Cuban War Cavalry Charge Recorded as Last Great Knightly Action
Frederick Funston reports the Cuban cavalry charge at Desmayo, using magazines and six shooters, as a near miracle in combat. The Spanish repelled by Cuban infantry, Gomez loses over half his mounted force, illustrating the limits of cavalry against modern small arms. The piece notes this as a probable end for cavalry in warfare and parallels Murat’s era with Gomez’s feral riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Funston
Harper's Weekly
Maus
Funston
Desmayo
Gomez
Masa
Edhem Pasha
Gravelatte
Kinglake
Napier
Murat
The Game of Life Verse From Cleveland Lendor
A poem by E. Kisor in Cleveland Lendor reflects on life as a gamble where success comes from quitting as a winner. It compares flirtations to parts played and urges measured risk and satisfaction in being named a winner at life’s final shuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Kisor
Cleveland
The Stranger's Selfless Act at a Fateful Draw
A narrator recounts a tale of four hundred Spanish prisoners doomed to die but spared by a mercy seeking Englishman who volunteers to draw in place of a husband and then for the wife, saving two lives amid a mutinous army and war's grim theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Mexico
China
Eoon
Tome
Lundredth
Addious
Imek
Lottery of Two Children Amnesties Soldiers in Providence
In a tense scene a woman pleads for two children as a lottery draws white papers. A generous act by a man leads to a life saving outcome, with officers and generals deciding an amnesty for five victims. The eerie voice and providence motif frame the resolved siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Independent
Scientific and Industrial Notes from a Late 19th Century Issue
The article surveys diverse topics from science and industry including ocean capacity, body weight division into parts, a claim of male and female blindness, Niagara Gorge formation timelines, Roentgen rays effects on vegetation, aluminum helmet use by the French Army, Constantinople lep ers and disease, tiny pines on Mount Shawungunk, butterfly prices and fraud, a Cornell brain study arguing the olfactory region dominates thinking, rapid penmanship metrics, and pen stroke calculations. It mentions notable figures and institutions such as Signor G. Tolemer, the Torrey Botanical Club, the Rothschilds, and a Cornell professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Signor G. Tolemer
Zambaco
Constantinople
Turkey
Torrey Botanical Club
Shawangunk Mountains
Hon. W. Rothschild
Yring
Herts
New Guinea
Cornell
De Lesseps Statue Sculpted For Suez Memorial
French sculptor Fiemiet completed a model for a corosal statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps to be erected at Suez by the Suez Copal Company in memory of the engineer. The nearly twenty one foot statue shows De Lesseps standing with a plan unrolled in the left hand and his right hand toward the entrance of the entrance pavilion. It will rest on a pedestal with medallion and profile bas reliefs of Me Khedives who aided De Lesseps' work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Leanens
Fiemiet
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Suez Copal Company
Suez
de Lesseps
Egypt
Enna
New Bedford
Mase
York Cloth Mills
Saco
Fitchburg
Thomas E. Edwards
March Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Willia
Philips
Bunce
New York Navy Yard
Seco
Fernandez
Key West
Tampa
Spain
London
New York
Minnewaska
Europe
Katie Collins
New York City
Ahe
Timothy
Pupiia
New Brunswick
N.J
James Ronald Chalmers
Memphis
Tenn
G. Stevens
Brookline Packing Company
Maine
Elizabeth McCalin
McCalla
Marbleload
William G. Miller
United States Navy
Fort Monroa
Illinois
National Volunteer Reserve
Frances EB Willard Frere
Bomoe
Sellersville
Penn
H. Raymond
Folsom
Gal
Fred Andrews
Baden
San Mateo County
Dayton
Ohio
J. McLain Smith
the Evening Press
Bomnel B. Smith
Roy Lefevre
le Fevre
Bristow Graham
Savannah
B. St. Wilson
George Stout
Philadelphia
Oscar Ardner
Columbus
St. Francis Hospital
Stout
George Carr
Bays
Carr
Henry
Little
Trenton
New Jersey
Princeton University
Blair
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Margaret Mather
Charleston
W. Va
California
Benjamin Hill
Quantin
Cal
Benes
North Carolina
Boston
Detroit
Mich
Associaon
Michigan
Btute
Mexico
Japan
Peru
Straits of Mackinac
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Humboldt County
Madison County
Indiana
Bar Harbor
Berlin
Germany
Ltorsa
Galt
Suffolk
Masonic
William B. Biel
Simple footwear protectors and home laundry tips
A short note describes a satin covered thin sole protector to reduce friction and prevent chilblains, plus a method to launder corsets using a washboard and starch. It also reports on women chaperones for major railroad lines, and a mix of fashion, social columns, and notices about artists, society figures, and women in public life.
