River Army Moves to Ready for Port Rico Call
Camp orders push muster and pay rolls as regiments prepare for possible move. General Brooke’s corps could move with transports in hours, while 400 fresh recruits arrive and thousands of rifles and ordnance depart Rock Island. Camp routines test quartermaster and ordnance throughput as troops practice packing and breaking camp.
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Thord
Vampa
Washington
Camp
Tannor
Chickamauga Park
Park
Wirat Corps
William Richards
Tps
Koya
Camp Em
Ordnance Department
Rock Island Arsenal
Illinois
Brooke
Porto Rico
M. W. Day
First Ohio Cavalry
Lakeland
Fla
Krag Jorgenson
Tons of Mail for Soldiers Await Tampa Transport
Tons of mail matter for soldiers and sailors in Santiago province and Sampson's fleet are stored at Tampa awaiting transportation. Arrangements through ARMY POST OFFICE AT TAMPA and Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn will ship this mail as fast as practicable. Four clerks have been detailed to handle the workload.
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Tampa
Cuba
Washington
Santiago
Sampson
Army Post Office
Meiklejohn
Post Office Department
Water at Camp Alger Faces Conflicting Test Results
Typhoid cases rise at Camp Alger with Captain Applewaite of Indiana unit ill and at Fort Myer. Army doctors clash over water quality as J P Stewart reports organic matter and Sternberg approves clean testing. A commission led by Colonel Girard investigates water. In hospital, Private Sayles maimed arm in suicide attempt, now recovering, amid possible dementia. Private Pauley of Indiana in a drunken assault on company streets.
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Washington
Camp Alger
Applewaite
Indiana
Fort Myer
New York Cavalry
Seall
J. P. Stewart
Twenty-second Kansas
Sternberg
Company H
One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
Congressional talks hint at looming army call
Washington reports quoted Representative Hull and Senator Hawley meeting with the president on army legislation. Hawley said no third call for volunteers has been suggested, while another adviser predicted a call soon but not as high as 100,000. The war’s expanding scope implies more troops will be needed.
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Sinterman
Mattinsey
Washington
Hull
The
House
Hawley
Senate Committee On
Camp Tanner Filling Up With Illinois Volunteers
Springfield Illinois July 1 Nearly 1700 men in camp here The Ninth regiment of Illinois volunteers commanded by Colonel James R Campbell has arrived The men from southern Illinois are able bodied and eager but lack military experience Their guard example included a man carrying his gun under his arm with both hands in his pockets and another who wished to leave his gun with a civilian for a drink of water Lieutenant Rollac Pierson is on special duty and in charge of mail distribution.
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Tanner
Springfield
Ills
Ninth Regiment of
Illinois Volunteers
James R. Campbell
Rollac Pierson
Iowa Battery Recruits Arrive at Camp McKinley
Iowa light batteries assigned in the second call reach Camp McKinley Cedar Rapids and Burlington provisional units accepted and quartered for equipment. Officers listed include Cedar Rapids Fifth Battery Captain G W Beyer First Lt R N Forbes Second Lt C C Cook and Burlington Sixth Battery Captain Frank S Long First Lt Albert Wuebner Second Lt W T Garrett. Victor Mason named private secretary to Secretary Alger in Washington under new legislative bill.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Camp McKinley
G. W. Beyer
R. N. Forbes
C. C. Cook
Frank S. Long
Albert Wuebner
W. T. Garrett
Alger
Washington
Victor Mason
Mason
Board On Fortifications
Big Four plan to buy Chicago Indianapolis railroad
New York reports confirm preliminaries for the Big Four to buy the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville line and consolidate central western properties with outright payment. Denials followed claims of an agreement. Derby day at Latonia features John Bright defeating Pink Coat and Hank Or in the Himyar stakes.
