Lloyd George Chosen to Lead Munitions in New War Cabinet
May 27 report details a restructured British war cabinet with David Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions, Kitchener retained as Secretary of War, Asquith and Grey unchanged, Churchill taking a minor portfolio, and a mix of Liberals, Conservatives, a Labourite, and an independent in the body. The reshuffle elevates McKenna to Chancellor, with 13 veterans remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
Grey
Churchill
David Lloyd- George
Lord Kitchener
Lloyd-George
Reginald McKenna
Home Secretary
Herbert Asquith
Edward Grey
L Lord Kitchener
Admiralty
Arthur J. Balfour
Winston Spencer Churchill
David Lloyd-George
Lord Lansdowne
Stanley Buckmaster
Lord Crewe
Privy Seal
Lord Curzon
India
John Simon
Bonar Law
Unionist Party
Austen Chamberlain
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
Walter Hume Long
Ireland
Augustine Birrell
Scotland
McKinnon Wood
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Lord Selborne
Lewis Vernon Harcourt
Board of Education
Arthur Henderson
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Sir Edward Carson
Winston Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
John Redmond
Earl Kitchener
Harl Kitchener
Runciman
Birrell
Wood
Viscount Haldane
Illinois boxing bill falls short in House after lengthy debate
Springfield May 27 The boxing bill failed to reach a constitutional majority as 72 voted yes and 67 no in a three hour House session. The Senate previously defeated the Carroll bill. Representative Eddie Santry argued passionately citing Roosevelt Sunday and Parkhurst in favor. Governor Dunne's waterway bill passed the House 107 to 41 and moves to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
House
Yeas
Senate
Eddie Santry
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Dies at Country Home
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish a noted social leader and wife of the former president of the Illinois Central railway died at her country home in Garrison New York from a hemorrhage of the brain.
Crown Prince's Daughter Baptized in Berlin
The infant daughter of the crown prince and crown princess was baptized in Berlin on Wednesday. She was named Alexandrine Irene. The crown prince was not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Alexandrine Irene
American Army Hero Honored for La Targette Action
Kenneth Weeks a Cambridge Massachusetts youth is commended in army orders for distinguished conduct during the capture of La Targette and Neuville St Vaast in France. The notice from London dated May 26 highlights his bravery and service with the American forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kenneth Weeks
Cambridge
Mass
la Targette
Neuville St. Vaast
Pere Marquette Railway to be Sold at Auction
Detroit Michigan May 26 Judge Arthur J Tuttle of the federal district court ordered the Pere Marquette railway systems sold at auction on October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Arthur J. Tuttle
Federal District Court
Pere Marquette Railway
Italy and Austria Clash as War Opens Across Fronts
Italy begins hostilities with cavalry across the Tyrol border near Strass and engages Austrian forces on land and sea. Italian fleets and aeroplanes repelled Austrian attacks on the Adriatic coast, with brief engagements near Ancona and other targets as the war starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Berlin
Amsterdam
Italy
Austria
Strass
Austrian Tyrol
War Office
Tyrol
Adriatic
Rome
Duke of Abruzzi
Ancona
Venice
Porto Corsini
Barletta
Cest
U S Ends Ship Conference Over British Notes
Secretary Bryan ordered termination of unofficial negotiations with Great Britain on cotton and dyestuffs. He objected to British notes seeking official character and American recognition of British orders in council. He said it is inexpedient to acquiesce officially in British trade practice while pressing Germany over Lusitania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
London
Germany
Lusitania
Lassen Peak Desolate Ruin After Mighty Eruptions
Redding California May 27 Lassen peak once beautiful in its summit symmetry and timber cloaks stands today a desolate ruin self wrecked by its recent mighty eruptions. Its crater is shattered and two black streaks half a mile wide extend for miles along the western bank with ash soil covered snow. These scars mark the paths of lava and mud flows that spouted from the mountain during the great outburst Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redding
Cal
Lassen Peak
Tragic Throat-Cutting Ends Family Crime in New York
Mrs. ONeill wife of a prosperous architect killed her eight year old daughter and mortally wounded her six year old son by slashing throats with a razor then fatally wounded herself in a suicide attempt in New York on May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
New York
Becker to Die in Electric Chair If No Stay Is Secured
Albany news reports Police Lieutenant Charles Becker faces execution by electric chair in the week beginning July 12 unless a stay pending his appeal to the U S Supreme Court is granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Charles Becker
U. S. Supreme Court
Governor Stops Gambling at Belmont Park
Albany May 27 Governor Whitman ordered Nassau county Sheriff Stephen Petit to halt all bookmaking and betting after complaints about open gambling at Belmont Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Belmont Park
Whitman
Stephen Petit
Nassau County
Switz Neutrality Pledged by Central Powers
Official announce ment from Berne on May 27 states that Germany Austria Hungary and Italy have pledged to respect Switzerland neutrality. The agreement was made and announced Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
Young Alfred Vanderbilt Jr to share large Lusitania fortune
Little Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. son of Alfred Vanderbilt and Margaret Emerson, aged under three, to share in an estate valued between 56 million and 70 million dollars left by his father who perished in the Lusitania disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Jr
Margaret Emerson
Baltimore
Cottonseed Meal Urged as Human Food by Texas Expert
Dr. G H Fraps state chemist at the agricultural college urges cottonseed meal as a substitute for meat rather than flour. He notes cottonseed meat flour is already used in Texas and, given meat prices, should see wider adoption as a palatable, nutritious option for proper human development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. 8. Fraps
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Texas
Note from Judge on Bringing Wives to New Nation
From John Smith's diary the judge notes that ships brought only men to the shores and, to avoid a stag nation, resolved to bring suitable wives from England. The husband would provide according to his substance to support the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
England
When Teeth Did Not Ache In Classical Times
The passage argues that ancient Greeks and Romans suffered little from toothache and that surviving Greek and Latin sources rarely mention dental pain. It questions why Aristophanes and Lucretius do not reference toothache, suggesting dental misery was not a notable theme in classical literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Aristophanes
Fragmentary London Chronicle Teases Aquaintances of Cold Water Jar
A London Chronicle snippet notes a jar given to the teeth by very cold water or by biting a stone in one’s bread, hinting at a curious old reference without full context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Remedy for Cholera Infantum Using Egg and Orange Water
A historic home remedy advises beating two egg whites with water and a teaspoon of orange flower water and sugar, administering a teaspoonful hourly. The suggestion claims the egg coats the intestines to cure severe cholera infantum.
