Harsh lesson for Irish emigrants from New York’s slums
An essay warns Irish youths and families in Ireland about emigration to the United States, detailing squalor in New York tenements, high living costs, and low wages. It describes crowded rooms, rotting meat, freezing winters, and heat in summer, with tragic cases and calls to reconsider the gamble of migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irela
United States
Maurice V. Beldy
New York
Ireland
Pittiw
New York City
Britain
Goa
Treasury statement details treasury balance and cattle market
Washington reports treasury balance in general fund excluding reserve. Market notes cattle receipts around 1,500 with beef prices near 30 to 60 dollars per head. Hogs receipts about 18,000. hog prices around 20 to 26 per hundredweight. Lambs and stockers show variable demand with Western markets cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Dv
Treasury
Gentral Fund
Neus Atus
Chicago
Hee
Yenringa
Sun
NOSTON WOOL MARKT Fragmentary Market Items Listed
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a wool market with references to domestic quotations and various grades. Mentions California Northern Oregon and Territory staples, with terms like fine clothing, half blood, three-eighths blood, and quarter blood. Some lines reference quantities, prices, and product types without complete context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poston
California
Ate
Minaie County
Irgae
Oregon
Flathead Navigation announces revised rail and steam routes
The Flathead Navigation Transportation Co announces schedule changes for Ravalli and Ravalli corridor service. Trains run Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays with a noon cutoff for the Feachine line. From there passengers transfer to steamer connections heading east along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacis
Ravalli
Haatathatta SA Na Coast Limited
Orth Peeee aRaGe St. Netucton
Lawyer Remonstrated In Court For Drunken Conduct
In a Philadelphia court a lawyer appeared intoxicated and the judge rebuked him as a disgrace to himself and family and the profession. The attorney retorted that the judge had never given a correct opinion in fifteen years in that court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
No new trial granted to Hyde and Schneider
Justice Stafford of the district of Columbia supreme court overruled the motions for a new trial by Frederick A Hyde and Joseph Behmnelder who were convicted last spring of conspiracy to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Schneider
Washington
Justice Stafford
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Frederick A. Hyde
Joseph Behmnelder
Government action aims to secure land grants in Oregon and Washington
A United States government motion related to securing land grants in Oregon and Washington appears unresolved, with the sentencing potentially postponed. Defendants claim jury coercion produced the verdict, arguing the jury acted under improper influence and that the evidence did not support the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Oregon
Washington
Novel competitions at seaside resorts entertain crowds
A London Tit Bits item reports on quirky seaside contests at Dirling Gap near Beachy Road and Filey in Yorkshire. Eastbourne’s team won a land and a half hour prawning event with an average catch of nine ounces, while Fernand claimed the top individual with 17 ounces. A treasure ground in New South Wales drew thousands as a gas nugget worth £0 was buried and later revealed, providing dramatic digger activity. Races included a sack event at Filey featuring Indian royalty, with the Johore sultanate heir Prince Abu Bakir and Prince Ahmed competing, the latter taking second prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dirling Gap
Beachy Road
Team Halling
Eastbourne
Iernand
Vastenson
Sydney
New South Wales
Yorkshire
India
Sultanate of
Johore
Abu Bakir
Ahmed
The Ben Davis Apple Debate And Market Hopes
A fruit dealer argues the Ben Davis apple is large and solid yet tasteless, best as a cooker. In Egypt belt Illinois growers sometimes fetch nine dollars a barrel, while the variety survives in different belts with varying storage and flavor traits. The piece mirrors a regional chatter about taste, price, and market quirks as a buyer interacts with the dealer amid other oddities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Davis
den Davis
Egypt Belt
Illinois
Ten Davis
Ben Davie
Susan
Egype
Chicago
South West
Davis
Unemployed Labor Help Urged in City Budget Hearing
The New York Post reports speakers urged a dedicated fund for the unemployed at the final city budget hearing. The piece notes expectations of a harsher winter with more jobless men, cites Roosevelt and Asquith on employment, and mentions England’s measures including public works and loans to local authorities to spur work.
