NO CIGARETTES FOR BOYS, Public School Children Bought Them of a Woman

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NO CIGARETTES FOR BOYS, Public School Children Bought Them of a Woman

Description

An article describing how E.H Hubbell (the Commissioner of Education for the state of New York) accused Susan Balter of selling cigarettes to Charles McGovern and John Keheler (both were twelve-year-old boys). This article demonstrates how citizens focused on moralizing youth (by preventing them from smoking cigarettes) and how the New York Board of Education dealt with affairs.

Publisher

New York Evening World

Date

1895-01-10

Coverage

New York City

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