In 1967, Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Catholic Church, the spiritual heart of Milwaukee's Italian community, was torn down to ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Maura, a Filipino woman, died after coming to the U.S. to be put on display at the 1904 World's Fair. A Smithsonian anthropologist likely took part of her brain.

The river had also overflowed in 1899 and 1901. After the 1904 flood, the river gave a repeat performance in 1905. In 1907, it flooded again.

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.