In 1904, in the United States life expectancy was a mere 46.2 years for men and 49.1 years for men. King C. Gillette patented his Gillette razor blade. Thomas Sullivan accidentally invented tea bags when he wanted the small bags to be samples of the tea. People dunked them instead.
Several people in the US and England began selling ice cream in edible cones, each claiming to be the inventor. However, ice cream cones were sold during the St Louis World Fair by Charles E. Menches. In fact, the 1906 World’s Fair was the a turning point for American food. Besides ice cream cones the list includes the hamburger, the hot dog, peanut butter, the club sandwich, cotton candy, to name just a few. 
In chess in 1904, the famous chess salon at Simpson’s Restaurant in London closed when Simpson’s was bought out by the Savoy Hotel group of companies. The chess club was first formed at Simpson’s in 1828.
In 1904, the cable matches between the United States and England was halted due to the Russio-Japanese war because cables were filled with battle reports and diplomatic messages.
Frank Marshall tied for 1st with Rudolf Swiderski in the Rice Gambit tournament held in Monte Carlo. Marshall also won the great Cambridge Springs international tournament. But, he wasn't through...he wonderful the 7th American Chess Congress held in St Louis.
In 1904, a series of annual over the board matches between the Manhattan Chess Club and Franklin Chess Club (of Philadelphia) that was inaugurated on May 30th on what was then know as Decoration Day. After WW2 people began referring to the holiday as Memorial Day.
The initial match for the Martinez trophy took place at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club which at that time was located in Carnegie Hall. Luster was added to the match by the participation of Frank Marshall, who 10 days earlier had taken first prize at Cambridge Springs and his opponent in the match, Harry N. Pillsbury. It’s not clear why these two great masters were on second board, but it’s likely that the club champions were on first board. In any case, after a lively game Pillsbury obtained a partial revenge for his losses to Marshall.
A dinner was held at the Hotel Savoy after the match and Marshall was presentation an expensive gold watch and chain in recognition of his results in the international arena.
The best known Franklin Chess Club players of the day were Walter Penn Shipley and Emil Kemeny. The loser of this games was Samuel W. Bampton (1863-1952) who had the distinction of winning the club's junior championship seven times: 1887, 1892 and 1885 through 1899! According to the Edo Historical Rating site, Bampton's highest rating was achieved in 1896 when he peaked at 2403.
Besides being a pretty good chess player, the winner, Albert W. Fox (1881-1964), was a newspaperman and lawyer. He was born in Boston and spent a few years in Germany studying mathematics.
He won the championships of the prestigious Brooklyn and Manhattan clubs.
A brilliant tactician, he was the youngest participant at Cambridge Springs on 1904 where he won games from Schlechter, Janowski and Chigorin. In In 1915, Capablanca claimed Fox was one of the most promising young players in the world and added, “...at the time he gave up chess to engage in newspaper work, and I still think he is the best odds giver I have ever seen.” Pretty high praise!
Albert W. Fox (Manhattan)–Samuel Bampton (Franklin)1–0C66Club Match, New York1904Stockfish 16
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1364,29991,1110] C66: Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f6 The Berlin
Defense is a classical way of meeting the Ruy Lopez. Black develops the N to a
good square and attacks the e-Pawn, but this is not actual a threat because if
black play ...Nxe4 white can easily win back the P. The defense can lead to an
early exchange of Q resulting in an early endgame being reached thta slightly
favord white. Even so, it's difficult for white to make any use of his
advantage and so the defense is often played by players wanting to draw. 4.0-0 By far the most common move, but occasionally 4.Nc3 is seen. e7 4...xe4 5.d4 d6 6.xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 f5 is the main line. 5.e1 d6
The opening has transposed into the Old Steinitz Defense which is passive and
cramped, but quite solid. 6.c3 0-0 7.d3 e8 Instead of the super solid 7...
Re8 black intends to play ...f5 8.bd2 f5 9.exf5 xf5 10.e4 10.d4 exd4 11.b3+ h8 12.xc6 bxc6 13.xd4 d7 14.2f3 is only very slightly better
for white. 10...g4 11.b3+ d5 A miscalculation that costs the game...the
reason will soon be apparent. 11...h8 keeps the balance. For example... 12.eg5 Taking on c6 leads nowhere. xg5 13.xg5 f6 14.f3 c8 15.d4 g6 15...exd4 16.d3 a5 17.f7+ g8 18.h6+ h8 19.b5 and black is in
deep trouble. 16.dxe5 h6 17.xc6 bxc6 18.e4 xf3 with a complicated
position offering equal chances. 12.xc6 xf3 Going from bad
to worse. 12...bxc6 13.xe5 picks off a P and there follows d7 14.g5 xg5 15.xg5 White has a decisive advantage. xg5 16.xd7 f7 17.b7 d8 18.e5 f8 19.xc6 13.xd5+ h8 14.gxf3 White has won a piece and black
has zero compensation. c6 14...xf3 15.xb7 b8 16.d5 xd3 17.xd8 dxd8 18.c6 White has won a piece. 15.f7 d6 16.xd6 xd6 17.e6 xd3 18.xe7 xf3 Black can resign at any time, but naturally he wants to stretch the
game out becuase who wants to lose a teen-mover? 19.e3 Black
gets in some spite checks, but that's all. d1+ 20.g2 g4+ 21.g3 e4+ 22.f1 White threatens Bh6! and mate. h1+ 23.g1 f3 This prevents the mate
with 24.Bh6 (24...Qh3+ wins the B), but white has a clever alternative. 23...b6 A pass to show white's threat and it's a pretty nifty one. 24.h6 xf7 25.xf7 xg1+ 26.xg1 g8 27.h1 e4 28.g1 c5 29.xg7+ xg7 30.xg7# 24.xg7 d3+ 24...ae8 25.xh7+ xh7 26.xe8+ g8 27.g5+ h8 28.xe5+ f6 29.h5+ g7 30.e3 etc. 24...xg7 25.h5+ wins the Q 25.g1 g8 25...xf7 26.xf7 d1+ 27.g2 d5+ 28.xd5 cxd5 29.xb7 26.xg8
Black resigned. Not that it matters, but 26.Rg3 mates a move quicker. 26.xg8 d1+ 27.g2 xg8 28.h6 d5+ 29.g1 e6 30.xe6 xg7+ 31.f1 g6 32.xe5+ f6 33.xf6+ g8 34.g7# 1–0
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