Boston to honor its war heroes from Ninth Regiment
Preparations are under way to receive the bodies of Major Grady Major O Connor Corporal Lane and Private Carey of the Ninth Regiment who were recovered from Cuban soil and are due in Boston in about a week. The city and state authorities should approve the arrangements made by Ninth Regiment representatives. The deaths are a patriotic lesson for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady
O’connor
Lane
Carey
Ninth Regiment
Fitzgerald
Boston
Spanish diplomacy over Manila surrender quibble
The issue of whether the Manila surrender occurred before or after Washington peace talks and whether it covers only the Manila garrison or the entire Philippines is a technical objection to the real fact. The United States holds the Philippines absolutely and can adjust the territory as it sees fit. The matter should be settled by the will of the American people, not by quibbles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Washington
Philippines
United States
Spain
McKinley
Return of Our Volunteers From War
The Post special correspondent at Santiago reports the Ninth Regiment will depart on Sunday while the Second Regiment already arrives at Montauk. Many volunteers suffer illness from disease and unsanitary conditions, with deaths reported. Massachusetts should bring home its sons and provide care on Massachusetts soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Montauk
Ninth
Massachusetts
Isthmian canal debate at Saratoga favors U S control
At the Saratoga conference Warner Miller urged Nicaragua as the canal route while Mr Nimmo pressed the Suez path. The discussion underscores that any canal across the isthmus must be built and controlled by the United States, with current concessions in American hands for Nicaragua and European control of the Suez project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Miller
Nicaragua Canal
Nimmo
Nicaragua
Suez
United States
No plan without this foundation can win public sanction
The statement asserts that any plan lacking a specified foundational element cannot earn approval from the American people. It emphasizes the necessity of a core basis for legitimacy and broad backing.
New York Welcomes Return of Atlantic Squadron Fleet
The city celebrates the victorious Atlantic squadron returning from four months at sea with a grand civic ceremony. Admiral Dewey is awaited in Boston as New England leaders suggest a larger tribute. The fleet, commanded by Sampson and Schley, bears no battle scars yet has sunk Spanish ships and captured prisoners in Eastern Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Admiral Dewey
New England
Boston
Spain
Cuba
Sampson
Schley
Victims of the War Highlighted by Poor Camp Conditions
The ambulance train carrying 120 First Maine Regiment soldiers home from war reveals a capital failure in care at a sanitary camp. Fever and neglect, not enemy fire, threaten troops. General Bancroft’s testimony shocks Boston readers as a critique of Washington camp conditions and the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Maine
Tropics
Bancroft
War Department
Washington
Admiral Dewey Repairs Cable Connecting Manila and Hong Kong
The report asserts Admiral Dewey has repaired the cut Manila Hong Kong cable and will restore rapid communication. The May 1 despatch announcing American victory tipped the world. mending the cable follows victory results and Dewey's independent Philippines strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Manila
Hong Kong
Philippines
Washington
Board of Strategy
Peace Jubilee Host Alfred H. Love Heads New York Event
A theater and journalism circle notes Alfred H. Love of Philadelphia will preside at a New York peace jubilee next week. The piece touches on theater's business revival, bond concerns of the Algonquin Club, and sport figures like Hugh Fullerton and "Chang" in Boston Chicago baseball chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Love
Philadelphia
New York
Hugh §. Fullerton
The
Chicago Tribune
Bishop” Spalding
Chicago Record
Sidney Underwood
Chicago Chronicle
Boston
Hugh Fullerton
Chang
Chicago
South Nd
Duffy
Our Boys Are Coming Home Song Tribute
A patriotic verse memorializes U S volunteers returning from war with Spain, praising heroes, liberty, and mourning the fallen. It notes July 15 as a date and mentions Maine’s avenging, and Cuba’s cause, with lines praising the boys in blue. The author closes with author name Edward Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Spain
Maine
Liberty
Mdward Walshe
Uncle Sam Dog Sparks Post War Romance in Chester NH
In Chester New Hampshire a dog named Uncle Sam, tagged with a silver plate reading Admiral Dewey, leads to a budding romance between Mabel Greenwood and John Hanser. The dog, a war era gift, becomes the catalyst for their growing friendship and a forthcoming marriage.
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Uncle Sam
Uncle San
Mabel Greenwood
Clinton Street
Admiral Dewey
John Hanser
Sam
Greenwood
United States
Spain
Mabel
Peter
Mr. Tranger
Miss
Miss Greenwood
Mr. Hanser
Daily Table Hints Breakfast Lunch Dinner Menu
A fragment from a dining page lists breakfast items such as Sugar Raspberries with Cream Oats Ham and Eggs Baked Potatoes Tea Coffee and a luncheon of Cold Sliced Tongue Salad Hot Biscuit Blueberry Pie Iced Lemonade Dinner includes veuptante Soup Stuffed Roast and mashed potatoes plus several desserts and puddings with improvised recipes attributed to RS A STONESTREET 40 Washburn Avenue Beachmont.
