Forgotten Heroes and the fading of great American names
An essay recalls Dewey Schley Hobson and Funston, once lauded as era defining heroes, now largely forgotten. It traces how public adulation gave way to ridicule, then reflection, noting Hobson's domestic retirement and Funston's contested legacy amid war records and public doubt. The piece questions why Americans dishonor heroes and how memory reshapes fame over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Napoleon
Dows
Dewey
Schley
Hobson
Funston
San Francisco
America
Schrey
Annapollis
Ecole Maritime
New York
Atlanta
Boston
Merrimac
Cuba
Garcia
Philippines
Peo
Luzon
Flo
United States
Quotable snippets spark a whirl of 1900s opinioneering
A mosaic of quotes from major papers touches on divorce law, Witte’s exit, gambling claims, San Francisco’s fire and its aftermath, Gorky’s fate, autocracy in the Douma, and Taft’s Canal Commission. Across NY, PA, IL, OH, and DC the blend of wit and critique reflects era politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Supreme Court
Gorkya
Philadelphia
England
Louisville Evening Post
Philadelphia Ledger
San Francisco
Russia
Insurance Company
Philadelphia Inquirer
Dowie
Chicago Tribune
Honor a War Nurse at Fortieth G A R Encampment
Delegations from across Illinois attend the G A R fortieth department encampment in Galesburg. Mother Bickerdyke monument is unveiled with a speech by ex governor Yates as Civil War nurses are honored and a legislative push seeks funding and admission changes for wives of soldiers and printing costs. Decatur chosen as next meeting site with Buck of Rock Island chosen department commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Department of Ilinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Mother Bickerdyke
Yates
James Tanner
Smith
Illinois
Seventeenth Illinois Infantry
G. AR
Quincy
Decatur
Stephenson
Tie
Republi
Charles A. Partridge
Illipois
E. H. Buck
Rock Island
Buck
Calender
Icoria
Avery
Pontiae
Assembly of Presbyterians Opens With Fierce Debates
The one hundred seventeenth general assembly met in Des Moines with disputes over the Westminster confesion of faith a proposed Cumberland merger and a new prayer book. Moderator Rev Dr Hunter Corbett was elected after a landmark vote amid calls for ministerial sustentation for aging clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Westminster Confession of Faith
General Assembly
Presbyterian General Assembly
Hunter Corbett
China
Moffat
Quissalon Ofhe
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland
South
Kentucky
Tennessee
Henry van Dyke
J. H. Sutherland
Burlington
Town
Veteran trout notices missing wife with swift conclusion
In a wry Philadelphia Press anecdote a veteran trout remarks on a young wife vanishing after a fly drops into water. The other veteran notes she jumped to a quick conclusion and paid the price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Struggle to Buy Expenive Dress Cited in Lesson
A brittle reflection notes the difficulty a mother faces buying an expensive dress for herself and a girl’s role in keeping her fee. It suggests aged men, after decades of failure, rarely restructure toward success.
The News Roundup From Across The Nation
A garbled collection from different regions mentions John Pau Jones burial, a Russian official shielded from danger, a graduation moment, a Pennsylvania word of the day Back the mines, a Vesuvius crater expansion, busy papas at circuses, a plan to vent New York heat, San Francisco woes and a rail bill note about two seated passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argonauts
San Francisco
New York Herald
Philadelphia Press
Wall Street
New York City
Chicago Journal
New York Mail
Baltimore
Washington Post
San Jose
Department of Agriculture
Department
Philadelphia
Bureau of Labor At
Washington
New York World
Angela Hellprin
Pennypacker
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
New York Tribune
Pennsylvania
Vesuvius
New York
Battlefields and politics mix in early 1900s notes
Congress funds the Ball’s Bluff battlefield and reviews national parks from Gettysburg to Valley Forge. Figures like J W Babcock and J M Griggs lead party committees. Navy ration reforms, aluminum saves, and land sale scandals loom. Cement imports provoke congressional alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ball’s Bluff
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Chickamauga
Vicksburg
Chickamauga National Military Park
Georgia
Tennessee
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Spottsylvania Courts House
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Schleys
Fanston
Ple
Fred Funston
Kansas
Ile
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schley
Liect. Holson
Count Witte
Chicago
San
Coal Trust
Philadelphia Presa
Gorky
Taft
Canal
Commission
G. A. BR
John C. Smith
Charles B. Wilson
W. B. Ward
G. R Vandorn
Rockford
E. P Murdock
Waukegan
A. Wright
Woodstock
William Andrews
B. A. Campbell
Peoria
A D. Cadwallader
Lincoln
C. E. Vaughan
Chicaago
The
Sons of Veterans
Harry G Wasson
R. €. Clark
Autora
George W Spring, Jr
Galespeary
William 8. Dustin
E. C. Stokbuarger
Bockford
W. C. Creighton
Cham
J. F. Longenecker
Mother Biclkerdyke
Assembly OF Presbyterians
Englewood
N. J
Northern Valley Bulletin
Woman's Relief Corps
May Lincoln
Aurora
Fannie Blager
Mary Moody
Joliet
Lucy Eennick
Nettie Nicholson
Kewanee
Cora Marshall
Mary C. Parker
Mary Arnold
Watseka
Mollie Routgahn
Oiney
Deliah Peterman
Pull
Johm Pau
Jones
Repubican
House of Representatives
J. W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Republican Committee
J. Sherman
Sherman
House
J M. Griggs
Griggs
Navy
Commmand
Census Bureau
Public Printing Office
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
W. S. Andrews
New Mexico
Pennsylvania Development Company
Andrews
Bonaparte
Canal Commission
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