Getting Into America A Look at Citizenship and Immigrant Aid
An article explains the purpose of Congress and civic freedom through immigrant stories. It describes immigrant societies aiding settlement, housing, hospitals, information, and legal help, including Baron de Hirsch Fund efforts to place orphans and avoid public charges, and U S immigration authorities cooperating to welcome newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron de Hirsch Fund
America
Washington
Italy
Uncle Sam
Father Knickerbocker
Thei Sam
Fads and Fancies Dress Doll Wardrobe Patterns
A fashion feature on doll clothes patterns offering No. 1578 No. 1608 No. 1715 No. 1710 with outfits from shirts to cloaks. Patterns suit dolls 14 to 24 inches high with prices at 10 cents each. Orders to Fashion Correspondent Room 307 290 Broadway New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker
National Cloak& Suit CO
24Th St
New York
Dolly
Bertha
Fasuion
Broadway
New York City
Multiphone ‘Operating Co
Cortlandt
Park Row
Herald Downtown
Edwin J. Selley
William H. Pritchard
Isaac Thory
Peter J. Collison
Warren B. Watchinson
Oriental Bank
N. Y
Bushby & Berkeley
Vast Store of Wealth From Earth Across the South
The article argues wealth comes from earth not transportation, praising mining riches of coal iron ore copper and other minerals. It cites figures and names like Clark Rhodes Rockefeller Carnegie Krupp and notes the South as the world’s vast storehouse of coal oil sulfur phosphate cement materials copper and minerals, forecasting immense wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
William A. Clark
Montana
Cecil Rhodes
John D Rockefeller
William
Carnegie
Krupp
Germany
Vandrbilts
Goulds
Hill, Harriman
Great Britain
Pennsylvania
Carnegie and
Rockefeller
Cats Buyout Mystery Sparks Boomopolis Town Parade
In Boomopolis a cryptic cat ad campaign provokes frenzy as 50 cents per cat is offered by ORIENTAL CAT COMPANY Limited. John Q. Hubbs and P. Jackson Tubbs sign as president and treasurer while public curiosity grows over who placed the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Franklin Streets
Boomopolis
Oriental Cat Company (Limited
John Q. Hubbs
P._ Jackson Tubbs
Real Estate Returns and Constant Monthly Profit Promise
A persuasive pitch claims real estate yields secure 4 percent monthly profits under normal conditions. It argues earnings arrive monthly without dull seasons and rely on enduring human appreciation for beauty, music, and refined taste. The excerpt emphasizes constant demand for exquisite melodies and masterful musical measures.
Multiphone investment pitch touts secure profits and grand design
An aggressive advertisement extols the Multiphone as a monumental music producing device with a six foot tall harpsichord style cabinet and twenty four records. It claims 145 percent annual returns from early tests and asserts stockholders earn far more than banked sums, urging quick subscriptions and trust in the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Var
Ious
New York
Savings Bank
Cats flood Boomopolis in odd failed business scheme
In Boomopolis the Oriental Cat Company buys and sells live cats at fifty cents each, drawing in cats from households and streets. A rat plague soon follows, prompting a public demand for cats to curb the infestation, while the company contemplates shipping stock to China, then abruptly closes as a scam unravels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schley-Sampson
Philippines
William Patterson
Stumpy
Oriental Cat Company
Oriental Cat Company (Limited
China
Flowery Kingdom
Boomopolis
Cat Company
Jersey
Mr. Hubbs
Hubbs
Heaven and Vesuvius tale at Naples hotel
Prof Mattucci, head of the Vesuvius observatory, dined with Americans at the Royal hotel in Naples as sea spray lazed beyond the window. He recalled a widow’s seance joke about heaven, ending with the shade admitting he was not in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattucci
Vesuvius Observatory
Royal Hotel
Naples
Vesuvius
Prof
Matteucci
Agostino
Shade
Modern steamer invades Sea of Galilee shores
The Sea of Galilee also called Lake Gennesaret and Sea of Tiberias in Palestine is profaned by the appearance of a modern steamer. It will take passengers to nearby villages along the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gennesaret
Palestine
Sea of Galilee
Sea of Tiberias
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Isaac
Wil S. Gipsey
Stumpy Jones
Hull
Tha Isigal
Maining Portiiohat
Wey
Life
Glock
Hb Li
Vba Coy Vest
Hubbs & Tubbs
Carless
Franklin Boomopolis
Tubbs
Shaughnessy
Rede
Heaven and Vesuvius
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