James Resseguie
Kentucky Post, Monday, 29 June 1903, page 5
J Resseguie, the expert pianist and manipulator of the caliope on the steamer, Island Queen, is very ill at his home on Taylor Avenue, Bellevue, with typhoid malaria. He was reported to be in a dying condition Sunday night.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 3 July 1903, page 4
At the point of death, Addison James Resseguie, 41, lies at his home, 119 Taylor Avenue, Bellevue, Ky. almost within the sound of the calliope which for five years he played on the steamer Island Queen, back and forth to Coney Island. But because typhoid fever has stricken "John" Resseguie, the calliope no longer sounds as the craft passes the back of his home.
But once it has played in his hearing since he became ill six weeks ago, and that was through an oversight for the sick man tossed wearily in his bed and threw out his hands toward the instrument he had played so long. "Jon" Resseguie is known to thousands. He played the piano as well as the calliope and ws the composer of the popular "Coney Island Dip" and "The Dancing Girl."
Now a silence broods over the little home, where the wife and daughter watch at his bedside. There is a fighting chance yet, though the odds are heavy and through the great city and its environs hundreds will wait to hear the news whether it be joyful or not.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 4 August 1903, page 5
Prof. A J Ressequie, who has been ill for the past three months has recovered and will resume his place at the keys of the Island Queen calliope in a few days.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 12 August 1903, page 5
After a hard struggle of a three months siege of typhoid fever, Addison J Ressequie, operator of the Island Queen calliope, was able to be out for a short time Tuesday.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 30 September 1903, page 1
Addison James Resseguie, known as the "Wizard of the Calliope," who played the calliope on the steamer Island Queen, died of peritonitis at the Good Samaritan Hospital Wednesday at 9 am. He had been ill for some time. Resseguie had a wide reputation as being able to get more music out of a calliope than any man in this section of the country.
His music could be heard for miles and the strains of "Kentucky Home" or "Suwanee River" entertained stay at home folks in the city as well as those on the boat. It has been said of him that he played to a greater number of people at one time than any other person living. He played to a city full of people at a time.
The deceased was 41 and leaves a widow, who lives t 119 Taylor Street, Bellevue Ky.