"Mule in the Yard", 249 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
249
Order within Page:
2
First 8-10 words of event:
(time was when she made her weekly rounds
Page Event Ends:
249
Era:
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present:
Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Monday, January 1, 1900 to Saturday, December 31, 1910
Notes:
Dating of "event" of Het's rounds with carpetbag based on history of "ten-cent stores" in U.S.
Summary:
Old Het stops using a carpetbag on her weekly rounds of the neighborhood kitchens and replaces it with the new paper bags brought to town with "the advent of the ten-cent stores" (249).
Chronological Order:
1.00
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
poverty
carpetbag
Progress
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