Forgotten Figures of a Ten Year Span Across History
A reflective piece argues that ten years erases prominence, leaving behind only a few enduring names. It cites 1895-era figures in literature, finance, and politics, noting trends from Trilby to Ben Hur and listing financiers like Yerkes, Armour, Gates, and Huntington, plus politicians such as Reed and Debs, as memory fades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Republic
Japan
Chicago Tribune
Wallace
Maclaren
du Maurier
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bec
Samoa
Oscar Wilde
Stephen B. Elkins
Chicago
Philadelphia
Elkins
United States Senate
Philip D. Armour
John W. Gates
George M. Pullman
Joseph Greenhut
Whisky Trust
Lyman J. Gage
Collis P. Huntington
Hill and Harriman
George Gould
Vanderbilts
Astors
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Vanderbilt Solar Center
Thomas B. Reed
Grover Cleveland
David B. Hill
George John West
Missouri
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
John Peter Altgeld
Jene VY. Debs
Ward Meister
Pace
Schoot
Harry
Noted Claims About Castellane and Gould Debt
A London cockney quips about motives behind Castellane marrying Anna Gould for her wealth and dismisses others who question motives. The remark ends with a shrug that he has not read the article, suggesting a satirical take on aristocratic marriage and wealth.
Piff Paff Pouf Charms New York for Eight Months at Casino
Amusements note the musical show Piff Paff Pouf ran eight months at the Casino theatre in New York. Producer B C Whitney credits lively circus like performance, a top cast led by Fred W Mace and Kathryn Osterman, and a large chorus of skilled dancers for its success. A Grand opera house engagement with a one night stand is announced for January 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casino Theatre
New York
B. C. Whitney
Fred W. Mace
Kathryn Osterman
R. &. Graham
Dorothy Maynard
James Devlin
Lulu McConnell
Walter H. Cluxton
Eveleen Dunmore
Harry Stuart
Mae Elwood
Martin Cheeseman
Lisle Bloodgood
Grand Opera House
Irish Tailor and Milkman Duel On Bold Teasing Night
A humorous tale features Harry Conor at Grand Opera House with Mrs Temple's Telegram. An Irish tailor, famed for bottle bravado, posts a list of foes in his shop. Murphy the milkman confronts him, sparking a comic clash over a flatiron and insults until a streetyard challenge ends with the tailor muttering a withdrawal from the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Conor
Grand Opera House
Murphy
Gould
North Brothers Comedians to Visit Freeport Next Week
The North Brothers repertoire company announced for Freeport promises popular prices and a solid, successful show. An excellent company will interpret their new plays with fresh repertoires and strong climaxes from curtain rise to curtain fall, appealing to all theatre goers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Brothers
Freeport
Rose of Killarney Delights Imperial Stock at Opera House
The Imperial Stock Company continues to please audiences with nightly attendance rising. Last night’s Rose of Killarney was well received, with the usual specialties. Tonight the four act sensational play When Women Sin is expected to draw the biggest house of the week. Tomorrow night Back Among the Old Folks will be shown, followed by an amateur contest. Saturday matinee features Over the Hills to the Poor House from Will Carleton. Rast Lynn drew a large matinee crowd yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Stock Company
Will Carleton
Rast Lynn
Good Housekeeping January issue strong and diverse
The January Good Housekeeping offers several timely topics for American families. It features The Cost of Lighting by Prof Edward W Bemis Municipal Monopolies G Stanley Hall on Children and the Theatre a Talk on Legal Matters and a First Aid to Brides department by Caroline J Cook lecturer at Wellesley College an illustrated Woman's Wonderful Achievements with Flowers and guidance for apartment dwellers. A new department for thinking women The Philander is introduced. Fifteen cents a copy one dollar a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Housekeeping
Edward W. Bemis
G. Stanley Hall
Department of
First Aid
Caroline J. Cook
Wellesley College
Toodd
Philander
Phelps Publishing Co
Springfield
Mass
New York
Chicago
National Metal Trades Association Forms Largest Open Shop Body
New York Jan 11 The National Metal Trades Association was formed uniting local metal trades groups in New York Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati Boston Buffalo St Louis and others. It starts with 6000 members employing over 350000 men across machinists boiler makers blacksmiths coppersmiths and related trades in shipyards and shops. The group disavows antagonizing unions but will insist on the open shop policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Association of Employers
National Metal Trades Association
Otre Association
Civic Federation of New England Opens Annual Meeting
Boston January 11 Special The Civic Federation of New England formed a year ago to curb industrial strife opened its annual meeting in Boston. Reports show gratifying progress with many prominent men added to membership. A planned workshop improvement committee will promote better working conditions affecting health comfort and convenience in factories stores and similar workplaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Civic Federation of
New England
This Date in History 395 to 1904 events
The record lists notable historical dates from Theodosius I’s death in 395 to the death of John Young Brown in 1904. Entries include births, political milestones, territorial changes, scientific milestones, natural disasters, and notable deaths such as Parmigiano’s birth, the first English lottery, Dalton’s atomic theory, and Key’s death.
