Red Cross Ship to Cuba Sails with Nurses and Supplies
More than thousand tons of provisions and clothing depart on the State of Texas under Red Cross protection to aid reconcentrados in Cuba. Miss Clara Barton leads efforts from New York with doctors and ten nurses, joined by Dr. Lesser and Sister Bettina, all volunteers.
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New York
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Malcolm Thomas
Boston
Miss Nuttall
Miss Lyon
Miss Lentz
Miss Pope
Miss Summons
Miss Kraus
Emma Duensing
Miss Stone
Miss Coffin
Lesser
Bettina
George F. Shrady
No. 233 West One Hundredth Street
Key West
Barton
Adele G. Gardiner
Rutty
Dr. Lesser
Williams offers to raise volunteer regiment for state crisis
The Dedham statesman leader Hon. George Fred Williams told Governor Wolcott at the State House he is ready to raise a volunteer regiment and serve in any capacity to aid Massachusetts in the present emergency. He expects a quick, generous response if commissioned. No orders from Washington had been received yet and no definite plan was set.
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George Fred Williams
Dedham Statesman
Wolcott
State House
Commonwealth
Williams
Post
Washington
Boston University Volunteers Form for Frontline Service
Boston University students form a volunteer unit to join light infantry and heavy artillery with several men eager for immediate front service. Major Darling and Adjutant-General Darton mobilize, while debates weigh separate company versus assigned duty.
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Boston University
Charles K. Darling
South
Darton
Ftaff
South Armory
Revere House
B. U
Scme
James Hamilton
United States Military Academy
Edward Fisher
Westford
Cavalry
W. H. C. Noble
Heavy Artillery
Signal Service
Hartford Beaumont
Navy renaming urged for Paris and New York cruisers
An American writes to the Post opposing renaming the Paris and New York after Harvard and Yale. He argues the ships should honor naval heroes Decatur and Bainbridge, reflecting U S maritime glory rather than academic names. Rockland, April 21.
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Sir
Post
Navy Department
Paris
New York
Harvard
Yale
United States
Decatur
Bainbridge
SONS OF VETERANS CALLED TO ANSWER
A patriotic open letter asks the Sons of Veterans to declare their status and actions amid ongoing service mobilization. The writer notes broad public offers of help and expects timely guidance from the organization.
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Sons OF Veterans
Post
Trade Outlook from New York Promises Stable Rail and Wheat Markets
R G Dun Co and Bradstreet note robust first half April railway earnings up over last year and 1892, with east bound tonnage, warehouse activity, and cotton and wheat prices holding firm. Exports from Atlantic and Pacific ports rise, copper demand strong, boot and shoe production at record levels, and overall trade showing coastal war anxiety but inland resilience.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Ilway
Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Gray Forge
Eastern Works
Pennsylvania
South
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Seaboard
Williams Sees Volunteer Militias as Home Defence Core
In discussing future operations the speaker notes coast state militias may serve home defence, with volunteers potentially sent to the front. He dismisses military training but emphasizes readiness to raise a large force, saying politics provides strategic and leadership experience and he is prepared to act when called.
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Vyotu
Massachusetts
Williams
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Charles Borland
Mourray
Dean Bennett
Crowley
Portsmouth
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Comes. A. Dorsey
Thomas H. Russell
Hamilton
Beaumont
Everal
Rockland
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Chickamauga Park
Betts
Cock. Burt
Cams
Camp Boynton
Trade Outlook
Jackson Barracks, New Orleans
Miles
NEW York Herald
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