Scrutiny of Camp Site Picks and Tampa Embarkation
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Alger’s 8000 word reply to the war investigating commission. It centers on camp site selection, Tampa as embarkation point, and delays in troops reaching Santiago. Roosevelt witnesses are to be examined in New York as the commission plans a Washington return and Santiago visit.
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the Herald
Washington
Alger
War Investigating Commission
Lee
Jacksonville
Tampa
Sampson
Santiago
Remey
Sternberg
Camp Meade
Savannah
Bryan
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
R. B. Roosevelt
Eagan
Forces to Philippines form final expedition units
General Merriam selected regiments for the next expedition to the Philippines totaling 191 officers and 5579 men. Units include Third battalion Twenty third infantry Oregon recruits California heavy artillery Wyoming light artillery Nevada cavalry First Washington infantry Twentieth Kansas infantry First Tennessee infantry Fifty first Iowa infantry. Absences and losses reduced strength. A Swede, Edward Nygran, of Twelfth New York volunteers, was shot by a provost guard while fleeing arrest. Private Albert L Bayles of Fifty first Iowa volunteers died of typhoid fever and measles in Greenfield Iowa.
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San Francisco
Merriam
Philippines
Twenty-third Infantry
Oregon
California Heavy Artillery
Wyoming Light Artillery
Nevada Cavalry
First
Washington Infantry
Twentieth
Kansas Infantry
Tennessee Infantry
Fifty-first
Iowa Infantry
Lexington
Edward Nygran
Twelfth
New York Volunteers
Albert L. Bayles
Company K
Iowa
Greenfield
Brave Marie at Bois le Duc 1870 Fire and Firelight
In 1870 Bois le Duc endures Prussian invasion. An old chateau commander fights a bayoneted ruin, while Charles the franchireur becomes a fearless captain. Marie Duret hides a fugitives in a baking oven, a daring village drama amid war and vengeance.
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Bois le Duc
France
Prussia
Charles
le Duce
Bois-le- Duc
Marie Duret
Marie
Marie Duret and Captain Charles Bravely Defy Prussians
The tale recounts Marie Duret sheltering a franc tireur in her Bois-le-Duc cottage while Prussian officers search the home. They spare the dwelling after Marie’s brave conduct, Captain Charles hiding nearby and later thanking her, as the franc tireur’s men toast her courage by the fire.
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Charles
Duret
Marie
Phe
Marie Duret
Bois-le-Duc
Monsieur Je Marie
Capt
Earl Mayo
Scrofula Leads to Consumption Advertised Cure
Scrofula is described as a blood taint caused by inherited or poor blood conditions from impure air and bad surroundings. It claims S. S. is the only cure that reaches the blood impurity and removes it, being a vegetable remedy free of potash or mercury. Books on blood and skin diseases are mailed free by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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Swift
S. I. Brooks
Monticello
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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