is there anyway you could scan the broadsheet and attach a copy? Edward Rodrigues
Mary Bordi <geneal...@hununu.org> On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Mary Bordi wrote: > Regarding Brokers and Jobbers-- > > I got an broadsheet published by Murray and Ready, SF California in August > 1905 that advertised (their words not mine) "White male help of all kinds > furnished free of charge". It was issued four times daily and I imagine > posted various places for people to see and sent to outlying areas, perhaps. > All sorts of jobs were listed by category, such as waiters, blacksmiths, > cooks, laborers, ranch hands, Saw mills, boys, married help etc. > > Something that might have appealed to our Azorean ancestors might be: > > Man run gang plow s. Joaquin Co. $1.25 day bd > 4 Teamsters 2 horses Solano Co $1.50 fare > Hay baler JM press 50c fare 14ctn > Boy milk 3 cows and work on ranch 50c fare > Milker 24-28 cows run hand separator feed etc. Merced Co fare 4.25 > Farmer and wife 5 people to cook for $45 fd > > There were also city jobs and railroad jobs. > > Another broadsheet, undated, was a "Special list of corporations, syndicates, > trusts and banking corporations jobs" (all labor, not office) and had this ad > in Spanish, German, Greek, French, Italian and Portuguese: "Do you want > secure and steady work? We need 100 Portuguese in 5 states and 2 territories, > including all counties in California. If you want to work see Murray & > Ready." At the bottom of each ad it said "In 1902 we found jobs for 45,000 > men". > > Since we were on the subject I thought this might interest some folks. > > Mary Bordi > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
