Brigade Settles In At Camp Duffield After Long March
The Second Brigade comprising the Ninth Massachusetts, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan rests near the Potomac at Camp Duffield after a twelve mile march from Camp Alger. They set up shelter tents, held outpost duty, prepared for future movement, and held religious services while Major Marion organized a new reading marquee.
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Massachusetts
Duffield
Camp Alger
Campy Duffield
Camp
Alger
Dunn
Sullivan
Murphy
Chaplain Dusseault Praises Father Sherman for Masses with Sixth Regiment
Chaplain Dusseault urges Catholic soldiers to attend Father Sherman’s 4:30 pm service and 9 am Sunday mass. He emphasizes conscience, faith, and doing right to earn God’s approval and fellowmen’s respect, amid a day with inspection and Sunday turnout.
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Dusseault
Sherman
Father Sherman
Washington
Missouri
God
Christ
Columbian Guards Aid Meeting At 1 Allen Street
Tonight at 8 30 the friends of Company A Ninth Massachusetts Infantry U S W will gather to unite ex Columbians with current relief workers. The West End canvass shows progress while North End and suburban donors are urged to contribute. Henry Canning has opened a subscription list at 108 Green Street for supporters.
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Friends of the Columbian Guards
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry
Allen Street
West End
J. F. Keleher
St. Joseph’s Church
Camp Alger
North End
West
Green Street
Chambers Street
Fundraising Meeting For Company E of Montgomery Light Guards
A meeting was held at St James Hall Kneeland street to raise funds for Company E. Ex-Senator John Quinn presided as the committee reported over 150 dollars raised. A South End merchant canvass is planned this week to boost support for soldiers and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Hall
Kneeland Street
Company 5
Montgomery
Liquid Air as a War Engine Evident in Science Hype
New York June 19 scientists discuss liquid air as a potential war engine. It can store power as a dense liquid and explode violently when released, with Tripler near Manila and Dewey cited as if ready to use such energy for naval power and artillery.
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New York
Earth
Charles E. Tripler
Garrett P. Serviss
Tripler
Dewey
Manila
Philippines
Mr. Tripler
Commodore Dewey
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
Key West
San Juan
Cervera
16 year old girl from reform school threatens to kill
Jennie M. Collins aged sixteen who had been bound out from the Women's Reform School in Lancaster Massachusetts to Wendell D. Rockwood of North Cambridge lately resided there. On Saturday she threatened to kill Mrs Rockwood after a scolding and was armed with a bread knife and a shoe knife. Police Captain Murray captured her at the premises and she was jailed. Doctors Dow and Bryant found she was not insane, only in an ugly mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie M. Collins
Women’s Reform School
Lancaster
Mass
Wendell D. Rockwood
Avon Street
Cambridge
Shawmut Avenue
Larkins
Seekins
Hamilton
St. Albans
Miles Signals Uncertain Future in Puerto Rico Plan
General Miles says his future is too indefinite to discuss and that he expects to go to both Puerto Rico and Cuba at some point, though no dates are given.
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Cuba
Porto Rico
Washington
Miles
Celebrated Engagement of Miss Barron and Mr Schlenger
The engagement of Miss Annie Barron to Mr. Sigmund Schlenger was celebrated at the home of the bride’s parents 8 Minot street. A large reception followed with a musical concert and refreshments as friends offered congratulations.
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Annie Barron
Sigmund Schlenger
Day Run to Adirondacks via Fitchburg Route
A day trip to the Adirondacks is possible through the Fitchburg R. A. with a drawing room car service from Boston to Plattsburg daily except Sunday.
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Adirondacks
Fitchburg R. A
Boston
Plattsburg
Fifth Regiment Ready for Framingham Muster in Ten Days
Adjutant-General Dalton to supervise the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment recruitment. General Jophanus Whitney will be colonel designate with Captain H. M. Weaver and the medical examining board at the State House. Governor Wolcott aims to fill quotas quickly and move to the Framingham camp within ten days.
