Sousa March:
John Philip Sousa was a music composer and conductor that became famous for his American military and very patriotic marches. His marches inspired a feeling of Patriotism for instance they were commonly used in Political Parades, War Movies and Propaganda.
Here is a link to the file of the song Washington Post, and here is another link to the Gallant Seventh one of his most famous pieces of work.
Steamer Grand Republic:
The Steamer Gran Republic was (as its name says) a steamer used for excursion and transportantion of passangers, it was keel in April 6, 1878. It was the sister of two other ships which had the same proportions: The Columbia and the Americus. Here will be the original article from the New York Times, the day after the ship was launched from the Ship-Yard.
Benevolent Association
-Benevolent: Not serving for a profit-making purpose. -Benevolent Association: Voluntary nonprofit organization for the benefit of its own members.
Harry K. Thaw's Trials
Harry K. Thaw husband of Evelyn Nesbitt went to trial due to the assassination of Standford White. In the first trial, Evelyn had to testified in fron of the jury. Thaw's mother told Evelyn that if she would testify that Stanford White abused her and that Harry only tried to protect her, she'd receive a divorce from Harry Thaw and one million dollars in compensation. She did just that, and performed in court wonderfully: he was found not guilty for reason of insanity.
"The Tombs" is the colloquial name for the Bernard B. Kerik Complex (formerly Manhattan Detention Complex), a jail in Lower Manhattan at 125 White Street, as well as the popular name of a series of preceding downtown jails, the first of which was built in 1838. This is the place were Thaw is encarcelated.
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New york City, the second by that name, and the second to be located at 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Built in 1890 and closing in 1925, the arena hosted numerous events, including boxing matches, orchestral performances, light operas and romantic comedies, etc.
Laudanum
Is an alcoholic herbal preparation. A potent narcotic by virtue of its high morphine concentration, laudanum was historically used to treat a variety of aliments, but its principal use was as an analgesic and cought suppresant. Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines.
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie was an occean liner built in Stetting, Germany in 1906 forNorth German Lloyd that had the largest steam reciprocating machinery ever fitted to a ship. She marked the end of the influence North German Lloyd had had in the Atlantic. She was engaged in transatlantic service between her homeport of Bremen and New york until the outbreak of World War I
Schloss Katzenstein
Famous German castle.
Evelyn Nesbitt
December 25, 1884 – January 17, 1967. Scots-Irish woman born in Tarentum, a small village near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.- Worked as model and chorus girl, famous for the entanglement in the murder case of Standford White by Harry K. Thaw.
November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906. Brilliant American Architecture who designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings.-In 1906, He was murdered by millionaire Harry K. Thaw over White's affair with Thaw's wife, actress Evelyn Nesbit, and this case was called "The Crime of the Century".
Carmania
The RMS Carmania (I) was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskketand built by John Brown and Company for the Cunard Line In World War I the Carmania was converted to an armed merchant cruiser,
Honus Wagner
February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955 A brilliant base-runner and fielder of Pittsburgh Pirates.
Name of a high-quality restaurant started in New York City.
Bridge in Venice, Italy. The view from this bridge was the last view that convicts saw before their imprisonment.
Theodor Dreiser
August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945. American naturalist novelist and journalist who is famous for writing Sister Carrie.
Sister Carrie
A novel about a young country girl realizing her American dream when she moved in to a big city. Later she becomes a famous actress.-This book is later called: “ The greatest of all American urban novels.”-The book did not make much sale because people did not believe that a woman can realize and reach the American dream.
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