President Plans Muster Out 100,000 Volunteers for Duty Abroad
Washington reports the president directed that 100,000 volunteers be mustered out, with about 100,000 remaining in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines. The order targets volunteer units by state population while governors’ requests for full musters are rejected.
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Philippines
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Miles
Alger
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Ordnance Bureau of Subsistence
Quartermaster'’S Department
Springfield Welcomes Regiment With Large Crowds
A grand reception greeted the regiment in Springfield yesterday with excursions on all roads. Visitors from company home towns arrived in large delegations. The Business Men's association hosted lunch on arrival, and the Springfield Indies served dinner at Camp Lincoln. Governor Tanner and Mayor Wheeler gave welcome addresses.
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Business Men's Association
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Hoots For Pingree at Encampment Clash in Cincinnati
War veterans crowd Music Hall for G A R encampment events as Governor Pingree is booed after condemning red tape and Secretary Alger. Governor Atkinson of West Virginia arrives late, then leaves after not passing door checks. Parade proceeds with large attendance and speeches by Col. Melish and General Gobin.
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Citizens Committee
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Syrian Arab Patrol
Atkinson
West Virginia
Po- Nceman
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Detroit
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Alger Outlines Postwar Army Reforms and Soldier Welfare
Secretary Alger, commenting on postwar plans, proposes reorganizing the army into refreshed camps, holding regimental officers strictly accountable for camp sanitation and soldier welfare, and endorsing the army ration. He cites homesickness and sensational reporting as factors harming morale and orders a court inquiry into Private Hugh Parrott’s Montauk death.
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Hugh Parrott
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Miles Leaves Porto Rico With Wisconsin Troops
In New York General Miles returns aboard the Obdam with Second Wisconsin volunteers and Porto Rico hospital corps. He tabled a statement praising the war’s conduct and his aims to minimize loss of life, citing earlier remarks and an army order stressing health, drill, discipline, and duty. The report notes the troops’ reception in Springfield, Illinois, as they return home.
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Miles
Wisconsin Volunteers
General Miles
United States
Cuba
Havana
Deaths at Camp Wikoff and hospital trains arrive with fever cases
Deaths at Camp Wikoff New York Sept 8 include Edward Secord Thirty third Michigan Von Wilson First Illinois Sick sent to Brooklyn hospitals Edward S Anderson First Illinois Arthur Andretsch Thirty first Michigan Carl Peterson Thirty fourth Michigan Philadelphia reports two hospital trains carrying 181 fever stricken soldiers from Camp Meade and Sheridan Point arriving in New York City last night Thirty seven convalescents and seventy cot cases from Indiana Illinois and other states none seriously ill.
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New York
Edward Secord
Michigan
von §. Wilson
Illinois
Brooklyn
Edward S. Anderson
Arthur M. Andretsch
Carl W. Peterson
Philadelphia
Camp Meade
Sheridan's Point
Indiana
Pensions Go Ahead For Spanish War Veterans and Widows
Washington reports no new law needed to authorize pension payments for disabled Spanish American War soldiers and widows. Commissioner Evans records 246 claims filed by Sept. 2, with about 45 percent classified as invalid pensions.
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Evans
Gen Wheeler's Son Drowned at Montauk Point Camp
Camp Wikoff at Montauk Point reports the probable drowning of Thomas H. Wheeler, son of Gen Joseph Wheeler, and Second Lieutenant Newton O D Kirkpatrick of the First Cavalry, while bathing yesterday afternoon.
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Camp Wikoff
Montauk Point
L, I
Thomas H. Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Newton OD. Kirkpatrick
First Cavalry
Deposed for Drunkenness in Springfield Army Command
Major Fred B. Nichols of Quincy commanding the Third Battalion Fifth Illinois Infantry has been deposed and placed under arrest by Colonel Culver for drunkenness.
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Ills
Fred B. Nichols
Quincey
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Ilinois Infantry
Culver
Regulars to Go to Cuba War Dept Says Garrison Force
Washington Sept 8 It is said at the war department that the troops to garrison Cuba pending a permanent government will be principally regulars.
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Cuba
Washington
War Department
Sixth Illinois Soldiers Return Home From Ponce
About 1,300 officers and men including General Garretson left Ponce aboard transport yesterday to return to the United States. Battery A, Illinois artillery, was also aboard.
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Washington
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Ilinois
Ponce
United States
Illinois Artillery
Second Wisconsin Bound for Home Sent Home
The Second Wisconsin infantry, arriving on the Obdam with General Miles, has moved away from Weehawken at 6 30 last night and is bound for home.
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New York
Second Wisconsin Infantry
Obdam
Miles
Wehawken
First Inois Leaves Camp for Long Island City
The First Illinois infantry left Camp Wikoff Montauk Point at 9 p.m. yesterday for Long Island City.
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New York
Veterans Parade In Cincinnati Draws Vast Crowd
Grand Army veterans paraded over four hours in Cincinnati for a four mile, six mile long procession with 26 000 veterans, hundreds of bands, and thousands of flags. The event drew hundreds of thousands of spectators and stood as a major post war celebration despite aging participants. The Ohio division led by General Black and staff, with Illinois and Delaware contingents, highlighted the grand procession.
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Order
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Band of Rough Riders
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Kansas
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Irlinois Department
John C. Black
Colum
Wisconsin and national items in abbreviated telegrams
Fires rage near Two Rivers while ten Die in New York and five in Philadelphia. Paris Figaro reports Dreyfus review. Aguinaldo calls arms in Manila. Major John A. Logan ill in Ohio. Solomon Becker, LaCrosse pioneer, dies. McKinley to visit Chicago Oct 18 19 after Omaha. United States Munlsters meet in Buffalo. Spanish prisoners to sail from Seavey’s Island. Henry Madigan admitted to practice before Interior. E H Hough Dry Goods assigns assets 9000 liabilities 12000. Grant mill Kenosha carpenters strike over non union hire. Col Samuel F Oyler dies near Franklin Indiana. Born near London 79, veteran of Eighty sixth Indiana.
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Boucicault Remembers Hair Dye and Witty Exchange
In a San Francisco anecdote Boucicault recalls quitting dyed hair after a chat with Joe Polk, noting he deceived only himself for years. The fragment also cites criticisms of Spanish cruelty via Irving Babbitt and medieval attitudes toward animals, with brief quotes from Yeats and Moogh.
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Tittlebat - Titmouse
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Detroit Free Press
Irving Babbitt
Atlantic
Mme. d’Aulnoy
Madrid
Spain
Malebranche
Warding Off Jealousy Old Gotrocks Exchange
A dialogic snippet shows a sharp exchange where Old Gotrocks questions if love for a daughter is sincere and Young Hardup tremulously affirms and tentatively believes he could learn to love in time. The excerpt captures period tone and social snobbery with restrained confrontation.
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Old Gotrocks
Young Hardup
Vanity Fair
Foley's Lecture On Household Bowel Health
A household necessity urging families to read Foley's lecture on bowel complaints. Published by Swarts and Fleck with H J Moogk listed as contact or promoter.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Swarts & Fleck
Hair Work in All Its Branches Mrs. A. C. Thomas TAStf
Mrs A C Thomas advertises hair work in all branches offering services from her shop at 255 Galena Street. The notice emphasizes a range of styling options and repairs for customers seeking local haircare artistry.
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A. C. Thomas
Galena Strest
War Atlas with Colored Maps for Spanish Possessions
A 16-page colored atlas measuring 14 by 21 inches showing principal cities and towns in Spanish possessions. Sent postpaid for 18 cents. Address J PROCROtY G P & T A Cedar Rapids IA.
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Cedar Rapids
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