Dewey's Bold Act at Manila Harbor Battle
Commodore Dewey commands a dramatic naval victory at Manila Bay. The Spanish fleet is destroyed or driven off after a night assault and dawn engagement. Reports describe American crews pressing the attack, with Dewey’s force passing fortifications and gaining control of key positions near Cavite and Manila. The event reshapes expectations of European intervention and signaling a shift in naval power.
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Mapriv
Bayonne
New York World Cablegram
United States
Hong Kong
Manila
Montejo
Cavite
Corregidor
Bay
Admiral Dewey
Isle de Cuba
Austria
Don Juan de Austria
Dewey
Washington
Commodore Dewey
United States and Spain in Naval Crisis over Manila Cable
Reports from Paris and Washington on May 3 describe Spain planning a single united naval push against the United States. An American warship reportedly cut Manila’s cable, testing showed the cut fifty miles from Manila. Dewey to be made acting admiral with promotion looming.
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United States
Philippine Islands
Spain
Paris
Manila
Washington, D. C
Dewey
Phillipine Islands
Atlantic Telegraph, War Efforts And Local News
Atlantic reporters describe war mobilization as volunteers and regulars ramp up to 61,000. Secretary Alger and General Miles meet the president on volunteer appointments. A private line links Atlantic to Cumberland, with local crews stringing poles to connect to the south county. Community notes report Maria Bennett Coker Warner who lived in Atlantic after migrating from Wisconsin, with family details. Local businessman S. S. King expands opera house plans in Anita and confirms gas plant setup. Mexico warns neutrality amid the Cuban conflict while cipher dispatches are banned and the Campania arrives after a Paris sighting miss.
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Congress
Melville
War Department
Alger
Miles
Cumberland
Atlantic
Pat Boyle
Tenth
Olive Street
Town Telephone Co
King
Anita
Hansen & Co
Edgar Johnson
Bert Frost
Johnson
Atlantic Iron Works
Local and Personal News From a Week in Anita
Tuesday reports list E Huchendorf M E Quint O Blakeslee and others in Anita City. Des Moines trips, visits to Omaha Grinnell and Council Bluffs are noted. War news, recent divorces, family visits, canning factory plans and a major stock sale at Atlantic Iron Works are mentioned along with community events and church activities.
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M. E. Quint
O. Blakeslee
Maine
L. D. Thomas
Des Moines
Dr. Morse
Congregational Church
Martha A. B. Conine
Colorado
Jennie L. Wilson
Council Bluffs
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Enew Harbor
Akith
Philippines
Insurgenta
Porto Rico
U.S
Maprio
Ky West
Pendro
Ramon
Santiago
Cuba
Garcia
Manprip
Sagasta
Cortes
London
Houses of Commons
Tion of
Maria Warner
Maria Bennett
Butternut
New York
James M. Coker
Warner’s Landing
Vernon County
Wis
Mr. Coker
Charles Henry
Neb
Buck
Marshalltown
Mexico City
Uampania
Quuexstown
Campania
Pars
E. Huchendorf
J. H. Jones
Audubon
Fritz Saemisch
Nobile Township
E. E. Mickel
Walnut
Robert Henderson
Voss
O. W. Rich
A. K. Coomes
Jas. Maxedon
Wiota
Wm. Crisman
Omaha
K. of P
Mickels
L. J. Weaver
Griswold
Mat Duval
Spencer
Sioux City
Levi Mountain
Grandpa Lynch
al. Clawson and
Mrs. Hamilton
A. T. Marvin
W. H., Davisson and Corp of Helpers
Rock Island
J. L. Todd
Palerola
Italy
J. J. Varley
Hasting
Adair
Casey
Mother Warner
Rebekah
Eastern Star
Lewis
Mesdames
J. B. Jones
C. L. Brown
Mae Ward
Chicago
South Chestnut Street
Shelby County
Gibbs
Red Oak
Wm. Wilcox
Clinton
Canning Co
H. M. Goorman
S. G. Hunter
C. R. Middaugh
Hunter
Boorman
Cash Clothing House
Albert Johnson
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