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Stonestreet
Washburn Avenue
Beachmont
Notable Bequests From Sir William Fraser For Charity And Education
Personal, Sir William Fraser of Edinburgh leaves all property valued above 500000 for charitable and educational uses. 123000 will fund housing for indigent families, preferably authors and artists. The University Library receives 10000 with two thirds to raise officials' salaries. Balzac statue project assigned to M Falguiere to celebrate Balzac's 100th birth in May 1899. Clemenceau summers at Carlsbad. Kaiser Wilhelm camping at Heligoland with three carloads of baggage. The Citizens Union of New York champions Theodore Roosevelt for Governor, possibly via Roosevelt buttons. Joseph W Warburton resigns as British consul general after 41 years, from Dublin, in San Francisco since 1890. Abbey elected to Royal Academy, joining American-born academicians. Fighting Bob Evans praised as a marksman and angler of the Alibi Club. Geronimo at Fort Sill, 90 years old, active, abstinent, enjoying hunting with Monte games.
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William Fraser
Edinburgh
Fashionable Footgear Adapts to Modern Men’s Style
The article notes the feminine shoe is losing its distinct lines as fashion shifts toward a masculine trend. It describes a growing style of heavy calfskin footwear with broad soles, low heels, and laces, worn by both sexes in house and dress settings.
Footwear Styles Described With Fashionable Details
The passage outlines male and female footwear with pointed toes, patent leather vamps, soft kid uppers, and buttoning. Dainty satin house slippers or matching leather slippers are common, often fastened with rosette bows of ribbon. The tone reflects late fashion commentary on the latest trends.
Conflicting Voices and Satire Cleverly Echoed in Gossip Cartoons
A collage of humorous exchanges from Life and Puck and Brooklyn Life shows a satirical slice of early modern society. A banker jokes about stealing cash while downplaying wealth. A father observes national history as a child prepares to study it in a book.
What shall be done with Philippines in 1898
Letter writers urge the United States to hold and govern the Philippine Islands after the Spanish war. Advocates call for flag over all islands, moral uplift, new markets, and exclusion of rum and whiskey, with Dewey and Merritt cited as achieving Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
United States
Uncle Sam
Dewey
Merritt
McKinley
Spain
Philppine Editon
Boston Post
Philippines
New England
Wakefield
Mass
Manila
Philippine
Cuba
Porto Rico
Elisha
Chapell
Spring Street
Dorchester
Plan to Acquire Philippine Islands Proposed
A reader from South Boston urges the United States to seize at least five or six Philippine Islands for strategic uses including coaling stations a navy yard and a camping ground for troops. The letter argues the islanders oppose Spanish rule and contends immediate annexation would not cause trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippine Islands
Navy Yard
Islands
Boston
J. Colman
Debating Philippine Annexation and Moral Justifications
A New England writer argues against annexing the Philippines without native consent and warns that military occupation would invite unforeseen complications. He favors keeping only a single small island as a naval base and letting Spain retain the rest if possible, asserting US equity and absence of obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Philippines
Spain
United States
Equity
New Boston, N. H
Working Man Voter Urges Philippine Policy Reflection
A reader expresses views on American policy toward the Philippines and questions the deployment of Admiral Dewey and the fate of the Spanish fleet. He argues a larger naval response was unnecessary and offers critical perspective on strategic priorities.
Bacon Hopes Georgia Troops Remain In Service
Senator Bacon of Georgia visited Washington to discuss Georgia troops and stated they prefer to go to Cuba rather than be mustered out. He argued for a substantial resting place for US interests, warned against managing large populations, and commented on Cuban hardships at Santiago and the prospects of eventual resolution as insurgents understand US intervention.
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Washington
Senator Bacon
Georgia
War Department
Cuba
Bacon
Philippines
United States
Porto Rico
Santiago
Archbishop Ireland Visits McKinley at White House
Washington August 19 Archbishop Ireland met President McKinley at the White House after 10 AM joining the Cabinet session later. He reportedly sought protection for Church of Rome interests in new territorial acquisitions, notably Puerto Rico, though he neither confirmed nor denied the aim.
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Washington
Long
Day
White House
Ireland
McKinley
Church of Rome
Porto Rico
Bar Association Elects During Saratoga Session
The American Bar Association closed its meeting in Saratoga New York by adopting the amended federal courts report chaired by Edmund Wetmore of New York. Officers chosen include Joseph H Choate New York president John Hinkley Baltimore secretary and Francis Rowie Philadelphia treasurer A banquet followed at the Grand Union Hotel with 16 covers set.
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Saratoga
N. Y
American Bar Association
Committee On Federal Courts
Edmund Wetmore
New York
Joseph H. Choate
John Hinkley
Baltimore
Francis Rowie
Philadelphia
Grand Union Hotel
Proposals for Philippine Island Resort by Paul C Varney
A letter from Beach Bluff dated August 19 advocates transforming the Philippines into a summer resort with free round trips and lunches, removing grass restrictions, and installing Dewey as administrator. The author calls for raised Old Glory and lasting national symbol.
