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Chinese Laundrymen

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
September
Year
1876
Copyright
Public Domain
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More Chiramen aro employod in San Francisco in' laundry work than in any other kind of labor. In all parta of the city tlicir washhonses are to be found, every square blockeontainüig f rom four to six cstablishments of the kind. Nearly all the hotola and many of the public institutions emiiloy them, and tho washing of ïiino-tenths of the families in the city are performed by them. A systom prevaïis among these Chinese lanndrymen whercby the item of shop rent is rednce to tho most cconoinic.il ügure. Tito wnsh tirms occupy the sanie preiuiea and uso the same tubs and material?, öne flrm working duriug daylight, and nt (lark surrender the shop to Uie öthor, who occupy and use it uutil morning. pj this systein there isalso a saviug iu water and f nol. A strange f ccident, with fatal results, occurred to John Gonally, ol Kristol, Pontiao couuty, Qucbec, last week. lio was auiputatiug the tnil of a young lamb, as is custoinaty ivith farmers, when the animal, fc.t'ling tho kuife, made a spring to got away. This caused the inBtottmaAt tu cntor the youug inan's thigh and C4iit oue oí tUe principal arteries of tlio les? ao severely Ihnt ho hled to deatli.

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Old News
Michigan Argus