Immigrant rush at Castle Garden shows growing European flow
The Castle Garden immigration scene swells with Poles Bohemians Finns and Russians joining English Irish Germans and Greeks as more than 100000 newcomers arrive this year. Officials classify assist and forward long lines of ethnic groups while wedding bells ring for a German couple and a Jewish family pleads for aid as others face possible return to Europe.
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New York
Castle Garden
Europe
Finland
United States
Middle Europe
Trieste
Middle Austria
Lichtenstein
Queenstown
Bnon
America
Lazzaroni
California
Potomac
Minnesota
Father Riordan
France
Rotunda
Ward's Island
Russia
Hebrew Benevolent Society
J. H. Parke
Marrying the Immigrants Scene Reveals Applicant Rebuff
A wary scene unfolds as an 18 year old girl faces scrutiny by a female official while a sharp eyed elder woman, employed to oversee new arrivals, hints that the youth’s appearance fails to meet standards. A tall, vigorous German man is also present in the aftermath as tension lingers.
Educated Negroes A Contrast in Recent Race History
A Special Correspondence from Atlanta Georgia May 24 notes dramatic shifts in African American status since the Civil War. It cites growth in public schooling, rising literacy, and ongoing illiteracy, with infant mortality and poverty linked to education. The piece emphasizes educated youth counted in future census gains and a need to curb domestic irresponsibility.
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ArlanTa
South
Louisiana
West Virginia
Life on a Long Island Farm by a Rich Young Couple
A vivid sketch recounts George and Marie, young heirs to fortunes, running a Long Island farm as a practical joke by their fathers. The piece parodies domestic scenes with a dough, eggs, and a turkey and ends with a punchy portrait of their rural life.
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Long Island
Piere
Fifth Avenue
George
Marie
Maria
Charles
Dicky
Littl
Mane
Hia
Madge
New York Tribune
Bullheads Dominant Catch Near Covell's Lake
A Covell's lake boy describes bullheads as plentiful and fine eating while laughing at speckled trout. He notes no time for trout, preferring steady bullheads as a reliable catch and jokes about hollering to improve bites. A local quote from Da Kota Bell captures the scene.
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Covell’s Lake
Sioux Falls
Jimmy
Dakota Bell
Trysting Place Note and Early Lighting Ideas
A fragment from Pittsburg Bulletin depicts a romantic pleading line about a dangerous dog sighting at a trysting place. The Boston Budget reports Edison proposing night ball playing with ground-level lights and reflectors. The nation’s locomotive works yield thirty six to forty engines weekly.
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Pittsburg
Edison
Staten Island Grounds
Boston
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Globe
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Frank Leslie
Kaszine
Pleasant
Bellevue Hospital
N. Y
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Albany Penitentiary
Kashine
St. Joseph's Hospital
W. F. Holcombe
25Th St
W Y
Tomika
USA
Ely
Druggista
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Owego
M. Enrey, JR
OLE Manufaactors
Dakota
Chicago Fan Northwestern Railway CO
Charles E. Simmons
Eeicach
Ill
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H Mare. Wuts
Manu
Menthol Catarh Guadt CO
Donime, KB
All
Ube
Rother & Thomas
Beabiohed
ST Chester
Pennsylvania
Apvicultural Works
York
Te Daas
Stannard Ragines
Bay Hills
Peter Greenland
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Episcopal Lehureh
High Street
Slate and
Laurel
NLU
F. O. Pierce & Co’s
F. O Pierce & Co
Pure House
F. O. Pierce & Co
W. H. Pickett & CO
Warren, Pa
T&o
K. EK. Wendleboe
Liberty Street
Arent, Pa
L. G. Noyes
Second St
Savings Bank
Tia
Fuinr
Sao
Greamery
A. BR. Reid
Barker St
Philadelphia
Rogers
Grapolini
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