Shafter Seeks Santiago Attack With Heavy Artillery
General Shafter reports to General Miles that he can take Santiago in forty eight hours with heavy artillery though risking considerable casualties. News notes reinforcements from Manzanillo and Holguin, Spanish ships and fear of Cuban and Sampson support.
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Shafter
Miles
Santiago
Sampson
Linares
Manzanillo
War Department
Joyce
Holguin
Pando
Chancellorsville
Carranza
Montreal
Monttran
Carranz
Dad the Star
Spain
Terrible wound described by Spanish bullets on Olivette crew
A cable report from Praya De Esta June 30 describes severe injuries aboard the Olivette including a head wound that severed Hamilton Fish's skull and a shoulder wound that reentered the neck, with surgeons doubting explosive bullets though the wounds appear brutal and irregular. The piece also notes improvised observations by volunteers and regulars alike from the Rough Riders in a costly engagement.
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Praya de. Esta
Olivette Ara Dning
Merritt Sets Sail for Manila With Newport Escort
The Newport bearing Major General Wesley Merritt, military governor of the Philippines, sails from San Francisco with Astor battery and other detachments. Crowds bid farewell as tugboats and yachts accompany the ship down the bay. Expected Manila arrival by July 25 to August 1 with possible joint action with Admiral Dewey planned.
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San Francisco
Newport
Wesley Merritt
Philippines
Astor Light Battery
United Statesrtillery
Hospital and Signal Corps
Manila
Astor Battery
Bay
Golden Gate
Pacific
Honolulu
Merritt
Greene
Dewey
Honollu
Marks Graves Of Dead In Case Hemoval Is Desired
Washington reports on battlefield identifications and wounded numbers after La Quasina engagement. General Shafter thanks the president for gallant action. Navy bulletin notes bombardment and reconnaissance near Santiago. Paymasters arrive at Chickamauga. pay work slated to begin. Funding approved for agricultural colleges. Wisconsin labor strike continues with troop protection and July 4th risk.
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Ing
Tampa
Shafter
Guneral Shafter Latera
Philippines
Spain
Dewey
Washington
Navy Department
McCulloch
Hong Kong
Cavite
Aguinaldo
Nashan
Washincton
Bhafter
la Quasina
War Department
R. A. Alger
Baiguris
Suarter
Hampson
Sampson
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Harlow
Powell
Hart
Cabanas Bay
Chickamauga
Cwickamawosa
Bliss
Commissioner of Education
Bixike
Osncosa
Wis
Railroads Will Pay Once for War Stamps
Eastern freight men adopt a circular stating railroads will pay for a single war revenue stamp per shipment. Shippers desiring a duplicate must pay for the second stamp to make it a legal document.
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Oncaco
Eastern
Equal Suffrage Lecture by Dr Hill Draws Large Audience
Dr Hill delivered a parlor lecture at the home of Mr and Mrs John Gary on Equal Suffrage. The audience filled the room as flowers and banners decorated the space. He spoke on reform, justice, and the need for women to gain political clout, urging organization, education, and moral reform to win the ballot.
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Hill
John Gary
Hilt
Ilo
Judas
Victoria
Stamp Tax Schedules and Exemptions list 1895 bill
Tax schedules take effect July 1 covering beer tobacco cigars cigarettes and other products. The document lists rates per quantity and exemptions for religious charities and public cemeteries with notes on bank brokers pawnbrokers and estates etc. It includes a testimonial about DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and its claimed cures from a Lewisville Texas reader.
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Oerensonsgessien Ergs
Sersiceae
United States
E. C. Blanks
Lewisville
Texas
DeWitt
Vio
Emmart & Co
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H. #. Johns
Harrison
Samuel Holmes
Fremont
Bartha J. Bowers
Union
Benjamin E. Radcliffe
Cherokee
Railroad Commission
R. M. Dient
A. M. Johnson
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
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Houston Business League
San Antonio & Ara
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Western Association
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Acore
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Change Estate
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Powelton Avenue
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Labdison
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Amont
Humphrey
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ELY Brothers
Warren St
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John Reid, Jr
Great Falls
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