1888-
Grand Street Lodging House opens
1894-
(June) Mr. Marcetta becomes landlord of lodging house
(July) Shane joins lodging house
1895-
(March) Matthew joins lodging house
1898-
(August) Shane and Matthew become leader and second-in-command (respectively) of Grand Street lodging house
1899-
(July) Newsboys strike. Little Italy, reluctantly, joins.
(August) Strike ends on compromise
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"And I'm thinkin' that you'll be hearin' a lot of stories around here. So to make it easier, and to make sure you can handle being here, I've compiled a list of stories about our lodgers,"
You jump put of your thoughts, so enthralled by Mr. Marcetta's story that you had forgotten he had even been actually speaking.
"Just don't tell anyone, yeah? They all think it's for my confidential files.