Purity of Sidewalks: New England Cities Offer Rewards for Conviction of Spitters

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Purity of Sidewalks: New England Cities Offer Rewards for Conviction of Spitters

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Brief letter to the editor acknowledging the local governments of Fall River, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island, forbidding the act of spitting on the sidewalk. Author suggests the positive effect of the law in these cities is perhaps due to their "foreign element."

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Williams, Allen Samuel

Date

1907 September 2

Language

English

Type

Newspaper Article

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1907, New England

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New York Times Internet Archive

Date

2 September 1907

Edition

Monday

Pages

p. 6 (430 words)

Place

New York, New York

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New York Times

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