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[[Image:L&N station 1898.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Photograph of soliders massing at the [[L & N Station]] on [[May 1]], 1898 for deployment in the [[Spanish-American War]]; {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll6/id/1591}}]]
'''1898''' was the 27th year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].
'''1898''' was the 27th year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
[[Image:Mardi Gras royals 1898.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Rex Vulcan III & Queen, 1898 [[Mardi Gras]]; {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll6/id/1326}}]]
* [[February 22]]: Birmingham's 4th [[Mardi Gras]] celebration took place with the [[Mardi Gras#Carnival Society|Rex Ball]].
* [[February 22]]: The [[Alabama Colonial Dames of America]] was chartered.
* [[March 2]]: Democratic Party leader William Jennings Bryan delivered a speech at [[O'Brien's Opera House]].
* [[March 7]]: [[James Luckie]] slipped on an apple peel and broke his leg.
* [[March 19]]: Six people were killed in an [[1898 Slope No. 2 Mine explosion|explosion at Slope No. 2 Mine]]
* [[May 1]]: Volunteers for the [[Spanish-American War]] left from the [[L & N Station]] for Mobile.
* August: [[Sylacauga]] purchased [[Marble City Cemetery]].
* [[September 26]]: The [[Country Club of Birmingham]] was founded at [[North Birmingham Park]].
* [[September 26]]: The [[Country Club of Birmingham]] was founded at [[North Birmingham Park]].
* [[October 5]]: A boiler exploded at the [[Birmingham Ice & Cold Storage Co.|Birmingham Ice Factory Company]], leveling the boiler house and injuring two workers.
* [[December 16]]: President William McKinley [[List of Presidential visits|visited]] [[Tuskegee Institute]] at the invitation of [[Booker T. Washington]].
* The community of [[Brent]] in [[Bibb County]] was established.
* The [[Garden City]] post office in [[Cullman County]] was established.
* Efforts to [[Greater Birmingham|bring neighboring communities and municipalities into Birmingham]] began in earnest.
* [[Jemison]] in [[Chilton County]] was incorporated.
* The [[Bibb County]] community of [[Eoline]] was established on the [[Mobile & Ohio Railroad]].
* [[St Vincent's Birmingham|St Vincent's Hospital]] was founded by Father [[Patrick O'Reilly]] and four Sisters of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent’s DePaul.
* [[St Vincent's Birmingham|St Vincent's Hospital]] was founded by Father [[Patrick O'Reilly]] and four Sisters of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent’s DePaul.
* The [[Birmingham Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women]] was organized by [[Jeanette Goldberg]].
* A fire damaged the [[First Baptist Church of Sylacauga|Mount Zion Baptist Church of Christ]] in [[Sylacauga]].


===Business===
===Business===
* [[February 23]]: The [[Birmingham Railway & Electric Company]] became part of the newly-incorporated [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]].
* [[February 23]]: The [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] was incorporated, bringing together the [[Birmingham Railway & Electric Company]], [[Consolidated Electric Light Company]], and the [[Birmingham Gas Company]] as a single entity.
* [[Edward Barrett]] bought the ''Daily State Herald'' and changed the name back to ''[[The Birmingham Age-Herald]]''.
* [[Berney's Drug Store]] was established in [[Ensley]].
* [[Berney's Drug Store]] was established in [[Ensley]].
* Real estate firm [[Brown Brothers|Brown Brothers & Company]] was founded.
* [[Angwin Service Funeral Company|Echols and Angwin Funeral Home]] was established in [[Ensley]].
* [[Angwin Service Funeral Company|Echols and Angwin Funeral Home]] was established in [[Ensley]].
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* The [[Ensley Hotel]] was purchased at auction by [[James C. Warner]].
* The [[Ensley Land Company]] made its first official sales of lots.
* [[John Tillman]] became a partner in the law firm of [[Bradley Arant Boult Cummings|Walker, Tillman & Campbell]].
* The idle [[Mary Pratt Furnace]] was sold at public auction to the [[Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company]] for $35,000.
* The [[Republic Steel & Iron Company]] purchased an option on the capital stock of the [[Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company]].
* [[Clark Memorials]] was founded.
 