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New York
Big Four
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Ingalls
Brice
Central West
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Indianapolis and Louisville
Mighty Onsortin
Cincinnati
Pink Coat
Hank Or
Talbott Bros
John Bright
Latonia
National Musicians In Session And Prohibition Governor Nominee
The National Congress of Musicians meets in Omaha while Corbett and McCoy discuss arranging a near future fight. The Maine Prohibition convention nominates Rev A S Ladd for governor. The Chicago school board elects E Benjamin Andrews as superintendent. A yellow fever case appears in McHenry Mississippi, and a man named Henry Williams is hanged in Macon Missouri. The war revenue stamp total approaches 400 million. Colonel Dr Nicholas Senn becomes chief of the operating staff of the army. The Trans Miss Turnfest opens in Omaha with Turners from several states. Berlin candelabra are sent to Queen Victoria as birthday gifts. St Thomas banks seize 6000 tons of American coal. Associate Justice White is noted for riding a bicycle daily after court. A 1893 case of voice loss in Mary Gillard ends with a return of her voice after a strawberry picking incident.
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National Congress of Musicians
Omaha
Corbett and McCoy
Rev
A. S. Ladd
Augusta
Chicago School Board
E. Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
McHenry
Henry Williams
Browntt
Macon
Tennessee Coal, Tron and Railroad Company
Nicholas Senn
Chicago
Miles
Minais
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
Dakota
Nebraska
Royal Porcelain Manufactory
Berlin
St. Thomas Banks
van Horne
Justice White
United States Supreme Court
Mary Gillard
Independence, Kas
Milwaukee Carnival Ends With Grand War Concert
Carnival patrons packed the exposition building for a patriotic concert by the Arion Musical Society and a 1,000-voice chorus. Ten thousand attended, proceeds aiding the volunteer soldiers relief fund. The big industrial parade stretched across miles with Brewers displays, ships of state, and Uncle Sam figures. A fashion feature referenced The Delineator with diaphanous spring attire and elaborate ruching.
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Milwaukee
Exposition Building
Arion Musical Society
Volunteer Soldiers’ Relief Fund
Uncle Sam
Nine-hour day strike hits Lansing printers
In Lansing sixty percent of Robert Smith Printing workers walked off, protesting the nine-hour day basis used for state printing bids. The union cites October ads promising nine hours, while Smith contends complying would cost 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Other brief items report Lillian Russell denying desertion, Dolliver’s unopposed renomination, and talks of congressional adjournment plus short weather notes across Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa.
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Lansing
Mich
Robert Smith Printing Company
Smith Company
Market report from Chicago and Milwaukee grain and livestock quotes
Chicago and Milwaukee markets show mixed grain bids and robust live stock activity. Wheat ranges across July September and December futures with slight gains, oats hold around 21 to 24 cents, and corn firm yet cautious. Produce includes butter prices, fresh eggs, poultry, berries, and straw prices. Chicago live stock receipts estimate high, with hogs and cattle trading down and up in narrow bands. beef and veal prices show broad spreads. Milwaukee quotes list No 1 and No 2 northern wheat, oats, rye, and barley with small moves.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Michigan
Hoge
Hecht
Texas
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Northern
Quick Relief For Asthma From Foley's Honey and Tar
An advertisement promises prompt relief in all asthma cases using Foley's Honey and Tar. It urges readers not to compare with medicines that failed and to give it a trial, crediting HJ Moogk Swarts and Fleck.
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Foley
HJ. Moogk
Swarts & Fleck
Navy Cuba and Hawaii photo portfolio issued in Chicago
A ten part portfolio with sixteen half tone pictures per part depicting the American navy Cuba and Hawaii has been issued by a Chicago publishing house. Illinois Central Railroad offers a special edition for patrons with specimen copies at the I C ticket office. Parts cost ten cents each and the full set of one hundred sixty pictures costs one dollar. Subscriptions may be left with the agent.
