Pact Peace Terms and High Level Departures Stated
News notes indicate Secretary Bliss may resign soon while William Jennings Bryan sent his resignation to the War Department and was accepted. Paris peace treaty details include America compensating to return Spanish soldiers. Congress to review treaty after holidays. War Department reports improved troop health in Cuba and Porto Rico. Continental Tobacco Company articles indicate a $75 million capital stock. Columbus tax ashes moved from Cathedral to a cruiser en route to Spain.
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Gen Calixto Garcia Dead Ends Cuba Libre Ambition
Gen Calixto Garcia the famed Cuban warrior and head of the Cuban Assembly commission to visit the United States died at Hotel Raleigh New York shortly after 10 am from pneumonia after a winter climate change from Havana Cuba. He left a large family in Georgia Paris and Cuba and had a long career leading eastern department campaigns and Maceo’s forces.
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Wheeler to resign Congress to stay in the army
Maj Gen Wheeler decides to resign his seat in Congress and remain in the volunteer army. Opposition in the House to holding both positions prompted the move. He plans to resign within weeks, noting he has avoided a direct conflict by acting as an ex member on the House floor.
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Oldest Letter Reveals Life in Ancient Egypt
A fragmentary papyrus in the British Museum is described as possibly the oldest letter, dating fifteen centuries before Christ. The text, a literary ode to a visit by Pharaoh to Pa Rameses, depicts verdant fields, markets, wine, music, and festive maidens. A facsimile is shown among the Athenmann Museum curiosities.
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Athenmann Museum
W. A. Surrn
The Christmas Dreams and a Witching Tale of Toys
A fragment from Atlante Constitution recounts bells and reindeer dreams over snowy roofs echoing a magical Christmas night. It notes Towa ex postmaster T. F. Anthons and a claim about Mystic Cure, sold by A. Rains, Urgentan Company.
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Towa
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Urtagtan
Signing of Peace Treaty Ends the Conference in Paris
In Paris the peace treaty was signed after a long conference with both American and Spanish commissions. The scene focused on the signatures and the pens used, the parallel English and Spanish texts, and a ceremonial exchange. The Americans noted a festive mood while the Spaniards wore black, and both sides exchanged cordial farewells as the process concluded.
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George Gray
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Senor Garnica
Senor Villaurutia
Cetero Y Sadne
Senor Villauratia
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Chicago Seethes Over Corruption and Streetcar Fight
A Chicago dispatch reports rising anger at city officials and the streetcar franchise fight. Citizens denounce council corruption as bids to extend streetcar concessions for fifty years provoke mass meetings and editorials. The piece blames Yerkes and press influence while noting public fear of rising fares and home value declines.
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Verkoe
Dr. M A Binvuina Liver Medicine Gains Popular Demand
The liver medicine from Dr. M A Binvuina has steadily risen in favor and now commands demand exceeding that of any other liver remedy. The text notes growing consumer interest and rising sales as public acceptance increases.
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M.A. Binvuina
Resignation Rumor Hits Seventh Army Corps Command
Reports simmer that Col Bryan has resigned as Brig Gen Kiefer works to persuade him to Cuba. Maj Gen Lee and Brig Gen Kiefer push Vilquain of the Third Nebraska to succeed Bryan upon retirement as rest of corps under new leadership rests with Vilquain pending official move. Also a health ad touts Diamond Bas Vine wine or tablets for widespread pains.
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Nebraska Regiment
Capitol Roof Garden Prank Leaves Two Prisoners Free
Two East Nashville youths climbed to a capitol roof garden after noon and locked in a custodian’s door. Capitol clerks broke the locks at 3 PM to release the pair who then wandered outside and attracted no serious harm. The incident prompted a unanimous vote condemning the capitol as unsuitable for a roof garden.
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Terra Firma
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