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91.0289 - Matchbox
2 boxes of matches - Lights in Darkest England WILLIAM BOOTH OPENED A SAFE MATCHBOX FACTORY TO OVERCOME PHOSSY JAW HEALTH PROBLEM SOCIAL EVIL OF THE DAY.
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91.0289.1 - Matchbox
matchbox Lights In Darkest England. Security From Fire - Fair Wages For Fair Work - The Salvation Army Social Wing. "William Booth protested the working condition in Britain's exploitative match-making industry by opening his own match factory in 1891. he proved that it was economically possible to produce the newly-invented safety match without subjecting the workers to the painful and disgusting disease necrosis or 'phossy jaw'. Thus The Salv...
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