 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - 1883 - 304 pages
...little sketch of it and its surroundings : — Lowell, in 1835, was little more than a factory village. Help was in great demand, and fabulous stories were...to lonely and dependent women in distant towns and farm houses. Into this Yankee El Dorado the needy people began to pour by the various modes of travel... | |
 | American social science assoc - 1882 - 200 pages
...demand and stories were told all over the country of the new factory place, and the high wages that were offered to all classes of work-people ; stories that reached the ears of mechanics' and farmers' sons and gave new life to lonely and dependent women iu distant towns and farm-houses. Into... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - 1883 - 334 pages
...village. Help was in great demand, and fabulous stories were told of the new town (formerly Chclmsford) and the high wages offered to all classes of work-people ; stories that reached the ears of mechanies and machinists in all parts of New England, and gave new life to lonely and dependent women... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - 1889 - 98 pages
...demand and stories were told all over the country of the new factory place, and the high wages that were offered to all classes of work-people; stories that reached the ears of mechanics' and farmers' sons and gave new life to lonely and dependent women in distant towns and farm-houses. Into... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - 1898 - 280 pages
...; and stories were told all over the country of the new factory town, and the high wages that were offered to all classes of work-people, — stories that reached the ears of mechanics' and farmers' sons, and gave new life to lonely and dependent women in distant towns and farmhouses. Into... | |
 | Massachusetts. Department of Labor and Industries. Division of Statistics - 1906 - 654 pages
...demand and stories were told of the new factory places, and the high (for the times) wages that were offered to all classes of workpeople ; stories that reached the ears of the sons and daughters of farmers and mechanics and gave new life to the lonely and .U I.KAM: ' 'RARLV... | |
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... and farmers' sons and gave new life to lonely and dependent women in distant towns and farm-houses. Into this Yankee El Dorado these needy people began to pour by the various modes of travel known to those slow old days. The... 