McKinley’s Southern Visit Highlights Unity Speech
President McKinley’s Georgia stops feature two speeches, one before the Georgia Legislature in Atlanta and another at a city banquet. He extols reunification, honors fallen soldiers, and urges continued national fraternity across the forty five states and territories.
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Georgia
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United States
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Aimerica
People of Georgia J
Republic
America
A Jovial Soldier Writes From Porto Rico
Corporal Sheldon P. Shaw of Co. M 19th Infantry reports from Adjuntas Porto Rico. He details marching 30 miles in one day travels 15 miles to guard a coffee plantation, notes fever losses, and praises the island scenery and fruit while recounting a coffee theft arrest and a tense confrontation with armed locals. He notes being six months in service and promises to write again.
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Mark Carr
Crawford
Ohio
Tampa
Florida
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Ponce
Corporal Sheldon P. Shaw
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19Th Infantry
Adjuntas
Porto Rico
Washington during Congress and travel notes in 1898
The 55th Congress opened December 5 and runs to March 4, 1899 with Spain war issues shaping the session. Washington is promoted as the premier U.S. visit, noting the city’s attractions for Americans. The Yyal Buckeye Flyer from Toledo and Columbus offers through sleepers to Washington with 10 day stopovers for travelers to the East.
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Washington
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Ohio
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Guarantee for Catarrh Cure Ad in Local Paper
An advertisement offers a written guarantee of 200 dollars for any catarrh hay fever or cold in the head that Close's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The notice urges readers to ask their druggist for the guarantee.
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Hocking and Jackson Lump’ and Nut
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Houk Block
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J. D. Ewing & CO
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Ajuntas
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