Maine Blown Up in Havana Harbor Disaster
Sentinel reports a catastrophic explosion aboard the U S cruiser Maine at 9 45 PM in Havana harbor. Many killed or wounded the ship is widely believed destroyed and Spanish ships lend aid as officials in Madrid and Washington await full details. Senor de Lome departs Washington for Liverpool amid diplomatic exchanges and war updates from Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor de Lome
Washington
Liverpool
Woodford
Madrid
Canalejas
Senor du Bosc
Cuba
Havana
United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Alfonso Iiii
De Lome Arrives in New York En Route to Madrid
Senor Dupuy de Lome reaches New York at 9 15 pm en route to Madrid. Interviews with him and his party prove impossible. At Twenty third Street ferry the entourage departs rapidly toward Fifth Avenue as searches at leading hotels fail. The Maine explosion report from Captain Sigsbee describes Havana harbor destruction and casualties with officers believed saved.
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de Lome
Legation
Senor du Bose
de Lichtervelde
de Qua
The
Maine
Sigsbee
Richard Wainwright
George Holman
John Hood
Carl W. Yungen
George P. Blow
John T. Blandin
Fried W. Jenkins
Jonas H. Holden
Watt T. Cluverius
Amon Bronson
David F. Boyd, Jr
Lucien G. Henberger
Charles W. Littlefield
Charles P. Howell
Frederic C. Bowers
John R. Morris
Darwin R. Merritt
Naval Cadets
Pope Washington
Arthur Crenshaw
Chaplin John Y P. Chidwick
Marine
Albertus W. Catlin
Francis F. Larkin
Joseph Hill
George Helms
Capt
Navy Department
Hydrographic Office
Department
New York Harbor
New York
Senor Dupuy de Lome
Madrid
Senor de Lome
Twenty-third St
Twenty-third-st
Fifth-ave
Spanish war tone frames US trade risk in Cuban unrest
Havana note reports Senorita Isabel Rubio, described as an amazon, captured after being wounded in a skirmish in Pinar del Rio between Spanish troops and insurgents. Rubio reportedly joined the insurgents urged by the late Antonio Maceo and hails from a prominent family.
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Havana
Senorita Isabel Rubio
Pinar del Rio
Senorita Rubio
Antonio Maceo
El Heraldo Denies De Lome Letter Theft Claim
Maprio reports El Heraldo formally denies a Havana newspaper story alleging that an employee of Senor Canalejas abstracted the De Lome letter.
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Maprio
el Heraldo
Havana
Senor Canalejas
de Lome
Pleasant spring notes at Pikes Peak gathering
The column records pleasant spring weather and social visits in Pikes Peak. It lists visits by John Roddey of Illinois and Andrew Ping of Bellsville, church attendance at Mt. Zion and New Bellsville, a protracted meeting ending, and a birthday dinner at Mr. Moore's with about 50 people.
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White House
Long Gary
Wilson
Griggs
Mrs. Herrick
John Roddey
Illinois
John
Ping
Columbus
William Ewers
Mt. Zion
Lon Hurley
Stone Head
Christ Moore
Poplar Grove
Lizzie Davis
New Bellsville
Emma Russle
No. 1
Wm. Tipton
Josh Tipton
George Schaab
Wm. Ewers
Vena Roddey
Jack Moore
Maud Moore
Vena Roddy
Lewis Swain
Walter Noblett
Mr. Moore
Elmer Clark
Roy Snyder
Protracted meeting and social events at Edinburg church
Edinburg reports a protracted meeting at the Christian church led by Bro. Shuey starting February 20. The ladies aid held a Valentine social with supper for 25 cents. Notes mention residents traveling, moves, and local business changes including a restaurant sale and community visits.
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The
Christian Church
Bro
Shuey
Ladies’ Aid Society
Anna lLoughery
Thirteen Club
Will Thompson
Indianapolis
Charlie Maley
Charlie Pruitt
Charlie Otto
Fragmented Humor Patches Across Several U S Newspapers
A collage of jokes and light quips from multiple papers including Cincinnati Enquirer Detroit Free Press N Y Truth N Y Weekly Brookyln Life Judge and Tit Bits. Entries range from domestic felicities to political jests and sly wordplay reflecting early 20th century humor.
Klondike Miners and City Gossip Quips
A collage of light humor from late 19th century papers includes quips about the thermometer in the Klondike, a playful exchange of proposals and insurance in favor, a flirtatious interruption at morning coffee, and a joke about a druggist undercharging a prescription illustrating daily newspaper wit.
The Farmhand's Problem and Short Humorous Exchanges
A collection of quips and verses from various papers. The jokes touch work and leisure, romance and parental views, domestic disputes, languages and manners, with lines about a farmhand and a charming mountain air. The items showcase period humor and newspaper joke culture with names like Washington Star Yonkers Statesman and Chicago Record.
Two Words of Caution from Harlem Life
A Harlem Life quotation warns readers with two admonitions about behavior, noting a Sunday school moral on stealing and an omnipresent supervisor keeping watch over actions.
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Ellen
Harlem
Bright’s Smokeless Cigarette Idea Aims for Millions
Chicago News reports Bright unveils a smokeless cigarette concept with potential to become a multi million success if perfected. Wright questions the plan as Bright touts a long held ambition and a path to wealth.
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Wright
Chicago News
Fragmentary Quotes and Oddities Sweep a City
A jumble of comic lines and quotes appears from Brooklyn Life Pick Me Up Odds and Ends and New York Journal. Snappy exchanges range from a bicyclist’s fate to a clergyman nailing a creeper to trellis.
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Satan
Brooklyn
Scatter Sunshine and Short Satire in a Mixed Page
A collage of verse and humor pieces recounts Captain Crawford’s sunshine gospel, a comical tale of Rebecca Dainty who lacks appetite, and poems on summer’s death and November days. It blends quips, ragtime talk, and light fiction from period outlets.
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Associated Press
Mme
Gana
Senor Corea
Mme. Gana
Mme. de Lome
State Department
Spain
McKinley
Legation i
Lawver
IBA
Secretary of the Navy
Ward Line
Key West
Jenkins
Merritt
Blanco
Express Sym
Pathy
Sisney
Pikes Peak
Edinburg
Bro. Shuey
John Clark
Dr. White
Oris
Mt. Auburn
Nellie Watson
Greenwood
Will Bowman
Charlie Bowman
Bradly
George Werner
Oscar
Fiegenbaum
Oni
Potomac
Otto
Mr. Grownes
Mrs. Grownes
Cincinnati Enquirer
Higgins
Klondike
Weary Watkins
Hashley
Beardley
Paradisiacal
Constantinople
N. Y
Browne
Scribbler
Towne
Chloe
Cindy
Mose
Besley
Cleveland Plain Dealer
House of Commons
Frappe
Brooklyn Eagle
Washington Star
Lustige West
Kate
Louisa
Lou
Judge
Yonkers Statesman
Spatte
N. Y. Journal
Crimsonbeak
Chicago Record
Monkhouse
May— Wats
Lashleigh—Yees
Judge Hedges
N. Y.journal
Jack Crawford
L. A. W. Bulletin
Rebecca Dainty
Thomas F. Porter
Sun
Emma G. Weston
F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Catson Saintly
Hal
Parson Saintly
Puck
Miss. Callahan
Dooley
Miss Dooley
Myles
Styles
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