Evening star., 1944-11-19
Fifty Years Ago

The Star Of November TO- 1894 told
how: In response to an invitation
issued by DR., Robert
Handicapped Reyburn to those in
suffrage for the cti-
zens of the District ''' meeting was
held Thursday evening at Wesley Chap
held Thursday evening at Wesley Chapel.
In the course of some remarks
Dr. Reyburn cOntenGed that the
present form OF the District Government
was intended at first to be merely tenn
porary. He thought it would be
good plan to petition Congress TO in
struct the District Commissioners to
order a primary election, in order that
the sentiment of the people of the
District could be ascertained."
No less than l3l photographs of the
transit Of Mercury across the sun were
made at the Naval
Neiestioi Observatory under the
A+t,,,+;,, direction of Professor
"llIlam HarkNeSS on
November 10, 1894 and The Star for
November II, discussing the event, re-
ported that the event had been observed
by scientists using all the telescopes
available there from to 26 inches
in diameter" Among the distinguished
guests assembled for the occasion on
Washington's Observatory Hill were :
The Secretary of State and Mrs
Gresham, Secretary Herbert and his
daughter, Mrs. Micou, and the French
Ambassador and Mrs. Patenotre.
The Star for November l3. 1894, re-
ferred to a classic invention of the
horse and buggy age
Lost when it reported: The
I,..;.,.;,, third annual pure food
exposition opened last
evening in Convention Hall amid a blaze
of light, glory and beauty. 1. Every
thing was in readiness for the public eve
at 73O o'clock when the doors were
unlocked and the 4th Artillery Band
DtSdu pOpuidl SeIeCllOll. 1IlOu-
sands of persons visited the exposition
during the evening, and all seemed
pleased with what they saw" Exhibitors
included: James l.. Barbour & Son,
Johnston Bros, Gill the candy manu-
facturer, Independent Ice Co., Walter
Baker & Co, Sellman. West & Co.. and
N. Y. Condensed Milk Co. Miss Helen
Louise Johnson, editor of Table Talk,
was featured lecturer" and two
large grizzly bears. the trademark of
certain brand of breakfast food, are
at all times surrounded by a crowd"
The Wholesale Grocers' ASsociat ton was
the sponsoring organization.
What happens when one city is ele-
waited over all the other communities of
sovereign part of the
7e'eno Federal Union was IL
CeIeh,ot;o, lustrated in The Star
of November IA, 1894,
in dispatch which read: BY far the
greatest demonstration ever made in
Montana took place Monday night when
Helena celebrated her election as the
permanent capital of the State. The
town was bower of bunting All the
fireworks in the State had been secured,
and bonfire blazed from the highest
peak of Mount Helena. Most of
the bands and marching clubs of the
State wele here. There were arches
fhn CIV
crossings and the buildings were aglow
with lights and flags. In the procession
were all sorts of unique and fantastic
transparencies
The question of whether newspapers
should be published on "the Lords Day.
was one which
sundoy Newspapers frequ emily was
n.f.,dad debated half a
century ago. A
meeting of the Episcopal Church Con-
gress at the Music Hall in Boston heard
speakers on both sides of the subject
and, according to The Star for November
IS, 1894, listened with attention to a
statement by the Rev. Robert A. Hol-
land, D. D., of st. Louis, to the effect
that: "The Sunday newspaper, without
OBTAINING the few who seek the highest
heaven, saves millions of poor souls from
hstless sapor or ignorant pastimes by
drawing their interest In the worlds
daily life to an ampler reading than