Purity of Sidewalks: New England Cities Offer Rewards for Conviction of Spitters
Item
Title
Purity of Sidewalks: New England Cities Offer Rewards for Conviction of Spitters
Creator
Williams, Allen Samuel
Description
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."
Date
1907 September 2
Language
English
Type
Newspaper Article
Identifier
Coverage
1907, New England
Place
New York, New York
URL
Publication Title
New York Times