Word: war
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...past 60 years Mr. Stone has lived in Framingham. Before the Civil War he was interested in the anti-slavery government, and later was connected with the "underground railroad...
...Clews was born in Straffordshire, England, and entered mercantile life in New York at the age of 15. After the panic of 1857, his opportunity came to enter Wall street. On the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury as the financial agent for the sale of United States bonds, which were floated through his efforts. In 1877 he organized the firm of Henry Clews and Company, and since then has been connected with many financial corporations on Wall street...
...Clews was born in Strafordshire, England, and entered mercantile life in New York at the age of 15. At the outbreak of the civil war he was asked by thee Secretary of the Treasury to act as the government's agent in thee sale of United States bonds. In 1877 he organized the firm of Henry Clews and Company and since then has been connected with many financial corporations on Wall street. He is the author of "Twenty-eight years in Wall Street" and "The Wall Street Point of View...
...Merrill concluded his lecture by quoting at length from a pamphlet by Hiram Maxim, the well-known authority on military aeronautics. Mr. Maxim's opinion is that the development of aerial navigation will lesson the chances of war in that nothing save subterraneous works will be free from the bombs dropped by aeroplanes...
...Whereas, the only obstacle to the acceptance of this proposition is the refusal of the United States War Department to permit the construction, under present conditions, of a drawless bridge at this point of any less height than the new Cambridge Bridge...