Spain Bristles as Philippine Gamble Hardens in Paris Talks
Washington dispatches report Spain resisting a transfer of Philippine control, urging that revenues and debts be handled without ceding territory. Americans press for full U S takeover with reimbursement to Spain, while Spanish envoys threaten harm to their reputation if forced to surrender. A counterproposal is anticipated as talks extend, with Dewey reporting the Charleston’s departure from Manila to Iloilo and news of a Black Hills mine owner's death rounding out the day.
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Pals
United States
Philippines
Spain
Associated Press
Senor Montero Rios
Spanish Commission
Cuba
Senor Rios
Carolines
Canaries
Beleario Islands
Dolars
Charleston
Gove
Llotio
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Manila
Iloilo
Panay
Fifty First Iowa Volunteers Leave for Manila From Iowa to San Francisco
A San Francisco farewell letter from Henry J. Hoffman, Co. M, describes the 51st Iowa Volunteers preparing to depart for Manila. He notes health improvements, competition with Iowa Kansas Tennessee regiments, a football game versus Berkeley, and plans for baggage, pay, and sailing aboard the Pennsylvania. The piece references the San Francisco Chronicle’s praise and includes assorted local notices and ads from Lewis Iowa and Beaver Dam Ohio.
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Camp Merriam
Kansas Boys
Indiana
Tennessee
Zealandia
Nevada Cavalry
Iowa Volunteers
Kansas Regiment
Stanford Teans
Stanford's
Iowa
Kansas
Tennersea
Col. Loper
Dist
Co. M
Kansas‘company
Iowa Boys
Red Oak
San Francisco Chronicle
Sam
Old Iowa
Henry J Hoffman
Bist
San Francisco
French Premier Resigns Fashoda Crisis Eases
Paris reports confirm M Dupuy will withdraw Major Marchand's mission to Fashoda to avoid derailing 1900 exposition. Baron de Courcel to inform Lord Salisbury as Kitchener attends sirdar banquet. Reopening French chambers expected to clarify the crisis amid cautious optimism.
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London
Paris
Eurlier
M. Dupuy
Fashoda
Major Marchand
Baron de Courcel
Daily Chronicle
Dunder Reserve
Marchand
Omdurman
Khalifa
France
Great Britain
Upper
Nile
Order Troops to Cuba Opens First US Occupation
Washington November 4 The War Department issued a general order for troop movement to Cuba. A brigade from the Seventh Army Corps under Brigadier General Carpenter will leave on or about November 22 for Neuvitas and Puerto Principe as the first step in occupying Cuba. Headquarters will be at Neuvitas and occupation will expand as Spanish evacuation proceeds. The first landing is expected after November 22.
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Seventh Corps
Washington
War Department
Cuba
Carpenter
Seventh Army Corps
Georgia
Neuvitas
Puerto Principe
United States
Hecker Board
Sparks from the Wire Report Covers Fires and Honors
The Choctaw freight depot at Oklahoma City burned on Thursday. A mirror manufacturers' trust was completed at Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Colonel Kitchener, brother of the Nirdar, appointed governor of Khartoum. General Fitzhugh Lee's mother died in Richmond after a fall and injuries. Flowers laid on Maine victims' graves in Havana by Generals Wide and Butler and others. O H Dean filed suits in Missouri Supreme Court to compel Pacific Express to pay war revenue stamps. Three hundred workers at American Encaustic Tile Works in Zanesville struck for 50 cents more weekly. management offered raises for worthy workers and the strike eased. Lieutenant Colonel Rush Huidekooper's discharge date amended to November 15, 1898. Huidekooper to appear before the war investigating commission. General Anson D. McCook ill with malaria and confined to Columbian University Hospital after returning from southern camps.
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Oklahoma City
Mirror Manufacturers’ Trust
Pittsburg
Kitchener
Nirdar
Khartoum
Fitzhugh Les
Richmond
Wide
Butler
Havana
Maine
O. H. Dean
Missouri Supreme Court
Kansas City
Pacific Express Company
American Encaustic
Zanesville
United States
Rush Huidekooper
Huidekooper
War Investigating Commission
Anson D. McCook
Columbian University Hospital
Washington
Waid
Quick Cure Ads From 1893 Atlantic Iowa Catalog
Advertisements promise relief for colds and throat lung diseases with products like One Minute Cough Cure and Foley’s Honey and Tar. Claims include fast relief, guaranteed cures, and safety warnings, with sellers F Parsons & Co and Vie Emmert & Co in Atlantic, Iowa. This snippet shows era tone, patent medicine pitches, and dated marketing language.
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Vie Kimmert & Co
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Philippine Islands
Commissionara Wim
Spaty Wii
Peace Commission
Porto Rico
Drapwoup
M. D
Thomas McKinnon
Black Hills
Ragged Top
OWA
Hall
F. J. Caeney & Co
Toledo
Lewis
W. J. Harris
Wit
Beaver Dam, O
Valey
J. M. Barnny
Vic Kimmert
DeVite
Vie Emmert
Humphrey
Savannah
Savinnah
Fifth Cavalry
Bent Kalifa
Basomoe
Uritiih
Hong Kong
Hona Kona
Powerful
Buena Venture
Navy Yard
Ordnance Department
England
Adelpnia
West India
Philadelphia
Newport News
Kingston
Bermuda
St. Lucia
Denarara
West Indies
Chicago
Montreal
Canada
Monrnean
Welhat-Webi
New Sioux City Road
Sioux City
Here
Des Moines
Hour Company
Montserrat
Santiago de Cuba
Texas
New Yor
Philadelph
CHBA
Sprinarieto
Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions
BE. E. Strong
Turkey
Richard Winsor
India
Martha J. Gleason
Constantinople
First
Nebraska
John P. Bratt
Bennett
Neb
Epworth League
Wessier Orry
Duncombe
G. W. Gibbs
New York
Tompkinsville
Philip
Cmicaco
Goldschmidt
D. Goldschmidt
Zero
Comfort
Eod
Amicago
John Johnson
Chestnut Street
Green Bay Lumber CO
Green Bay Lumber
B. R. Wasson
Atlantic
Ted
J Hess
Vic Emmert & C
F. Parsons & Co
Wau
Foley
Vie Nuamert
Nichols’ Bank
Postoffice
Europe
Gall
Palmer & Findley
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