Wartime News and Global Market Glimpses From an Era
A collage of placements includes remarks on American industry exporting to abroad, naval innovations and imperial ambitions, plus reflections on Roosevelt’s expedition plans and Lipton challenging the New York Yacht Club. It notes Luzon’s strategic value, graves for fallen soldiers, and evolving cable communications across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
London
New York Yacht Club
Lord Dupraven
Lipton
America
Trinity Bay
Newfoundland
Buerope
Americs
Doings of a Week A Global War Wrap Summary
A week in review covers Dewey and Merritt messages on Manila and Cuba evacuation plans. Reports recount Spanish forces, American officers, and cabinet decisions amid the war, plus resignations, naval moves, and domestic political notes.
War department orders Cubans to obey in Santiago region
Washington reports the war department released Maj. Gen. Lawton’s reply about Cubans under his Santiago command. The note says the United States will maintain peace and order, protect persons and property, and prohibit interference. It calls for insurgent leaders to be advised to respect military occupation and cessation of hostilities. Lawton notes insurgents encamped near the station and resistant to imposed conditions.
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Col. Rowsevelt
Ge. Wheeler
Camp Wikoff
Montauk Point
Spain
Blanco
Antilles
McKinley
Cuba
Puerto Riew
Dimes F Wade
William T. Sampeson
Matthew ©. Badlers
Puerto Rico
Joha R. Brooke
Winfield S. Schley
William W. Gordon
Cushman K. Davis
Taenate Committee On Foreign Relations
Chickamanganat Park
Gan
Cabinet of
Cervera
Dewey
Gen. Merritt
United States
McKintey
Manilla
Martin Law
Merritt
Tower
Claire
Hong Kong
Manila
Tundenes
Philippine Archipelago
Washington
War Department
Lawton
Department of Santiago
Sour Department
Gem Lawte
Corbin
Get. Lawton
Sta
Alger
Muerto Rico
John Brooke
Winfield
Sch
Hirly
Key West
South
Moninuk Point
Tecopa
Shafter
Lawson
Department of
Santiago
Regular
Kansas
Spain’s Position and Manila Peace Talks Irony
Madrid press reports insist Spain will demand favorable terms for the Philippines after the protocol, arguing capitulation at Manila does not surrender the entire archipelago. Cabinet discussions focus on instructions to Spanish peace commissioners and possible property and criminal proceedings in courts as the protocol unfolds, with references to coercive measures and territorial concessions. A local oddity notes a murder mystery in Michigan.
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Madrid
Manila
Spain
Philippines
Sagaeta Caid
Har
Torrieks
Petnoms
Narse
Goarbinvey
Ersenale
Cohen
Ervat
Meni
Ennaider
Coos and
Muert
Nieuw
Great pacing feat by Star Pointer at Illinois track
August reports from Washington and across the nation cover a mix of sports and public affairs. Star Pointer sets a mile pace record in Illinois, with rival pacers Star Monitor and others close behind. Wades and Brooke named to Cuba and Puerto Rico evacuation commissions. Secretaries and generals meet, yellow fever concerns rise, and political jockeying continues in the Ninth district. Other items note bank consolidations, a notable homicide in Alabama, and various overseas dispatches from London and Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juillet
Star Pointer
Jer Pulvien
Star Moniter
Llinois
Troops Ordered Home From Chickamauga to Santiago
Adjutant General Corbin ordered several regiments including the Second New York and the Twenty third Cavalry to move from Chickamauga to Santiago Cuba to report to General Lawton. The Twenty third Cavalry is noted as a colored regiment. Movements aim to muster some regiments out of service while others remain in camp in state locations to reduce costs and avoid large mobilization camps. Other units may follow to similar state camps.
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Corbin Thureday
New York
Fernanding
Maine
Chickamauga
Angueta
Kaveow
Topeka
Santiago
Cuba
Lawton
Hee
Department
Roeie Huine
War talk and court martial notes in Puerto Rico case
Washington Aug. 11 The War Department released details of a court martial in Puerto Rico. Private Lo Duke of the Second Wisconsin volunteers was sentenced to life imprisonment at Leavenworth. the murder stemmed from a quarrel in a wine shop near Ponce. Other items report McKinley considering a Santiago review in New York, and news from Madrid, Naples, and Milwaukee on various events.
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John P. Dinnive
Joshua PD Dean Mon
Norristown
Admiral Dewey
Cramps
American Mol Steamship Company
Philadelphia
Washington
War Department
Puerto Ried
Lo Duke
Atniford
Bort Lea’worth
Eiepods “Gilmone
Wiesander la Duke
Wisconsin Volunteers
Marinette
Thomas Stafford
Thirteenth Infantry
Monee
Puerto Rico
Wis
la Duke
Ponce
Mississippi Matters: Convicts Work Rail Line and Local News
Convict matron reports 200 State convicts to lay track on Prent's line from Tatwiler to Moorhead under Sergt Alles. Judge Townley murder trial, Adjutant General Hamilton resignation, New Albany cotton mill proposal, first bale at Went Point, Methodist Society charter, and various local incidents across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marehman
Prnd
Tatwiler
Moorhead
Parchman
Went Point
J. B. Carothers
Col. Carothers
Campbells Orders and Left Turn Fiasco at Drill
A Chicago Journal note recalls Campbell warning soldiers by heart from a tactics book, then miscalling "Forward, march" as "Left" causes the line to pause, provoking laughter and a stern rebuke from the colonel. The recalled scene contrasts military drill with a memory of eagerness and a hint of pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Ohana
Chicago
Land of the Sky and local wares mix of era
Fragmented clippings describe Asheville as the famed Land of the Sky in Western North Carolina. The text also mentions travel schedules to Abidjan, a Kansas City couple dialogue, humor notices on digestion and foot care, opera gossip, and a Cleveland Plain Dealer quip about life’s small pleasures including salt and pepper.
