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Immigrant Societies Shield New Arrivals From Harpies
Immigrant aid groups in New York guide newcomers from Ellis Island to their destinations, funded by various ethnic societies to defend against hotel runners and swindlers. The article recounts Fotere’s costly misdirections and details how societies escort, educate, and celebrate new citizens through legal aid, schooling, and patriotic instruction, aiming to turn strangers into informed, loyal Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ellis Island
New World
Greater
New York
Naples
Venice
Rome
Sicily
Ellis Island Land
S Lading
New Land
Bernardo Valere
Durango
Colorado
Italy
Jersey City
Society For
Malian
KGW
Society For Nation Immigrants
Naliang
Educational Alliance of New York
Baron de Ilirseh Fund
Sinc
Baron de Hirsch Fund
Baron de Mirsch
Columbia
Republic
Isaac Popovitch