A Rainbound Ride Through Puerto Rico Hut Shelter
On a night from Ponce to San Juan I sought shelter in a native Cayey area hut during a sudden tropical downpour. Eight residents, including three adults and five children, welcomed me reluctantly after my imperfect Spanish and a small coin gift. The hut held few dishes, a charcoal brazier, and a grim, sparse atmosphere as rain slowed outside and the family watched me and my wheel.
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Ponce
San Juan
Cayey
Caguas
Tropics
Prometheus on the Military Road in Puerto Rico travelogue
A narrator recounts the Puerto Rican visit near Caguas and Ponce, describing lodging conditions, a rough Porto Rican hotel, and a vivid hotel landlady. He tours the military road from Ponce to San Juan, notes the macadam construction, sparse good roads, and rough terrain with steep hills, rivers, and flood risks. The piece contrasts Spanish colonial administration with current military rule and details town life in Onguas and Barranquitas with limited transport options.
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Onguas
Spain
United States
Ponce
San Juan
Albontin
Barranquitas
United States to restore order in the Philippines says Times
The New York Times argues the United States will establish stable government in thePhilippines within a year after annexation. It notes booming trade, strong treasury balances, and rich natural resources, including gold, with no US treasury drain expected.
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Philippines
United States
Aguinaldo
Luzon
Amercan
War Department
Treasury
Wilson
New York Times
Our Brave Soldiers
Letters from the Philippines recount Kansans wounded in action displaying fortitude and humor. Cortland Fleming of Mound City is described as badly hit but remaining brave, with a comrade noting his nerve as he cried out so long, boys, on the stretcher.
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Kansas
Cortland Fleming
Mound City
Cortland
Kansas City Journal
Unexpected Resources
A late hour incident reports Mr Rambo moving toward home when a footpad halted him and rifled his pockets finding a quarter. He remarks on his surprising portable wealth and questions how much remained on him. The Chicago Tribune account notes the grab as a minor street crime episode.
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Mr. Rambo
Rambo
Chicago Tribune
Valor at Cienfuegos Cable Cutting Compared to Merrimac
The article recalls a daring May 10 operation at Cienfuegos where Captain McCalla and volunteers from Marblehead and Nashville guided steam launches under heavy fire to cut two Spanish cables. Marines and crews faced batteries and machine guns, nine wounded including Lt Winslow, as the mission hampered the enemy's access to Havana and tightened the U S hold on Cuba.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Harper's
Cienfuegos
Winslow
Hudson
Wilmington
Cardenas
Cuba
Great Island
McCalla
Marblehead
Nashville
Anderson
Cienfueges
Havana
The Explanation. What can be the matter with Jim
A reader quotes a remark about Jim after he took a little nip, implying concern over his behavior and health without detailing any harm done.
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Jim
Groom swallows ring in vow ceremony humor
A southwest Georgia couple plans to wed and face a comic mishap as the groom proclaims he has the ring in his mouth and then admits he swallowed it before the preacher asks where it is. The tale, recounted by the Atlanta Constitution, riffs on wedding nerves and overcaution.
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Georgia
Molly
Parson's
John
Atlanta Constitution
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Civil War Wound
Red hot from the gun was the ball that hit B. Steadman of Newark Michigan in the Civil War. It caused horrid ulcers for twenty years until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him. Cures cuts bruises burns boils felons corns skin eruptions. Best pil otary on earth. 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J H Young & Co Druggists.
Trio of Leather Breeches Meat Disguised as Ration
An old time soldier Donald, who preferred liquor to food, ate meat only when required by inspection. His ration consisted of oatmeal and eventually tripe. The supposed meat proved to be a slice from a pair of leather breeches with buttons.
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Donald
Tripe
Electric Bitters touted to revive run down men in Idaville
Brave men and women suffer stomach liver and kidney troubles with loss of appetite nerves headaches and fatigue. J W Gardner of Idaville Indiana praises Electric Bitters as the remedy restoring strength appetite and life with a guarantee, priced at 50 cents at J H Young & Co’s drug store.
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J W. Gardner
Idaville
Ind
J H. Young & Co
Beechem
Beecham
Providence, Rk. L
The Transvaal Crisis and English Justifications
The article argues England exaggerates the Transvaal dispute, condemns Chamberlain for shifting demands, and claims propaganda inflames English opinion. It contends British subjects in the Transvaal are temporary and loyal, while war plans were prepared without a solid pretext, citing The Progress of the World in the American Monthly Review of Reviews for November.
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Transvaal
Great Britain
Kruger
England
Chamberlain
Kroger
Sermon Ideas Echo Jesus Teachings in Daily Life
Rev Charles M Sheldon argues in Ladies' Home Journal that Jesus teachings work in market home school shop and street but only in unselfish hearts. He urges living the daily answer to What would Jesus do and asks why fear love in business. The piece connects Kingdom of God first to worldly needs and hints a potential Golden Age this century. It notes newspapers as broad advertising mediums and includes a dialogue about poems and family relations.
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Charles M. Sheldon
Ladies’ Home Journal
Jesus
Kingdom of God
Sherlock Holmes style stake leads to arrest
Two officers recount using observation to nab a woman thief in men's clothes. Officer No 1 describes following the suspect past a saloon door and watching her ten minutes with her nose at a millinery show window, echoing Holmesian method.
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Sherlock Holmes
Polling Place Warmth Feels Like Equator
A European visitor notes the voting spaces labeled as polls while a North Carolina resident remarks that the local warmth makes them feel like equators. The exchange highlights climate influence on polling environments.
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Europe
North Carolina
Fly in the Ointment for Jimson Lottery Prize
Jimson, fresh from winning the capital prize of $15,000 in a foreign lottery, learns of a $30 monthly salary raise the same day and laments that the windfall would have been sweeter without his earlier strike.
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Jimson
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