Steamship and rail routes connect East Coast travel options
Travelers to Norfolk and beyond can use Norfolk and Washington Steamboat routes via F and Nutt lines, Dominion Steamship Co and Mercantile Miners Trans Co. Connections to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and other East points. Seaboard Air Line offers frequent service between Atlanta, Washington and Norfolk with dining and Pullman sleepers. Central of Georgia Railway agents provide reservations and details.
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New York
Norfol
Cape Charles
Norfolk
Washington
Jemboat Co
Neketa
Stean Re Bay Line
F. & Nutt
Ape Charles
Dominion Steamship
Mercantile & Miners Trans, Co
Baltimore
Philadephia
Boston
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta
East
Pullman
Central of Georgia Railway
NaWiann
Haven
Uo Ga
Anderson
Portemounth
Two U S Fleets Ready to Battle Spanish Fleet
Key West reports Flying Squadron arrived as Schley and Sampson poised for a joint strike on the Spanish fleet off Cuba. Navy silent on movements, but plans to destroy or capture Cervera’s ships. Oregon, Marietta, Buffalo whereabouts uncertain. Morro Castle beacon lit. Blanco needs ammunition and provisions for possible Havana action.
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Washington
Key West
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Schley
Sampson
Cuba
Spain
Cervera
Oregon
Marietta
Buffalo
Pernambuco
Havana
Morro Castle
Blanco
Army camp swells as trains bring 16,000 volunteers
Rapidly growing forces arrive by train to Chickamauga Park under General Brooke. Regiments include Third Pennsylvania, 160th Indiana, 158th Indiana, Second Ohio, and First West Virginia with thousands of officers and men. Light Battery A from St Louis also joined, provisioning expanding.
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Chattanooga
Chickamauga Park
Pennsylvania
Robert Ralston
One Hundred and Sixtieth
Indiana Infantry
George Gunder
One
Indiana
B. H. Smith
Ohio
Wright
Brooke
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Good
Cincinnati
City
Park
Unclear OCR Medical Claim About Digestive Health
Fragmented text promotes a medicine for dyspepsia claiming strong effects on appetite energy and blood. It asserts a thirty year sales history and urges readers to trust the product as a cure. The passage uses awkward phrasing and partial phrases.
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de Picross Garden
Ito Refuses To Step In Premier Ito Keeps Hands Off Philippines
A Victoria special reports Manila sugar magnate J Stuart Jones and companion Jerome Jones say the island’s self government stalled unless a strong power assures control. Tokyo is pressured by a rising Japanese faction to intervene but Ito refuses and threatens resignation if pressed. Manila residents in Victoria say insurgents had American support before the war and renewed hostilities with arms from Japan.
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Japan
Philippines
San Francisco
Victoria
B.C
J. Stuart Jones
Manila
London
Jerome Jones
Spain
Ito
Cuba Annexation Seen By Senator Caffery
Senator Donelson Caffery of Louisiana predicted Cuba will join the United States before it becomes a state, saying natives are unlikely to govern and educated Cubans favor annexation while Spaniards on the island prefer union. The interview notes Cuba’s tutelage before statehood and the likelihood of annexation despite stated nonconquest goals.
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Caffery
Louisiana
Junta
United States
The Alabama Is Launched in Historic Naval Moment
May 18 reports the battleship Alabama launched at Cramps shipyard with Senator Morgan’s daughter christening the vessel. The article details Alabama’s design shifts from earlier types, its armament of four 18 inch guns and fourteen 6 inch guns, armor arrangement, and dimensions about 11,500 tons displacement. It compares Alabama with Illinois Wisconsin and foreign battleships, noting improved bow armor and deck structure, while highlighting differences from earlier Indiana and Massachusetts classes.
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Putnaveireia
Alabama
Cramps
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Oregon
Indiana
Massachusetts
Dei Ganita
No Encounter With Enemy In Cuban Theater
Washington reports no meeting yet between hostile fleets near Cuba. Navy officials withhold confirmation on Spanish squadron location while hoping Sampson and Schley may have joined forces. The Oregon’s safety appears improving. it may have left Bahia for the Windward Passage, easing campaign planning.
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Washington
Cuba
Navy Department
Schley
Sampson
Straits of
Yucatan
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Straits
Cuta
Yucatan Straits
Department
Gulf
Hayti
Cape
Oregon
Rush for war positions at White House
May 18 report from Washinaton notes a renewed rush for army and navy appointments. Senators and representatives crowd the White House as candidates push for offices, with officials discussing nomination lists and the forthcoming army bill amid ongoing consultations.
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White House
Washinatoy
Toda
Sidy A
White Sas
Army
Vartis
Ae Fie
Lowan
Sre ii
Hanes
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Wheatley Building
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Wrs-Recorder
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Virginia Beach
Trojan
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Spot Cash
Bailey’s Haberdashery
Big Shoe House
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Travelers’ Life Insurance Co
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Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Company
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Tenth
Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers
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Mm-Miller
Perry Davis
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