Trains and ships cut through with speed and panic
A Kansas City Journal report recalls old fears of trains derailing when engineers panic and cows once blocked tracks. It notes engineers could still force through obstacles at full speed and that a fast ship can slice through a smaller vessel like butter, illustrating how collision outcomes hinge on momentum and speed.
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Tax Measures Pass In Congress With Wide Support
Congress adopts War Revenue bills with large majorities in both houses. Aimed at beer, tobacco, tea, inheritances, stamps, and various excises, the package includes bonds and a seigniorage coinage provision. Taxes take effect from signing day for some items and July first for others. extensive details outline rates for beverages, sugars, medicines, and assorted services.
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Ice cream ship aids sick and wounded sailors
About forty four sailors aboard the Solnee, a neutral hospital ship under Red Cross protection, recover in a modern hospital with cheerful wards. One man will lose an arm after a shell strike. others fare better as surgical advances reduce permanent injuries. Delicacies arrive from private donors and Navy subsist with lemons, jellies, and chickens.
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Tara
Red Cross
Wheat record tops state crop report by Moore
Kentucky State Agricultural Commissioner Moore reports the state average for wheat as the best on record with other crops flourishing, signaling strong agricultural conditions across the commonwealth.
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Expedition Sails From Tampa For Santiago Campaign
Major General Shafter leads 27 000 troops including 21 000 infantry from Tampa toward Santiago de Cuba. The transport fleet includes the Indiana gunboat Helena Bancroft training ship and five artillery batteries. The navy supports the land campaign as the Stars and Stripes are expected to fly over the city.
Reina Mercedes Sunk in Santiago de Cuba Naval Action
The report states the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes was sunk by American fire at Santiago de Cuba. It cites losses among Spanish land forces and sailors, notes heavy American casualties claimed by Spanish dispatches, and identifies Admiral Sampson and General Linfon as figures in the engagement.
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Santiago de Cuba
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Bombardment of Calmanera Fortifications by Five American Ships
Five ships of the American squadron opened heavy bombardment on Calmanera fortifications near Guantanamo Bay. Bombs created a hall of explosions across the bay and damaged many houses beyond the defenses. Borotsh artillery returned fire vigorously, but the warships maintained continuous bombardment.
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Calmanera
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Guantanamo
Marines Hold Hill After Thirteen Hour Battle at Guantanamo
Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Huntington and Marines beat back a prolonged attack by Spanish guerrillas and regulars at the Guantanamo entrance station. Four Marines killed including Assistant Surgeon John Blair Gibbs, and Private William Dunphy. Reinforcements from the Marblehead aided in repelling the assault before dawn.
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New York City
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Sullivan
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Herve
Oatrange
Lendy Cablegram Prices and Notable International Dispatches
A list notes record cable rates including sixteen thousand dollars for a messenger to Australia on behalf of Parliament. It recalls a London to Argentina dispatch and an Italian king to the Duke of Abruzzi at Rio de Janeiro. Also described is a daring church steeple repair by two riggers and a literary reading clash ending in a jab about Mr Bangs.
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Expedition to Santiago Embarks 17 000 Men From Key West
Nearly twenty regiments of regular infantry totaling about 11 000 men join two volunteer infantry regiments and multiple cavalry units. The force includes four batteries of light artillery, two batteries of heavy artillery, engineers, signal and hospital corps, and about 17 000 in all. Transports are numbered for signaling, with ships including Indiana and several cruisers joining at Key West before sailing to Santiago.
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A Modern Sir Walter Raleigh and Polite Streetcar Men
A New Orleans streetcar conductor earns praise after a Northern woman enters a car and he neatly wraps her overshoes in a newspaper. The anecdote, shared with a playful tone, highlights courteous conduct on public transit.
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New Orleans
Orleana
New York Sun
Aluminum Utensils Safe Despite Discoloration Mark
The Philadelphia Record notes that salts of staminum are harmless while those of zinc copper and lead are poisonous. Cooking fruits in aluminum utensils may discolor metal but poses little danger as acids attack impurities. Pure aluminum now available reduces discoloration risk. The Chicago Record adds a quip about mines in harbors in a homey exchange.
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Philadelphia Record
Longest Year on Record and Shower Bathe Anecdote
A Scotsman adapts a shower bath using a cistern and colander and reports a dry, tea sipping bath with an umbrella. The note adds that 47 B C OC was the longest year with 446 days by Cesar’s order to align calendars with the solar year.
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