1908

Before World war 1, Europe was a very different place. One of the most notable differences was the large Austro-Hungarian and ottoman empires. The Austro-Hungarian empire before World War I was the largest political entity in mainland Europe. It spanned almost 700,000 square kilometers and occupied much of central Europe. The empire also had Eleven major language groups that were scattered across the empire making it very diverse. Franz Josef was the emperor, though he was first crowned as king…

the death of his wife of 51 years. His house was located on the ridge facing northeast just above the Poplar Hill plantation. He had a full view of the property he farmed, raised his family, witnessed history and that he owned. On April 24, 1908 Delaney experienced in his home the tornado, which traveled 150 miles through Louisiana and Mississippi. The damage was so extensive that it took about three days after the storm before his sons found Delaney. He had suffered serious injuries…

This means more people could move around in civilization. This was good for henry ford because more people could get jobs. Thai means more people could work and more people could get cars. More than 15 million model-ts were sold between the years 1908 and…

grandmother's basement, we found this old cane with a gold colored top. The cane brown and slightly scratched up. The mysterious cane also had a name and a date on the delicate gold top. The cane had writing on it, it said T.P. Grout Feb 27 1858 - 1908. Me and my partner decided to find out who this person was, and this is what we found…. T.P. Grout was a noble woman and her full name was Teresa Pearson Grout. She was actually born in 1840 and died in 1928 and was raised in Pipestone, Minnesota…

In her early years, she grew up on a wheat farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Her mother, Ida Totto was much with Hungarian heritage and her father Francis Calixtus O'Keeffe was Irish. While being the second of seven children she was taught at a young age to become well educated. Georgia developed an interest in painting and the natural world. She was taught how to paint by a local artist. After she completed high school she attended that art institute of Chicago, she was ranked at the top of…

By the year 1908, it was time for a new kind of agency to protect America! America had grown a lot, even a lot wealthier. However, crime went right along with that. Crimes increased because people were making more money, so that made others who didn’t have as much money want to steal. People in this time did not care how anyone felt they would steal whenever, wherever, and from whoever they wanted to. Many crimes, yet no one knew who the criminal was. There were police officers, but…

place at some period prior to the 28th of October 1788 (Hamilton 1828: 548). After experiencing this disaster the Rajah retreated towards the frontiers of Tibet in order to re-assemble an army, and to solicit assistance from the Deb Rajah of Bhutan and the pontiff Lama of Lhasa (ibid). Gorkhas captured most of the Sikkim territories up to the Teesta river including all of the modern districts of South and West Sikkim as well as Darjeeling. It coincided with the Sino-Gorkha war (1788-1792)…

Freedom is a very important thing in America. The country that I live in, United states of America, gives the same amount of freedom to everyone. Before 1908 only landowning white males could, all of the slaves, women, and the rest of white men that didn’t own land where excluded from voting. It was 1908 when African Americans could vote, but they still had restrictions. Women couldn’t vote till June 4 1919, the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. Voting isn’t the only privilege…

The Chimp and the River is a narration of journalist David Quammen’s search for answers and scientific proof of HIV first occurrence in 1908. He traveled to many places, collecting information on the first existence of HIV, information on scientific data that found patient zero, the first patient that had this pandemic virus. His journey explains how a couple of doctors in laboratory in a war-ridden city, Kinshasa sustained routine biopsy procedures. The procedures where done by collecting…

tools to complement its line of plows. Deere’s next move was to contract with Pittsburgh manufacturers to develop comparable steel plates, thereby avoiding the troubles of overseas importation. Henry Ford created the Ford Model T car in 1908 and went on to develop the assembly line mode of production, which revolutionized the industry. In 1903, Henry Ford established the Ford Motor Company. Ford introduced…