Episodes Nearest to December 1, 1897 to December 3, 1897: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. Episcopal Church Election Controversy
    date December 1, 1897 to December 3, 1897map PULASKI, Arkansastags Church/Religious-Activity, Economy, Politics

    The Arkansas Church Election, held on December 1, 1897, met in order to determine the election of Coadjutor Bishop of Little Rock. The New York Times reported on Friday, December 3, 1897 that the candidates for the position were Reverend John Gass of Little Rock, and William Montgomery Brown of Cleveland. The Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church of Arkansas met and elected Archdeacon William...

  2. Fight for an Arkansas Girl
    date December 1, 1897map MADISON, Arkansastags Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Health/Death

    A county church in Huntsville, Madison County was the setting for a triangle homicide on December 1, 1897. The incident arose outside the church because three men, Seth Lowe, Will Phillips, and John Howard all loved a local Arkansas girl, Miss Irene Pruitt. They attended the same prayer meeting that evening. Miss Pruitt arrived at the location with Phillips, and soon thereafter met Lowe and Howard...

  3. Fight for an Arkansas Girl
    date December 1, 1897map PULASKI, Arkansastags Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Health/Death

    A county church in Huntsville, Madison County was the setting for a triangle homicide on December 1, 1897. The incident arose outside the church because three men, Seth Lowe, Will Phillips, and John Howard all loved a local Arkansas girl, Miss Irene Pruitt. They attended the same prayer meeting that evening. Miss Pruitt arrived at the location with Phillips, and soon thereafter met Lowe and Howard...

  4. Widow made executrix of 3,500,00 property
    date December 1, 1897map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Health/Death, Economy, Law, Women

    On December 1, 1897 the papers of the recently deceased John E. Ligget declared his widow the sole executrix of his account. This meant that she had exclusive control over seeing that the provisions of Mr. Ligget's will were satisfied, and had control over all other matters concerning the deceased's estate. Mr. Liggett was a wealthy tobacconist, and upon his death, relinquished his entire...

  5. Law Prohibiting Children to Work in Cotton Factories not Passed
    date November 16, 1897map CHATHAM, Georgiatags Economy, Government, Law, Politics, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    The Savannah Press announced on November 16, 1897 that they deeply regretted the actions of the general assembly of Georgia. The general assembly failed to pass a law that would prohibit anyone under the age of 13 from working in cotton factories. The Savannah Press was disturbed by the actions taken by the legislators in Georgia. The general assembly's actions showed that the need for production...

  6. Class Tensions Arise in the Markets of Hester Street
    date January 1, 1898map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Women, Progressive Reformers, Marketplace

    "The true heart of the Lower East Side beat in the street," and Hester Street was no exception. It served as the hub of life in the Lower East Side – teeming with women shopping, children playing and peddlers manning their pushcarts full of food. While the tenements towered high above blocking out the sky, the streets were overrun with peddlers and their pushcarts and their female clientele...

  7. Man Proposes Cotton-farmers Alliance
    date January 9, 1898map MECKLENBURG, North Carolinatags Agriculture, Economy, Politics

    On January 9, 1898, A.R. Logie went before a large gathering of farmers and cotton-growers in the Charlotte and proposed an organization of all cotton-farmers in the area. Under this association, farmers would pool their entire product of that year's growth, sell it as one, and share the dividends. This group would be headed by an elected congress of representative farmers who would create...

  8. Black Witness
    date July 31, 1897 to 1897map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags African-Americans, Law, Race-Relations

    The passing of Mrs. Lucinda Todd was not a surprise to her family, after all her health had been suffering for sometime. Though Mrs. Todd's passing initially appeared peaceful, the true happenings behind her death were revealed in the subsequent battle for ownership of Mrs. Todd's will. On July 31, 1897 Judge Burroughs resided over the court that was set to declare the official executer...

  9. No Fun for Blacks
    date October 2, 1897map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Arts/Leisure, Law, Migration/Transportation

    The transportation system that supported Richmond's busy businesses center was also a means of enjoyment for Richmond's citizens, young and old.On October 2, 1897, paper boys discovered this fact when they were treated to a ride on four of Richmond's street-cars.Secretary McKee, of the Youth Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) arranged for the ride.The trolley party started on...

  10. Louisiana State Constitutional Convention
    date February 8, 1898 to February 12, 1898map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    In February and May of 1898, the Louisiana state government held a constitutional convention. In doing so, the legislators focused heavily on certain aspects of the state laws that pertained to voting rights of African-Americans and poor whites. From 1897 on, almost all of the Southern states were revising or creating their state constitutions. Many of the modifications increased the authority of...

  11. National Locomotive Demand
    date September 22, 1897map HENRICO, Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy

    Effective means of transportation became extremely important as populations rose and mass production improved.Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works cashed in on this fact as they produced locomotives.The South Carolina and Georgia Railway placed an order for five locomotives.On September 22, 1897, The State reported the requested locomotives as having twenty-five and thirty-five by thirty-six inch...

  12. The Effects of a Drought
    date February 19, 1898map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Health/Death, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    During the winter of 1897-1898, a severe drought hit the city of Charleston. There was no rain for over a month and the city's wells and cisterns began to run dry. For Charleston's white population, who understood the principles of hygiene and clean water, this resulted in only two fatalities. For the poor, uneducated African Americans of Charleston, the drought caused a great deal of illness...

