Elephants From Barnum and Bailey Arrive in Bridgeport
The Barnum & Bailey circus brings forty one elephants to Bridgeport for a large tour. A breakfast of half a bale of hay and ten gallons of water will be served to all elephants on June 9 with dozens of local boys helping as water carriers in exchange for circus admission tickets.
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Sammy
Barnum
Bridgeport
Barnum & Bailey Circus
P. T. Barnum Circus
Barnum & Bailey
Harry Mooney
Mooney
America
Persia
Britain Holds Two More U S Men as Rebels
London reports deportations of two prisoners claiming American citizenship to Wakefield detention camp in England. Patrick Hogan and Mortimer O Connor were arrested in Tra lee and Abbeydorney respectively and held pending investigation for suspected involvement in the rebellion. News also notes John MacNeill, Irish Volunteers leader, convicted by Dublin court martial for Sinn Fein revolt, with details of his defection and warning to Volunteers. Capt James R White, ex Gordon Highlanders, sentenced in Aberdeen to three months for attempting to spur miners to strike in sympathy with rebellion leaders. Kilgallen of Far Rockaway, a St Enda’s student, held in Stafford detention camp after arrest at revolt onset. Embassy efforts ongoing.
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London
Ireland
Wakefield
England
Patrick Hogan
Tralee
Mortimer O'Connor
Abbeydorney
John MacNeill
The
Irish Volunteers
National University of Ireland
Gaelic League
Dublin
Sinn Fein
MacNeill
House of Commons
John Dillon
Capt. White
Larkin
Sinn Fein Society
William
White
John J. Kilgallen
Far Rockaway
N. Y
St. Enda’s College
Stafford
Kilgallen
Ilgalion Enegbele
Cadets’ Easter March Ends in Lib erty Hall Clash
One cadet from St Enda's group was dispatched on Easter Monday for a practice march and the sortie concluded at Liberty Hall where fighting began as the boys arrived.
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St. Enda’s
Liberty Hall
Ford interview paints a blunt portrait of a quiet square man
The Chicago Tribune reports Henry Ford in Detroit praising quiet nerve and a square character while denouncing Teddy Roosevelt and wariness of art and oil paintings. He cites employe tastes, home roles for women, and skepticism toward unions, urging daily Congress records to be printed and warning of trouble without fair wage sharing.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Henry Ford
Detroit
Col. Roosevelt
Ford
T. R
Teddy Lowntown
Exicon Girts
United States
Congress
West Point's First Superintendent Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams, born in Boston 166 years ago, became the first superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served as Franklin’s messenger in England, acted as Continental Congress agent in France, and later settled in Philadelphia as a judge before joining the army. He died in Philadelphia in 1815.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
Jonathan Williams
Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Jonathan
England
Franklin
Williams
Continental Congress
France
United States
Philadelphia
Quaker City
West Point Military Academy
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Jaycox Rubber CO
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George B. Clark & Co
Broad ST
John F. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
Eins
Old Hampshire Bond
Post Office News Store
Main Street
EAD
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Pictorial’ Review
Jane
Batley Elephants
Britain
U. S
Supes
Norfolks
Norfolk
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