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Theodosius the Great
Rome
Parmigiano
England
Surat
Alexander Hamilton
South Carolina
Charleston
McLane
Castine
Belgic
Belgic United Provinces
Brussels
William Newcome
Armagh
John Dalton
Territory of Michigan
Indiana
Congress
District of Columbia
Martinique
Francis Scott Key
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Napoleon III
France
Alabama
McClernand
Arkansas Pass
Arkansas
London
Bay of Biscay
Rhode Island
Roger Williams
New York
Louisiana
Josephb. Foraker
Ohio
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Vesuvius
Republican House Committee Back Hepburn Bill Support
Washington January 11 Republican members of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce agreed to back the Hepburn railroad rate bill with a few modifications. The changes reflect provisions from the Hoesch Townsend bill as a compromise with its supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republliecan
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Repeal and Health Dept Proposals Hit Legislative News
The legislative council of the American Medical Association has adopted resolutions urging a cabinet level public health department and the repeal of the canteen law. The move reflects calls for expanded health oversight in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Dan
Legislative Council of the American Medicalssociation
Department of Public Health
Uncertainty and a Christingys Shopping Ball Quip
A political economy scholar notes that few people know their worth while another man counters with a cryptic line about a family Christingys shopping ball arrival. The exchange suggests themes of value and timing in a humorous context.
Kaodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Quick Relief
Indigestion is easily overcome by Kaodol Dyspepsia Cure because this remedy digests what you eat and lets the stomach rest to recuperate and grow strong again. Kodol relieves indigestion belching of gas sour stomach heartburn and enables the digestive organs to transform foods into rich red blood that makes health and strength. Sold by all druggists.
Waltz and Five-Step Lessons at Knights of the Globe Hall
Joe Fifer will teach the correct waltz and five step every Wednesday evening at Knights of the Globe hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Fifer
Knights of the Globe ‘Hall
Overstreet resigns from committee after port surveyor setback
Washington dispatch reports Representative Overstreet of Indiana will not seek reelection to the Republican congressional campaign committee after Roosevelt’s rejection of his Indianapolis port surveyor bid. He cites mistreatment and notes Beveridge’s influence with appointments, while Stalnaker backs Rothschild. Roosevelt allegedly promised Beveridge a port post over a year ago, a pledge Overstreet relays as the root of the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Overstreet
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Indiannapolis
Beveridge
Roosevelt
Frank S. Stalnaker
Indianapolis
L. G. Rothschild
Overstreet Stalnaker
Rothschild
Keifer Returns to Front with Philippine Tariff Stand
Keifer of Ohio, ex speaker, spoke in the House after twenty years in retirement on the Philippine tariff bill. He opposed both parties and questioned the bill’s free trade claims and its benefits to Filipinos, recalling past forecasts and urging caution over sentiment and policy. He contrasted current prosperity with prior “soup-house days” under the Wilson era and criticized party rhetoric on prosperity and the gold standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Keifer
Ohio
House
Payne
Kelfer
Ife
Fragmentary historic notice about a corporate banter and defeat
A garbled line discusses a corporate party failing, a banter leading to defeat, and implies fortune or misfortune with or without the Almighty. The text is highly incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or places.
