lilw Paul
John Plankinton
Milwaukee
Plankinton
White Lake
Chamberlain Register