Thrift and Wit in a Hated Roach An Insect Essay
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports a U S government pamphlet by entomologist C L Marlatt extolling cockroaches as subjects of study. It notes their virtues and vices, outlines methods to destroy them including traps and gunpowder in Germany, and cites outdoor and indoor habits with scientific details and cautions about poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
North Germany
South Germany
Schwaben
Preussen
United States
C. L. Mariatt
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Marlatt
Department of Agriculture
Semely
Mariatt
J. G. O. Tepper
South Australia
Mr. Marlatt
Mr. Tepper
Brazil
South Carolina
Republic
Eagle Pass
Tex
V. Marlatt
Germany
England
Haviland
Lapse of Memory Concludes Contempt Trial Details
Proceedings centered on contempt of court orders as defendants riskyardies and confederates are debated by Judge Kellar and Justice Collins. Richards and others deny aiding strikers while claiming ex convict guards and liquor flow at Collins Colliery to influence workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellar
Collins
Comae Company
Richards
Coal Famine Fears Rise Amid Anthracite Shortage Reports
Predictions of ten dollar coal a ton surface as a wholesale dealer warns of looming shortages. Dispatches note scant stocks in Plainfield and Port Morris with soft coal now stored for the first time. President Mitchell may not protest Judge Jackson's West Virginia ruling, miners hope for court vindication. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad piles coal near Portland anticipating a miner strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plainfield
N. J
Port Morris
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Jackson
West Virginia
Sagamore Hill
Case of Dr Russell Wilson in Nicaragua court martial
Senator Hanna telegrams Washington on Dr Russell Wilson to be tried by court martial in Nicaragua for alleged filibuster expedition. Dispatches say Wilson is seriously compromised, claimed to have joined a 1899 revolution. Hanna states Wilson studied at Ohio State University 1899 1900 and asks fair trial. mother has traveled to Bluefields where he is confined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, CO
Hanna
Washington
Russell Wilson
Nicaragua
Wilson
Ohio State University
J. J. Hill
Nicaragua Delays Final Action on Wilson Case
Senor Corea informed acting Secretary Hill that Nicaragua accepts the minister’s recommendation to postpone final measures in the Wilson case until all legal rights are invoked. President Zelaya supports being bound by the minister’s recommendations. Corea also clarified that Wilson’s alleged 1898 revolution involvement is established, countering claims he was in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senor Corea
Dr. Hill
Wilson
Bluefields
Zelaya
Hanna
Chicago
Nicaragua
State Department
Rewarded for Courtesy in Railroad Circles
Chicago July 24 H J Titus formerly a steward on the Alton dining cars has been named superintendent of commissary for the Mobile and Ohio Railway and will start August 15. A passenger, a high Mobile and Ohio official, praised Titus and urged his Chicago office to appoint him. Titus will headquarters in Jackson Tennessee and is the youngest dining car superintendent in the United States at age twenty four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
H. J. Titus
Alton
Mobile & Ohio Railway
Titus
Mobile & Ohio
Chicago & Alton Railway
Jackson
Tenn
United States
Chase Across the Desert in East Africa Encounter
British expeditionary force pursuing the Mad Mullah after scouting northeast of Damot crossed a waterless desert, engaging tribesmen. Colonel Cobbe’s mounted column killed 150 enemies and captured 4000 camels and 12000 sheep after an eighty mile chase. Eight British soldiers were killed and four wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden
Arabia
East Africa
Damot
Cobbe
Pope Wardrobe Tales From Papal Jewels To Palliums
A Tombstone tailor recalls Rome pilgrimage and explains Papal garments and tokens. The process starts with fifty sheep whose lambs near Jan. 21 receive Papal blessing, are shorn, and their fleece woven into palliums. The Vatican’s lack of temporal power reduces public ceremonies, while the Fisherman ring remains the Pope’s official signet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McConnell McNaught
