BILLY PAUL (1934-2016)-- Born Paul Williams. Singer of "Me and Mrs. Jones."
TEDDY PENDERGRASS (1950-2010)-- R&B / Soul singer
JOSEPH NEWTON PEW (1848-1912)-- Founder of Sun Oil Co., now Sunoco.
ARTHUR HOYT SCOTT (1875-1925)-- Inventor of the paper towel.
We Got a Good Thing Going On. --DaCoot
CYRUS CURTIS (1850-1933)-- Founder of Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post.
JOHN THOMAS DORRANCE (1873-1930)-- Discovered method to make condensed soup and president of Campbell Soup Company.
FRANK H. FLEER (1857-1921)-- Inventor of bubble gum and baseball card pioneer. That figures.
LEWIS M. HAUPT (1844-1937) Engineer noted for work with waterways. His father was Herman Haupt who was so important in the Union transportation, particularly with railroads, during the Civil War.
RUDOLPH HERING (1847-1923)-- Engineer who was very involved with the reversing of the Chicago River.
BRENDA J. PAYTON HILL (1945-1992)-- As Brenda Payton, she was lead singer of doo wop group Branda and the Tabulations.
--Cooter
From Wikipedia.
This is a continuation of my Road Trippin' Through History that I started in my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog last week. I wrote about a Sgt. Richard Binder, USMC, who had received a Medal of Honor for service at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in 1865.
When I Road Trip Through History, I start with a story and see where it takes me. One of the things I like to do is find out if there are any folks of interest buried where the person is interred. Sgt. Binder is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. The cemetery is by Philadelphia, but actually in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania and is affiliated with the larger Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Earlier today, I, posted about four Union soldiers who received Medals of Honor during the Civil War in my Running the Blockade blog.
There are a number of early baseball players buried there, but I am not familiar with any of their names.
ALEXANDER MILNE CALDER ((1845-1923) Sculptor. Designed the George Meade statue in Philadelphia along with the Benjamin Franklin statue atop the Philadelphia City Hall.
WILLIAM E. CARTER (1875-1940) Millionaire and survivor of the Titanic.
More to Come. --Cooter
From the March 8, 2022, MidWeek "Looking Back. 100 Years Ago.
Annie's Woods is a park named after Annie Glidden in DeKalb, Illinois, by NIU.
"As a result of a shotgun raid conducted here yesterday by Sheriff W.H. Decker, Deputy William Berry, Chief of Police Frank Riddell and Officer Rowe, 24 gallons of moonshine was seized as it was being transferred from one automobile to another in Annie's Woods.
"Christ P. and Henry L. were arrested on charges of transporting liquor.
"Later in the day, a raid was conducted on the house of Hugh V. on Market Street. Here a still and several gallons of mash was confiscated and V. placed under arrest."
--Cooter
From the March 8, 2022, MidWeek "Looking Back." (DeKalb County, Illinois)
Here is a name for Northern Illinois University that I did not know. But, evidently in its earlier days it was called "Girls College."
Here's the article from March 1922:
"It will not be many days before the work of installing a chapter of the Y.M.C.A. at the Teacher' College will be completed. Dean of Men Robert G. Buzzard called a meeting of all men members of the student body and faculty at which time a brief outline of what is to be done was given.
"A forming of the Y.M.C.A. at the Teachers' college would be a fair indication that the college is growing away from the old name "Girls college." The last few years has seen a wonderful growth in the number of men students at the college."
And the gals were so happy.
No More "Suitcase College" Here. --Cooter
From the April 4, 2022, Stacker. From U.S. Census Bureau.
First number is Illinois and second number is national. That would make it 1872 so from the 1870 census.
1. Farmers and Planters
240, 256 // 2,977,711
2. Agricultural laborers'
133,649 // 2,885,996
3. Laborers (not specified)
63,130 // 1,031.666
4. Domestic servants
44,903 // 975,734
5. Carpenters and joiners
23,040 // 344,596
6. Employees of railroad companies (nor clerks)
14,946 // 154,027
7. Clerks in stores
13,980 // 222,504
--Cooter
From the July 24, 2022, SB Nation "Mr. White Sox is finally in the Hall of Fame" by Chrystal O'Keefe.
Congratulations to the Chicago White Sox player Minnie Minoso.
Wonder how many of last years Injured Reserve Sox will make it to the Hall?
Baseball's Been Very Good to Mr. Sox. --Cooter
