Joseph Wench, newsboy, 315 W. 2nd St. 7 years of age. Selling papers 2 years Average earnings 50 cents per week. Selling papers own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. Works 6 hours per day. Mother and father separated. Lives with grandmother. This boy was found on King St. (marked), eating rotted orange which he picked up from the gutter. He was bare footed, shabbily clad and seemed under fed. When asked whether grandmother needed his earnings, he replied that she was comfortable and that he wanted money to go to moving pictures and buy candy.

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Joseph Wench, newsboy,. Selling papers 2 years Average earnings 50 cents per week.

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Location: United States
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License: Licensed
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Keywords: 1910, child, children, labor, newsboys, newsies, newspapers, photographic