Louis Birch, newsboy, 12 years of age. Just started selling. Made 10 cents one day. Father dead. While not under any compulsion to sell papers, louis, of his own accord, took it up in order to help support his widowed mother. Location: Wilmington, Delaware (47/99)

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Louis Birch, newsboy, 12 years of age. Just started selling. Made 10 cents one day. Father dead. While not under any compulsion to sell papers, louis, of his own accord, took it up in order to help support his widowed mother. Location: Wilmington, Delaware

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