Tariff Talk Sparks House Debate in 1897 Style
The floor roared as speakers attacked free trade versus protection. Massachusetts delegates sought tariff revisions while figures like Champ Clark and Bourke Cochran urged dismantling customs houses. A Missouri reply added sharp humor about New York opinions as Arkansas’ Macon clashed over the Dingley tariff claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Arkansas
Champ Clark
Bourke Cochran
Dixon
Missouri
New York
Taft Replies To Poultney Bigelow Charges On Isthmus
Secretary Taft issues a formal letter to the president summarizing and denying the charges raised by Poultney Bigelow against the Isthmmian Canal Commission. He defends sanitation conditions in Colon labor treatment, competence of appointees, and reports against excessive red tape, providing supporting evidence.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Independent
Taft
Poultney Bigelow
Canal Commission
Art Test
Colon
Senate stalls Moroccan question as bills advance
Washington senate shows no action on Moroccan resolution, listing it for later. Several private pension and bridge measures pass, an executive session is held, and the shipping bill is read. In the house, Dalzell pushes the Philippine tariff bill with critics led by Shelter of Ohio and Keifer, while Sheppard and Grosvenor spar over the Mrs. Morris case. No decisive action occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Dalzell
House
Shelter
Ohio
Keifer
Sheppard
Texas
Morris
Grosvenor
Chicago Case Argued Over Van Buren Street Tunnel
In Washington on January 11 the West Chicago Street Railway Company versus the people of Illinois was argued in the U S Supreme Court. Lawyers for the state were Lion J Hamilton Lewis and Granville W Browning. John R Wilson represented the company. The issue is whether Chicago may require lowering or removal of the Van Buren street tunnel under the south branch of the Chicago River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
West Chicago Street Railway Company
People of
Tlnois
Supreme Court of the
United States
Lion
J. Hamilton Lewis
Granville W. Browning
John R. Wilson
Street Car Company
City of
Chicago
van Buren Street
Chicago River
Wisconsin Senator La Vollette Improves From Cold
Washington January 11 Senator La Vollette of Wisconsin who has suffered a severe cold for several days is sufficiently improved to go out of doors indicating a lighter illness and better condition for public duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator LaVollette
Wisconsin
Frightful hotel fire claims several lives in Minneapolis
Six dead from suffocation or leaping from high windows as flames tore through the West hotel in downtown Minneapolis. Dozens injured with burns and cuts from shattered glass and smoke. Firemen, including Captain Berwin, heroically fought to rescue guests as revenue loss tops thirty thousand dollars.
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Annepolis
Minn
West Hotel
Crowd Rescues Guests as Fire Sweeps Great Hotel
Amid early morning crowds outside a major hotel, firefighters rushed in to rescue guests trapped on upper floors. Captain John Berwin saved Mrs Emaline Barlow by strapping her to his back and lowering her to safety, but his rescue attempt ended when he fell to the pavement. Miss Hodges first offered help but opened the wrong window in her frantic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Peisinger
Quindys Mabie
Captain Berwin
John Berwin
Hook and Ladder Company
Emaline Barlow
Herwin
Consultation Over Marshall Field Condition Update
Rumor spreads in New York that Marshall Field of Chicago shows grave change in health as physicians confer at the Holland House. Dr James and two other doctors joined in consultation though official word says the condition is not alarming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Larson
John Filmore
I. K. Creighton
New York
M. I. King
Detroit
Ernest Reckitt
Chicago
Marshall Field
Marshall Iield
Holland House
James
Field
United States delegates poised for Morocco conference
In Washington on January 11 the United States delegates to the Morocco conference in Algeciras Spain next Tuesday will attend with open minds and are not committed to either German or French contentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Morocco
Algeciras
Spain
Notable Pension Office Veteran Dies at 88
Franklin Moore, longtime pension office employee, died in Washington at 88. He had served forty two years in the pension office and came to the capital from Lowville New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin Moore
Pension Office
Moore
Lowville
N. Y
National League Merchants meet in Milwaukee session
More than two thousand members of the National League of Commerce Merchants gather in Milwaukee for a major convention. Governor Pattison of Ohio names Ada V. Longley of Cincinnati as correspondence clerk. Mrs J G Thelps Stokes, once a cigarmaker, now seen in New York society at Sherry’s. Major New York civic figures back a plan to build municipal hospitals costing five million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League of Commission Merchants
Milwaukee
Pattison
Ohio
Ada V. Longley
Cincinnati
J. G. Thelps Stokes
Stose Pastor
New York
Sherry’s
McClellan
Federal Court of Appeals
Cassie Chadwick
Vienna
Minor Morris
White House
London Morning Post
Mexico
Mexco
St. J. McLaughlin
Detroit
Washington Hotel
Seattle
Wash
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Tion
DeWitt
Ohio Statesman
Massachusetts
Douglas
Mineapolia
Fifth Street
M. I. Hodges
Minneapolis
Berwin
Chamberlain
North Brothers Company
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