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Philippines
Coney Island
Tammany Hall
New York
Dewey
Paul C. Varney
Beach Bluff
Retained Luzon Island Advocacy Letter from Houghton's
A dated August 18 from Houghton's Maine argues that the entire island of Luzon in the Philippine group should be retained by the United States, claiming it by conquest. Signatories include WwW, S. Crommett, B. Goldsmith, and K. Hodsdon of Company K.
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Houghton’s
Luzon
Philippine
S. Crommett
B. Goldsmith
K. Hodsdon
A Woman's View on Philippines Retention
A reader questions whether the United States should keep the Philippines after the Spanish American War arguing that possession seems to benefit only the United States, not the oppressed Cubans, and urges aiding Cuba directly instead. The letter, signed M. W. Curtis from Boston, dated August 19, 1898.
Callender to Launch State Senate Campaign in Dorchester
Dorchester is set for the Barrows movement launch this Thursday as Rep Callender prepares to address Republicans in the seventh senatorial district on State Issues in the Present Campaign. He is expected to touch on the Burrage ordinance and critique a Word 20 assistant assessor aiding Mr. Lott's bid via Mr Tairoem's work.
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Barrows
Dorchester
Callender
Senate
Word 20
Tairoem
Lott
Fifth summer meeting opens of the American Mathematical Society
The fifth summer meeting of the American Mathematical Society began yesterday in Room 11 of the Rogers building at the Institute of Technology. Two sessions were held with a 10 am start and a 2:30 pm closing session lasting about two hours. Papers were read by noted scholars including Holgath, Blake, Hutchinson, Snyder, Chessin, Baker, Lovett, Osgood, Bocher and Hall from several leading universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Mathematical Society
Rogers Building
Institute of Technology
T. F. Holgath
Northwestern University
E. M. Blake
Brooklyn
J. I. Hutchinson
Cornell
Virgil Snyder
A. 8. Chessin
Johns Hopkins
A. L. Baker
University of Rochester
E. 0. Lovett
Princeton
W. F. Osgood
Harvard
Maxime Bocher
T. Proctor Hall
Kansas City
Scientists Meet at Harvard Observatory for AAAS Session
Astronomers and physicists of the American Association for the Advancement of Science resume their conference at Professor Pickering's residence, Harvard Observatory. The discussions cover the May 28 1900 total solar eclipse, permanent astrophysical society, the Northern Durchmusterung, the November meteors, and methods to fill vacancies in astronomy and physics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Leggion
Astrophysical Society
Durchmusterung
No Extra Session Seen for Fall Senate in Washington
Senator Cannon of Utah, in Washington since adjournment, will return home in a day or two after receiving assurance that there will be no extra Senate session this fall. He believes an extra session will follow adjournment on March 4.
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Washington
Cannon
Utah
Senate
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Seleepess
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Edwin B. Jack
Roland Reed
Boston Museum
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Albert Harriman
Pine Tree Brook
Stoneham
E. S. Morse
Salem
Japan
Morse
Museum of Fine Arts
Charles A. Whittler
Stanley Hollister
Cambridge
John B. Moran
Revere
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Selectmen and Board of Health
Lawyer Fitzgerald
East Boston
Jimmy”’ Fitzgerald
Garretson
Arthur Draper
Hopedale
Guanica
Draper
Drapers
William F. Draper
Edward F. McSweeney
McSweeney
Marlboro
Lasters’ Protective Union
Quincey
Quincy
Bernard M. Wolf
Copley Square Hotel
Mt. Desert
Dewey’s Cable
George Boniface, Jr
John D. Boniface
Connecticut
Mr. Boniface
Camp Alger
Times of Peace
John R. Murphy
Water Department
John R
Francis Peabody, Jr
Algonquin Club
Mr. Peabody
Tim Donahue
Ify
China
ROYAL
Liberty’s Banner of Freedom
Panny Hall
Chester, N. H
Sanfords Ginger
Sanford
Ces
DBUG
GHBL
Continental Clothing House
Washington S&c
Cor. Boyston
Spring Lane
Washington Snt
M. Falguiere
French Society of Authors
Balzac
Rodin
M. Clemenceau
Carlsbad
Kaiser Wilhelm
Heligoland
Citizens’ Union of New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Warburton
California
Mr. Warburton
Dublin
San Francisco
Fef. A. Abbey
Royal Academy
Sargent
R. A
France
Abbey
Bob
Evans
Seaman
Alibi Club of
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Fort Sill
Indian Territory
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Pas
Scotts
Elmsville
Johnny
Puck
Professor Broadhead
Tom
Rom Po
the Post
Post
BAR Association
M. W. Curtis
Gallender
Lott and Folsom
Mathematical Society
Internal Revenue
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