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The general meeting of the German Society of Chicago was held in the German House, May 3, 1863, with President Heinrich Greenbaum presiding. The report of Agent Schlund was read and adopted, and the matter relating to the Reform School was referred to a committee which will endeavor

The Agent Anneke presents new statutes for the Society that are then discussed. Name: "German Society of Chicago, Illinois," Aim of the Society: To assist, advise and inform immigrants, giving them, if necessary , legal, and medical assistance. To help them in finding work

Mr. J.F. Vosatka, Bohemian Immigration Agents, on his way to New York after a trip through the west, was a visitor at our office. He took advantage of the opportunity to inform us that immigrants from Europe, especially the Czecho, are well provided with protection against all sorts of knaver

Due to the fact, of this year's heavy immigration and also to the fact, that a large number of these immigrants, chose the middle West, particularly Chicago, as its domicile, there was dealt a terrific blow to the workers of this city. The German Society of Chicago is doing its utmost, to mee

The Chicago Wirthsverein (Saloonkeepers' Association) sent postal cards to its members calling them to a special session yesterday at Quincy Number Nine. The purpose of the meeting was to elect delegates to the district convention to be held at noon today in the North Side Turner Hall, and th

The Directors of the German Society held a meeting, yesterday, and passed a resolution requesting the Council of Administration to employ more collectors and to put on a drive for new members. American and German wholesale houses shall be visited and solicited for back donations, fo

A meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the hall of the Bohemian American Sokol, for the purpose of organizing a society for the protection of Bohemian immigrants. Forty-five citizens were present. Mr. Fr. Kaspar called the meeting to order and Mr. Ed. Uhlir was elected chairman; Mr. Kralov

The Society for the protection of Bohemian immigrants has finally been organized in Chicago. Whether it will actually function at the proper time, is another question. At the meeting held May 5th, at which there was present a total of fifteen persons, there was elected a board of directors, c

The monthly report of the German Society's Agent, Chas. Enders, for the month of February, states:- 1500 Immigrants arrived against 1300 in January. Only a small part remained in the city. Extortions by immigrant tavern keepers were not reported. The call from the unemploy

The German Aid Society held a meeting last night, presided over by A. Thielepape. According to his report, $183.50 were paid to applicants for financial assistance and $14.40 were spent on meal tickets for needy persons during the past month. This assistance was given to thirty-seven families

On account of the incarceration of several Bohemians on the pretext of dynamite plotting, the Workingmen's Legal Protection League was founded for the purpose of collecting money immediately for their defense in court by luring able lawyers. As this whole affair is a planned attach

Feelings of solidarity are not quite extinct among the workers in Chicago, no matter how often the contrary has been state by the working class that adheres to a pessimistic view. That this feeling is still alive was proved by the large attendance at a festivity which was arranged b

In consideration of the fact that the amounts of money destined for the defense of the Bohemians now held in jail, are coming in very sparsely, contrary to all expectations, the Workmen's Legal Aid Society, having taken it upon itself to secure an able defense for the accused, is obliged to r

Much good has been done by the Chicago Rechtschutz-Verein (Legal Aid Society) during its short time of existence. During the month of October the society received 107 law suits, according to Mr. Joseph W. Errant, the attorney for the society, who has been nominated for state's attor

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The same group of Jews who recently gave false testimony for De Bartolo, did the same trick in Judge Underwood's court last Tuesday, but this time they went to assist Vincenzo D. Salvo, convince the court that Mr. V. E. Maggi owed him two week's pay. Judge Underwood would not be convinced and

A meeting of combined American Welfare Workers and Italians of Chicago was held at the Auditorium Hotel last Sunday, to determine ways and means of assisting needy Italians, but more than anything else to break the hold of unscrupulous political and labor bosses on the Italian worker.

At today's meeting of a committee formed of representatives of Saint Michael Archangel Parish, it was agreed to make public the results of a massmeeting held for the purpose of raising money for the orphans and widows of the victims of the Latimer, Pennsylvania, miners massacre. Ina

The cold blooded murder of striking miners in Lattimer county, has caught the reading eye of all Polish American citizens in the United States. The eyes of America are focused on the outcome in this case. Most of the murdered miners were Polish. It is a written law that al