Dangerous School Buildings In Washington Post 1908
The April 20 1908 Washington Post notes hazardous school buildings. Fire chief Belt surveys premises including Garfield and other schools, urging modernization for fire safety to protect hundreds of children. Authorities consider closing unsafe structures until proper safety measures are in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Belt
Tire Department
Rermains
Eyars
Garfielddale
Birne
Aenex
Wiltengacal
Uaelem Nrestan
Deaty
Avery
Daye
National Art Gallery To Rise At Smithsonian
A national gallery of art moves toward realization with Smithsonian leadership. A committee including Crowninshield Adams Blashfield Miller and Holmes advances plans to convert the Smithsonian building into the National Art Gallery while the National Museum sheds art objects to the new home. Washington is identified as the logical site, distinct from New York’s Metropolitan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Art Gallery
National Gallery of Art
United States
Washington
America
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Fine Arts Federation of New York
National Sculpture, Society
National Academy of Design
Frederick Crowninshield
Herbert Adams
KE. H. Blashfield
F. D. Miller
W. H. Holmes
National Museum
Museum
Museum of Commerce
Metropolitan Museum
New York
National Gallery
National Gallery of Art in Washington Worthy of Patronage
The city of Washington, as the seat of the Federal government, stands as the most national spot on our map. It will attract foreign courtiers and American travelers, who take pride in the country’s growth, and deserve generous support for a national gallery of art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Couriet
National Gallery of Art
National Highway Advocates Across the Continent
A column gathers scraps of editorials and jokes praising and lampooning transport ideas, led by Hon Rourke Cockran’s push for a transcontinental nation spanning from Atlantic to Pacific. It notes Ezra Meeker and earlier dreams, mocks prohibition, and surveys various political gibes and light anecdotes from across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rourke Cockran
Atlantic
Pacific
Cockran
Ezra Meeker
Meeker
New York
Congress
United States
Cochran
Ocean
Zapata
Tex
Atlanta
Bargain Hunter’s Failed Suicide Bid Ends With Cash Back
Nathan Wood Sulling’s fascination with bargaining leads to a dramatic deed. After seeking a cheap revolver to end his life, he buys a .22 at a hardware store, fires at himself but survives with a scratch, then returns the gun and gets his $3 refund, leaving him with the “highest joy” of a bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan
Wood
Coumter
Addéa
Bure
Tie
Mexico Chinese Take Warm Welcome Under Diaz Rule
In Baltimore, Juarez merchant Sing Li Foon praises Mexico for fair treatment of about 26 000 Chinese, noting no racial prejudice and prosperity. He contrasts Mexican policy with U S exclusion laws and recounts costly Washington permits needed to travel through El Paso to reach Baltimore for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Republic of Mexico
Diaz
Sing Li Foon
Juarez
Mexico
Kernan
Jeve Y Man
United States
Baltimore
Washington
el Paso
Tex
New Orleans
New York
Morganatic Tales of Royal Offspring and Relatives
A long, throughline survey of morganatic and royal unions across European nobility. It traces young Baron George Bassield’s misfortune in Munich, then outlines a web of connections: Saxe Meiningen, Hohernlohe, Lippe, and Hohenzollern ties. The narrative links casualties of dynastic marriage to historical figures, observations on asylum and status, and mentions the Venice era Mocenigo lineage and Count Robilant’s Macedonian post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bassield
Chas
Mimteh
Beard
Nea
William Jensen
Saalfeld
Lad
Prince Ernest
Saxe- Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen
Feodora of
Meiningen
Munich
Prince Frederick
House of Lippe
Duke of
Helen Franz
Heldburg
Earl of Munster
William IV
England
Belgrave Square
Queen Victoria
Victor Mirafiort
Emmanuel Mirafior
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
William Hohenau
Prince Albert
Prussia
Rosalie von Rauch
Louis of
Unavaria
Henrietta I Mendel
Baroness Wallersee
Austria
George Larisch
Vienna
Count Larisch
Brucks
Metz
Teck
Alexander
Wurttemberg
Claudine
de Rheday
George Fitageorge
Royal Duke of Cambridge
Dublin
Louise Farebrother
Turkey
William
Venice
Corfu
Greece
Achilleon
Mocenigo
Charles V
Venetian Republic
Frederick William III
Louise of
Pruss
Germany
Kaiser
Louise
Olga Mocenigo
Alexandrine
Paul I
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Count Robliant
Macedonia
Hohenzolern-Mechingen
Count Waldburg
Charles Regilant
Charles Albert
Sardinia
Count Robdilant
Olga Mocerigo
Hohenzollerns
Taveggi
America
Clement Heltemeyer
Jersey City
Frederica of
Hohenzollern
Charles of
Taft ticket defeats in Wisconsin show party split