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Dalton
Alger
War Department
Jophanus H. Whitney
Medford
Wolcott
H. M. Weaver
State House
Massachusetts Regi
Framingham
United States Army
Boston
Fifth
South Framingham
Spectacular shelling of Santiago harbor explained by New York crew
OFF SANTIAGO June 19. The bombardment of the entrance fortifications showed marksmanship from the flagship New York with shots landing along the Morro and cliffs. Observers noted the dramatic visual effects, the roar of explosions, and crews celebrating successful fire as ships supported the gunnery amid the rugged cliffed shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Kingston
Jam
Santiago de Cuba
New York
Dolphin
Icebergs and port life dominate Charlestown waterfront report
The article notes a theory for cool weather due to Arctic icebergs near Grand Banks and recounts a busy harbor scene. It describes ships dodging bergs, a damaged Leyland liner, and a wet Norseman voyage from Liverpool. It lists vessels in the East Boston stream, dock upgrades, and plans for Arctic explorer Peary’s Windward voyage.
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Arctic
Grand Banks
Cestrian
Norseman
Charlestown
Liverpool
Williams
Titania
Hamburg
Shields
Ene
Newfoundland
Yarmouth
Prince Edward
James C. Gillis
Joshua Lovett
Bunker Hill
New York
Massachusetts General Hospital
Paris Street
Boston
Hoosac Tunnel
Dominion Line
Canada
New England
Charlies River Bridge
Navy Yard
Titania Lifes
Cunard
American Sugar Refining Company
San Francisco
Provincetown
Knickerbocker
City of
Everett
Great Lakes
Juanita
Antigua
Govine
Baltimore
Leith
Bunderland
Eng
Dickinson
Rowe
Newport
R. I
J. M. Forbes
Wild Duck
Bethel
Peary
Arctic Discovery Fame
Long Wharf
North Pole
Hope
John Bartlett
Windward
Greenland
Bartlett
The
Cuban volunteers aid US in Shafter flotilla progress
A US supply ship reached Key West from Guantanamo reporting 100 Cuban volunteers who joined the Marines and helped throw up entrenchments. The voyage passed the Shafter fleet with army transports and warships. the ship carried three Cubans from the fleet. Juan F Jova, ex consul at Spalagua Grande, and two Jacksonville pilots were aboard.
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Key West
Fla
Guantanamo
United States Marines
General Shafter
Jacksonville
Juan F. Jova
Spagua la Grande
Juan Santos
Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
Merrimac
Runing the Blockade Off Santiago de Cuba
Three large cargoes of supplies have run the blockade. Large quantities of food reach Havana via the Isle of Pines and Cienfuegos, with direct railroad links to the capital. It is believed nothing reaches Santiago from those points.
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Associated Press
Dauntless
Santiago
Cuba
Kingston
Jam
Havana
Isle of Pines
Cienfuegos
Stenographer Killed By Lightning At Pablo Beach
James T. Gatewood a private stenographer to General Fitzhugh Lee was struck by lightning at Pablo Beach near Jacksonville Florida and died instantly. He came from Richmond Virginia and had been in the area about a week. The bolt struck from a clear sky at the base of the brain and followed the spinal column.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pablo Beach
James T. Gatewood
Fitzhugh Lee
Gatewood
Richmond
Unfurled Old Glory At Columbus Ave Church Event
Two thousand people gathered outside the People's Temple on Columbus avenue as Paul Brady son of the pastor pulled a string and unfurled a large banner across the street. The church quartet sang patriotic songs while the reverends addressed the crowd on the lessons and inspiration of Old Glory.
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People’s Temple
Columbus Avenue
Paul Brady
Temple
Clark
Fulton
Smith
Worcester
John Brady
Flag Raising At Weir River Gala In Nantasket
Sunday marked a gala at Manhattan Cly's Weir River headquar ters Nantasket as a large U S flag waved to The Star Spangled Banner. Al Weston led the chorus with J T Hogan M F Fitzgerald J J Shea William Smith J J Sullivan George Prince and J F Sullivan. Hon John Quinn gave an address urging swift funds for Company E Ninth Massachusetts Regiment.
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Manhattan Cly
Weir River
Nantasket
al Weston
J. T. Hogan
M. F. Fitzgerald
J. J. Shea
William Smith
J. J. Sullivan
George Prince
J. F. Sullivan
John Quinn
Ninth
Massachusetts Regiment
195 Second Lieutenants Named for Regular Army
Adjutant General Corbin released the list of 195 young men chosen for appointment as second lieutenants in the regular army. The selections fill vacancies from the three battalion organization and war strength expansions. Eighty nine are college graduates, fifty honor men, from sixty seven institutions. Forty eight are in volunteer militia and thirteen are regular army enlisted men.