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New York Post
TJ Wax
New York
Germany
England
Winston Church
Dundee
Local Government Board
Roosevelt
Asquith
House
Commons
Balfour
Dumfries
War Office
India
Making Work Policy Foretells Public Relief
The piece argues hastening useful public works to ease unemployment, noting benefits beyond mere job creation. It cites continental practices, cites Asquith on costs, and calls for full facts and careful study before embracing reforms, warning against nostrums while acknowledging genuine distress.
Wanted First Class Cook for Mining Camp 49 Miles from Butte
WANTED A FIRST CLASS COOK FOR mining camp 49 miles from Butte Call room 9 Harbour building Butte Weanes set Bell 1121.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Harbour
Hutte
Trade school ads seek workers and students Spokane and San Francisco
Wanted male help and graduates for barber trade eight week course. Jobs pay 15 to 5 weekly with free tuition. Also light gas machines on premises for lighting and cooking. Colleges advertise flexible hours, free catalogues. Coyne National Trade School San Francisco advertises positions secured and classes with no books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toole
Cate
Jomue
Maler Sytem’ Colleges
Front Ave
Spokane
Coyne National Trade School
San Francisco
Wanted nurse and barber ad requests in city listings
Classified ad fragment seeks a trustworthy nurse with years of experience in Shinneapolis and mentions references. Also lists a first class barber seeking a town position and a confinement nursing request. Contact Mrs Scurry at 4108 Arizona, Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shinneapolis
Wiahee
Park
Butte
Barber
Elity
Town
Con- Fnement
Scurry
Arizona
Wanted a Sale Men
Classified notice seeking salesmen skilled with city experience. Call Frank W Parker during morning or afternoon hours.
Wanted agents and canvassers in Butte
WANTED AGENTS A Goop HUSTLER to sell accident and health insurance in Butte a splendid proposition for the Hight man Call 62 3 Phoenix block Frank Parker. WANTED TWO HOUSE TO HOUSE canvassers on good paying proposition Inquire room 102 Florence hotel Butte
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Phoenix Block
Frank "Parker
Florence Hotel
WANTED ITEMS AND HELP WANTED IN BUTTE OBSERVED
Wanted party with capital to enter good paying business inquire Butte Novelty works. Wanted horses to winter in sheds inquire Sloane stable Tom Pelmoe Butte. WANTED BAR rice paid Daveys care way Butte. Highest cash price for second hand goods. Tel Liat Ind.
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Inquire
Butte Novelty Works
Sloane Stable
Butte
Davey's
Cheggs
Orchsli
Edwyy
Tel
Liat Ind
City cleaning and dyeing firms advertise services
Various ads list dyeing and cleaning firms in multiple cities including Sylvain Brothers and Parisian Dyehouse French dyeing and cleaning. Other notices mention carpet cleaning, hat dressing and skin care products. A charity editorial urges prudent, proactive giving amid an approaching urgent need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvain” Bros
W. Broadway
W. Galen Carpet Cleaning Co
Bell
Ind
Montana
Butte
Sisters Wed Twice In One Chicago Ceremony
Mrs. Alphh Sweeney of 179 Kenmore Avenue led seven of her eight daughters in a wedding event at St. Marys of the Lake church. Katherine Sweeney Hyland and Allee Sweeney Dunne married Thomas J. Hyland and Gerald Dunne, as witnesses noted the family resemblance and playful nerves among the brides and their bridesmaids.
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Chicago News
Alphh Sweeney
Kenmore Anne
Daughte
Miss Katherine
Miss Allee
St. Mary's of the Lake Church
Thomas J. Hyland
Gerald Dunne
Katherine
Waltzing Dik
Moneylenders advertise in Butte real estate and loan notices
The page lists numerous loan offerings with and without security, promising low rates and quick terms. Advertisers include Tolman, Meline Solvenon, The Bailey Lab Co, Andrews Wilson Smith, Brunswick-Dalke-Collender, and Butte Machinery Co. It also features sales of billiard tables, high-class horses, mining equipment, and second-hand furniture.
