OUR NEW YORK LETTER Italian Immigrants Face Padrone System and Mafia
Special correspondence from New York describes Mulberry Bend as a dense Italian quarter with poor housing on a decayed marshland. It details cramped rooms, cheap eateries serving questionable wine and stale bread, and a daily struggle for work. It warns of the Mafia’s hidden influence and says many criminals exploit immigrant labor while the peaceful Italian peasant remains hardworking and frugal.
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New York
Mulberry Bend
Trisha
Worth Street
Bayard
Board of Health
Williams
Blackwell's Island
Capt. McLoughlin
California
Jiurdiy
Sey
Mafia
United States Secret Service
New York Police
Drummond
President of Honduras Portrait and Trade Growth
A Portrait of Louis Bogran, president of Honduras, and notes on Honduras trade and development. The piece covers historical leaders, early English and German trade, North American involvement, resources such as indigo hides coffee mahogany gold and silver, coastal ports Omoa Puerto Cortes Trujillo Amapala, and a projected interoceanic railroad with a London syndicate. Society in Tegucigalpa, descriptions of balls with gilded eggshell favors, and remarks on immigration and cultural attitudes close the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Bogran
Louis Bogran
Republic of
Honduras
Bogran
Soto
North America
Pacific Ocean
Omoa
Puerto Cortez
Trujillo
Amapala
Tiger Island
Tegucigalpa
RLG
Rich Men of St. Louis and the City’s Wealthy Leaders
St. Louis hosts many rich people with fortunes spread across dry goods, real estate, and rail interests. John T. Davis tops the list with an estimated 15 to 20 million, while Gerard B. Allen held a large stake in the Anchor Line and left an estate around 5 million. The article traces families like the Matlitts, the Mitchells, and the Hart family, detailing how wealth accumulated through business, land, and investments and noting lifestyles and residences on Lucas Place and Chestnut.
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St. Louis
United States
New York
John T. Davis
Samuel C. Davis & Co
Mr. Davis
Boston
Davis
Chicago
Incal Banking
Lucas Placa
Gerard B. Allen
Allen
Mr. Allen
George Allen
Reublican
Republic
Knapp
Mir
Arlen
Chestnut
Twenty
Matlitt
Chanteau
Chonteau
Maffitt
Missouri Street Railway Company
John J. Mitchell
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Madison County Ferry
Bt Louia ‘Transfer Company
Lacreds Gaslight Company
Illinois
Thomas Allen
O Jay Gould
Iron Mountain Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Russell Allen
George W. Allen
Southern Hotel
Uegidant
Oliver A. Hart
St. Louia’ Hein
B& Louis
Heary Shaw
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Mirassaippi
Curtis
Fundal Hall
Old State House
Tremont
Washington
Mont
Fletchers
Fletcher
The
Peoples Clothier
Marshall
Telegraph
Weil Wire
Telegraph Room
Tug Daily News
Tug Dary
Daily News
Novy
Tus Daily News
America
Tay Daily News
Tux Daily News
Willfot
Edison
Tate
Milwaukee
Will
Tax Daily News
Victor F. Lawson
Tus Darty News
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