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								She had next place at the table to me in the paper-box factory. CHAPTER XIV 2010 
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								And when I was working in the paper-box factory I thought I loved a clerk in Kahn's CHAPTER XI 2010 
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								He worked as a night watchman, hawked potatoes on the street, pasted labels in a cannery warehouse, was utility man in a paper-box factory, and water-carrier for a street railway construction gang, and even joined the Dishwashers 'Union just before it fell to pieces. Chapter 16: The End 2010 
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								When you left the orphan asylum and how old you were, how long you worked in the jute mills, the cannery, the paper-box factory, the laundry -- maybe you think I can't do addition. CHAPTER XI 2010 
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								Here, for instance, I wanted to have my girls taught the trade of paper-box makers. Les Miserables 2008 
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								When I think that I wanted to have my two girls taught the middle-class paper-box trade, the making of boxes for New Les Miserables 2008 
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								A little girl by the name of Agnes, who lives in Maine, and who much enjoys "The Nursery," has a beautiful, bright canary, which her papa brought her one day in a paper-box. The Nursery, No. 106, October, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Various 
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								Or again, if he wishes the pupils to learn the construction of a paper-box or fire-place, would he not be justified in directing them to make certain folds, to do certain cutting, and to join together the various sections in a certain way, and then asking them to note the result? Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education Ontario. Ministry of Education 
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								Rosie worked in a paper-box factory, and next evening Peter took her out to dinner, and their eager flirtation went on. 100\%: the Story of a Patriot Upton Sinclair 1923 
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								Near the ribbons we saw a paper-box factory, where a number of high-spirited young women were busy at their machines. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Christopher Morley 1923 
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