Thursday, June 30, 2016

Today -100: June 30, 1916: If ever a man deserved capital punishment, it is he

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Mexico releases the 10th Cavalry prisoners. What do you think this obviously deeply racist NYT reporter would be saying about th...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Today -100: June 29, 1916: Of spillsburys, courts-martial, and German gold

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The Carranza government orders the release of the American prisoners. That’s 23 negro soldiers and their Mormon scout Lem Spillsbury, whic...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Today -100: June 28, 1916: Of treason and rough riders

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More Mexican soldiers are arriving at the border. The worry in the US is that they’ll invade the US through El Paso while the US Army is el...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Today -100: June 27, 1916: It is the acme of idiocy to inquire of a man what his purpose is after he shoots you in the face

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The Progressive Party’s National Committee, after a long, bitter debate, endorses Charles Evans Hughes for president, following the instru...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Today -100: June 26, 1916: Change of food and water causes more deaths than bullets

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Germany’s food dictator threatens to ban all meat consumption starting in September. Col. Terribery of the NY National Guard announces ...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Today -100: June 25, 1916: Mexico has long been an international nuisance

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The Wilson administration is rather annoyed at not being able to formulate a Mexican policy (i.e., go to war) because of Gen. Pershing’s de...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Today -100: June 24, 1916: Of emergencies, ammunition, home rule, and dicks

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The House of Representatives passes a resolution authorizing the president to draft state militias into the US military and allowing them ...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Today -100: June 23, 1916: Elk?

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The Allies force Greece to demobilize its military. The resignation of the Cabinet yesterday also seems to be in response to Allied demand...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Today -100: June 22, 1916: The Battle of Carrizal

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The 10th Cavalry (a negro unit) are attacked at Carrizal, Chihuahua, where they mistakenly thought they might find Pancho Villa, by Carran...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Today -100: June 21, 1916: Of discourteous tones and tempers

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The NYT publishes a report about life on the British submarine E-9, interesting perhaps because written by Rudyard Kipling. The US note ...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Today -100: June 20, 1916: I.M. Laughter, we hardly knew ye

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The US government has been leaking for days that it is about to respond to Carranza’s demand for US troops to leave Mexico by telling him t...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Today -100: June 19, 1916: Go to your homes and be good Mexicans

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Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, former German Army chief of staff and nephew of the famous strategist, drops dead at a funeral service in ...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Today -100: June 18, 1916: Of trails of blood, bananas, pirates of public opinion, follies, and the hidden crimes of society

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Mexico demands that the latest bunch of US troops to cross the border be withdrawn or they will be attacked. The soldiers are pursuing the...
Friday, June 17, 2016

Today -100: June 17, 1916: A jumble of words

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The Democratic Party platform includes this atrocity of a sentence, straight from the pen of Woodrow Wilson himself: “The Democratic party...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Today -100: June 16, 1916: I join the American people in thanking God that we have a president who does not want the nation to fight

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The Democrat Convention nominates Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall, earlier than planned. The delegates realized that there wasn’t enou...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Today -100: June 15, 1916: Do what we wish in the interest of foreign sentiment or we will wreak our vengeance

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Lloyd George is offered the late Lord Kitchener’s job as Secretary of War, but asks for a few days to think it over. Women suffragists l...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Today -100: June 14, 1916: My attitude is one of undiluted Americanism

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Charles Evans Hughes, finally in campaign mode, says , “My attitude is one of undiluted Americanism, and anybody who supports me is support...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Today -100: June 13, 1916: Of beards, train wrecks, and lawless aggression

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Headline of the Day -100: It’s not just Theodore Roosevelt who won’t run as a Progressive. Frank Hanly, who won the party’s prima...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Today -100: June 12, 1916: Slow news day -100

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The Italian cabinet resigns after failing a vote of confidence. Don't see comments? Click on the post title to view or post co...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Today -100: June 11, 1916: I have not desired the nomination

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The negotiations between Republican and Bull Moose leaders on fielding a joint presidential ticket fail, mostly because the R’s refuse to s...