New Pacific Ualing Station to Be Built in Samoan Islands
The navy will award a contract for a first class coaling station at Pago Pago within 10 days. A $200,000 emergency appropriation, plus $250,000 total fund, funds a steel pier 256 by 48 feet with a 208 foot wharf and coal sheds. A twoTrack rail and heavy guns to be mounted behind the sheds are planned. completion in 12 months with $100,000 daily penalty.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Pago Pago
Pacific Ocean
United States
Swimming Point
Commissions No Change in Fleet Command Says Navy
Washington Aug 22 Rear Admiral Sampson will keep leadership of the North Atlantic fleet despite Cuban military mission and Rear Admiral Schley will stay in command though serving on the Porto Rican mission. Navy department officials stressed no fleet command changes and noted anticipated visits by the two admirals to report and receive commissions from the president. Philadelphia Aug 22 The auxiliary cruiser St Paul is due at Cramp's shipyard and will be returned to the International Navigation Co once restored to its former liner condition.
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Washington
Sampson
Schley
Navy Department
Philadelphia
St. Paul
Cramp’s
International Navigation Company
Breakup of Camp Thomas Nearing Completion
Camp Thomas the largest Spanish-American War camp will dissolve as regiments are sent to state capitals to be mustered out near home. Some units already returned while others are moved to Knoxville and Louisville, with rail bids sought to transfer remaining regiments.
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Chickamauga
Camp Thomas
Knoxville
Tenn
Louisville
Disbanding of United States Auxiliary Navy Forces
New York reports the auxiliary naval force, once 41 vessels, has been reduced to 26 and will disappear by next week. Captain John R. Bartlett led rapid mobilization in July, organizing six Atlantic coast, two Gulf, and one Pacific district, all crews drawn from naval militias. The system may offer a rapid defense mobilization framework if future invasions occur.
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New York
United States Auxiliary Naval Force
Com
Spain
Atlantic
John R. Bartlett
Auxiliary Naval Force
Gulf
Pacific
United States Service
Naval
Auxiliary Naval Forces
Will Act Together But Remain Separate in Far East Policy
A London Guardian report says the United States may recall Ambassador Hay to become secretary of state and pursue a policy in the Far East where American and British interests align. The arrangement allows independent action where goals diverge, with diplomatic coordination on shared aims.
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London
The
Manchester Guardian
United States
Hay
Washington
Far East
Lucky Larry Lonnigan Fairy Story From Ireland
A narrated tale follows Lucky Larry Lonnigan in Ireland as he copes with a cranky mother, small luck, and a coin adventure. He finds a button from a cuff, sells it, spends at a fair, and ends up in accidental fortune after discovering a coal mine beneath a pit. Charles Battell Loomis and Lusk appear in a comic interlude about misused funds and a theater box office.
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Larry Lonnigan
Oireland
Egorry
Larry
Lantrim
Buscobble
Charles Battell Loomis
Hoskins
Lusk
St. Louis
Money and marriage in a fashion filled scene
A fashion paper moment sparks a playful line about what to choose. A Georgia elder voices caution about enlistment and rheumatism while a bachelor muses on marriage. A poetic tag hints at a delayed, rewarding love, and Miss Passay remains single by choice as men pursue others.
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Miss Passay
A Texan Endorses Swift's Specific for Blood Diseases
A Texas reader touts Swift's Specific as the sole cure for stubborn blood diseases. The testimonial recounts a child with brain fever and facial sores improving after using S. S. S. and other family cases. claims the remedy cures deep rooted conditions where other treatments fail.
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Knox Forks
Knox County
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Tenth Cavalry
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Sixth Cavalry
Lucky Larry Lonnigan
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Maga
Kase
Schilling
R. M. Wilson
Cco
Kandy
Lowney
Swift
S. S
Richard
Clement J
Er. J. Mcohisney
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
of Brazos
Madison
Grimes
Robertson
Burleson
Frank W. Mecconnico
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Am. Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
Bryan
WW. P. Franklin & Son
Academy of Music and Next
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