Winchell Named President of Rock Island System
Benjamin L. Winchell is named president of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway, replacing W. B. Leeds. His long railroad rise from clerk in 1873 to top executive is highlighted with steady promotions across several great lines, including Union Pacific and Frisco system, underlining a career of loyalty and achievement. He is praised for courtesy, artistic interests, golf, and enthusiasm for automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin L. Winchell
Chicago
Chicago, Hock Island & Pacific Railway Company
B. L. Winchell
W. B. Leeds
Robert Mather
C. H. Warren
J. F. Stevens
L. F. Loree
Rock Island System
Wincell
Ben Winchell
Hannibal & St. Joseph Road
Atchison & Nebraska Road
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Road
Union Pacific
Denver & Gulf Road
St. Louis
San Francisco
Colorado & Southern
Winchell
Frisco System
Rock Island
Frisco
Birds Have Big Appetites In World Of Feats
A historical note on bird eating capacity compares sparrows and other birds with human meals. It cites a tree sparrow consuming 700 grass seeds daily and details nesting trips by house martins and wrens, noting high activity. A separate item states the Crown Prince of Korea is a student at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Prince of
Korea
Crown Prince of Kores
Roanoke College
Salem, Va
Old farmer studies rail freight as son primes for exam
At a Philadelphia dinner a Reading Railroad official recounts how a farmer, seeking fair freight rates, sent his son to study railway facts for an upcoming examination. The agent delivers a full set of answers after a long walk, impressing the farmer who notes the information will help his son prepare for the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution
George F. Baer
Reading Railroa
Highoage
Lst
Nebraska Politicians Favor Sullivan for Vice Presidency
Lincoln Nebraska readers learn that Nebraska’s Democrats nominate J J Sullivan for vice president while Republicans back John Lee Webster of Omaha. Sullivan, former Nebraska Supreme Court chief justice, gained a strong reelect result last fall, polling 17000 more than party vote, though he stayed out of the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
J. J. Sullivan
Lincoln
Neb
Special
Bryan
John Lee Webster
Omaha
State Supreme Court
State Central Committee
Sullivan
J. B. Barnes
Supreme Judge
Mr. Sullivan
South American Snake Method for Rat Control Adopted in the South
New Orleans reports farmers in the South are training nonpoisonous snakes to clear rat infestations on plantations as an alternative to ferrets. A dozen snakes of varying sizes are released to enter holes, pursue nests, and swallow rats, with careful capture and bagging of survivors once the battle ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
South America
Panama
St. Bernard
South
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Eleven Years of Waiting Ends in Atlanta Wedding
Augustus W. Saunders of Atlanta Georgia and Miss Helen King of Morristown New Jersey married after eleven years of courtship. Saunders, once a Morristown hospital patient in 1892, met his nurse while he waited for a stable job through the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company. He later secured a permanent position in Atlanta before their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Leban
Rachel
Augustus W. Saunders
Atlanta
Helen King
Morristown
N. J
Mr. Saunders
Morristown Hospital
Miss King
New York & New Jersey Telephone Company
Hint for American Heiresses in Victorian Society
A satirical note on American heiresses marrying foreign nobles and funding their lifestyles abroad. Mentions Vienna’s social ladder with 400 knights and four counts among 5,000 car drivers, and a London sleepwalking case where a servant traveled 14 miles from Roughton to Mousehold Heath unwittingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
London
Roughton
Sussex
Mousehold Heath
Norwich
Brisson Loves Children A Parla Special Portrait
M. Brisson recently became president of the French Chamber of Deputies. A seasoned parliamentary figure, he surprises as a friend to children, writing playful verses and composing rhymes for youngsters. Known for brisk mornings, daily fencing, and late-night seances, he blends politics with literary flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parla
France
M. Hen
Brisson
Paul Deschanel
Howee of Representatives
Chamber of Deputies
M. Brisson
Lewis Carroll
Eugene Field
Blue
Jacques Girard
Albert
Suzanne
Carroll
Hernani
Ruy Blas
Mounet-Sully
Moliere
M. Briseton
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
M. Steinilber
Brisson Rizes
M. Brinson
Egypt
Holy Land
M. Henri Brisson
French Chamber of Deputies
Panama's Coat of Arms Adopted by New Republic
Panama, the new republic, unveils its coat of arms featuring a shield with an eagle perched above. The eagle holds a ribbon bearing the motto Paz Libertad Union Progresso, with the shield’s upper band displaying additional symbols of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Republic
Exile from Poland: Col John Sobieski’s remarkable life
Bloomington special profiles Col. John Sobieski a Polish exile who served in the U S Army from age 13, fought at Gettysburg and many other battles, later aiding Juarez in Mexico, entering Minnesota politics, championing voter reform, ending capital punishment, and opposing liquor. Filipino students in America rise to 250 in U S colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
United States
John Sobieski
Warsaw
Poland
John III
Sobieski
Col. Sobieski
Col. Sobiesk
Count Sobieski
Austria
Switzerland
First Artillery
John B. Ma
Gruder
Fitz John Porter
McClellan
Col. Soblesk
Bull Run
Yorktown
Wiliamsburg
Fair Lake
Gaines Mill
Frazer's Farm
Malvern Hill
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Lee
Wilderness
Petersburg
Five Forks
Appomattox
Washington
Mexico
New Orleans
Phil Sheridan
Sobiesk
Jaurez
Marxmillan
Col. Sobieak
Minnesota
Chicago Chronicle
Tower House
Cox
Great Britain
Canada
Col. Sobiesk T
$150000 Weather Forecasting Prize Proposes Scientific Board
A Washington Special reports a Bard bill offering two prizes of 9100,000 and 950,000 for discovering the physical basis of meteorology and for predicting rainfall. Three expert meteorologists will head a board to adjudicate a contest requiring 80 day forecasts at three focal locations over six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
United States
Sanator Bard
California
Bard
Meteorology
Yale
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Leland Stanford
Chicago
Bim
Rumored Chicago Woman May Become Lady Kitchener
The Nove Vremya cites Chicago social figure Daisy Leiter and Lord Kitchener as a rumored marriage link. Reports claim the union would make Kitchener Curzon’s brother-in-law, linking American wealth to British office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daisy Leiter
Kitchener
London
St. Petersburg
Lord Kitch
India
Lord Curzon
Lord Kitchener
Curzon
Glade
Thibet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anthracite Truat and Reading Railroad
J. J. Bullivan
Col
America
Philippines
Pollah
Lijnols
Gay Moment
Thomas R. Baxd
Weather Sharps
Miss Leiter
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!