Commodore George Dewey Firelit Career Charted by New York Sun
The New York Sun recounts George Dewey's naval service from his Vermont roots in 1854 to his Civil War actions aboard the Mississippi and Agawan, including Port Hudson and Fort Fisher assaults. It traces his rise through the ranks to commodore and highlights key commands like the Narragansett, Dolphin, Pensacola, and his Asiatic station leadership.
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George Dewey
United States
Manilla
Philippine Islands
Mississippi
Farragut
Commodore Dewey
Vermont
Naval Academy
Mediterranean
Dewey
Fort Sumter
West Gulf
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Bailey
Fort St. Philip
Port Hudson
Agawan
North Atlantic
Fort Fisher
Kearsarge
Narragansett
Pacific
Lighthouse Board
Juniata
Asiatic Station
Dolphin
Pensacola
Board of Inspection and Survey
New York Sun
Coal is King and the Anglo American iron steel shift
The April Century essays argue coal regions in Pennsylvania fuel a global shift as bessemer steel and coke supply move from Britain to the United States. Edward Atkinson notes Britain loses dominance due to ore exhaustion high wage mines and US access to rich coking coal. The piece asserts US Anglo ties may redefine world commerce, leaving rivals pressured to disarm or starve.
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Pennsylvania
Edward Atkinson
England
United
Atkinson
Great Britain
Bilbao
Spain
Iron and Steel
Europe
United States
British Empire
Absent Pittsburg National Guard Member Reaches Out
A Pittsburg National Guard member missing from the city nearly a year sent brief wires to his captain for a week asking when he should report for duty. The captain replied by wire a few times but the exchanges grew monotonous as events took shape.
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National Guard
Pittsburg
Osu Earnam
John
A Marine Railway Experiment Across Lake Michigan
An 1892 trial shipped railroad cars from Kewaunee Wisconsin to Frankfort Michigan using towboats and transports. The marine railway aims to beat land railroads on cost with no fixed bond charges or right of way, employing 324 foot transports, 1600 ton loads, and crews of 21 per voyage.
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Lake Michigan
Kewaunee
Wis
Frankfort
Mich
Michigan
Corps of Engineers
A. S. Chapman
Cassier’s
Rich fields in cup how Berrier are grown
The New York Journal describes Cuban coffee farms in the Sierra Maestra near Santiago and Guantanamo. It details cafetales size from 100 to 1000 acres, labor of 50 to 200,000 trees per 264 acres, yields of about 62 500 pounds per season, and processes from harvest to drying and sorting including pulping mills secaderos and grading to el caracolillo primero and third quality beans.
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Guantanamo
Santiago
Cuba
Sierra Maestra
Vuelta Abajo
Alquizar
San Marcos
Guarda Rayos
New York Journal
An Artist Among the Fellaheen An April Century Sketch
R Talbot Kelly recounts Arab kindness in the April Century essay. While sketching a village cemetery he asks for a funeral to complete his study and is told by an old man that a man must die soon. The fellow hastens a death to fit the scene.
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R. Talbot Kelly
Kelly
Life of Clerks In Manila Reveals Working Conditions
Clerks in Manila earn 2500 to 5000 dollars yearly plus provided lodging meals medical care and travel costs. They often live above offices and work from daylight to noon with a nap and resumed duties until 5 oclock amid demanding hours.
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Manila
Society's New Queen Mrs Potter Palmer Triumphs in Newport
William H. Curtis notes Mrs Potter Palmer dominates Newport society. She welcomed two princes and Mrs Caroline Astor, turning cold shoulders into hospitality. Her tact and charisma raised her status from outsider to social leader among the exclusive cot tagers.
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Mrs. Potter Palmer
Newport
Potter Palmer
Palmer
Chicago
Myra. Palmer
Caroline Astor
Prince Albert
Belgium
Turin
Humbert
Italy
Palmer Boys
Mrs. Palmer
William H. Curtis
Sanitation Proposals for Cuba From Civil War Officials
Colonel Jonas H. French of Boston argues that Santiago de Cuba could be made safe for troops with thorough cleansing of buildings streets and homes and proper harbor dredging could reduce Havana’s outbreak risk though its tide is small. He compares Cuban cities to New Orleans during the Civil War and urges similar sanitary orders and plans.
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Jonas H. French
Boston
Louisiana
Benjamin F. Butler
New Orleans
Santiago de Cuba
Havana
Cuba
Butler
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Lake Millgaun
Society
Thompson & Reynolds
Dillon, Montana
Gonen
Shafter General Wheeler
Sanitation OF
Engelworn
Helena Spokane
Business Colleges
Great Rock Island
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Springs
Lincoln
Omaha
Des Moines
Davenport
Colorado
West
Colorado Flyer
Topeka
Kansas City
Louis
St, Joseph
Sun
Colorado Springs
St. Louis
Wabash Ba Y
W. H. Firth
Genl. Agt
Ders
E. E. Macleod
A. G. P.A. Topeka
MO. Sebastian
McHue
St Louis
Kansas
Omsha
Connecting
B.L. Little
RF. Neslen
Western
P. M. Seymour
Granite Street
Butte, Mont
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