Eagle Caught at Sea During Boston Brig Encounter
The Boston brig Mary Gibbs captured a large eagle hundreds of miles from land while sailing from Turks to Providence. Captain Coombs reports the bird rode the wind amid two hurricanes and finally landed in the crew’s grasp after a exhausting flight. The eagle measured about four feet with a white breast and mottled back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Turks Fland
Providence
Boston
Mary Gibbs
Coombs
Cape Hatterus
Boston Journal
Coastline defense plan and war talk dominate Senate actions
The Harbor Lines Board estimates 625000 per mile for coast mines while naval officers shift posts, and a Senate subcommittee adds four monitors and four torpedo-boat destroyers to the naval bill. Congress debates Cuban intervention. Secretary Long seeks unity with Gomez. Domestic news covers mill reopenings, indictments, and battlefield casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Lines Board
Sargent
Naval Board
Dixie
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Long
Department of Agriculture
American Line
Paris
Navy Department
Lindsay
Senate
Gomez
Mason
Alfen
Spain
Wilson
National Park Book
New York
Senor Quesada
Washington
Cubio
Duke of Devonshire Named as Next British Premier Candidate
Gossip centers on Spencer Compton Cavendish Duke of Devonshire as potential successor if Lord Salisbury steps down. He is son of the late seventh Duke and brother of Frederick Cavendish, killed in Phoenix Park in 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Devonshire
Great Britain
Lord Salisbury
England
Lord Prederick Charles Cavendish
Ireland
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Spencer Compton Cavendish
Lord Nallsbury
Duke of Devonshire retires amid denials from foreign office
The Duke of Devonshire, previously Duke of Devonshire and formerly Marquis of Hartington, has again denied retirement rumors. A reformulation of the matter is rejected by the foreign office. The present duke, famed for opposing Irish home rule, led Unionist Liberals and declined cabinet posts under Salisbury and Gladstone. He succeeded to the title in 1892, was born in 1830s era, and is described as sixty five years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Office
Duke of
Mkewiso
Salisbury
Lord Randolph Churchill
Devonshire
the Dusheas
Manchester
Duke
Tenant Kills Bank President in Lancaster Massacre
Ralph W. Wireback shot and killed David B. Landis president of Conestoga National Bank in Lancaster Pennsylvania during a dispute over eviction and re letting rights. Wireback surrendered and was jailed after the fatal shooting as constables attempted to eject him from the garret of the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Landis
Conestoga National Bank
Lancaater
Penn
Ralph W. Wireback
Landis
Wireback
Lunda
Secretary Long Limits War Fleet Press Access
The Navy Department, after considering numerous requests from newspapers, prohibits wide press access to the flying squadron of Commodore Schley and the North Atlantic squadron of Captain Sampson. Due to limited accommodations, Secretary Long decides to allow only three reporters to accompany the squadrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Flying Squadron
Schley
Sampson
Long
Firat
Christina's Appeal to Queen Victoria for Peace Inquiry
A private telegram reports Queen Regent Christina of Boaluh appealed to Queen Victoria to use her influence to avert war. She noted both queens are widowed and rely on advisers, hoping Victoria’s peace sympathies would sway the crisis over Britain and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Cimfez
Christias of
Boalh
Aha
Prince Consort
Trent
Great Britain
Storing and Distribution of Stocks Under War Preparations
The article notes increased stockpiling in navy yards with large shipments from Brooklyn as the main distribution point. It describes stores aboard ships for months, new outfits for recently purchased vessels, and specific equipment being prepared for officer quarters and pilot houses, including searchlights and dynamos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yards
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Key West
Texas
Dolphin
Game Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Melican
Indianapolis News
United States
New York Tribune
Middlesex
Albany
N. Y
Wray
The
Franklin, H. Giddings
Columbia University
Western Hemisphere
Globe
New York Herald
Wy m
Sylvester Horne, M. A
Leela
New England Homestead
Zerelda Wallace Beaty
Emma C. Bingham
Annie E. Brady
Mrs. Astor's Kitchen
Acance
Uno
Jacob Astor
Fifth Avenue
Chicago Times-Herald
the Girl In Red
New York Journal
Gondo
Israel
Mre. Willard
Ruaaia
Mme
Alejandro Dumas
Daniel E. Manning
Treasury
Daughters of the Revolution
College of Muse
Cincinnati
Misa Katherin
Agnes Glick
Suma Matan Honjo
Bima ‘Tyler
Enen "Terry
Fran Cosma Wagner
Wagner
Herr Heckel
Luther
Frederick the Great
Hans Sachs
Bernhard
Saxe-Weimar
Helen Crittenden Idas
Buens Park
Sweden
Clara Tachudi
Amelia E. Barr
Mme. Carnot
France
Carnot
Edna Johnston
Macon
Macon County
Hamburg
Southard
St. Thomas
Halifax
Jamaica
Sparta
Cristobal Colon
Iofanta Varia ‘Percua
Cadiz
Pekin
Tole Placy Ooar
Callen Wan
Kio Chon
Ching
Russie
Manila
Phippine
Anatoliia
Howe
Howe Pardute Were Killed At Hop Tubto
Hood
Sydney
New Uth Wales
San Francisco
Toe Duke OF
Devonedire
National Bank
Lancaster
Christina
Klondike
Alaska
Australia
Connecticut
Morgan
Blanco
Cuba
Tusuratice Vompaires
Omaha
Tunis-Missisippi
Vanderlip
Josaie BE. Walker
Kendrick
Ilaho
White House
Seorsoy
Vancy Nee i
Bouthern
Seans-Marrow
Choice
Ein
Zellow Eye
Ben Davis
Cape Coa
Jersey
Ofalo
Nors
Pacific Coast
Eceseeseeneense
Russia
Colery
Ad Doz
Ghai
BTC
NAVY
Ingurgenta
Guerra
Junta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!