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North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Alleghanies
Weat
Lac
Asheville
America
Poeta
Panter
Agboville T
Southern
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Park
L. A. W. Bulletin
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Anco Petts
Queen Victoria
Roosevelt
Maris
Univerce
Arsistmec McSe
Maila
Ade
Het
Paul Kroeger
Transvaal
Krilener
Great Britain
Lieut. Hobson
Long Beach
Robly D. Evans
Admiral Carrera
Merriam
Riondike
Vukot
Dawson City
Hit Muself
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Far East
Kentucky
Louisvillieth
Isla de Turon
Wildman
Tong-Ko
State Department
Tavann
Ger
POM
Ofietals
Treasury Department
Col. S. Tlehengr
Mest
EW. Colkan
Bellefontaine
Lewis
Subte
Wisconsin
Republic
Theobald Otten
Milwaukee
J. P. Lee
Michigan
Banegor
Tennessee
Lebanon
George S. Morgan
Congress
J. &. Blair
Cincinnati
Denver
Cal
F. Gilling
Eureka
Benton
Alabama
Missouri
Nebraska
Eeaawn
Mitliarr
Ibtrait
Meh
Sh Phebly
Nalmoare
Sechole
Pitisfeld, Mich
Connell Bulls
Republican Cong
al, Hager
Smith McPherson
H. A. Byers
House of Legislature
Major W. Curtis
Byers
The
Daily Mail
Vienna
Merrant
Dreisch-Osterspitze
Innsbruck
de Ford & Co
Boston
Hay
Col
Abilene
Kan
Bina
Gentral Hansas
Enterprise
Io River
Helle Isle Park
Nichole
Wisconsin National Bank
Fred Pabst
Charles Best
Bus
National Bank of Milwaukee
George G. Houghton
Central National Bnk
Herman H Wolf
Central National Bank
Beath
Selma
Ala
Alex Welker
Pleasant Hill
Batra Sens
Canhun
Uith
Lavin
Hoexico
Senate
Strutor Cannon
Finoda
Simla
Nainital
Kumaan
Iowa
Fifty
Chickaminga
Des Moines
North Fifth Street
Rome
Daily Chronicle
Ireland
Pieptom Ae Yemek
Kansas City
Alphonso Dayton
Twentythird
Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Union Pacific
Admiral
American Mail Steamship Company
Freelock
Wo Caplinis
Marens Hier
Ler
New York City
Wheeler
Shatter
Plang Nc T
Montauk
Villadonga
Lords
Guantanamo Bay
Enban
Couecil
Gonzales Pareala
Come
Coloay
Lots Posetor Lindero
Navarro
Cuban
Marquis de Monetora
Agen
Hugo Zellner
Naples
Vesuvius
Liva
Somma
Hussin
Odessa
Russia
Esson
Times
Vicalvaro
Minnesota Iron Company
Nihols Steel Company
Toledo
Republicana
Tenth
James H. Southued
de St. Louis
Elsberg
John Swinney
F. Martin
Wedoee Jay
George Finley
John H. Hayrly
Mississippi
M. E
African Methoiiet Episcopal Ziactor
Robinsoms
Keulah Church
Eiter D. Te Jevin
New Albany
Mississippi Methodist Historical Society
Jackson
Methodist Church
Gibbs
Yazoo
Trim
Ietein
Townley
Allen
Wrench Camp
Ackerman
Stevens
Louisiana
Iether
Howard Stokes
Tippah County
Damah
Stokes
John A. Stokes
Tippal County
Mawmiton
Adjt
Hamilton
Crawford & Lampton Bros
Pope's Side
Barrow
Fontaine
D. M. Fontaine
Company A
First
Mississippi Volunteer Regiment
Col. Lamarfontaine
Vicksburg
Board of Trustees
Indianola
Joe Wright
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Greenville
Artesia
Johnson
Yazoo City
Tonn Street
Everett
Sherif
Bors Command
Gen. Miles
Gen. Garretson
St. Louis Chronicle
South Africa
Klondike
Australia
Hostetter
Mr. Lay
Phn
Dr Moffett
Democrat
Bnes
Salzer
Joan A. Salzer
Marie
Detroit
Somaifi Cuffein
Ernest
N.Y. Journal
Atchison Globe
Kline
Archer
Phila
Taye
Piso
Lotz
Beott St
Covington, Ky
Hood
Mooney
Prince Wried
Cn Triumnase Seondeany
Him
Blimber
Bethjelie
Mire
Joseph
Cleveland Plain Beater
John
Pat Tigbiany
Kansan Cry Journal
Atchison
Eane
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
STARC
Moville
Orsa
Sabet
Erery Grocer
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