The Immigrant Machine and Its Far Reach Across Seas
An examination of how immigration patterns are shaped by a sprawling network of European steamship agents, railroad pools, and other interests that coach, finance, and transport steerage passengers. The piece argues fraud at Ellis Island and subsidized passage create a cycle that benefits shipping lines, railroads, and agents while exploiting vulnerable immigrants.
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Europe
United States
Transatlantc Steamship Companies
Ells Island Railroad Pool
Atlantic Coastwise Steamship Tiles
America
Ellis Island
Rairoad
Immigrant Clearing House
Consolidated Steamship Companies
Government Ground
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Congress
Atlantic Steamship Companies
Tln
Mississippi
Italy
Jalv
Yazoo Delta
Steamship Line
Board of Special Inquiry
Elis Island
Culture at Any Cost on an Emigrant Voyage
A literary woman aboard a 1 500 strong emigrant ship from Sicily recalls traveling with five Americans stranded by cholera in Naples. They share meals and reading, chiefly Henry James’s Ambassador. One Oklahoma woman guards the book, declaring devotion to culture despite the author’s dense style.
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Sicily
Naples
Fiume
Henry James
Oklahoma
Henry
Carets Marketed As A Week's Treatment By Druggists
An old advertisement touts a caret product claimed as the biggest seller in the world and suitable for a week's treatment. The copy targets druggists and emphasizes mass popularity and medical use.
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Cascarets
Ui Druggists
Million Bores Am Uth
Mean offerings from the corpse tale in Irish history
The Washington Star reports T P O Connor urging kindness in Irish appeals. He cites Thirsty O Grady who played dead to beg for a coffin, where a passerby dropped sixpence then began taking back change, prompting the mock corpse to protest.
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T. P. O’connor
New York
O’grady
Ireland
O'Grady
Careless and Cappy Use of Sailors Cap Fashion
The passage describes blending careless happiness with a sailor cap fashion. A vivid conjured figure wears recf-green satin, rose and silver veil, and a distinctive flatly worn cap with a point at the back. The cap is gauze over silver tissue, studded with pink and yellow topaz and bordered by gray pearls framed along the neck.
Digging Spruce Gum Crusade Aims In Maine Woods
About twenty men will depart Skowhegan soon to begin spruce gum digging near Jackman Maine. Gum has grown scarce and demand is high turning gum digging into a Maine business. Last year workers Carey Croning and Cass dug 1300 pounds and sold it locally. An estimated 50 000 to 100 000 pounds may be dug this season.
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Maine
Skowhegan
Jackman
James Carey
Frank Croning
Joe Cass
Kennebec (Me
Senator Newlands Delivers Lofty Rhetoric in Debates
In print narration, Senator Newlands of Nevada soars in debate and proclaims eloquence, saying the subject furnishes all the food eloquence needs. The next day the Congressional Record misquotes him as saying the topic furnishes all the food elephants need, leaving him amused and abashed.
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Senator Newlands
Nevada
Newlands
Congressional Record
Well Being Through Grape-Nuts and Postum Claims
A Boston educator recounts nervous exhaustion relief after resigning from teaching and using Grape-Nuts with raw egg for breakfast. She credits improved digestion, brain power, and stamina to the cereal aided by hot milk or water, urging readers to consider health benefits. The letter promotes Postum Co. and references The Road to Wellville and an ongoing series of testimonials.
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Boston
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Pearson
PLB
Peloponnesus
Greece
Drachmas
China
Sweden
Norway
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Toyah
Texas
Prorata
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Mineral Co., Inc
Fort Wi Texe
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