Naval veter an Farragut pupil joins Eastern Squadron
The article recalls Commodore John Crittenden Watson as a Farragut graduate who served as flag lieutenant on the Hartford during Mobile Bay. It notes Dewey's early instruction under Farragut and cites wartime caricature debates, a New York dressmaker case, and Professor Stephens' confession about Pardes Hall desecration.
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John Crittenden Watson
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Admiral Dewey
Lcaia Bay
George Herbert Stephens
Lafayette College
Pardes Hall
Trenton
N. J
Centenarian Farmhand in Northern France Continues Work
A servant girl near Cambrai in Northern France has lived seventy two years with the same family. She is now eighty four years old and still attends to her duties on the farm.
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Cambrai
France
Stranger in a Southern Wood Seeks Shelter from Night
Hogan, carrying a large sum of money and important dispatches, is guided by a wary stranger into a remote cabin where an old man and his daughter Megan shelter him. The girl warns of four thieves soon arriving to ambush Hogan, who realizes his peril as they prepare to flee with the money.
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Agine
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OagLan
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Goon Ng Chung
Charles White
George Woodsum
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Oath-Kept Soldier Freezes Spy with His Life
Captain Jack Hogan saves a girl’s life and pledges to spare her fiancé Dan Barton. The next dawn Hogan faces execution for betraying the spy, but the vow to protect Dan costs him his own life as the firing squad ends the mission.
Wise Words and Noted Quips from Historic Thinkers
A compilation of assorted maxims from Disraeli Feltham Cicero Swift Pope Dickens Channing and Bulwer, along with a note on Britain’s standing army and an 19th century adulteration stat from Birmingham. It blends aphorisms with scattered military and food-safety data.
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Cantor
Disraeli
Feltham
Haliburton
Cicero
Swift
Pope
Thompson
Dickens
Channing
Spain Surrenders Santiago After Shafter Terms Granted
Santiago capitulated after American forces breached Spanish lines around the city. The two week siege left about 250 American deaths and roughly 2000 wounded or ill, while a large Spanish naval force and many troops were destroyed or captured. The surrender paves the way for peace and withdrawal of forces as Porto Rico plans shift.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Porto Rico
Havana
Ano
Shafter
Toral
War Department
Hocker
New York
Privotien
Bhaster
Fourth Corps
Moanzuniilo
Holguin
Pando
Manzanillo
Supdor Runtiago
Aggeradoroa
Hautingo
Palma
Asseraderos
Bhaftor
Uyes
Generals Discuss Surrender of Santiago Under Flags
Reported by cable from Kingston describes White flags over opposing forces as negotiations for the surrender of Santiago proceed. Key American officers including Generals Mites Shafter Wheeler Gilmour and colonels pass front lines to meet the Spanish Commander in chief at 9 00 and ride into the valley.
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Cuba
Asseraderos
Sagua
Palma
Fourth
Snagren
Tora
Phott Bag Boon
Gexens
Wueeren
Bantlago de
Toral
Minogo True
Miles
Suafter
Tai
Ito
Americas
Santligo
Chicago
Hetty Green
Randolph Street
Contempt for Cubans Strains U S Camp in Santiago
Strained US Cuban relations at Santiago grow as General Garcia declines General Shafter's invitation to the flag raising ceremony. Cuban troops refuse to aid in camp tasks while Americans express scorn and predict future friction amid looting hopes and broken ally esprit.
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Santiago
Garcia Sarkily
Santiago No Cuna
Garcia
General Shafter
Bandazo Dy
Cuba
Basquini
Siboney
Elanney
Toral
Dewey Takes Subic Bay
Admiral Dewey moves to seize Subic Bay amid German interference on behalf of Spain. A Spanish steamer named Filipinos hid in a creek north of Subic Bay after Cavite actions, its crew mutinied as conditions worsened aboard.
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Subig Bay
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Ireng
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D.C
Navy Department
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