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- Jon & Danniella
Roosevelt Wins!
Roosevelt sweeps opposition away
November 12, 1904
In
a large landslide win, Roosevelt thwarts any chance of Alton Parker winning.
In
the beginning both Parker and
Roosevelt had
the same political views on most topics. The media
thinking it would be a close race on political views, decided investigate both
candidates’ lives. Although both Parker and Roosevelt were found to be
good and honest people for the most part, it was Roosevelt who seemed the better
candidate. It was obvious that Roosevelt would win after the media got
through with him. The election was over about 11:32 last night.
Roosevelt made a 30% win against Parker.
Madonia's Body Found in Sawdust Mafia Involved
August 19, 1902
The leftovers of Benedetto
Madonia’s were found stuffed in a barrel. This is now the second time
this type of case has happened. A murder done in done in a way like that
happened just last year, when Joe Cantania’s corpse was found on 73rd
street.
Both Cantania’s and Madonia’s bodies were stuffed in a barrel
surrounded by sawdust. One of the differences was Madonia was stabbed
over a dozen times and his throat was cut from ear to ear. Also,
Madonia’s genitals were forced in his mouth. Madonia had known
connections with a Mafia clan in Buffalo, NY, which had started to move
into another Mafia clan’s
territory. The leader of the clan, Ignacio Lupo, had his area set up in
the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Lupo got very upset with invading
Klan. It is believed that Lupo went to a high mob boss to ask for help.
Lupo with the help of a mob boss killed Madonia and stuffed him in the
barrel. There will be more as the story unravels.
Madonia was
a clan leader who worked mostly in Buffalo. Although little knew
him, the ones who did had open hatred to Madonia. Madonia’s service
will be held in Brooklyn. It will be closed casket.
Economic Struggle Leaves America in Uneducated Hands
January 2, 1905
All
over the city, children as young as 7 or 8 can be found mending clothes, making
flowers, or picking nuts, all in tenement housing. It’s been going on for years
without protest, so what
’s
happening around the city now?
Labor
laws in New York City prohibit the employment of children under the age of 14 in
factories; but there is still the question of tenement housing, as brought up by
The National Child Labor Committee, created last year. Founders Florence Kelley
and Lillian Wald skip over the money-making necessity, and shed light on the
details of the labor scene; the exhaustion of underage children, the illiteracy
in children too busy working to attend school, and sickness. These dangers come
down to the fact that although there are restrictions on factory workers, the
work can just as easily be passed along to tenement housing to be completed by
underage workers. Many children are kept out of school in order to work extra
hours for their families, or work from when they get home until late at night.
This is reflected in the growing number of children in the country who are
unable to read or write. Even the
smallest children, many of whom are two to four years old, and too young to
attend school, have just as much or even more work to complete in order to
contribute money to their families’ weekly earnings. What does this signify
about the economy as well as societal structure in New York? As families
struggle to make ends meet, sometimes all measures are taken in order to
provide the bare necessities for living, overlooking the youth of America,
and depriving them of what they need. The economy, having dipped so low,
requires that each and every family member, regardless of age, earn money
one way or another. Tenement housing with proper registration is perfectly
legal, yet is a loophole regarding the age requirements. These children, the
future of our country, are missing out on the opportunity for the education
they deserve, as well as their childhood. If the stronger child-labor laws
that The National Child Labor Committee is in favor for, the future of the
country is unstable and rests in uneducated hands.
February 19,
1893 
What
is happening to our economy? As our nation’s finances spiral down into
unforeseen holes, it is difficult to say when we will climb back up to
stability.
The
surplus of the government, having been drained, has caused a tumultuous decline
in the economy and stock market. Investors in the stock market quickly pull out
and claim what is theirs and European investors are pulling their funds out as
well. As a financial depression engulfs the north, an agricultural depression of
the same weightiness sweeps the south and west. Businesses and banks that are dependant on the Reading Railroad
weaken and eventually collapse under financial strain; many
working individuals are unemployed and bankrupt. Yet through all the
struggles that families are enduring, the Second Cleveland Administration
sits back and watches 4 million Americans go unemployed, believing that the
ups and downs of the business cycle are natural and dealt with only by time.
Most Americans however, don’t have the time to wait for this financial
crisis to blow over as most are already well underway in their struggles,
and well in debt.