Century-spanning milestones traced in the Weekly ISR
A concise timeline from 1682 to 1907 surveys key events: Vries on the Delaware voyage, St Paul’s London opening, early American anatomy schooling, New York evacuation, Delaware constitution adoption, Paris church closures, US treaties with Native tribes, Algiers peace tribute, port closures, Illinois statehood, stage debut, papal abolition, Austrian abdication, Napoleon’s era, Webster’s funeral, Confederate presidency, Sabbath order in camps, Canadian governance, Knoxville siege, Knights of the Golden Circle trials, Habeas Corpus restored, Johnson impeachment move, Californian earthquake, Canada’s governor, mail train plan, ship disaster, Wisconsin fire, presidential electors, Canadian prime minister change, Royal troops, Brooklyn fire, St Louis expo close, Cuban leadership, Jewish landing anniversary, New York Yacht Cup gift, anti-rebate fine, Crapsey ministry resignation, Lemieux luncheon reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Illinois
John Gilbert
Tremont Theater
Boston
Gregory XVI
Ferdinand of Austria
Francis Joseph
Louis Napoleon
France
Daniel Webster
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
McClellan
United States
Lord Monck
Canada
Longstreet
Knoxville
Knights of the Golden Circle
Indianapolis
Committee of the House
Andrew Johnson
Loretta
California
John Young
New York
Chicago
Borussia
Mississippi
Science Hall
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Cleveland
Hendricks
John Thhompson
John Abbott
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Tennessee
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Senor Palma
Cuba
America
Edward VII
New York Yacht Club
American Sugar Refining Company
New York Central Railway
Algernon Crapsey
Protestant Episcopal Church
Rodolphe Lemieux
Political Vendetta Ends In Trap For Gideon Hope
Gideon Hope plots to topple Percy Kane, leader of a vast metal empire, by using a secret order and political machine. A midnight encounter tests his disguise as he moves to strike at Kane’s power base in Kanawha group mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Hope
Tremaines
Tercival
Percy V. Kane
Rotten Consolidated Silver Company
Albert Tremaine
Kane
Percy Kane
Hope
Secret Council
Great Amalgamated Association
Cope
Amalgamated
Gideon Tope
Kanawha Group
Michael Delehanty
Mills
Delehanty
Everett Hope
Boss
Gideon
Murdoch—McNally
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
State fair backing to Fargo for permanent site
Fargo business interests back a proposition to keep the State fair in Fargo, with current arrangements moving the fair between Fargo and Grand Forks. Plans include a Western Iowa farmers short course at Correctionville February 8 to 13 1909 with 100 corn prizes totaling 150 dollars and many prizes across 35 classes. Minnesota breeders join nine others in milking Shorthorn cattle research. President Roosevelt hosted about five hundred farmers and wives at the White House for the National Grange convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
Grand Forks
Correctionville
Iowa State Agricultural College
Iowa
Minnesota
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
National Grange
Eugenia Halstead
McKenzie
N. C
Miss Maltrand
Coat of Arms Delusion and a Prison Escape Tale
A Cornhill Magazine tale tells a man seeking a heraldic coat of arms fails to prove noble lineage until he describes escaping Ludgate prison and using a statue cord to lower himself. The herald declares him lineally descended from King Lud, meriting the king’s arms. Two light quips about marriage and a note on Bluebooks from 1681 to 1846 finish the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Heraldry
Cornhill
Ludgate
King Lud
Roosevelt Proposes Navy and Military Reforms at White House
President Roosevelt outlines policy on Panama Canal progress Philippine self government and Cuba turn over Japan Exposition and military reforms. He calls for promotion by merit in the army and navy a general staff an expanded navy including battleships and destroyers and improved officer training and selection to prepare for peace and potential war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Goethals
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Philippine Assembly
Asia
Japan
Porto Rico
Congress
Selec
O Om
National Guard
Army
United States
England
General Board
North Dakota
Delaware
Florida
Utah
Pacific
Atlantic
Annapolis
Everent Ce
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Breeding of Mutton Sheep Emphasizes Strong Constitution
J D C of Illinois argues breeders cannot produce an ideal animal without a vigorous constitution. He urges mutton sheep to have straight backs, well sprung ribs, broad loins, full rounded quarters, and even flesh from neck to tail to align with butchered cuts while preserving health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Seneca
Also Mentioned on This Page
Isr
We Vries
Delaware River
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
Paris
Stockbridge
Dey
Algiers
Weldon J. Cobb
Civil Service
Nell
Belle
Philadelphia Record
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Army and Navy
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