Shafter Dispatches On Siboney Advance and Cuban Skirmish
The war department received General Shafter’s dispatches detailing a Siboney advance toward Sevilla, heavy fighting near the front, and American troops pressing toward Santiago. Reports list killed and wounded among U.S. forces, misnaming several officers, and note urgent needs for landing lighter vessels to move siege guns and heavy equipment ashore.
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Shafter
War Department
First
United States Cavalry
Knox
Caplin Woliwright
Altony
Regilla
Builazo de Guba
General Shafter
Wis Dlapaich
Buiqurri
Sevitin
Ourteenth
Woods
Wheeler
Bell
Wainwright
Tyrem
First Cavalry
Juragua Ani
Sevilla
Aguadores
Santino
Santiago
McClintock
Shatler
Ng Well Sa
Associated Press
L. 8S. McCormick
Seventh Cavalry
McCormick
Oho
Military Academy
Rob Eey Fo
Enneylvania
New York
Alger
General Miles
Corbin
General Coppinger
Jacksonville
Coppinger
Florida
Bunddy
Torrey
Fough
Talapa
Tupelo
Toryey
Harvard
Massachusetts
Michigan
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Fort Said
Chellanooga
Cubs
Hester
F. Santiago
Chickamaula
Mwilness
McKinley
Ctulba
Spain
Monilays
Fano
Watson
Atlantic
Shafte
Madrid
Diapateh
Prohnet Sagosta
Acheto
Jane FO
OM Vialy
Washington
Shatter
Li- Haren
Cuba
Linares
Nis
Rafuned
Camara
Sez
Siboney
Fifth Army Corps
Jarauasito
Young
Caloner Wood
Tenth Cavalry
Imy
Yale
Thirty-fourth
Thirtythird Regiment
Batquirl
Litte
Sanguily
Lacret
Betancourt
Valencia
Manila
Merritt
Newark
Camp Alger
Seventh Tilingis
Jane
Bhytter
Miles
Loyal South echo in Milwaukee Journal tale of Civil War sentiments
A veteran salesman in Detroit recounts a Milwaukee Journal piece urging pride in the South and defying Northern scorn. He recalls meeting Bay State troops in Baltimore and the Sixth Massachusetts in 1861, describing hostile reception and violence as he defended Southern loyalty.
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Milwaukee Journal
Detroit
South
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Falls Clurch
Bay State
Chiba
Havana Tobacco Shortage Halts Box Sales at Clubs
The Havana cigar shortage curbs box sales as importers hoard remaining stock. A major New York club that once bought 150,000 Havana cigars from one house now cannot sell a box at any price, with only a handful available to smokers.
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Spain
Havana
New York
Washington Star
Exhibition plans for Aldley Americyn exhibitors
From the New York Herald, Mr Gallia the Pari sian newspapers representative to America announced the 1900 exhibition arrangements. American exhibitors are to have displays at the exposition with certain charges and permanent American exhibition details to be set in January.
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Aldley Americyn
New York Herald
Gallia
America
Dare
Pawalsh
Spain’s Press Decline Masks No News Values
The New York Sun notes Spain’s 18 million people, with few newspapers published. It cites Barcelona as the largest city, surpassing Madrid by census, while major papers El Loro and El Modo Espanol focus on jokes and fashion, not news.
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Spain
New York Sun
Barcelona
Madrid
el Loro
the Patriot
el Modo Espanol
Rubber Industry Drive in Dahomey Shows Early Growth
Kubyer Industry In Dahomey outlines efforts to develop rubber as forests yield wild enoutchone trees. Export totals reached 1,905 kilos in 1896 and 2,812 kilos in 1897. Porto Novo and Ouidah host experimental small plantations of three to five acres, with young trees thriving and promising. The note adds BritishPhilippines and U S trade figures for last year.
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Dahomey
Porto Novo
Ouidah
Curious World of Odd Facts From A Roaring Era
A fragmented survey of global quirks and curiosities mentions camels, elephants, and tea plantations, then shifts to travelers, markets, and social customs. Notable items include Britain’s sea presence, Cuba’s edible rats, and a claim about a world sugar refinery in Brooklyn, with scattered trivia on politics, marriage, and health.
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France
Cuba
Brooklyn
England
Amarin
London
Chicago
India
Africa
China
Congress
Europe
Russia
Hobson's Claw
Tien
Cork
Bottter
B. Maynard
Logan
Ohio
Oe ‘ Ie Perea
Fragmented Health Advice From A Patchwork Ad Page
A jumbled OCR snippet mixes medical quackery and product pitches with assorted cultural notes. It touts laxative candy, a cleansing preparation, a New Zealand lizard, scented soap, and random consumer claims. It mentions Piso’s Cure, Bank of France, a sailing vessel, and camphor cultivation with scattered dates and items.
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Fla
Moret
Hodge Committee On Military Affairs
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Secretary of War
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Manzanillo
Tampa
Fen
Newport
Yankee
Chickamausea
Fort Monroe
Carranzas
Montreal
Que
Corres
Camera
Suez Canal
Schley
Nying
Neot
Samson
States
Balquin
Castillo
Wood
Tyrree
R. Rivers
W. R. Smedburg, Jr
Tenth
Ines
A. J. Mills
Ine
Oregon
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Loyal South
Uuvane
Baiquiri
Sampson
Philippines
United States
Alger, Horsy
Tajak
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New Zealand
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John A.” Miller
Au Sable, Michigan
Bank of France
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