![]() Dede Antanas finds work only by agreeing to forfeit a third of his wages as a finder's fee. The family naively decides to buy a home but is tricked into signing an exploitative lease instead their financial obligations build. Jurgis's father, Dede Antanas, also looks for a job, but is too old to be employable. ![]() Jurgis finds work at a local slaughterhouse and Ona's cousin Marija gets a job in a cannery. This leaves the couple in debt, which distresses the family. The couple celebrates their marriage at a local bar, and many guests leave without contributing money to defray the cost of the party, as is customary in Lithuania. They have settled in the city's " Packingtown" area, where a largely immigrant population lives in squalor and works grueling jobs to survive. ![]() Jurgis Rudkus and Ona Lukoszaite are two young newlyweds who have recently emigrated from Lithuania to make their livelihood in Chicago. ![]()
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