Porto Rico welcomes American forces with walkover
Reports from Ponce and surrounding towns describe a rapid American advance with no fighting since landing. Civilians hailed the troops with flags, band music, and cries of Viva los Americanos as Spaniards fled toward San Juan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ponce
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
Juana Diaz
Sixteenth
Pennsylvania
Juana Diaze
Arroyo
Satillas
Yiabucoa
Salinas
Santa Isabel
Ajuntas
Penucifs
Guayamala
Guayamo
Wilson
Juana
San Juan
Bancroft's Boatswain Nevis Hero of Cuban Rescue
Boatswain mate Nevis of the gunboat Bancroft led a bold capture near Sigunea Bay. He and another sailor seized a Spanish schooner and two additional boats, then forced surrender of six Spanish crewmen aboard their own flag. The action yielded valuable intelligence for the American squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Whest
Fla
Jackie
Nevis
Bancroft
Hagle
Isle of Princes
Sigunea Bay
Clover
San Domingo
Eagle
Mangle Point
Sutherland
The
Maple
Clever
Santo Domingo
Memorable Dates In Our War With Spain
A dated roll of key events from the Spanish American War listing dates and actions. From McKinley’s request for power in April to peace terms discussions in August, it chronicles battles, landings, sieges, naval actions, and notable deaths and captures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Insurgent Captain Details Cuban Fight and Capture
Captain Del Valley Ignacio of the insurgents, brought to Key West by the gunboat Helena, reports that on July 9 General Gomez’s force attacked Gibara with 500 men, forcing Spaniards to surrender after a two hour battle. He cites dynamite shells from the Syms Dudley gun causing substantial damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Congress
Cuba
Woodford
Admiral Sampson
Key West
Nashville
Manila
Dewey
Wilmington
Hudson
Winslow
Bagley
Sampson
San Juan
Porto Rico
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Guantanamo
Santiago
San Francisco
General Shafter
Navy Department
Charleston
Peking
Colon
Australia
Ladrone Islands
Guohan
Hobson
Merrimac
I'cral
Shafter
Madrid
Irene
Subic Bay
Miles
Washington
Toral
Calixto Garcia
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Philippine Islands
General Miles
Guanica
Nelson A. Miles
Spain
Merritt
Cavite
Juan Diaz
Fla
del Valley Ignacio
Helena
Tunez de Leazo
Gomez
Sancti Epiritus
Santa Clara
Gibara
Syms- Dudley
Sine Span
Lm al
Ignacio
Trocha
Caasilda
Manatee
Guantanamo Ay
Funeral for Private Hassett at Charlestown home
The funeral of Private William F. Hassett of Company D Ninth Regiment was held at his Charlestown home on Corey Street. A 30 man body guard with eight firing squad members and a Fifth Regiment bugler accompanied the pallbearers to St. Catherine's Church with the drum and long roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Hassett
Ninth Regiment
Fort Meyer
Corey Street
Charlestown
Crotty
St. Catherine’s Church
Typhoid Cases Rise at Camp Alger Washington
Forty eight typhoid cases reported at Camp Alger as of yesterday noon. Among the fourteen developed cases are Corporal Crosby of Sompe ny D and other two men from Rhode Island and Massachusetts units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Camp Alger
Ornoon
Crosby
Ceret
Rhode Island
Mahoney
Massachusetts
First Kentucky Troops Embark for Porto Rico
The first detachment of the Third Brigade, First Army Corps under Brigadier General Freda D. Grant boarded the transport Hudson at Newport News for Porto Rico. Six companies of the First Kentucky Regiment, commanded by Colonel Castleman, sail as the Hudson leaves Hampton Roads around dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
First Army Corps
Freda D. Grant
Hudson
Porto Rico
Hampton Roads
Kentucky Regiment
Castleman
Mayor Van Wyck Rescues Three Women at Jamaica Bay
New York August 3 Mayor Van Wyck while summering at Freeport Long Island rescued three young women from Jamaica Bay near the hotel where he stayed Miss Jennie Lowdner daughter of the Rev Arthur Lowdner of St Thomas Church Cincinnati residents Miss Clara Pritz and Miss Eliza Heinheimer were swimming about 200 yards from shore officials say the mayor acted swiftly to aid them and they were safely brought ashore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
van Wyck
Freeport
Jennie Lowdner
Arthur Lowdner
St. Thomas Church
Clara Pritz
Eliza Heinheimer
Cincinnati
Jamaica Bay
Cyclist Breaks Nose on Commonwealth Avenue Fall
