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For back numbers more than three month old , an additional charge of 5c for each month is made . Contributors are requested to write name and address on first page of MS . and on the back of each photograph or illustration submitted .
For back numbers more than three month old , an additional charge of 5c for each month is made . Contributors are requested to write name and address on first page of MS . and on the back of each photograph or illustration submitted .
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By attending strictly to her duties during eight hours of the day , a woman can make the equivalent of $ 17 a month at the switch . The officials have refused to pay more , and this is what led to employing women .
By attending strictly to her duties during eight hours of the day , a woman can make the equivalent of $ 17 a month at the switch . The officials have refused to pay more , and this is what led to employing women .
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The wages of both husband and wife are pooled at the end of the month , which permits them to live and raise their family without suffering all the hardships that usually fall to the lot of the laboring classes in Europe .
The wages of both husband and wife are pooled at the end of the month , which permits them to live and raise their family without suffering all the hardships that usually fall to the lot of the laboring classes in Europe .
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The men had been in the field over two months . Their clothing was ragged and dirty , and their shoes were mere frames of leather . Their faces were thin and haggard and grown with beards . The only bright part of their equipments were ...
The men had been in the field over two months . Their clothing was ragged and dirty , and their shoes were mere frames of leather . Their faces were thin and haggard and grown with beards . The only bright part of their equipments were ...
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The men had been in the field over two months . Their clothing was ragged and dirty , and their shoes were mere frames of leather . Their faces were thin and haggard and grown with beards . The only bright part of their equipments were ...
The men had been in the field over two months . Their clothing was ragged and dirty , and their shoes were mere frames of leather . Their faces were thin and haggard and grown with beards . The only bright part of their equipments were ...
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