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Cuba
Hawaii
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
I. C
Harlow Business College reopens July 11 with special rates
Gaede The Harlow Business College will reopen July 11 at 9 to 10 am and 1 to 2 pm daily for pupil retakes. Hakouw Business Course offers Fourth of July rail fares via Illinois Central to Chicago Dubuque Farley Waterloo Cedar Falls and special 1.33 fare to other points within 200 miles. Buffalo bound excursion tickets offered at reduced rates for B Y P U convention July 14 17 via North Western Line.
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Harlow Business College
Hakouw Business Cource
Stephenson St
Chicago
Dubuque
Farley
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
H. W. Rowtey
G-Bodet
Buffalo
N. Y
North-Western
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Washington, D. C
Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern Ra Y
Nashville
Tenn
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Southern Railway sale offers low rate homeseekers tickets
Very Low Rates to the Booming South on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Tickets to points across eight southeastern states Kentucky Tennessee Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Mississippi. Write Wa. H. Taylor Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. 216 Fourth Ave Louisville Ky for summer home folder Land of the Sky map and details. 8-1318-31
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Southern Railway
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Southland
Asheville
N. C
Wa. H. Taylor
Fourth Ave
Louisville
Omaha Exposition Of 1898 Aims To Surpass Philadelphia Fair
The Omaha Exposition of 1898 is described as surpassing the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and ranking near the World's Fair in Chicago in national importance. All Trans Mississippians are urged to visit from June to October, with excursion tickets through the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. An illustrated folder can be obtained by sending a 2 cent stamp to Geo H Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago Illinois.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Trans-Mississippi
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
Geo. H. Heafford
Chicago, Ill
Rail excursion fares advertised for July travel
Multiple listings announce low rate excursion tickets for July 2 3 and 4 to points within 200 miles via Chicago North Western and other lines. Fares cover round trips with return by July 5 and 30 day limits plus stopovers for conventions in Washington Salt Lake City Portland Nashville and more. Agent contacts and dates provided for each offer.
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C. M. & St. P. Railroad
Union Convention
North American Turners
San Francisco
Cal
International Mining Congress
Salt Lake City
International Council of Congregational Churches
Portland
Ore
C. M
St. P. Ry
J. B. Sweart
Homeseekers urged to buy farms along C N W Ry line
Of Interest to Homeseekers describes fertile farming lands in western Minnesota and South Dakota offered at low prices with reasonable terms. Emphasizes wealth from crops, dairy, and stock raising. For rates and information, contact W. B. Kniskern at 22 Fifth Ave., Chicago.
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Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Minnesota
South Dakota
W. B
Rail timetable update from Freeport and connections
The notice lists detailed train schedules for west and east routes, including No 2, 34, 42, 141, 101, 134, 141, 182 and freight trains with various daily, Sunday, and weekday patterns. It covers Chicago, Milwaukee, Rock Island connections, Madison and Dodgeville lines, and mentions baggage handling, stage transfers at Brewster House, and agent contacts.
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Rockford
Lena
Ren
Gal
Madison
Freeport
Chicago
Peeteeenereeages
Eeeeee Reeeree
Oevees
Ccscs
Seseeen Reeeeennys Ss
Biliam Frsights
Omoday
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Racine
W. U. Junction
Baoit
Excursion Tickets to the Omaha Expo to Go on Sale
Excursion tickets to the Omaha Exposition via the Northwestern line will go on sale daily starting June 1. Ticket limits vary to allow longer or shorter sojourns according to rate. For further information apply to Chicago and Northwestern.
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Omaha Exposition
Chicago & Northwestern
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A. Broweun
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Cornerwest
Soldiers” Monument
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Enrne
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Kroun
Eson
H. Weaster
Alfred H. Wise
Jacob Krol
Reuben Siegfried
W. A. Hance
M . V.B. Elson
Ritchie & Lukermann
van Buren Bt
Court House
Miss Tummel
Galena Ave
Stephenson Street
M. L. Parker
Galena St
E. H. Place
Emmert & Burrell’s
Stephenson Straat
Freeport, LL
CG L Snyder
Opera
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