May 15, 1904 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from May 15, 1904, Section MAGAZINE, Page 8 Buy Reprints View on timesmachine ...

A brief newspaper dispatch, one morning, from the “field of operations” in the Southwest told of the Boston “oil company” going to pieces, and the appointment of a receiver.

The sport was first introduced in the late 1800s as a way of improving the start at swimming matches. It was famously included in the 1904 St. Louis Games.

Pick any day of the newspaper from Dayton’s past at random and you can find important front-page news. What’s found on the inside pages is just as fascinating. The citizens of Dayton, for ...

Past Auction Thonet (Co.) A Newspaper Rack No. 1, designed before 1904, executed by Thonet, before 1904 60 x 45 cm. (23.6 x 17.7 in.) close Artist: ...

William Dickey won the gold medal with a distance of 62 feet 6 inches, which was "the best ever made in the west" at the time, according to a 1904 newspaper article from the St. Louis Globe Democrat.