Taft led ticket losses in Wisconsin primaries by over 60 000 as La Follette supporters prevail. Roosevelt’s strength grows in other states, while Bryan gains in Wisconsin. Republican leaders warn of House losses if Taft secures the nomination. Colored voters shift in multiple states, threatening several incumbents and sparking concern in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convinicgs
New York
Denver
East
Bryan
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
Cgarfield
Bryans
Kentucky
Tle
Wan
Beersheba
Gray
Johnson
Harmon
Howse
la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress Campaign Committee
House of Representatives
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Maryland
West Virginia
Congress
Winds
Jesse Overstreet
Iowa
Missouri
New Jersey
Herbert Parsons
West Side
Factional bitterness frames Democratic hopes in 1908 race
The Kansas City Star argues that Democratic optimism rests on Republican factionalism rather than conditions, noting Blaine’s 1884 downfall due to personal feuds, and contrasts Taft’s rising popularity with party leaders. It recalls 1880 Maine’s upset and Garfield’s rally as parallels to current dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Blaine
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Cleveland
Grant
Conkling
Maine
Taft
Woraker
Foraker
Garfield
Spectral Engineer Guards Illinois Central Train Named Ghost
Veteran engineer Horace L. Seaver and the ghostly presences beside him saved 1,000 old soldiers when a bridge burned ahead. Seaver, a lifelong believer in spirit guidance, reported hearing a warning to brake as the train neared the river, preventing disaster on the 1890s run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fem
Chicago
No. 15
Horace L. Seaver
Winds Central
Kankakee
Illinois Central
Mr. Seaver
Seaver
Champaign
Til
Dramatic Playful Vignettes From Nashville to Rampur
A patchwork of excerpts covers theatrical wishful thinking, a teenage boast in Chicago, and a dramatic tiger-fight in Rampur. The Nashville and Chicago pieces reflect playful, cautionary, and humorous teen voice, while Moradabad’s tale recounts Khuda Bakhs and Shaikh Abdnot Ghani fending off a tiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Daily Telegraph
Khuda Bakhs
Shaikh Abdnot Ghani
Moradabad
Rampur
Whadpura
Khuda Rakhs
Abdul Ghani
Reflections of a Bachelor in Mirage News Bits
A collage of social quips on wealth, marriage, happiness, and folly. Humorous observations question rules of romance and fortune, noting widows, palms, and poets with wry, era voice in compact snippets.
Americans Pride in Fleet Visit to Peru Highlighted
Washington guests and officials discuss the U S Navy voyage to the Pacific with Leslie Combs United States Minister to Peru noting the royal reception in Peru and the display of ship quality. Governors and politicians debate third term prospects and party strategies amid national unity in West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Combs
United States
Peru
Washington
Kentucky
Combs
Lima
Guatemala
Pacific
Mr. Combs
Raleigh
South
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Whashinatoin
Post
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Alexandria
Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Flatiron
Paul Block
Hartford Building
Venenisla
Leacy Duand
Troasevel
Will
Rita
Torer Tstre
Tie Preenent
Ter
Wven
Muremus
Castro
MR. Bryan
Murphy
Pennsylvan
Connecicut
NS Newspaper
Erthive
The
Los Angeles Times
D'annunzio
Niquor
Arink
Starriman
Erie
Cleveland Plain
Ananiases
Prince de Sagan
Anna Gould
Allen B. Parker
Kansas City
Admiral Evans
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Trenton
N. J
Lkely
Tammeny Tigers
Kansas City Post
Boozer
Georgia
Apaing
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hiram Bingham
Yale
Honolulu
Gilbert Islands
Apo Aing
Bingham
Head
Hentil
Duke of Wellington
Julius Caesar
Hannibals
Alexander , the Great
Solomon
George Washington
Napoleon
Alexander the Great
Jay Gould
Charlemagne
Erling the Bold
Frederick the Great
Robert Bruce
William Wallace
Kleén
Winfieild Scott
Richard Coeur de Ltone
Republican Party
North Carolina Mountains
Nashville
Japan
Londae Glane
Debrescin
Hungary
Joseph Megritz
Frau
Joseph Moritz
Elizabeth Moritz
Josseph Moritz
Jena
Gottingen
German Empire
France
Ghost
Iit
Nashville American
Ike
Chicago News
Willie Jones
New York Press
West
George Curry
New Mexico
Ebbitt House
Steeretar
Tatt
Col
Neutroume
Tfirt
Curry
W. C. Tapeswell
Albuqueri
N. M
Hopewell
New Meyer
Tryre
Cal. Hopewell
Reine
Toumont
May
Empire State
Gov. Johnson
Johknson
Chanler
Tam Codent
Genner Byrne
Charleston
Shoreham
John VY. McGraw
Guavernor
A W. Swisher
A. ©. Benerr
Tt State
Swisher
J. Gaines
W. M. Imwaon
Touis Bennett
Lewis Flourins
Thomas E. Hodges
Morgantown
Adam H. Littlepage
John W. Davis
Clarksburg
Davis
Minnesota
W. HW. Rossingston
United States Supreme Court
Topeka
Kans
Thia Yrar
Indianapoli
Johnann
Kansas
Fairbanks
Ast
Mr. Taft
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!