Porter's Role in Finding John Patt Jones Remains in Paris
United States ambassador to France General Horace Porter led a long effort to locate and identify John Patt Jones's remains in Paris. He financed archival hunts, overcame delays, and traced the grave to the St Louis cemetery amid urban encroachment. The hero, admired by France, Russia, and the United States, was celebrated as a naval genius.
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For the Capture of John Paul Jones Hero of the Revolution
A detailed portrait of John Paul Jones from humble beginnings in Solway to naval fame. It covers his early life, merchant service, rise in the American Navy, famed battles aboard the Providence Ranger and Bonhomme Richard, and his recognition by France Russia and Congress. The article notes his daring raids, controversial reputation, and personal life, ending with his death in 1792 and remarks by Napoleon.
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Nicholas Biddle
New England
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Hopkins
Glasgow
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Ife
Paris
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Benjamin Franklin
Arthur Lee
D'Estaing
America
David Freeman
Wallingford
Scotland
Flamborough
Baltic Sea
Scarborough
Louis XVI
St. Petersburg
Denmark
Princess Royal
Russia
Catherine
Prince Potemkin
Said
Alice Dunscombe
Nipoleon
France
Nelson
Postmaster General Cortelyou Commencement Address Highlights Civic Duty
Postmaster General Cortelyou spoke at the University of Illinois commencement urging education to serve public questions. He stressed practical learning, responsible citizenship, honesty in government, and broader political reform while praising educated leaders and warning against sensationalism and demagoguery.
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Cortelyou
Hte
Tiene
America
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Pruss
Lincoln
Bryan Receives Doctor of Laws at Illinois College
William J. Bryan delivered the commencement address at Illinois College in Jacksonville Illinois on June 7 and was conferred the degree of doctor of laws. The event highlighted Bryan's appearance and the college ceremony. Seherer's bakery advertised cakes and pastry by telephone.
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Illinois Col
College
Seherer's Bakery
Wabash Valley lineman killed in Peru accident
Patrick Carter of Logansport, a lineman for Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction, was electrocuted in Peru when a test instrument on a pole transmitter electrocuted him. He died instantly.
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Ind
Patrick Carter
Logansport
Fort Warnae & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Carter
Bloodshed in Saginaw guard kills a striker
In Saginaw Michigan on June 7 Deputy Harris shot and killed Henry Week Jr a Pere Marquette machinist and wounded two others while guarding a street railway car amid a nonunion clash. Harris was arrested as the investigation unfolds with tension over the strike lingering in the city.
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Saginaw, Mich
Saginaw Valley
Pred Harris
Henry Week, Jr
Terreare Kelley
Wallace A. Douglass
Harris
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