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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1898
Page
5
A historical account titled Secretary Alger's History of the War outlines major events sent to the front. It highlights the renown of General Wiles and several other officers, detailing their roles and contributions in the conflict.
Secretary Alger's annual report pieces together dispatches from the Spanish American war era. It highlights Miles’s suggested reforms and campaigns, notes debates over Shafter’s Santiago role, calls for a larger regular army to 160000, and a Cuba island railroad proposal costing around 20 million dollars. The document frames decisions as part of a broader official history without criticizing dispatched notes.
A series of dispatches from 1898 reveal Secretary of War Alger denying Major General Miles's proposal to seize the Isle of Pines while awaiting transports to Santiago. The records detail Shafter's cautious stance, naval disagreements, and urgent orders as weather, supply, and enemy defenses pressured decisions around Santiago and Porto Rico campaigns.
The advertisement claims Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets aid digestion, stop food fermentation, and benefit nerves and brain. It asserts no narcotics and targets delicate stomachs, promising increased flesh and general wellness. Sold by Woodward & Co and others at 85 cents per box.
An advertisement claims Debi Detchon Anti Diuretica cures bedwetting for all ages and arrests the trouble at once. It is sold by GEO C GOODWIN CO in Boston for $1. The copy mentions potential value exceeding $100 if a person shares a child who sells bedding to address incontinence during sleep.
The quartermaster-general's report reveals government buys of 36,800 horses and mules, 4,179 wagons, 559 ambulances, and 83,075 tons of coal, plus 77 chartered vessels and steamship purchases. It notes an error in detailing regimental surgeons to large hospitals, and the War Department issues an unusually large annual report.
The Boston Public School Association plans district meetings to boost turnout for its school committee candidates. A mass meeting is set for Friday December 9 at noon in the old Public Library on Boylston Street with Col Thomas L Livermere presiding. Speakers include Col Henry Wigginson Hon Samuel Capon Prof W Igwick A Lawrence Lowell and Samuel F Hubbard along with Edmund Billings. several are candidates supported by the association.
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