Italy Enters World War I Declares War on Austria Hungary
Italy declares war on Austria Hungary effective May 4 and notes a firm resolve to safeguard national rights. The note marks Italy’s entry among eleven nations in the European conflict, outlining alliances and global shifts as fleets redeploy in the Mediterranean North Sea Baltic and Black Sea regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Italy
Japan
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
North Sea
Germany
Baltic
Baltic Sea
Russia
Black Sea
Turkey
Italy Declares War on Austria Hungary Ambassadors Withdrawn
An official German dispatch dated May 23 reports Italy declaring war on Austria Hungary through its ambassador to Austria Hungary. It accuses Italy of breaking the Triple Alliance and condemns the Italian action as an inexcusable breach of the pact. The German and Austro Hungarian ambassadors are to depart Rome together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Duke of Avarna
Baron von Burian
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Austria- Hungary
Rome
Lonévi
Berlin
Amsterdam
Germany
German Empire
Italian Aspirations To Gain Unredeemed Italian Lands
The piece outlines Italy’s wartime aim to claim “Italia Irredenta” lands near the Adriatic, including Trent, Trieste and Istria. It details borders from the Rhaetian Alps to the Carnic and Italian Alps, and notes Trent’s history under Roman Tridentini and Austrian control after 1859.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Trent
Trieste
Austria
Switzerland
Carnic Alps
Fiume
Lombardy
Venetia
Trentino
Tridentini
Italy Seeks Istria and Venetia After Unification
The narrative outlines Italy’s claims to Istria and Venetia after unification in 1861. It notes Austrian hold on Venetia until 1866 and the Trent wedge, with Italy aiming to control about 8,000 square miles and over a million people in Istria and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
France
Lombardy
Kingdom of Italy
Austria
Venetia
Italy
Trent District
Istria
Republic of Venice
Dalmatia
Dalmatian Islands
Italy Joins Entente in Formal Quadruple Alliance
London report by Martin Donohue states that on May 22 Italy was admitted into full partnership with Britain France and Russia after Sonno No entered talks with the three ambassadors. The move formalizes Italy as an active ally with economic naval and military support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Martin Donohue
Rome
The
Daily Chronicle
Sonnino
Italy
Great Britain
France
Russia
Divine Worship On British Ships In War Times
Daily prayers and Sunday services are held on every British warship whether at sea or in battle. If no chaplain is aboard the captain leads the service with the deck serving as the church. Sailors prefer hymns like Almighty Father Strong to Save and attend eagerly, while sermons focus on matters affecting each crew member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
Dardanelles
Atlantic
Jack Tar
Birds to Attack Zeppelins
Explorer Ferdinand Bartels returns from South America with a bird named whiffle buff. The creature has a sharp pointed tail and dives to pierce prey, then speeds upward to strike from below. Bartels plans to train them to attack airships and may offer the birds as torpedo weapons to foreign powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haseen
Ferdinand Bartels
United States
South America
Mr. Bartels
Mr. Roosevelt
Bartels
Also Mentioned on This Page
Balfour Lord
British Admiralty
Kitchener
Illinois
Dunne
SHELL
Victor Emmanuel
U. S
Britain
Republic OF Portugal
Lisbon
Tagus
America
Arran Nnt
China
United “States
Port Davis
San Francisco
Wilson
Chang Chen Hsun
Alfred Vanderbilt
di Mayo
Peruchette
Tokyo
Lucretius
Russia _ Turkey
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Greece
Roumania
Norway
Spain
Holland
Denmark
Portugal
Sweden
Donohue
Prince von Buelow
Baron Macchio
Foreign Ministry
Foreign Office
Via Venti Settembre
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!