[[Image:Benjamin Wyman 1904.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Benjamin Wyman in 1904]]
 
===Education===
* [[May 12]]: [[Ed Dison]] donated land for the [[Summit School]] and [[Summit Baptist Church]] in [[Bluff Park]].
* September: [[Birmingham-Southern College|North Alabama Conference College]] opened to students.
* [[John Abercrombie]] began serving as state superintendent of education.
* [[Charles Glenn]] was appointed principal of the [[Paul Hayne School]].
* [[Miles College|Miles Memorial College]] was founded.
* [[Francis Marion Peterson]] succeeded [[Henry Clay Reynolds]] as [[President of the University of Montevallo]].
* [[Benjamin Wyman]] succeeded [[William Johnston]] as dean of [[Birmingham Medical College]].


===Government===
===Government===
* [[C. W. Austin]] succeeded [[Thomas McDonald]] as [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Chief of Birmingham Police Department]].
* [[William Jelks]] was elected to the [[Alabama Senate]] from Barbour County.


===Religion===
===Religion===
* [[A.C. Davidson]] succeeded [[Phillip Hale]] as pastor of [[Southside Baptist Church]].
* [[J. J. Grier]] succeeded [[John Barbour]] as pastor of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* [[George Stoves]] succeeded [[James Carey]] as pastor of [[Trinity Methodist Church (Southside)]].
* [[Wylam Presbyterian Church]] was founded.


===Sports=== -->
===Sports===
* The [[Alabama Crimson Tide football]] team only played a single game due to a ban on student athletes traveling.


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
* [[John Carmichael]] was elected to the Chancery.
* [[Charles Hooper]] returned to Birmingham.
* [[Miller Reese Hutchison]] patented his hearing aid, the "Akoulophon".
* [[William Oliver]] began serving as a solicitor in the [[6th Judicial Circuit of Alabama]].
* [[Louis Pizitz]] moved to Birmingham.
* [[James Stiles]] became a probate judge.
* [[Henry Walthall]] enlisted in the United States Army's [[First Alabama Regiment]].


[[Image:Hosea Hudson.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Hosea Hudson]]
===Births===
===Births===
* [[March 31]]: [[Ruth Jackson]], founder of [[Poro School of Beauty Culture]]
* [[April 12]]: [[Hosea Hudson]], labor organizer and social activist
* [[April 12]]: [[Hosea Hudson]], labor organizer and social activist
* [[August 31]]: [[Ernest Forbes]], founder of [[Forbes Distributing Company]]
* [[September 23]]: [[Thad Holt]], media executive
* [[October 9]]: [[Joe Sewell]], baseball player
* [[October 9]]: [[Joe Sewell]], baseball player
* [[November 15]]: [[Frank W. Thomas]], college football coach
* [[November 15]]: [[Frank W. Thomas]], college football coach
* [[November 20]]: [[Joseph Gelders]], civil rights activist
* [[November 25]]: [[P. H. Polk]], photographer
* [[November 25]]: [[P. H. Polk]], photographer
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* [[Afton Lee Sr]], grocer and investor
 
===Graduations===
* [[Joens Fries]] from the Swedish Royal Polytechnic Institute with a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering.
* [[Robert I. Ingalls]] from Bellefontaine High School in Ohio.
* [[Lloyd Noland]] from Central High School in Washington, D. C.
* [[Wallace Rayfield]] from Pratt Polytechnic Institute, received certificate.


===Marriages=== -->
===Marriages===
[[Image:Charles Whelan.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Charles Whelan]]
* [[June 28]]: Physician [[Ulysses Mason]] to [[Alice Mason|Alice Nelson]] of [[Greensboro]].
* [[December 21]]: Educator [[A. H. Parker]] to [[Anna Parker|Anna B. Gilbert]].
* Industrialist [[Henry F. DeBardeleben]] to [[Katherine DeBardeleben|Katherine McCrossin]].
* Superintendent [[John Phillips]] to [[Minnie Phillips|Minnie Holman]].


