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Episodes from "ENGL 305: Literary History and Writing," St. Norbert College (Spring 2012): 1 through 6 of 6

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  1. Enter: The Leading Pain Killer
    date March 6, 1899map Europe, Outside UStags Medicine/Health, Medicine

    After years of research, in 1899 German company, Friedrich Bayer & Co. began manufacturing Aspirin for release into the market as a fever reducer and pain reliever; physicians could then prescribe Aspirin to their patients in one-gram doses. Previous to this tweaked product, the most common medicine of its function was Salicylic Acid, which is contracted from Willow Tree bark, having medicinal roots...

  2. Armory Square was a military hospital that sprang up in Washington D.C. during the Civil War, from 1862-1865, which recorded unprecedented numbers of soldier casualties and deaths.
    date August, 1862 to January, 1865map WASHINGTON, Marylandtags Military Hospitals, Wounded Soldiers, Civil War

    While not the first military hospital to open in Washington D.C. during the Civil War, Armory Square Hospital is known for receiving some of the worst soldier casualties from Virginia’s battlefields. Situated nearest the steamboat landing at the foot of Seventh Street, S.W., and the lines of Washington and Alexandria railroad, Armory Square Hospital was the first and only stop for many Union soldiers...

  3. The Future of Pacfic Trade Due to an Untimely Death
    date March, 1891 to 1891map Pacific, Outside UStags King Kalakana, Pacific Trade, Sandwich Islands, Hawaii

    In march of 1891, King Kalakana had died from an unknown cause in San Francisco within the United States. This death had arroused the citizens of both the continental united states as well as Hawaiian natives who enjoyed visiting San Francisco. The worry that notes itself here comes from certain negotiations that were taking place at the time of his unfortunete death. These negotiations were based...

  4. Lincoln's Funeral Train: The Ride from Chicago to Springfield
    date May 2, 1865 to May 3, 1865map COOK, Illinoistags assassination, Presidents

    On the evening of Tuesday, May 2, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln’s casket was brought to a depot of the Chicago and Alton Railroad on Canal Street.  A German choral group of about three hundred sang solemn music as Lincoln’s casket was moved onto the train.  The train used to transport the president’s body consisted of one baggage car, several ordinary coaches, and a catafalque car.  The...

  5. State of Liberty and Immigrants: First Days
    date 1886map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Statue of Liberty, Immigrants

    The Statue of Liberty is an icon of today, just as it was for immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th Century.  The inauguration of the Statue of LIberty took place on Thursday, October 23, 1886.  The day started with a military, naval and civil parade in New York City.  After the parade, a signal was given for steamers in the bay to move in a particular and pre-calculated order towards the island....

  6. Plane Crash near Los Gatos Canyon
    date January 28, 1948map Fresno, Californiatags Plane Crash, Deportees

    Thirty-two people perished when a plane crashed near Los Gatos Canyon, 20 miles west of Coalinga, California in Fresno County on the 28th of January 1948.  The plane caught fire, starting in the left engine-drive fuel pump, 50 miles after its departure from Oakland California.  The victims of the plane crash include four Americans, Franck attkinson the pilot, his wife Bobbi Attkinson who served as...