Washington's Secretary James McHenry Centenary Note
This piece marks the centenary of James McHenry death, noting his role as Washington's private secretary and later Secretary of War. It recounts McHenry's Irish origin, medical training, early service with Washington and Lafayette, service in Maryland politics, and his place among early U S war secretaries including Knox and Pickering, with references to other notable holders of the portfolio.
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James McHenry
George Washington
Washington
McHenry
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Ireland
America
Lafayette
Maryland Senate
Continental Congress
Maryland
United States
John Adams
Henry Knox
Massachusetts
Timothy Pickering
Samuel Dexter
Henry Dearborn
William Eustis
Bay State
Jas. Monroe
John C.calhoun
Lewis Cass
Benjamin F. Butler
Jefferson Davis
Edwin M. Stanton
Grant
William T._Sherman
Alphonso Taft
William Howard
Chinese May Compromise in Revolution and Armistice
Peking reports active negotiations toward a compromise between revolutionists and the government as fighting eases. Yuan Shi-kai faces pressure to abandon monarchy while Khangsi province signals support for terms. Tsai Ao urges cessation of hostilities pending north south talks, noting constitutional succession if Yuan resigns. Armistice expected soon as reconciliation appears possible.
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Peking
Yuan Chi-kai
Kwangsi I
Kwangsi
Yuan Shi-kai
Chen Yi
Szechuen
Tsai Ao
Yunnan
China
Li Yuan-hung
Read Co Austrian China Cottage Set of 45 Pes
The Read Company offers a 45 piece Austrian China cottage set with a leaf border and gold line, regular price 13.70 dollars. A May sale reduces the price to 12.00 dollars.
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Canton
Discrimination Trial and Carson Casement Controversy
A fragmentary report notes tensions between TR, Roger NT, Sir Edward Carson, and Casement. It mentions threats, warnings, and training tied to Irish issues, with Garson high in government and Casement in a British cell. The piece hints at a moral about power and morality in politics.
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Roger NT
Sir Edward Carson
Wrsen
Anad
Garson
Casement
Saving Shelter Island Deer Faces Slaughter Threat
The New York World appeals for funds to save Shelter Island deer facing slaughter due to crop damage. Sportsmen respond quickly and the deer may be spared, though the piece questions prioritizing animal life against human needs and warns that wild animals may yield to human exploitation.
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NEW York World
Shelter Island
Needless Competition Between Railroads Splits New York and Pennsylvania
The piece argues that rivalry between the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads creates duplicated terminals and hotels. It advocates national ownership to unify railway systems like the post office and criticizes extravagant modern construction and societal decay as the nation nears a zenith and decline.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Central Railroad
United States
Militia Registration Proposal Rules Provisional Army
The Military Order of the Loyal Legion urges Congress to enact a law registering all male citizens aged 18 to 45 and declare them the provisional army of the United States with training under War Department regulations. Federal statute already makes every male citizen or declarant a member of the reserve militia and subject to call by the president if needed.
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Hoyaleres
Ilinois
United States
Provisional Army of the
War Department
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Roosevelt Criticized Over Mexican War Claims
The Post questions Colonel Roosevelt's wartime facts about Mexico and American deaths, noting dates in 1904 and 1905 and claims about acts against U.S. citizens. It argues that Roosevelt would have faced protests for peace if he had pursued war.
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Roosevelt
Sign Nation
Mexico
I. Sanger
Root
Col
Daniels temperance policy gains wartime support abroad
The speech extracts show Kaiser Wilhelm II advising naval cadets to curb alcohol use, aligning with Secretary Daniels in denying wine for officers' messes. The stance is echoed as a practical wartime endorsement by Britain, France, and Russia, underscoring temperance as a morale and nerve factor in combat.
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IME
Ff Daniels
Kaiser
Daniels
Springfield Republican
Great Britain
France
Russia
West for Wilson says Straus after West trip
A'ITHAN STRAUS believes the West favors President Wilson's re election after a recent Western tour with Mrs Straus. He praises Wilson's peace efforts and notes growing support beyond party lines while dismissing panic prosperity claims, saying the world is war mad and the United States remains peaceful.