Rome
Leo
Peter
Vatican
Leo XIII
St. Peter
Gold filled eyeglasses offered at low prices
J. P. Mullally advertises gold filled eyeglasses priced from one dollar to two dollars fifty cents each. Mullally specializes in diamonds and jewelry manufacturing and is located at 3 Monument Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Mullally
Monument Place
Porto Rico Prospering Education on the Island and Trade Notes
Governor Hunt arrived from Porto Rico with Attorney General Harlan and spoke on improved health, education, and commerce. He cited a higher insular treasury balance, record exports led by sugar cigars and coffee, and the push for local schools and industrial centers. He praised reforms, better sanitation, and growing ties with the United States. He planned to notify President Roosevelt before visiting Casanovia on his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Hunt
Porto Rico
Coamo
James S. Harlan
Hunt
Casanovia
N. Y
Harlan
Murray Bay
Canada
Miles
Insular Treasury
United States
Europe
Nova Scotia
Spain
Austria
France
Italy
Germany
America
California
Island
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Sagamore
Behavior of Birds Quiet in Fall and Winter
The passage notes a bird that remains vocal only to its mate and is silent around rivals. It avoids owl baiting in the season of romance, tempering its vituperative nature. While robins, catbirds, and thrashers reveal nest sites, the blue jay stays elusive and unseen near its habitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ous
Tragic Brooklyn Family Killing Ends in Delirious Confession
Richard Meade, a night watchman, finds his three young daughters in a Brooklyn home, two dead from strangulation by twine, one unconscious. The drunken mother lies comatose, possibly poisoning herself, with police suspecting delirium and intemperance. the oldest child was three, the infant possibly fatally injured. The mother had previously faced commitment for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Meade
Brooklyn
Meade
Wilson family luck dominates New York society gains
The Philadelphia Press reports on Mrs Wilson and her daughters forging elite unions with powerful families. Michael Henry Herbert’s appointment as British ambassador highlights continuing Wilson influence from Georgia roots to Washington diplomacy. The piece details connections to Astor, Schermerhorn, Vanderbilt, and Goelet alliances, noting titles, salaries, and social rank shifts in a fearless society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Wilson
New York
Mr. Wilson
Sas
Michael Henry Herbert
Lord Pauncefote
Wilsons
Vanderbilts
Herbert
Miss Wilson
Washington
Herberts
Albert Edward
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
Queen
Denmark
England
Czarina
Russia
Mother Wilson
Georgia
Richard T. Wilson
United States
Robert Toombs
Alexander Stephens
Wall Street
Richard Wilson
Mary Wilson
Ogden Goelet
Cowes
France
Europe
Orme Wilson
Caroline Star
Miss Astor
William Astor
Schermerhorn
Knickerbocker
Astor
Wm. Astor
Lester
Mr. Herbert
Leila Wilson
Paris
Iss
Hague
Constantinople
Rome
America
Grace Wilson
Vanderbilt
Miss Grace
Vanderbit-Wilson
Two Workers Die in Boiler Accident at Dyersburg Mill
July reports from Dyersburg Tennessee say Will Young and Dan McAuliff were fatally burned when scaffolding collapsed into a boiler during steam pipe repair. Their bodies were pulled from the boiler as workers removed them. In Pittsburg Pennsylvania a gas exposure at Clinton blast furnace left Master Harrill Martin Harrill and two others unconscious on the platform. authorities fear death for Harrill and Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersburg
Tenn
Will Young
Dan McAuliff
Pittsburg
Clinton
Martin Harrihill
M. Austin
M. Beckwith
Harrihill
Austin
Wedding at Wakehurst Newport Van Alen and Collier
Miss Sara Stewart Van Alen and Robert Joseph Collier wed at the Van Alen villa Wakehurst in Newport. Bishop Byrnes officiated with Father Meenan assisting. A nuptial mass followed at St Marys Church. The couple then hosted a yacht breakfast aboard Radha for about twenty guests before leaving on a sea wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Sara Stewart van Alen
