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!
Record of varied 1908 incidents and figures
A compiled digest notes a sudden town fire near 1908s, a Los Angeles suicide of Mrs Walter Tenge, the death of Walt Whitman’s sister Hannah Whitman Helde, severe furnace accidents at Wisconsin Steel in South Chicago, and overhaul plans for Raleigh at Mare Island. It also mentions Hazel Drew death theories, Pacific coast railway cost overruns, a broad strike victory for New York jacket makers, naval moves toward Honduras, and legal issues around AOUW trusts. Other items include a pole flight by Peary, a Jeffer son train attack on strikebreakers, and Honolulu military reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Tenge
Standard Oil
Los Angeles
Hannah Louisa Whitman Helde
Walt Whitman
Burlington
Wisconsin Steel Mills
Chicago
Mare Island
Raleigh
Saile
Hazel Drew
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
New York
Porto Cortes
Honduras
Navy Department
Marietta
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Supreme Lodge of the
Grand Lodge of Wisconsin
Des Moines
Robert EB. Peary
Sydney
Roosevelt
North Pole
Robert Ganiner
Jefferson
Ala
Georgia Railroad Commission
Kobisaat
Honolulu
Newpapers
Narodny Lysty
Amelie Louise of
Frank J. Gould
William Campbell
Campbell
Joan W. Tomlinson
Alabama
National Democratic Committee
United States
Eugene W. Chafin
Ares Watking
Columbus
Lincoln
Chafip