Rubber magnates plot long fight against United States Rubber
George A. Lewis of Naugatuck resigns as Goodyear president in Waterbury and aids a bid to form a rival company with Levi Warner and John D. Rodenbach as officers. The move targets the United States Rubber Co with backing from the Lewis family and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Lewis
Naugatuck
Goodyear Rubber Company
Levi T. Warner
Abner
John DD. Rodenbach
United States Rubber Company
Lewis
Whittmores
Warners
Naugatuck Rubber
Joseph Bannigan
Providence
J. G. Whittmore
Goodyear
Tingue Woolen and Plush Company
Beacon Falls
John D. Rodenbach
Demolition by Mob Tops Northwest Park Grandstand
In Chicago on Oct 28 a mob of men women and children with a trolley car helped demolish the Northwest baseball park grandstand, an aging landmark, as demolition spread through the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Alonzo Gerard
District Court
City of
Chicago
Northwest Baseball Park
More Warships to Go to Manila
The Herald reports two more men of war will follow Buffalo to the Asiatic squadron. Helena is ordered to prepare for a Suez voyage. Dewey urges many light draught gunboats for the Philippine stations as Yorktown nears commission for Manila. An extra cruiser draft may follow to replace terms on the Asiatic station. Hobson must present plans to raise the Cristobal Colon to the naval board. Commander Clever is added to the board. West is to take the Princeton to San Juan, Porto Rico. Newark stays at San Juan until Solace arrives and Snow assumes command before Schley sails home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
Washington
Buffalo
Helena
Suez Canal
Far East
Dewey
Department
Philippine Islands
Pacific Coast
Manila
Asiatic
Naval
R. P. Hobson
Cristobal Colon
Naval Board of Construction
Hobson
Colon
Board of Construction
Richardson Clever
A. 8
Crowninshild
San Juan
Porto Rico
Newark
Solace
A. 8. Snow
Snow
Admirral Schley
Grant and Generals At Utica Reception Ignite Cheers
In Utica New York General Grant and Generals Sherman Hooker Slocum and Gereene appeared to applause and cries of Grant Grant The scene featured witty speeches by the group and a playful exchange with Seymour and a jab by Governor Seymour recalling their 1868 presidential contest published in Youths Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Grant
Post Offices in Porto Rico Established After Capture
Major James E. Stuart reports that about 80 American post offices are now operating in Porto Rico with standard money order and registered letter services. He says natives welcomed the U S system and that postmasters are largely American, with natives in key interior towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James E. Stuart
Manitoba
Porto Rico
Stuart
Postal Department
United States
Ponce
Tam
Age and strength through life from Strand Magazine
The article notes that muscle strength rises with age peaking around 30 to 31 years at 856 pounds, then slowly declines. By age 40 it drops eight pounds, with gradual further decreases to age 50 where strength reaches about 880 pounds, then declines more rapidly in old age, with wide individual variation after fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Magazine
Dining room salons and oddities in old newspapers
A collage of anecdotes from London and Adelaide papers recalls Sir Joshua Reynolds hosting a famed literary club with Johnson and Goldsmith, quirks about “appropriate” music at events, Bismarck’s stern views on hate as life’s vivifier, a jail service misfire and a fire extinguisher history note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Dr. Johnson
Goldsmith
Garrick
Burke
Sterne
Hogarth
Wilkes
Allan Ramsay
Painter
Raphaels
Malone
London Telegraph
Gladstone
Moody and Sankey
Adelaide
Bismarck
Herr von Tiedemann
Imperial
Goethe
Prince
Windhorst
Also Mentioned on This Page
GAILE
Haustor
George Lewis
the Tribune
Waterbury, Conn
Havana
Trocha Hotel
Marianao
Mariel
Guanambuco
Ward Line
City of Washington
Brunner
Nevada
Canyon City
Ore
Bonham
Tex
Mack Potts
Here
The
Postal
Beaumont, Tex
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway
City of Austin
Franz Zainzow
Marion
Frank Weller
Frank Hickman
Kaufman
Mississippi
Boston
Massachusetts Volunteers
Silas Packard
If Packard’s Business College
Yorktown
American Post
Philadelphia
Palestine
Jaffa
Germany
Babolwad
Jerusalem
Doty
L. B. Doty
Department of Domestic Science
Chicago Post
England
Bethnal Green
Great Britain
R. M. Wilson
Jowney
Keitchen and
Berwick Bay
of Brazos
Madison
Grimes
Robertson
Burleson
Frank W. McConnigco
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
Bryan
A. D. Riccon Nico
WU. P. Franklin & Son
Academy of Music and Next
John Mike’s
B. S. Read
John M. Caldwell
V Phoio-Eng CM
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!