Word: 43c
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...chambermaid in a hotel. The house detective found that she had a prison record, insisted that she be not allowed in the guests' rooms. She was offered a job in the kitchen. "They were pleasant about it," she said. From Pittsburgh she went to Manhattan, arrived with only 43c. The Salvation Army gave her food and a night's lodging for 30c, and the United Charities found her a job in the Contagious Hospital. "New York treated me better than any other city," she declared...
...Today," said Mr. Firestone, "rubber is about 43c. a pound−and the world is threatened with a shortage...