Leaders of Society and the Queens of New York Aristocracy
A portrait of New Yorks social power brokers tracing Mrs William Waldorf Astor as the perpetual rule of society, with predecessors Mrs Paran Stevens Ward McAllister and Ward McAllister, and modern rivals like Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish. The piece weighs on lineage, wealth, and the delicate, public feud lines shaping who next wears the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Astor
New York
America
Four Hundred
Ward McAllister
Harry Lehr
Paran Stevens
Mrs. Astor
Caroline Schermerborn
Knickerpocker
Astor
Lowell
Judge Reed
Boston
Miss Stevens
Vanderbilt
France
Stevens
Delmonico’s
Minnie Stevens
London
Arthur Paget
Savannah
McAllister
Newport
Fish
Freddie” Gebhardt
James J. van Alen
Elisha Dyer, Jr
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Europe
Ogden Mills
Belmont
Stop Train Accidents Warned by Yard Talk
In a railroad yards shanty, workers blame accidents on overextended crews and neglected maintenance. They propose more watchmen, a track walker, better engine rest, and stricter post run inspections to prevent track and bridge defects from causing derailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Japan Moves to Nationalize 17 Private Railways
The Japanese government plans to nationalize 17 private railways totaling 2,887 miles at 421.5 million yen. The 1905 report by Ichiji Yamanouchi notes 4,693 miles in operation, with 1,401 govt and 3,232 private miles, an 198 mile rise from 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichiji Yamanouchi
Imperial Bureau of Railways of Japan
Engine shown at Nuremberg Lands and Industries fair
The engine displayed at the Nur emberg Lands and Industries exhibition features a pointed boiler to reduce air resistance. Its driving wheels measure nearly seven feet in diameter, and officials expect it to reach speeds of about 90 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuremberg
Bourne Station A Converted Elizabethan Mansion
Bourne in Lincolnshire houses England’s oldest railway station housed in an Elizabethan mansion once owned by the Digby family. When the Great Northern and Midland railways arrived locals urged preservation, and the building was repurposed as a railway station with part of the house serving as the station master’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bourne
Lincolnshire
Digby
Great Northern & Midland Railways
Purifies Water for Boiler on North London Line
Two locomotives on the North London railway are fitted with reservoirs containing peak liquor oak hips and caustic soda. Boiler feed water is passed through these for purification and softening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North London Railway
Peddlers' Law Declared Unconstitutional by Milwaukee Court
Court Commissioner Hugh Ryan voided the 1905 peddlers license statute as unconstitutional under the fourteenth amendment and freed Anton Servonitz after a habeas corpus writ. The law charged different fees by peddler type, afoot or various wagon classes, and faces Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Hugh Ryan
Anton Servonitz
District Court
Supreme Court
John F. Donovan
Milwaukee Judge Drops Sentence in Mail Threat Case
United States Judge J W Quarles and court officials showed leniency to Waldemar Rimmer of Hilbert Junction who faced charges of using the mails to send a threatening postal card. Instead of imprisonment he received funds to cover his fare home. Zimmer, once leader of Germany’s imperial band, attributed his downfall to drink. The card targeted a man who refused to pay for Zimmer’s band music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
United States
J. W. Quarles
Wisconsin
Waldemar Rimmer
Hilbert Junction
Zimmer
Imperial Band of
Germany
Rob Two Grand Rapids Safes
Three expert safe crackers blew open vaults at Grand Rapids Brewing Co and Twin City Bottling works securing about $200. They raided the Green Bay and Western roundhouse for tools blowing doors with nitroglycerin and escaped east on an early Green Bay and Western train headed toward Sturgeon Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Brewing Company
Twin City Bottling Works
Green Bay & Western
Sturgeon Bay
Poles to Have Bishop Ripon Allegedly
Rev W Kruszka of Ripon stated Archbishop Weber of Lemberg will come to the United States as a pope appointed bishop for Polish Catholics in America. Archbishop Fr A Symon confirms this in a letter to the Chicago Polish daily Dziennik Chicagoski, written after his US visit last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripon
W. Kruszka
Weber
Lemberg
Austrian Poland
United States
America
A. Symon
Chicago
Dziennik Chicagoski
Freight Line to Milwaukee and Kenosha
Chicago and Milwaukee Railway plans to build into Milwaukee next year and has a traffic agreement with Illinois Central to handle freight. The deal covers routes from Milwaukee to Chicago with transfer to other lines via Illinois Central at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Chicago & Milwaukee Railway Company
Illinois Central Railway System
Chicago
Illinois Central
Government Inspector Appointed at Langdon and Boyd
La Crosse reports a government inspector of animals and meat has been appointed at Langdon and Boyd. The plant currently operates its interstate business under a special agricultural department dispensation, placing the firm in competition with government branded goods without inspection of its products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Langdon & Boyd
Agricultural Department
Verdict Awarded in $10,000 Suit Against Brown Corliss Engine
In Racine circuit court a jury awarded Richard Stenson $10,000 against the Brown Corliss Engine company. Stenson, employed as a mulder, was injured for life when an elevator he was operating fell during work. He sought $30,600 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Richard Stenson
Brown-Corliss Engine Company
River Navigation Closes on Mississippi November 16
Official closing of navigation on the Mississippi River occurred on November 16 as government lights were extinguished signaling the end of river traffic for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Mississippi River
Assemblyman's Nephew Shot Near Milnet
William Roycraft, nephew of Assemblyman Roycraft, was accidentally shot at his Milnet area home stead while cleaning a double barreled gun. The shotgun discharged into his shoulder blade and he is near death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assemblyman
Chippewa Falls
William Roycraft
Roycraft
Milnet
N. C
Young Mother Burned to Death in Beloit Rescue
Mrs. F. E. Merritt, 24, died from burns suffered while attempting to save her infant who died days earlier from fire. The tragedy occurred in Beloit as the mother bravely tried to rescue her child from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
FE. J. Merritt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ness
William Waldorf Astor
Prince Henry
Victor Herbert
J. Coleman Drayton
Waldorf Astors
Mr. Drayton
Ciety
Mrs. Stevens
Twenty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Prince of Wales
McAllster
Lehr
Baltimore
Mrs.paran Stevens
Chpolus
Japan
Nation
Torres
Locomotive of the Future
Ryan
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!