Bombardment of Santiago Continues Amid Cuban Resistance
1898 dispatch recounts General Toral refusal of unconditional surrender as American batteries prepare a renewed assault. Torrents of rain hinder siege guns while Lawton’s division advances. Shaf t orders continued firing and plans for a combined land and sea attack, with Spanish defenses under pressure from Cuban refugees and U S forces near El Caney.
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Prega
Santiago
Playa del 5
Yeste Sterday
Toral
Randolph
Lawton
Garcia
Cai
Calixto
Philadelphia Iron Com
Cavers
Chaffee
Wheeler
Spanera
Ips
Ican
el Caney
Shaf
Shaft
Madrid
Nan
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Yellow Fever Near American Troops Reported In Camp McCall
Fragmented dispatch mentions yellow fever concerns near American forces at Camp McCall. The text references Spanish forces, naval activity, and uncertain leadership in Madrid, with dated notes about Manila and a gunboat Plover.
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Hong Kong
Plover
Manila
Hawaiian commissioners favor territorial government with delegate
Washington July 13 The Hawaiian commissioners endorse a territorial system with a congress delegate and a restricted franchise. They say existing laws that do not conflict with U S law will be allowed to remain in force.
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Washington
Congress
United States
War Dispatches and Harbor News from Across the World
Reports detail Spanish officers in custody as prisoners of war shipped to Annapolis. American squadron expected at Tangier. Rebels in China seize nine towns near Woo Chow. Ashes of Captain Gridley arrive in Chicago for burial. A Charlottesville lynching in Virginia Charlston area follows a rape charge.
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Portsmouth
Ny.h
St. Louis
Annapolis
Cervera
Seavey’s Island
Canton
China
Woo Chow
Chicago
Charles W. Gridley
Admiral Dewey
Olympia
Chicago and Erie
Erie
Gridley
Women as Sunday School Teachers Urged by Bok
The article advocates placing women as Sunday school teachers, arguing men as superintendents are often inept. It quotes Bok on women’s superior suitability to teach the young, urging a gender shift in leadership and pedagogy to improve outcomes.
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Mr. Bok
The Finished Character and Solitary Life Reflections
A fragment exploring life as solitary passages of duty. It contemplates inner strength, faith, and the journey from beauty to immortality, ending with a meditation on enduring storms and wilderness.
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Pacific
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U.P. Franklin & Son
Academy of Music
John Mike
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Pride of the Kitchen
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Inicorn
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