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Ithan Straus
West
Straus
Wilson
Mr. Straus
United
Wila
Col. Hoosevelt
Machiavelli and the origins of a treacherous nickname
The term Machiavellian, linked to Niccolo Machiavelli, dates to the 15th century. Born May 3, 1469, the Florentine statesman is blamed for duplicitous politics, though historians now view him less darkly. His fame rests on The Prince and his realistic view of statecraft.
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Machiavelian
Niccolo Machiavelli
Florence
Machiavelli
Nick
Europe
Althoushe
Trebizond Port Captured By Russians Ends Turkish Control
Trebizond, a key Black Sea port near the Pontus region, fell to Russian forces, depriving Turkey of its most valuable harbor. The ancient city, famed for its tableland setting and historic churches now restored to Christian worship, has a long, storied past including a medieval empire.
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Trebizond
Turkey
Black Sea
Pontus Buxinus
Pontus
Constantinople
David
Mahomet I
Trapezus
Gen Carranza Sees His Powder Plants
Mexico City May 3 Workmen in the federal district observed a holiday in honor of labor. Factories and industrial establishments were closed as workmen paraded the principal avenues and heard labor leaders. No disorders occurred. A syndicate of Mexican workmen sent cablegrams to other unions worldwide urging joint labor action to push for peace in Europe.
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Mexico City
Federal District
Europe
Diplomats business boosts telegraph tolls in Holland
The Hague May 3 The war has driven a surge in telegraph traffic inland and abroad with government messages totaling 564,537 in the last year, about 360,000 more than a normal year. Edward M Porter president of N H Porter Co of Peabody Mass died there from injuries after falling into a vat of boiling glue at the American Glue Co plant in Peabody.
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Holland
The
Hague
Netherlands
Edward M. Porter
N. H. Porter & Co
Peabody
Mass
American Glue Co
Auto Accessories Line Promotes Quick-Ship Parts
An advertisement lists a full range of auto accessories and parts with prices. Electric tail lights, license brackets, tire locks, wheel pullers, head lights, spark plugs, hydrometers, shock absorbers, valve lifters, pedal mats, radiator caps, valve grinders, mirrorscopes, searchlights, Pyrene extinguishers and speedometers priced from a few cents to nine dollars.
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Ford
Stewart
Franco Italian Alliance and Italian Unification Milestones
The fifty seventh anniversary marks France and Italy uniting against Austria in 1859. Piedmont aided by France and Britain in Crimea, Napoleon led campaigns in Piedmont, pushing Austrian rule from the peninsula. A subsequent peace altered Lombardy's status and annexed Savoy and Nice to France after plebiscites.
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Teutons
Austria
Italy
Piedmont
France
Great Britain
Leg Breaks in Fall Painter Injured on State Street
W. H. Haynes aged 37 a painter recently arrived from Pompano Florida fell from a scaffold while painting a house on State street. He suffered a fracture of the right leg and was taken to St. Vincent's hospital for treatment.
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W. H. Haynes
Pompano
Fila
State Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
William Kelly Enlists in Navy for Three Month Newport Training
William Kelly formerly at Lake Torpedo Boat Co has enlisted to serve in the United States Navy. He will train in Newport for three months and then be assigned to the engineers division. Greens Farms May 3 a fire destroyed an old barn on the A 8 Spring place Clapboard hill road last night.
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William Kelly
The
Lake Torpedo Boat Co
United States Navy
Newport
Engineers’ Division
Greens Farms
Spring Place
Polio Headquarters Aide Resigns From Hubber Co Post
Beginning Monday Mrs Gress Drew telephone operator at polio headquarters will be in the ample for the H Q Canfield Hubber Co telephone operator Mrs Drew Be forwarded her resignation President John C Stanley of t heme Moe board to take effect September.
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Gress Drew
Mple
H. Q. Canfield, Hubber Co
Drew
John C. Stanley
T Heme- Moe
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