About
Anything important that happens in a lodging-house story or chat should be put in that house's timeline; a copy of the update should also be sent to me so I can add it here. Important events include (but are not limited to): lodging houses opening or closing; lodgers joining or leaving a house; changes in leadership; couples getting together or breaking up; engagements and weddings; pregnancy announcements and births; major fights, injuries, or illnesses; turf wars; lodgers being kidnapped or going missing; and the deaths of lodgers or their family members.
The Timeline
1874
March 26 - The Children's Aid Society opens the Duane Street Lodging House for business.
1887
John Kloppman becomes superintendant of the Duane Street house.
1890
With his mother dead and his father in jail, Jack Kelly (age 8) joins the Duane Street newsboys.
November - Having run away from an orphanage and lived on the streets for a short time, Racetrack Higgins (age 7) joins the Brooklyn newsboys.
1894
May 15 - Mrs. Evelyn Heartwick opens the Greenwich Village Lodging House for business. Her granddaughter, Theodosia "Trill" Heartwick (age 14), leads the newsgirls.
1896
Footsteps Callaway comes to New York and is arrested that very night for sleeping on a park bench.
1897
August - Racetrack (age 14) leaves Brooklyn (or is kicked out, depending on who you ask) and joins the Duane Street newsboys.
Footsteps is released from the Refuge and moves into the Greenwich Village Lodging House.
Trill Heartwick (age 18) leaves the Greenwich Village house to become a great singer, bestowing the leadership on a startled Footsteps.
1899
July - Led by Jack Kelly and David Jacobs, the Duane Street newsboys start a strike against the New York World and Journal to protest a price hike. They are joined by newsies all over New York.
August - The strike ends in a compromise; the price of the papers remains the same, but the newsies are now allowed to sell unsold papers back to the distributor.
March 26 - The Children's Aid Society opens the Duane Street Lodging House for business.
1887
John Kloppman becomes superintendant of the Duane Street house.
1890
With his mother dead and his father in jail, Jack Kelly (age 8) joins the Duane Street newsboys.
November - Having run away from an orphanage and lived on the streets for a short time, Racetrack Higgins (age 7) joins the Brooklyn newsboys.
1894
May 15 - Mrs. Evelyn Heartwick opens the Greenwich Village Lodging House for business. Her granddaughter, Theodosia "Trill" Heartwick (age 14), leads the newsgirls.
1896
Footsteps Callaway comes to New York and is arrested that very night for sleeping on a park bench.
1897
August - Racetrack (age 14) leaves Brooklyn (or is kicked out, depending on who you ask) and joins the Duane Street newsboys.
Footsteps is released from the Refuge and moves into the Greenwich Village Lodging House.
Trill Heartwick (age 18) leaves the Greenwich Village house to become a great singer, bestowing the leadership on a startled Footsteps.
1899
July - Led by Jack Kelly and David Jacobs, the Duane Street newsboys start a strike against the New York World and Journal to protest a price hike. They are joined by newsies all over New York.
August - The strike ends in a compromise; the price of the papers remains the same, but the newsies are now allowed to sell unsold papers back to the distributor.