Voyage Diary From Harrie C. Hunter Aboard Yale July 9
Harrie C. Hunter writes from the Yale describing a rough voyage from Charleston to off the Florida coast with the Sixth Mass regiment. He details transfer by ferry, crowded conditions on deck, sickness, hospital cases, and rumors of Santiago and Porto Rico as they sail toward Cuba. He notes morale, water quality, and upcoming landings while sending family news and day-to-day observations.
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Yale
Charleston
Perry
Sixth Isls
Columbia
Miles
Florida
W. C. Blake
Santiago
Porto Rico
Frank Buck
Company F
Readie
Maj Chyce
San Salvador Islands
Cuba
New York
Camp Alger
Santiago Cuba
News From Other Places
Various local items report events from nearby towns including birthdays, marriages, and a court suit. Notable notes include Russell Bowman turning 94, a July 21 wedding by Rev DeWitt Perry, and Framingham tax figures with a May 1 valuation of 8 338 670 and a tax rate of 15 per 1000.
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Alexander Rodger
Clinton
Laura Hayes
Fitchburg
DeWitt Perry
Framingham
Anti Fly product promotes relief for livestock
Advertisement urging owners to use Littlefield s Anti Fly to stop flies tormenting horses and cows. Customer should ask storekeeper or order directly from manufacturer H A Littlefield West Acton Massachusetts. Pricing listed: one can 50 cents, 15 gallons 81.00, 1 gallon 1.50, 5 gallons 5.00 with sprayer included.
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Littlefield
West Acton
Mass
P.M
Marlboro
Hudson
Gileasonlate
Whitman's Crossing
Maynard
South Acton
Boston
Whitman Crossing
J. R.W
Wanted Them Soled Officer
A dialogue from London Tit-Bits shows an officer ordering boots soling from Private Murphy. Murphy offers 18 pence as payment, noting a corporal would have paid two shillings if it were pay day, leading to the officer's collapse.
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Murphy
London
Festal Precaution and Letter Promise
A wife recalls her husband promising to write during a festive period and to entrust his letters to a trusted contact for mailing to their son. The exchange reveals concern over communication and family safeguards amid separation.
The Prop Prophet Lost in Folklore Duel
A Buffalo Enquirer snippet depicts a confrontation where a seer warns Lochiel of doom. Lochiel dismisses the omen and retaliates by striking the prophet with four slaps on the wrist. The scene blends prophecy and blunt authority in a terse quarrel.
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Lochiel
Buffalo Enquirer
Linden wood highest heat value among woods
A study challenges the belief that hard woods burn hotter finding the linden tree wood, though very soft, provides the greatest heat. Fir ranks next to linden and nearly matches it in heat output.
Birds Like Soldiers Guard Parades In Calcutta Ground
On a Calcutta parade ground adjutants or argalas of the stork family walk in formation. Their stance and gait resemble soldiers so closely that strangers at a distance mistake them for grenadiers. A quirky note from the New York World adds a hint of humor about ships and Spanish forces at Coney Island.
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Calcutta
Naboth Is Dead for Naboth's Inheritance
Ahab and Jezebel scheme to seize Naboth's vineyard through false accusations and murder. The lesson contrasts Ahab's covetous tyranny with Nehemiah and Daniel's zeal for God's glory, warning that divine judgment will follow wicked plots and greed.
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Ahab
Naboth
Israel
Ezek. xlvi
Jezebel
Dan
Nehemiah
Daniel
Kingdom of Israel
David
Illam
God
Esther
Mordecai
Belial
Abel
Moses
Bethlehem
Christ
John the Baptist
Joseph
Egypt
Jezebet
Hin
Stephen
Paul
Jesus
Changing Feminine Ideal Discussed by Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland addressed New York's Culture Society on the Changing Feminine Ideal. She warned that female self assertion and independence threaten traditional family roles while noting the shift from marriage as a sole aim to a broader pursuit of personal life and rights.
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Margaret Deland
Final Culture Society
New York
Le Roi Soleil Wins Grand Prix de Paris Savings Gift
Baron de Rothschild’s horse Le Roi Soleil won the Grand Prix de Paris stake worth 40000 dollars at Longchamps on June 5. The owner donated the winnings to the poor of Paris. A commission dealer reports strong demand for children's ponies after traveling through Philadelphia and New York. E C Cowdin, owner of Requital and other thoroughbreds, has joined Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and may head to Cuba.
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Baron de Rothschild
Longchamps
Paris
Philadelphia
New York
E. C. Cowdin
Requital
Roosevelt
Regiment of
Rough Riders
Cuba
Time Table Corrected June 27 1898 Trains West
A corrected timetable published for June 27 1898 updates westbound train schedules. Details list adjusted departure times and routes for multiple lines serving western destinations.
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Sixth Mass Regiment
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Lakeview
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Holliston
England
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Portland
The
Mendon Evangelical Union
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Milford Lodge
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Milford
Europe
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Upton
Daniel Ward
Shrewsbury
Worcester Construction Co
New Grafton
Banco
Webster
Frank B. Kendrick
Summit House
Mt Wachusett
Elm Tree Inn
Natick
Massasoitt House
Spencer
Russell Bowman
Westboro
E. W. Bartlett
Coney Island
New York World
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Blanco
Gomez
Jennie Terrill Ruprecht
Cleveland
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Pass
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Ottawa
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Quebec
PALA
Fitchburg Railroad
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Witchburg
Southboro
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Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Manisfield
Mansfield
Peter Clark
A. C. Kendall
Peppies Dry Goods Company
Maynard, Mass
Southern Division
Massachusetts
Union Passenger Station
Causeway Street
Wayland
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Inn
Rockbottom
M. Hudson
South Bolton
Berlin
South Clinton
West Boyston
Oakdale
Jefferson
Northampton
Ne Ware
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Bundey
West Boylston
Bolton
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A.m Weston
Waltham
Belmont
Pirtovmeruas Vasse
Ritchbure
Marelboro
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Lunc A.M
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Maynara
Whitman’s Crossing
Greasondale
Pum
Tus Fk
Aat
Hing
J.rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
Robert W. Carter
Charles H. Persons
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