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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1916

Page

6

The Violin Lady and Cheerful Books From Page Company

Daisy Rhodes Campbell offers The Violin Lady a light hearted sequel praised for its cheerfulness. The Page Company promotes cheerful novels with The Cheerful Book series and new titles Sylvia of the Hilltop and Sylvia's Experiment. The June list features Texas The Marvellous in the See America First series and travel description alongside Young Pioneer titles The Pioneer Boys of the Columbia and Our Little Viking Cousin of Long Ago. John Palmer's The King's Men portrays England during war, while Humfrey Jordan and Daniel Chauncey Brewer are highlighted as authors active at the front and in legal and military writing respectively.

The Page Company Daisy Rhodes Campbell Virginia Boston Margaret R. Piper Sylvia Sylvia of JIE Page Company Texas Columbia Harrison Adams Julia Darrow Cowles John Palmer Putnams England

The June Century on Politics and Humor

A magazine review summarizes Major Robert R. McCormick’s satire on The Next President with a jab at James R. Mann as a potential GOP landslide maker. It also critiques George Creel’s Can Wilson Win arguing it as insightful yet flawed and compares Creel to Ford and Nye for a measured look at Wilson’s administration.

LTA Robert R. McCormick Chicago Major McCormick House James R. Mann Mr. Mann Monte Carlo Milwaukee Bill Nye Artemus’ Ward Petroleum V. Nasby Mann White House Harper's Magazine George Creel Wilson Creel Creei Henry Jones Ford May Atlantic

Limited British Troops In Ireland Reported At 2555

Major General Cowall told the Royal Commission today that on Easter Monday the day the rebellion began the number of available British troops in Ireland was only 2555. He testified via London at Dublin.

Dublin London Ireland Cowall Royal Commission

General Friend on Irish rebellion and troop strengths

General Friend admitted troops were small and he bore responsibility through April 1, believing enough men could meet any emergency. Witnesses said authorities favored strong suppression, but Casement’s capture led them to deem the rising a fiasco. Baron Wimborne proposed a raid on Liberty Hall but reinforcements were deemed necessary. Cowall said action would have occurred soon if the outbreak had not.

Friend Ireland Sir Roger Casement Baron Wimborne Liberty Hall Sinn Fein Society Cowall

Peacemaker Starts London Talks on Irish Conciliation

David Lloyd George began preliminaries for Irish conciliation after meetings with John Redmond and Sir Edward Carson. He plans visits across Ireland and talks with varied leaders, aided by Parliament's three week adjournment to avoid premature debate.

Lloyd-George London David Lloyd- George John Redmond Edward Carson Ireland

Dandelion Plant Reaches Foot-High Size in Arlington

Yesterday in Arlington a dandelion nearly a foot tall with a double flower as big as a plum was picked by W. S. Ramsay of 107 Massachusetts Avenue and brought to the Post.

Arlington W. S. Ramsay Massachusetts Avenue

Miss Mildred Southwick Stars in All-of-a-Sudden Peggy

At the Copley Theatre this morning at 10 30 Miss Mildred Southwick daughter of Henry Lawrence Southwick president of Emerson School of Oratory plays the title role in Ernest Denny's three act comedy All-of-a-Sudden Peggy. She is supported by John Dunton and Emerson College students. Curtain rises at 10 30 sharp and the show ends in time for the parade.

Copley Theatre Mildred Southwick Henry Lawrence Southwick Emerson School of Oratory Ernest Denny Peggy John Dunton Emerson College

Admiral Dewey Backs Roosevelt Method in Venezuelan Crisis

Admiral Dewey approved a Roosevelt era pre paredness doctrine in a public letter to Henry A Wise wood. The letter supports sending the fleet to West Indian waters during the Venezuela Germany tensions, reinforcing the Roosevelt boom in Oyster Bay May 26.

Oyster Bay N. Y Admiral Dewey Roosevelt Iilenry A. Wisewood Naval Consulting Board West Indian Venezuela Germany Culebra Porto Rico Washington George Dewey

Roosevelt Aides Rally for Peace Candidate at Sagamore Hill

A flurry of letters and endorsements supports Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican and Progressive movements mobilize. Roosevelts backers plan a large Sagamore Hill demonstration with transit by three special trains and a Newark speech to follow a Chicago stop.

O'Roosevelt White House Booth Tarkington Owen Wister Harry Leon Wilson Stewart Edward White Jesse Lynch Williams Julian Street Charles Hanson Towne George Ade Irving Batehbeller Rex Beach Edward Bok Winston Churchill Hamlin Garland Robert Grant Hermann Hagedorn Owen Johnson Roosevelt Sagamore Hill Broadway Roosevelt Non-Partisan League Guy Emerson T. 8 Desmond League New York City Newark Chicago Kansas City St. Louis Oyster Bay

Warfield Succeeds Lieut Rockwill at Pensacola Station

To fill a vacancy caused by the death of Lieutenant Rockwill who fell at the Pensacola aero station a few days ago Ralph M Warfield a civil engineer of the public war department at the Charlestown navy yard has been sent to that station He has been at the local yard prior.

Rockwill Pensacola Aero Station Ralph M. Warfield Public War Department Charlestown Navy Yard Little OS Ear

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