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Two Beaumont messengers, 14 and 17 years old. The latter has been messenger here for 2 years. Works until midnight. The Red Light District flourished here. Location: Beaumont, Texas

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Twelve year old messenger #7. Edison Green. Works on day shift now. "I got acquainted with the Red Light people over in Oklahoma City where I was messenger for three years, but I carry messages out to them here." Location: Houston, Texas

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Eleven year old Western Union messenger #51. J.T. Marshall. Been day boy here for five months. Goes to Red Light district some and knows some of the girls. Location: Houston, Texas

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Marion Davis, Messenger #21 for Bellevue Messenger Service. Fourteen years old. "Been messenger, off and on, for two years. Not supposed to go to the Reservation under sixteen years, but I do just the same. The boss don't care and the cops don't stop me." Location: Houston, Texas.

Two Beaumont messengers, 14 and 17 years old. The latter has been messenger here for 2 years. Works until midnight. The Red Light District flourished here. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

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01/01/1913
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Beaumont (Tex.) ,  30.08611, -94.10194
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11 P.M. Messenger boys going home at close of shift. One called away to go with message. Where? Both telegraph offices are almost next door to a caf --boulevard frequented by street walkers and worse? Many of there women parade the streets and the boys meet them constantly and are called frequently into house of ill repute. Location: New Haven, Connecticut

"General Taylor never surrenders": Santa Anna's messengers requesting Genl. Taylor to surrender his forces at discretion, previous to the battle of Buena Vista

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New Haven, Conn., March 8, 1909. Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

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November 2, 1793, Botetourt, Alexander Smyth, administrator of Reverend Adam Smyth's estate, for back pay and property rights of the latter.

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