In Calling Extra, Elise’s personal story, as well as her adventures with Grin, are interwoven into the real timeline of the strike. Below are a list of dates and events from the strike that we have gathered together from the newspaper articles of that time. July 18th: Long Island City Newsboys decide to strike July [...]

Many of the newsboys at the turn of the 20th century were not schooled, and therefore lacked proper grammer. As a result, the newsies made up their own vocabulary or slang. Many of the popular slang words are used by Grin and his fellow newsies in the book. See if you can spot them among [...]

The Newsboy Strike in the summer of 1899 against the New York Journal and the New York World was well-documented by the other newspapers of the time like the New York Times. We’ve listed some exciting ones! Click to view the PDF: The first official day of the strike: July 21 1899 The strike carries on: July [...]