The Kaiser as I Knew Him for Fourteen Years
A former American dentist in Berlin recounts conversations with the Kaiser and Prince von Pless from 1904 to 1914, revealing imperial views on world power, disarmament, and anticipated wars. The piece notes the Kaiser's plans for Europe, his distrust of England, and a prophecy of peace by Christmas.
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Kaiser
Europe
Pless
Ngland
Hawaii
Philippines
Cuba
von Eckhardt
Mexico
Wilson
America
Carnegie
Germany
Pyrenees
Russia
Fuerst
Prince) von Pless
Fuerst von Henckel-Donnersmarck
von Pless
Leipzig
Prince von Pless
High Command
Berlin
Frankfort
England
Destroyer McDermut Launch Amid Roses at Bethlehem Yard
The destroyer McDermut slid down the ways at the Bethlehem Fore River shipyard shortly before noon with a shower of roses as 15,000 spectators watched. Mrs. Eugene G. Grace christened the vessel while Charles M. Schwab praised ship production and pledged focus on cargo ships and war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDermut
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Grace
Charles M. Schwab
Joseph W. Powell
Corporation
Mr. Schwab
United States
Greater
Boston
Daniels
M'Dermut
Victory Plant
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
M’dermut
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Squantum
How Much Sense Does the Law Allow
A clipped exchange on law and wit from 1918 notes the jail population rising from smart talk. The mused quip contrasts smarts with legality, reflecting contemporary humor in the McClure syndicate context.
Union Men to Be Reinstated Under Government Control
Postmaster General Burleson said an investigation into the discharge of union employees at the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies has begun and any men penalized for union membership would be reinstated under government supervision. He spoke after a long talk with President Wilson, noting the current aim is an equitable adjustment with private wire owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Burleson
Wilson
Malvy Found Guilty of Communicating with the Enemy
Paris Aug 6 Louis J Malvy former interior minister was found guilty of communicating with the enemy and sentenced to five years banishment. The case linked Malvy to defecter Almereyda and Duval with Swiss funds, amid testimony by Viviani Briand and Ribot in his favor.
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Paris
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Vivians
Briand
Ribot
France
M. Clemenceau
M. Malvy
Miguel Almereyda
Duval
Bonnet Rouge
Marx
Mannheim
Almereyda
M. Maloy
Switzerland
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Senate
Viviani
M. Painleve
M. Ribot
Malvy
Emerson Dies in East Braintree After Brief Illness
Theodore Holbrook Emerson longtime East Weymouth business leader died at his East Braintree home after a brief illness. He led church music and served as deacon at the Congregational Church, was vice president of the East Weymouth Sayings Bank, and spent 20 years on the Boston Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife and three children Lieutenant Arthur T. Emerson USN with the fleet in European waters Mrs. Albert E. Burnham of Central Falls RI and Miss Alice C. Emerson of Hast Braintree.
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Theodore Holbrook Emerson
East Weymouth
East Braintree
Emerson
Congregational Church
European
Albert E. Burnham
Central Falls
R. I
Alice C. Emerson
Hast Braintree
Berry to speak at mass meeting in Faneuil Hall
United States Labor Commissioner George I L Berry will discuss European war conditions and front line trench experiences in a labor mass meeting at Faneuil Hall next Sunday afternoon. Berry, known as head of the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union of North America, was named by President Wilson to represent the AFL on a wartime labor study mission abroad. The event has broad interest with invitations extended to state and city officials and many Boston laborers.
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France
United States
George I L. Berry
Faneuil Hall
International Printing Pressmen's and
Boston
Strike at Watertown Arsenal Halts Blacksmith Work
About 350 workers in Watertown Arsenal Blacksmiths Local Union 105 stopped work at noon yesterday in protest of Colonel Wesson’s wage decisions. The ultimatum to the commanding officer expired without reply and the unionists left their posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown Arsenal
Colone Wesson
United States
Blacksmiths Local Union 105
Colona Wesson
Osmo-Chemic Hearing Treatment Helped Boston Girl
A Massachusetts family reports relief after Osmo-Chemic treatment for Loretta Hill, a Cambridge teenager who suffered headaches insomnia and ringing in the ears. Her hearing improved and she sleeps better after doctors identified catarrh caused hearing loss and treated it.
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Atlantic Ave
Boston
Mass
Walsh
C. Toomey
Belknap St
Arlington
Toomey
Margaret Hill
Madison Ave
Cambridge
Loretta Hill
Flora Hill
Loretta
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Unmasking
Legyre
Arthur N. Davis
McClure
Agadir
Egypt
India
Ireland
Austria
Franz Josef
Prince Lichnowsky
Isla
Oll May
Davis
New York
von Zimmerman
MccDermut
David A. McDermut
Yellen
Voile
Batiste
Fen
T. Slattery CO
Slattery
Slattery’s
McClure Newspaper
Post
Bedford Street
Lamson Hubbard
T. H. Emerson
Berry
Watertown
Arsenal
D. J. Walsh
M. D
Boylston St
Jordan Marsh Company
Harvard University
Blue
Jordan Marsh
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