1898
1898 was the 27th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- September 26: The Country Club of Birmingham was founded at North Birmingham Park.
- The Garden City post office was established.
- Efforts to bring neighboring communities and municipalities into Birmingham began in earnest.
- Jemison in Chilton County was incorporated.
- St Vincent's Hospital was founded by Father Patrick O'Reilly and four Sisters of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent’s DePaul.
Business
- February 23: The Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company was incorporated, bringing together the Birmingham Railway & Electric Company, Consolidated Electric Light Company, and the Birmingham Gas Company as a single entity.
- Berney's Drug Store was established in Ensley.
- Real estate firm Brown Brothers & Company was founded.
- Echols and Angwin Funeral Home was established in Ensley.
- The Ensley Land Company made its first official sales of lots.
Education
- September: North Alabama Conference College opened to students.
- John Abercrombie began serving as state superintendent of education.
Government
- William Jelks was elected to the Alabama Senate from Barbour County.
Religion
- A.C. Davidson succeeded Phillip Hale as pastor of Southside Baptist Church.
- J. J. Grier succeeded John Barbour as pastor of South Highland Presbyterian Church.
- Wylam Presbyterian Church was founded.
Sports
- The Alabama Crimson Tide football team only played a single game due to a ban on student athletes traveling.
Individuals
- William Oliver began serving as a solicitor in the 6th Judicial Circuit of Alabama.
- Henry Walthall enlisted in the United States Army's First Alabama Regiment.
Births
- April 12: Hosea Hudson, labor organizer and social activist
- October 9: Joe Sewell, baseball player
- November 15: Frank W. Thomas, college football coach
- November 25: P. H. Polk, photographer
Graduations
- Robert I. Ingalls from Bellefontaine High School in Ohio.
- Lloyd Noland from Central High School in Washington, D. C.
- Wallace Rayfield from Pratt Polytechnic Institute, received certificate.
Marriages
- December 21: Educator A. H. Parker to Anna B. Gilbert.
- Industrialist Henry F. DeBardeleben to Katherine McCrossin.
- Superintendent John Phillips to Minnie Holman.
Awards
- Mardi Gras Royals: Rex Vulcan III M. A. "Bert" Porter, Queen of Mardi Gras Susie Martin
Deaths
- October 25: Charles Whelan, physician
- Nellie Phillips, first wife of John Phillips
Works
Buildings
- Berney's Drug Store (original location)
- J. H. Bingham residence
- Cobb Lane Carriage House
- Country Club of Birmingham (North Birmingham)
- Davis School
- Echols and Angwin Funeral Home (original location)
- Elliott House
- Gay Bridge
- William Hassinger residence
- Nabers, Morrow & Sinnige building
Context
In 1898, the Spanish-American War was fought over four months. Pepsi was invented. Marie and Pierre Curie announced the discovery of radium.
Notable books published in 1898 included The Open Boat and Other Tales by Stephen Crane, Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Notable music released included "Ciribiribin" by Carlo Tiochet & Alberto Pestalozza and "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" by James Thornton.
Notable births in 1898 included race car driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari, minister and author Norman Vincent Peale, artist M. C. Escher, author Stephen Vincent Benét, physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, screenwriter Preston Sturges, composer George Gershwin, chemist Karl Ziegler, author C. S. Lewis, and jazz drummer Baby Dodds. Notable deaths included author Lewis Carroll, engineer Sir Henry Bessemer (namesake of Bessemer), illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, German statesman Otto von Bismarck, and civil engineer Sir John Fowler.
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