James J. van Alen
William Astor
Robert Joseph Collier
Peter Fenelon Collier
New York
van Alen Villa
Wakehurst
May van Alen
Robert R. Remington
Bishop Byrnes
Nashville
Tenn
William B. Meenan
St. Mary's
Mr. Collier
Radha
Mrs. Collier
Yankee Independence and the Curious Signs of Etiquette
A London observer in New York remarks on American politeness and stubbornness. He notes small signs such as "No loafing here" and "Please Shut the Door" reveal a sense of gentlemanly respect and voluntary compliance. The traveler observes Americans respond kindly when requests are courteous, though conductors’ commands to move quickly draw a brisk, unquestioning obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Hats and the Man Stylistic Wars Over Panama Hats
A Boston Journal piece mocks Panama hats as fashion while praising independent style. It contrasts the Panama with the traditional Daniel Webster hat and imagines Caesar and Napoleon sans modern headgear, arguing hat choice signals character and that fashion can bind yet be resisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal
Panama
St. Louis Fair
Daniel Webster
Caesar
Via Appia
Napoleon
Fontainebleau
Dresden
de Wolf Hopper
Weber & Fields
Hugo
Obain
Strange People and Public Taste in Egypt and England
Robert Hichens laments the ease with which others seem strange, from Cook’s tourists in Egypt to Worthing lovers and bridge players. He reflects on his own perception of eccentricity and notes daily media trends and public opinion, observing the strange mix of tastes that define society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Cook
France
Worthing
Canadian Steamship Plans for Fast Atlantic Service
Montreal July report states the Canadian Pacific Railway tender aims to build four twenty knot passenger steamers and ten or eleven 10 400 ton cargo boats with speeds of seventeen? fifteen knots. Government subsidies would total 1 500 000 per year to support the service. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, CPR president, notes other railways would gain favorable traffic positioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Thomas Shaughnessy
Fic
Discord in the Vanderbilt Family Stirs Society Gossip
The article details a rift within the Vanderbilt family over social standing and influence. It notes Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt’s charm, Wilson luck affecting alliances, and Prince Henry of Prussia dining with young Mrs. Vanderbilt, who gathers elite company, while Washington powers shift toward her sister with the Herberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
Wilson
Mrs. Cornelius
Prince Henry of
Prussia
America
Aiser
Ogden Mills
New York
Prince Henry Young
Washington
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Herberts
Ammonia Prank Triggers Phone Call Gaffe
A Walnut Street druggist recalls a humorous incident where a customer phoned a friend in Lansdowne while his clerk cleaned glass with ammonia. The odor wafted through the store as the caller joked about smelling ammonia from afar, then hastily ended the call when the humor became evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Walnut Street
Wilton
Lansdowne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Portland
Ind
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Bryant
Ridgeville
Summit
Commisaarr
Chase
Governor Hunt
Wilson Girls
Blue Jay
Robert Hichens
London
Canadian Steamship Plans
Havana
Bondy & Lederer
Cuba
U. S
Daniel Stewart Company
Indianapolis
Chicago Musical College
F. Ziegfeld
Michigan Blvd
Ill
Dramatic Art
Elocution
Dr. F. Ziegfeld
William Castile
Rudolph Ganz Felix Borowski
Board OF Musical Dreator
Louis Falk Bernhard Listemann Herman Devries Hart Conway
Eymond Vergnet
Massenet
National Conservatory of Paris
School of Opera, Modern Languages
Hans von Schilier
S. E. Jacobsohn
Edmond Vergner
Nathan
Nathan Ankle Support Co
Duane St
York
Indianapolisusiness Universit
May Wright Sewall
North
Pennsylvania Street
Theo. L. Sewall
Knickerbocker Hall
Miss Reeves
Miss Whitcomb
Mary Helen
Central Avenue
Tudor Hall
N. Meridian St
Hoarding and Cay Fok
Fredonia Allen
J. Cumming Smith
Royal Frontenac
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!