How long will volunteers serve in the new war duties
Aug 6 report surveys soldier enlistment linger and possible duties. Many may remain in camp for months, with some sent to Havana for garrison work or to Porto Rico and Cuba. Officials dispute plans, expecting a large force in Santiago and other theaters, with a broader mobilization and acclimation in the tropics before further actions.
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Robertson
Manassas
Fort Thowan
Camp Alger
Ponce
San Juan
Havana
Havane
Santiago
Guba
Roosevelt
Washington
Alger
Porto Rico
Cuba
Blanco
Tropics
Newport News
Garrigon
Volunteers face two year term and possible mustering out
Volunteers fear they will serve two years even after peace, with some soldiers believing mustering out will come when the war ends. Officials in Georgia say enlistment is for two years with no provision for early discharge, and the War Department would have to act to release men before the term expires.
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United States
McKinley
Georgia
Kohlson
Savannah
Admiral Cervera Visits Norfolk After Prisoner Release
Admiral Cervera and his son arrived in Norfolk from Baltimore after weeks as prisoners of war on parole. They visited Capt Concha and Spanish sick and wounded at the naval hospital, meeting with officers and dignitaries. The visit featured emotional reunions and praise for hospital care, amid a broader report on July war expenditures and anticipated expenditure declines.
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Norvoux
Cervera
Lieut
Baltimore
Annapolis
Concha
Maria Teresa
Naval Hospital
RK. M. G. Brown
Santiago Harbor
Noval
Pluton
Navy
Clebourne
William Lamb
W. H. Murdaugh
Humphreys
O'slock
Coryera
God Luck at Camp Guba Libre Florida July 7 1898
The 1st South Carolina Y Company reports from Panama Park Florida noting pleasant nights with salt breeze, low mosquito presence, and healthy camp conditions. Payday brings furlough hopes as soldiers describe the war as a long picnic while awaiting brigading with Indiana and Illinois regiments and possible promotion for Col. Alston.
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Cor. News and Downier
Uncle Sam
Tilindis
Indiana
Miami
Itill
Col
Alston
South Carolina
$100 Reward The Readers Pleased by Cure Claim
The readers of our paper will be pleased to learn that there is not one dreaded disease that has been admitted to cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as the only constitutional treatment. It claims to act on the blood and mucous surfaces, building up constitution and fighting disease by strengthening nature. The advertisement offers one hundred dollars for proof that it can cure.
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Hall
Cate
Caryi
Eure
Simon
Tragedy in Havens saga ends with double suicide
Cyxrearta Mo Aug 3 Death likely before morning in the Havens tragedy. Cora Havens cuts her throat after denying marriage to lover C F Ball, who then commits suicide by morphine. Her mother, overwhelmed, later drowns herself, and the tale ends with a cancer cure grant from Mrs Carolina Croft of Boston to two citizens for medical research.
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Cyxrearta
Havens
Cora Havens
C. F. Ball
Boone County
Carolina Croft
Carolina Abigiul Brewer
Boston
South Carolina District News Highlights
The Fifth District sends six candidates to Congress while crop reports show optimism across the state. A York County youth, Will Mrvin, died with the Rough Riders in Cuba. Bamberg plans a county court, and Spartanburg opens a recruiting station for the Third Regiment engineers. Hardy Smith, a boy, sleeps on railroad tracks near Sumter. Mt Pleasant, near Charleston, will host the Lutheran Seminary. Major Evans, stationed in Miami, names James McMaster as clerk. Federal government to cover state mustering debts. A Westminster mill with modern gunnery and cotton seed oil facilities is planned for $15,000. Engineer Willis Johnson dies from injuries suffered in a wreck near Columbia. July rainfall exceeds six-month total, per weather authority. W. Calhoun of Hampton grows 300 acres of watermelons, shipping by the hundreds of carloads. Greenwood sees many incendiary fires. governor offers $150 reward. Hydrophobia rumors surface from Blythetown milk case. Dick Simpson, Cross Hill, hangs himself in jail after mental distress. Rita’s cargo sale yields breachloading guns in a box, prompting protest over value. Governor Ellerbe proposes a three-tier commission plan to quickly raise thirty-four men for the Second Regiment. B. T. West kills his wife in Tiouion with a shotgun. coroner confirms homicide, not suicide.
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York County
Will Mrvin
Cuba
Rough Riders
Bamberg County
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Mt. Pleasant
Charleston
John Gary Evans
Miami
Pla
James M. McMaster
Columbia
Ellerbe
War Department
Westminister
Grovery
South Carolina
Weather Bureau
W. ©. Calhoun
Hampton County
Greenwood
R. F. McCaslan
Blythetown
Columbia Register
Dick Simpson
Cross Hill
Laurens Advertiser
Anderson County Treasurer Candidates Amid Democratic Primary
Multiple notices announce candidates for county treasurer in Anderson County and a state senate run. Names include William L. Bol Jas M Payne R E Parker L O Williford Brown A Willson and Jas M Sullivan. Each declares candidacy subject to Democratic Primary rules and party guidance.
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William L. Bol
Anderson County
Jas. M. Payne
R. E Parker
Friends of L. 0
Friends
Oliver Bolt
W. P. Snelgrove
State Senate
Jas. M. Sullivan
House of Representatives
T. T. Wakefield
Geo. B. Princh
B.C. Martin
B. A. Robinson
J. L. Jackson
J. W. Ashley
E. M Rocker, Jr
John B. Leverett
G. A. Rankin
Lewis M. Mahaffey
A. W. Attaway
Rronichontron
H. H. Edwards
R. Y.H. Nance
Jadga
R. M Burriss
J. F. Rice
D A Russert
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