A historical perspectiveIn 1901, Thomas Edison showed off his nickel-iron battery as a possible replacement for lead-acid batteries ... Proteins from nature help tiny groups of nickel and iron stick together to make a structure that is very porous ... .
125 years ago. 1901Judge's Clever Invention. A valuable bit of new apparatus has been added to the list of telephone inventions for which Sioux City ingenuity has been responsible within the past year or two — the Ven Wagenen ... .
Persia’s ruler ShahNaser al-Din (1846-1896) granted British investors monopoly concessions in 1872, 1889, 1890 and 1901 for the country’s most desirable sectors ... oil concession of 1901 to the British.
In March 1901, Sioux City bankers George Weare and J.P.Allison were named as defendants in a $30,000 lawsuit. The plaintiff said that back in April 1892, he had transferred 1,156 acres of land in Monona and Woodbury counties to ... .
Computer-generated images have been released of the 1901 Pub, which will open next season ... This is how the 1901 Pub at the Amex will look (Image ... This is how the 1901 Pub at the Amex will look (Image.
In 1901, J. Dalbey, "a gray haired Greenville man," told parishioners at Sioux City's First Baptist Church that he had been to heaven. Bartenders, horse thieves and dancers were not there, he said. He had also seen hell, and there ... .
125 years ago. 1901Fire at Oil Mills. For the fourth time within ten years, the big plant of the American Linseed Company in this city was this morning visited by a destructive fire. The large storage warehouse, in which ... .
An early resident of Jamestown dropped in to check on the city in 1901, according to an article in The Jamestown Alert. ArthurWilliam du Bray was at Fort Seward from 1874 to 1876 ... He did recollect going on a buffalo hunt in December of 1875.
In early 1901, word was received that Carrie Nation, the legendary crusader against drinking and attacker of saloons, was coming to Sioux City. Assurances were given that her visit to Sioux City would be a peaceful one. Still, the mere ... .