JL B Lawin aged 30 of 34 Auburn Street Waltham fell from his bicycle on Commonwealth Avenue near Maple Road yesterday afternoon. Dr Merriam tended him and had him taken home with a broken nose and facial cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JL. B. Lawin
Auburn Street
Waltham
Commonwealth Avenue
Maple Road
Dr. Merriam
Fire causes eight hundred dollars in losses at tenement
A fire on the third floor of a six story brick building at 18 Tremont street broke out at 2 o clock this morning. Occupant M. A. Fonda a fur dealer suffered about 600 dollars in loss. The Boston Dental College sustained about 200 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
M. A. Fonda
Boston Dental College
Munyon's Dys Pellets for Peony Constipation Relief
Munyon's Dys ja Pellets advertised for constipation and stomach trouble. Claims include painless relief and medical endorsements. Copyrighted phrasing appears distorted but emphasizes natural digestive aid and internal purification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Returns to New York Amid Ununloaded Army Supplies
New York August 3 The transport Breakwater returned from Santiago with thousands of pounds of subsistence still in her hold. A board of survey examined who the stores were for and why they were not unloaded. Testimony showed June invoicing for the Third Infantry at Mobile and orders from an assistant surgeon, but the board could not fix responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santiago
Department of the East
Gillespie
Jacob P. Morgan
A. D. Nickerson
James V. McCardens
Third Infantry
Mobile
Ala
Siboney
Louis Rivera
Henry I. Munson
General Shafter
Fifth Massachusetts Infantry drills at Camp Dalton
At Camp Dalton South Framingham the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry completed extended and close order drill under Colonel Whitney with Lt Colonel Weaver directing on foot. Heat affected several men sent to hospital. paymaster and rations concerns noted. twenty two men arrested for swimming near the camp. a firing party attended Private Hassett's Charlestown funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dalton
South
Framingham
Fifth Massachusetts Infantry
Whitney
Weaver
Manila
Washington
Catlin
South Framingham
McDonald
Arsenal
William Hassett
Ninth Regiment
Charlestown
Victorious Ninth Massachusetts Soldier Letters From Santiago
A Massachusetts volunteer recounts brutal combat near Santiago in 1898. He details Colonel Bogan’s illness, harsh conditions, shellfire, wounded comrades, and a concluded trench assault. The writer notes hunger, thirst, and a midnight retreat, ending with Santiago’s surrender and a cease in attack.
Major Patrick J. Grady to be buried in East Boston
Funeral plans for Major Patrick J. Grady point to a service at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in East Boston with interment in Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. Transportation and quarantine arrangements are being coordinated with government officials and Congressman Fitzgerald. Mrs Grady awaits full details as Captain Clark promises a cable statement within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Grady
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Maverick Street
Boston
Holy Cross
Malden
Congressman Fitzgerald
Grady
Mourning Tribute To Major Grady At Boylston Meeting
A Fenick's Hall gathering by the Boylston School Association honors Major Patrick J. Grady of the Ninth Massachusetts. resolutions by John Quinn Jr and others praise his service as soldier and patriot. The group notes his death and the nation’s loss, listing attendees and signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston School Association
Fenick’s Hall
Old Fort Hill
Apollo Garden
Boston
P. J. Grady
Massachusetts
John Quinn
Quinn
Grady
Dennis J. Brennan
John J. Murphy
Amon
Geal
Patrick J. Grady
John Quinn, Jr
J. J. Nolan
William M. Clarke
Dennis F. Grennan
J. M. Gainey
Thomas J. Tate
Annie McCarthy
T. T. Kennedy
Thomas F. Mahoney
John H. Butler
J. C. Miller
James F. Fitzgerald
Big liners to be returned to American line
James A. Wright announced that the Navy Department will return the St. Paul and St. Louis to the American line after overhaul. Yale and Harvard will stay with the Navy for the present, with no further need for them and they may be loaned to the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Line
St. Paul
St. Louis
War Department
Harvard
Yale
New York
James A. Wright
Navy Department
Naval Branch
Meeting at St. Joseph's West End
St Josephs Total Abstinence Society of the West End will hold an important meeting at No 1 Allen Street this evening to arrange for the Father Mathew convention beginning next week on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph’s