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Washington
Corbin
Congress
Volunteer War Militia Service
Regular Army
Two Men Arrested After Knife and Club Fight
Officers arrested Ciovanni Rosario of Watertown and Victor Spinello of 330 Commercial street after a mutual assault at 234 Clark street. Both were cut about the head and face and treated by Dr. Eliot. a woman was cited as the cause of the trouble by police.
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Ciovanni Rosario
Watertown
Victor Spinello
Commercial Street
Clark Street
Eliot
Boy Falls 30 Feet From Bridge Fracturing Skull
James Dunn aged 12 of 28 Tudor Street South Boston fell from the West Sixth street bridge onto New England Railroad tracks about 4 20 p m yesterday and fractured his skull He was rushed by ambulance from Station 6 to City Hospital and in the early hours was reported in critical condition.
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James Dunn
Tudor Street
South
Boston
West Sixth Street
New England Railroad
City Hospital
Daily through drawing room car service to the Adirondacks
Inaugurated June 27 the new Fitchburg R R route offers daily drawing room car service to the Adirondacks. City office at 260 Washington Street is the place to apply for space.
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Adirondacks
Fitchburg R. R
Washington Street
What did that do
A narrator notes a crew watching a cliff for the next shot as reports arrive from masthead to the deck. The conning tower and bridge relay the update of another gun disabled. The order is issued to fire again at the same elevation, but slightly left.
Drowned Man Identified as Frank W. Crocker Near New York
William Robinson, a Bayonne yachtsman, recovered a drowned man near Robbins's Reef Light and towed him to St Georges. The body, about 40, married, wearing missing coat, carries a chain inscribed Frank W Crocker from Suburban Light and Power Company Boston. Crocker, former chief engineer, had moved to New York in 1893 to join the towboat business.
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New York
William Robinson
Bayonne
N. J
Robbins’s Reef
St. Georges
Frank W. Crocker
Suburban Light and Power Company
Boston
Mass
S. S
Roxbury
Spain Doubts McKinley Messages Harm Cuban Prison Exchange
In Madrid military circles the claim that President McKinley will hold Spanish and Cuban prisoners personally responsible for Lieuten ant Hobson and his men has created a negative view of U S threats. Private Cuba telegrams report a Spanish shell hitting a deck and another striking a cruiser funnel during the Santiago assault.
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Madrid
McKinley
Cervera
Pando
Hobson
McKinney
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Devotion House Saved In Brookline Stable Fire
Early yesterday a general alarm drew Brookline firefighters to a large stable on Harvard street owned by William J Griggs. The barn burned gutted. four carriages four cows three horses including a pacer valued at 1000 were lost with the building. Loss estimated at 7000 with surrounding landmark devotion house endangered but saved.
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Brookline Fire Department
William J Griggs
Harvard Street
Dean's Ointment Promised Relief for Skin Conditions
An advertisement asserts Dean's Ointment provides instant relief for skin diseases, claiming hives are not life threatening yet cause misery. The copy emphasizes fast results in severe cases and promotes the product as a solution for various exasperating skin ailments.
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Dean
Count de Cassini Arrives as Russia's Washington Ambassador
Count de Cassini arrives in Washington to begin his role as Russia's ambassador, bringing a celebrated lineage in science and diplomacy. His career includes pivotal roles in the Chinese Japanese war settlement and negotiations with China, signaling high Czarist tribute to the United States. He is seen as democratic and approachable despite aristocratic lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Count de Cassini
Great Britain
Julian Pauncefote
Thomas Sanderso
Julian
George Curzon
Lester
Russia
China
Far East
St. Petersbur
Li Hung Chang
Peking
United States
Count de Caynsint
Paris
Europe
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Camp Duffield
Reading
Marion
Fourth Missouri Regiment
Quartermaster Sweetser
Company L
Hunter
Hospital Corps
Charles P. Mattocks
Portland
Bancroft
Woodward
Lewis Byron
Hagers
Sud
Santiago Harbor
Jennie Collins
Shafter
Will
Castoria
Mrs. Seekins
Frank W. Grocker
Jersey Coast
Spain
Devotion House
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