===Awards===
===Awards===
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===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[April 1]]: Poet and novelist [[Margaret O'Brien|Margaret O'Brien Davis]]
* [[August 18]]: [[John T. Milner]], surveyor and engineer
* [[August 28]]: [[Phil Finch]], Army sergeant
* [[October 25]]: [[Charles Whelan]], physician
* [[October 25]]: [[Charles Whelan]], physician
* [[Nellie Phillips]], first wife of [[John Phillips]]
* [[Annie Wilda]], second wife of [[Reinhard Wilda]]


== Works ==
== Works ==
===Buildings===
===Buildings===
[[Image:Hassinger residence.jpg|right|thumb|225px|The Hassinger residence in December 2005]]
* [[Berney's Drug Store]] (original location)
* [[Berney's Drug Store]] (original location)
* [[J. H. Bingham residence]]
* [[J. H. Bingham residence]]
* [[Cobb Lane Carriage House]]
* [[Cobb Lane Carriage House]]
* [[Owen Hall|Rose Owen Hall]] at [[Birmingham-Southern College|North Alabama Conference College]]
* [[Country Club of Birmingham]] (North Birmingham)
* [[Country Club of Birmingham]] (North Birmingham)
* [[Councill Elementary School|Davis School]]
* [[Councill Elementary School|Davis School]]
* [[Angwin Service Funeral Company|Echols and Angwin Funeral Home]] (original location)
* [[Angwin Service Funeral Company|Echols and Angwin Funeral Home]] (original location)
* [[Elliott House]]
* [[Gay Bridge]]
* [[Gay Bridge]]
* [[William Hassinger residence]]
* [[William Hassinger residence]]
* [[Nabers, Morrow & Sinnige building]]
* [[Nabers, Morrow & Sinnige building]]


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== Context ==
In 1898,  
In 1898, the [[Spanish-American War]] was fought over four months.  Pepsi was invented.  Marie and Pierre Curie announced the discovery of radium.


Notable books published in 1898 included .  Notable music released included .
Notable books published in 1898 included ''The Open Boat and Other Tales'' by Stephen Crane, ''Moonfleet'' by J. Meade Falkner, ''The Turn of the Screw'' by Henry James, and ''The War of the Worlds'' by H.G. Wells.  Notable music released included "Ciribiribin" by Carlo Tiochet & Alberto Pestalozza and "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" by James Thornton.


Notable births in 1898 included .  Notable deaths included . -->
Notable births in 1898 included race car driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari, minister and author Norman Vincent Peale, artist M. C. Escher, author Stephen Vincent Benét, physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, screenwriter Preston Sturges, composer George Gershwin, chemist Karl Ziegler, author C. S. Lewis, and jazz drummer Baby Dodds.  Notable deaths included author Lewis Carroll, engineer Sir Henry Bessemer (namesake of [[Bessemer]]), illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, German statesman Otto von Bismarck, and civil engineer Sir John Fowler.


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Latest revision as of 17:31, 21 March 2024

Photograph of soliders massing at the L & N Station on May 1, 1898 for deployment in the Spanish-American War; courtesy BPL Archives

1898 was the 27th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Rex Vulcan III & Queen, 1898 Mardi Gras; courtesy BPL Archives

Business

Benjamin Wyman in 1904

Education

Government

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Hosea Hudson

Births

Graduations

  • Joens Fries from the Swedish Royal Polytechnic Institute with a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering.
  • Robert I. Ingalls from Bellefontaine High School in Ohio.
  • Lloyd Noland from Central High School in Washington, D. C.
  • Wallace Rayfield from Pratt Polytechnic Institute, received certificate.

Marriages

Charles Whelan

Awards

Deaths

Works

Buildings

The Hassinger residence in December 2005

Context

In 1898, the Spanish-American War was fought over four months. Pepsi was invented. Marie and Pierre Curie announced the discovery of radium.

Notable books published in 1898 included The Open Boat and Other Tales by Stephen Crane, Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Notable music released included "Ciribiribin" by Carlo Tiochet & Alberto Pestalozza and "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" by James Thornton.

Notable births in 1898 included race car driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari, minister and author Norman Vincent Peale, artist M. C. Escher, author Stephen Vincent Benét, physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, screenwriter Preston Sturges, composer George Gershwin, chemist Karl Ziegler, author C. S. Lewis, and jazz drummer Baby Dodds. Notable deaths included author Lewis Carroll, engineer Sir Henry Bessemer (namesake of Bessemer), illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, German statesman Otto von Bismarck, and civil engineer Sir John Fowler.

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