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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1898
Page
1
An alert officer aboard the Texas thwarted an attack by Spanish torpedo boats. The engagement ended without reported casualties as the Texas Navy vessel held its position near the harbor. A brief inquiry followed to assess damage and confirm the strategic outcome.
News from Port Antonio and Cape Haytien reports Commodore Schley’s fleet engaging Spanish ships near Santiago. Torpedo boats failed to strike American vessels as Texas and Brooklyn returned fire and forced the attackers to seek shelter. heavy bombardment of shore batteries followed with no American losses reported.
Hoquiam reports its band as the county’s best with progress and encouragement for youth. Montesano forms a new band with sixteen experienced musicians for a military company project. A planned monument unveiling to J W Divilbiss includes a Harbor lodge steamer trip. Other notes cover local sales, travel, and community events across Hoquiam Montesano and Aberdeen.
A verbose communal letter blasts Hoquiam Washingtonian for backing bonds over greenbacks in wartime finance. It argues a Rothschild led plot to destroy US prosperity, praises Lincoln’s 1861 greenbacks, and denounces bond holders while urging national restraint and currency sovereignty.
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