  13. Assault Suspect Caught and Lynched After Police Shootout
    date September 12, 1897map BIBB, Georgiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations, Women

    A black man's crime run came to an end on the evening of September 12, 1897, as police finally apprehended Charley Gibson. Macon authorities originally sought Gibson out for a suspected assault on a white female that occurred earlier in the week. The manhunt intensified after he reportedly shot and killed another man during an argument on the morning of the 12th. After a drawn-out chase and...

  14. Partible Inheritance and the Agrarian Revolution
    date September 11, 1897map PICKENS, South Carolinatags Agriculture, Economy

    As James Hagood matured in age, he decided to write a draft of his will on September 11, 1897. Describing his marble tomb to be placed beside a similar one already sculpted for his wife on his 12 mile plantation, Hagood continued to allocate his surviving money to pay his debts and to divide the remaining within his five children, Mary, Lucie, Fannie, William and Benjamin. The daughters were to...

  15. Yellow Death Abroad in the Land
    date September 7, 1897map HINDS, Mississippitags Health/Death

    On the 7th of September The Age-Herald published an article titled “Yellow Death Abroad in the Land' in which they described the mounting yellow jack epidemic that was beginning to sweep through the South, reminding many of the great scare of 1878 and the many deaths that yellow jack had been attributed to in the previous decade. Ocean Springs was found to have the dreadful disease in...

  16. Murder of Geographic Proportions
    date June 25, 1897 to November 8, 1897map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Crime/Violence, Geography

    What is more interesting than a story that involves a jealous love triangle that results in the murder of a man and the arrest of another who has been betrayed by a friend and lover? It is the realization that...

  17. Augusta County School Board Rejects Petition on Behalf of Ware High School
    date August 28, 1897map RICHMOND, Georgiatags Education, Race-Relations

    On this date in late August, the Augusta County School Board rejected a petition on behalf of 155 African-Americans within the community made in protest to the closing of Ware High School, a secondary school for African-Americans in the area, by a vote of 23-3 with two abstentions. It is important to note that all three of the dissenters represented the Fifth Ward, a lower-class factory region...

  18. Charleston Receives New Coastal Defenses
    date March 24, 1898map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags War

    In the spring of 1898, the United States stood on the verge of war with Spain. One of the greatest concerns of American defense planners was that Spanish ships would attack the prosperous port cities of the Southeast that were in close proximity to Cuba. As a result of this concern, a number of these cities were reinforced to repel a potential Spanish naval attack. Along with Savannah, GA; Mobile,...

  19. Jerome Hall Raymond Inaugurated as President of West Virginia University
    date August 6, 1897map MONONGALIA, West Virginiatags Education

    On the 6th of August the board of regents of the West Virginia University elected J.H. Raymond to the presidency of the university over seventeen applicants from all parts of the country. Endorsed by the faculties at John Hopkins, Princeton and Yale, he became the youngest college President in the country at 29 years of age.<br />Young and full of ambition, Raymond made a commitment to modernizing...

  20. Governor Dismisses Woman's Execution
    date March 30, 1898map TWIGGS, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, Law, Women

    On March 30, 1898, Elizabeth Nobles prepared to live her last day on earth. The State had found Nobles guilty of murdering her husband three years prior, and sentenced her to death by hanging the following day. Yet the Twiggs County facility where Nobles was being held received a last minute notice to cancel her execution. Georgia Governor William Atkinson, the only body left with the power to pardon...

  21. Closing of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition
    date May 1, 1897 to October 31, 1897map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags Arts/Leisure, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Opening on May 1, 1897, the Tennessee Centennial Exposition drew 1.8 million visitors, marking the largest recorded Southern exposition. Following the closure of the Exposition, the grounds were converted to Centennial Park and became a major magnet of westward growth for suburban Nashville. <br />States from all over the country were invited and entitled to their own “special day'...

  22. Spanish American War
    date April 5, 1898map Washington City, District of Columbiatags War

    On April 25, 1898, the United States officially entered into War with Spain. In the early months of 1898, tensions in Cuba involving Cuban revolutionaries and the Spanish government began to escalate. Following the explosion of the USS Maine, which the Spanish claimed was merely an accident; US President William McKinley was hesitant to begin war and waited on the Naval Court's reports. Questions...

  23. Counterfeit Money
    date July 30, 1897map SCOTT, Virginiatags Economy, Government, Law

    Bristol County seemed to be up in arms in late July of 1897. A systematic counterfeiting scheme had been unearthed, occurring for almost five years. The scheme got its start in Scott County, Virginia five years prior when Clion Berry of Tennessee was arrested for counterfeiting money. He was subsequently released, changed his name and moved to Duffield. While in this location, Berry spent time with...

  24. Counterfeit Money
    date July 30, 1897map SCOTT, Virginiatags Economy, Government, Law

    Bristol County seemed to be up in arms in late July of 1897. A systematic counterfeiting scheme had been unearthed, occurring for almost five years. The scheme got its start in Scott County, Virginia five years prior when Clion Berry of Tennessee was arrested for counterfeiting money. He was subsequently released, changed his name and moved to Duffield. While in this location, Berry spent time with...

  25. Dingley Tariff of 1897
    date July 24, 1897map WASHINGTON, Marylandtags Economy

    During the 1896 campaign effort of William McKinley, Northern manufacturing interests were active donors to his party's presidential aspirations. When McKinley summoned a special congress in 1897, their donations were rewarded with a new tariff. <br />Headed by Nelson Dingley, the House Ways and Means Committee chairman from Maine, the Dingley Tariff was shaped around the desires of...