New York Bound Tramps Hit by Harsh Road Realities
A Philadelphia reporter profiles itinerant mechanics who hitch freight to reach New York seeking work. The piece explains the dangers and cost of riding fences, the harsh training on freight cars, and the wary, dwindling tramp population contrasted with skilled men seeking employment across the corridor from Germantown to Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Here
Philadelphia Press
Troy Kid
Philadelphia Reddy
Philadelphia
Jersey City
West
City
House of Correction
Germantown
Delaware
New Jersey
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Canada
Camden
West Philadelphia
Burlington
Mrs Malaprop Among Washington Society Contact
The wife of a Western millionaire merchant spent last winter in Washington City joining top society though her English was imperfect. Generous and compassionate, she faced gossip and ridicule at her own home, leading her to decline returning for another season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City
Collectors and enthusiasts thread through high society hobbies
The piece catalogs hobbies of prominent figures and elites such as Eric Gould, J. P. Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller, detailing interests from art and music to stamp collecting and horse racing. It notes Mrs. Harrison painting, George Gould’s philately, William Rockefeller’s trotting horses, and Henry Clews’s house affection alongside other personalities and their eccentricities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Harrison
Erica-Brac
Jay Gould
Conservatory
Rockefeller
Joe Jefferson
Edwin Booth
Billy Florence
Oscar
Straus
Turkey
George Bancroft
Robert Bonner
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
William Rockefeller
Cooper Hewitt
Hewitt
America
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Villard
Russell Sage
Wall Street
George Gould
Brayton Ives
Europe
W.E. Kimball
Rochester
Henry Clews
John Wapamaker
Bethany Church
Charles A. Dana
Harrison
Indianapolis
Lew Wallace
William Waldorf Astor
A Romantic Trial in Ragusa Unmasks a Forged Death and Bigamy
A Ragusa court hears a Viennese correspondent story of a peasant who emigrated to the United States to support his wife. A corrupt priest forged death certificates, enabling a second marriage for the husband while the wife begged travelers. The couple reunites after twenty years, and the priest is arrested with an annulment likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribunal of
Ragusa
Vienna
United States
Husbard
America
Corfu
Lloyd
Europe
Paris
Trieste
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Jimmy Botts
Jimmy
Old Botts
Tommy Me
Puck
D. Stump
Burnt Cabin
York County
Tom
Phil
Jack
Harper’s Bazar
Peterson
Dudley
Texas
Max Weldon
Islington
Pall Mall Gazette
Pierce
Golden
Dr. Sage
Tun
Greece
Alexander
B. F. Johnson & Co
Main Street
Richmond
Oregon
Oregon Immigration Board
Portland
Berlin
Wy Carter
Ian
Czar
Prussia
Alan
Weytmark
Washington
N. C
Don
Hale
Pike
Ohio
Carter
Picart
Isaac Thompson
South Australia
Cincinnati
Choree Creamery
New Press
Chicago
Wisconsin
Louisville
Hood
C. S. Hood & CO
Lowell
Mans
Tansill
Punea
S Jacobs OJ
Sciatica
cHad Les A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore, Md
Curtis Pusnisuine Co
Philadelphia, Pa
Moest's Tailor
Gutti
Bary
Addreaa
Moody & 00
W. Baker
Tess Man
Eastey
W. Bake & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Epps
Epys
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
London
England
Seld
Murray St
Tata
Pognly Koc
Salvatign Otwey
Fensiig
MOM Ulen Woven Wire Fence CO
North Market
Ontario
Stea
Ely
LY Bros
Warren St
Jones Iis
Tron Levera
Stee
Jones
Binghamton
New
Vallelee
Whiress Prilu Bolpanef
Jaissour
Hurlery CO
Louisiana
F Street
N-We Washlington
U.S
Tito
Mick
Stan
Theodore Holtan
Itzgerald
Alee Barry
Silos
Essex
Land Coumasioner
Lietik Bock
Aik
Plana Secommantinen's
Senig
Furor Gastinette
Hick
Cines
Enteonom New Books
Dee Fes
Cyed
le Pow
Far Robe
B. C
Taste Creek
Patel
Madison
Wis
Piregeratd
Vnhertiew At Law
Washington, Dt
Mall
Bryane
CoLbRuk
UB. CO
Lotta
Joseph H.hunter
Arronsry
Washington, P
E. T. Hazeltine
Arren
Loa
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