West End
St. Joseph's
Total Abstinence Society of
Allen Astrest
Father Mathew
Slim Chance Of Fighting In Georgia Camp
News from Chickamauga Park Georgia on August 3 reports the Eighth Massachusetts expect mainly garrison duty after Spain accepts peace terms. The Fifth Illinois left camp this week. Soldiers Cook McDonald Silver recover from typhoid. Marblehead C Company fishes receive salted fish and fish balls. A rain delay paused battalion drill as companies practiced arms. The camp mourns Private Hinckley of Lynn, a popular member of Company I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickamauga Park
Spain
Eighth Massachusetts
Illinois
Cook
McDonald
Silver
la Hospital
Marblehead
Private Hinckley
Company 1
Lynn
Donovan's Protégé Dominates Roanoke Club Picnic Events
About 1000 attendees watched Natick High School star F P Leary, protege of Piper Donovan, win the 100 yard dash. Harvard athletes Frank Quinlan and Lester Warren placed in sprints and runs as competitors and organizers noted other results and times from the Lake Walden gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Lake Walden
F. P. Leary
Natick High School
Piper Donovan
Frank Quinlan
Harvard Flyer
Lester Warren
Harvard
Tom Burke
Frask Natlok
J. Byang Mian
Berar Geen
J . Lvan
Ton Boy
H. A
T. Burke
Perate Oh. Geen
Conese
Quincy
Odo Isd
el Masksey
Eititer
Grant
Ratch
Iain
Arlington Triplet Team Accepts Cadet Challenge Race
The Arlington triplet riders Haver hill Dudley Eastman and Stevenson accept a five mile pursuit race on the track with large prizes. Manager R B Stearns signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Haverhill
Dudley
Eastman and Stevenson
R. B. Stearns
Yale Letter From a Private in the Sixth Massachusetts
Denis Kelleher of Bow Street Charlestown shares a letter from his son John Kelleher, a private in Company I Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers, stationed at Porto Rico with General Miles. John describes the journey from Santiago to Porto Rico, praises Irish guards, mentions AOH ties, and vows to uphold the flag while hoping for a future Irish freedom effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Kelleher
Bow Street
Charlestown
Order of Hibernians
John Kelleher
Co. I
Sixth Infantry
Massachusetts Volunteers
Porto Rico
Miles
Kelleher
Buckshot Forster
John
Timothy Kelleher
Naas
Kilmainham
Alger
Guantanamo de Cuba
United States
Yale
Santiago
Massachusetts
Bay State
Shafter
Ninth
Bowlen
Boston
Harvard
Bunker Hill
Sam
Ireland
Erin's Cause
Calls Cubans a Sad Lot Letter From Sergeant Curtis
Charlestown resident Frank J. Curtis published a July 15 letter from Sergeant William Curtis of Company A Ninth Massachusetts Regiment in Santiago de Cuba. The sergeant voices sharp disappointment with the Cubans, especially the women, describing them as “awfully” disappointing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Curtis
Charlestown
William . Curtis
Massachusetts Regiment
Santiago de Cuba
Curtis
Letters From Santiago Describe Siege Life and Prized Provisions
Charles J. Smith of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers writes from Santiago that a flag of truce ended July 3 and the unit fought through the night with about twelve killed and fifty wounded. He notes watching snipers in trees, battery fire overhead, a charge that captured 100 prisoners, and eating raw salt pork with hardtack as writing paper ran scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mahoney
Cabot Street
Roxbury
Nate
Santiago
Spain
Hobson
Bogan
Boston
Red Cross
Maine
William F. Mahoney
Ninth Massachusetts
Siboney
Squire’s Slaughter House
Kent
Rogers
Charles J. Smith
Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers
Charlestown
East Boston Cadet Band Concert Draws Roxbury Audience
The East Boston Cadet Band of sixty performed a band concert to Cabot and Vernon streets residents in Roxbury last evening. About 6000 listeners attended under the direction of Alder man O'Toole W Reed John Dolan B J Duffy James Kilduff and Martin Gilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Cabot
Vernon Streets
Roxbury
Alderman O'Toole
W. Reed
John Dolan
B. J. Duffy
James Killduff
Martin Gilmore
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Hassett
Heroig Mayor
Sohn Duncan's
AcenTs
Hinckley
Chickamauga
Holy Gross
Major Grady
Donovan
Burke
Warren
Marx
Cvacael
Stu Seay
Sorting Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
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