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  2. Waste picker - Wikipedia

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    Many terms are used to refer to people who salvage recyclables from the waste stream for sale or personal consumption. In English, these terms include rag picker, reclaimer, informal resource recoverer, binner, recycler, poacher, salvager, scavenger, and waste picker; in Spanish cartonero, chatarrero, pepenador, clasificador, minador and reciclador; and in Portuguese catador de materiais ...

  3. Rag-and-bone man - Wikipedia

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    A rag-and-bone man with his horse and cart on the streets of Streatham, southwest London in 1985 A rag-and-bone man in Croydon, London, May 2011 A 1954 report in The Manchester Guardian mentioned that some men could make as much as £25 (roughly equivalent to £865 now) per day collecting rags.

  4. Anthrax - Wikipedia

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    Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis or Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis. [2] Infection typically occurs by contact with the skin, inhalation, or intestinal absorption. [9]

  5. Cotton paper - Wikipedia

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    Cotton paper, also known as rag paper or rag stock paper, is made using cotton linters (fine fibers which stick to the cotton seeds after processing) ...

  6. Trial of Mary Fitzpatrick - Wikipedia

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    Mary Fitzpatrick (b.1855–1859) née Corcoran, alias Mary Anne Gollagher, was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. [nb 1] She was the daughter of Richard Corcoran (b.ca.1829) a greengrocer and labourer, and his wife Catherine née Connor (b.ca.1832), both from County Mayo. [2]

  7. Mother Shepherd - Wikipedia

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    In 1860 she married William Shepherd a carter. The couple remained in London after the rest of her family returned to Wales the following year. Her husband's family helped financially and she worked as a rag sorter and laundress to support her daughters - despite also developing a drinking problem. [1] Major James Dowdle of the Sally Army ...

  8. Was the Six Triple Eight Real? All About the History-Making ...

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    The Six Triple Eight, as the battalion was nicknamed, was tasked with sorting through 17 million pieces of undelivered mail in Europe and ensuring it was delivered to U.S. soldiers. At the time ...

  9. Karung guni - Wikipedia

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    "Karung guni" is a Malay phrase for gunny sack, which was used in the past to hold the newspapers.The karung guni would haul the heavy sacks on their backs as they walked their rounds to do the collection.