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Tolman
Pennsylvania Block
Butte
Meline
Solvenon
W. Park
Nooth
Sliver Bow
Bailey Lab Co
Noi B Granite
St. Butte
Andrews
Wilson & Smith
Owsley Bik
Slwa Butte Machinery Co
Lander Furniture and Carpet Co
Bhutto
Feldman
W. Broadway
Ind
Standay
Broadway
N. Main
Washington
Awaiting Information in Town Bakery Opening
A fragmentary advertisement seeks correspondence with a bakery opening in a thriving town. It invites lonely readers to write for a monthly club, asking for one cent and directing to Box 140, Spokane Wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IH. C
Butte
Spokane
Notable Butte Advertisements Include Seer And Psychic Services
An aged OCR fragment lists providers in Butte Montana offering readings and spiritual services. Prof A Masery of Egypt proclaims high status as astrologist and palmist with free life advice. Rev Mrs Calder Rutledge and Madam Guy advertise circles and daily readings. Also appears are real estate and financial brokers Samuel Graham & Co offering furnished industrial stocks and bonds information in a mining region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Masery
Egypt
Battie More
Butte
Ind
Bell
Calder Rutledge
Colorado
Butte. S
Madam Guy
Montana St. Butte
Samuel Graham & Co
Simon Bank
W.ing
For Rent Houses And Rooms In Butte And Anaconda
Several rental listings: a three room cottage and housekeeping suites newly papered at 21 W Copper Butte. a five room modern house with electric lights and bath at 617 Walnut Anaconda. a four room house with furniture for sale at 28 W Gaylord Butte near W Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Butte
Porphyry
Buttes
Cherry St. Anaconda
South Main Street
Hutter
Mercury
Copper
F. Park
Anaconda
N. Jackson
Broadway
Butt
Walnut
W. Gaylord
Tis W. Park
For Rent Flats In Butte Listings
For rent one room flat strict modern 560 block Colorado Phone 880 Butte. For rent three room modern For rent one flat 21 W Granite Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Butte
Granite
For Rent Miscellaneous and Furniture for Sale Listed
Classified items show pasture space with shelter and water in Waterloo Montana offered by Mrs John B Wellcome, including hay, and a note about foaling. Also listed are furniture sales for room and flat spaces at addresses in Butte Montana. Abbreviations and garbled wording indicate multiple ad snippets for rental and sale.
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John B. Wellcome
Waterloo
Mont
Various Local Ads Mark Upgrades and Lost Collie
Miscellaneous notices show furniture wants and sale calls with Indiana phone contact 6986. Hardware stove companies in Butte list offerings and services from Builders Hardware to Dewis Walker assay and chemist firms. A lost small brown collie puppy offers reward for return to 834 W Granite Butte.
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Ind
Bell Twx
K. of
P. M
Butte Stove Repair Co
Sonia Winterd Ingaine
Sherman & Reed's
E. Broadway
Fellm
Butta
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Bennett
Psi
Rykkinen
Upton Sinclair
Sarde
Tever
Taborer
Old Country
Treasury Statement
Chicago Livestock
Noston Wool
State Savings Bank
Groun
M. S. Largey
A. T. Morgan
E. P. Chapin
R. B. Nuckolls
ALP
Bowie
Clark W. A Clark Bro
Bankers
Alek
J Johm
Eirst National Bank
Silver Bow National Bank
Assuer
Ieibinds
C Fe Leonard, Smith
Zepnin
John “Maccinniss
John Ateaakaants Chaties
R. Lien
Inse Dents
Robert J T. Smith
Butte Land & A Co
State Savings
Flathead Navigation : Transportation Co
Super
Ari le
Money Maker For
Applied Science
Nuremberg
Harold Cox
Addren
City
Call A.m
Frank W. Parker
Aatadressing
AT Binthought
Franklyn Price
Waukesha Street
Jenying City
Call
Lewisohn St
Medical
Lamont
Dakota St
Corner Gold
Heine
M.D
Main
Albemarle Block
W. Galena
Sherman
Quarta
Tix
Maplest
AL Anystananta
Quarts
Rombauer “Co
Dewis & Walker
N. Wye
Thomas Buggy
M.E. Mayer
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