McKinley Receives Spanish Reply Refuses Acceptance
President McKinley reviews Spain's reply to US peace proposals late Tuesday. Madrid favors keeping Cuba under Spanish control and Porto Rico, with Philippines decision to a mixed commission meeting in Paris. Blanco blamed for Spanish fleet loss as Cervera cites Blanco orders and adherence to doomed harbor sortie.
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McKinley
New York
Paris
Madrid
Biarritz
United States
Cuba
Spain
Porto Rico
Pacific
Philippines
All Dead Soldiers to Be Disinterred and Returned
Secretary Alger orders Gen Shafter to mark Santiago graves with stone slats for easy identification instead of wool. Once climate and transport improve, bodies will be disinterred and sent to the United States. They will go to friends’ homes if requested or to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.
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Alger
Shafter
Santiago
United States
Aclington
Washoungton
Six lynched at Clarendon jail after Orr murder
A mob roped six inmates at Clarendon jail, four men and two women, in the wake of the assassination of wealthy merchant John T. Orr. Orr’s wife died by self-inflicted poison in her cell. her alleged accomplices were executed by the mob. Fort Wayne area listings follow with theater and vaudeville acts for Robison Park.
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Clarendon
John T. Orr
Spanish Sallora Gibraltar special
Two hundred sailors from Spanish merchant ships captured by the United States arrived in New York aboard the British steamer Hesperica.
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Gibraltar
United States
New York
Minstrels at Fort Wayne to Honor Deceased Husband
Mrs Doren wife of Denis Doren general superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Company funds a memorial at Kiteeile Ohio cemetery. The 80000 dollar monument honors her husband with a costly mircophuaggus to be erected by Barcophaga. August 22 features Waverley's Minstrels and Mathews and Bulger performing by the Sad Sea Waves.
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Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Waverley
Mathews
Bulger
Doren
Denis Doren
Western Union Telegraph Company
Kite Eile
Ohio
Indiana Republican State Convention Chooses Fairbanks Chairman
The Republican State convention met in Tomlinson Hall with Senator Charles W. Fairbanks elected permanent chairman after a concise session. The platform praised McKinley era I favor expansion and a strong Navy, backed Gold standard, and endorsed tariff protection. Nominations were made for Secretary of State and Auditor with Ebant and Hart leading on first ballots.
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Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
Fairbanks
Charles 8. Hernly
Committee On Permannt
Charles W. Fairbanks
McKinley
Congress
St. Louis
Cor
Joseph C. Chaney
Sullivan County
Charles J. Collin
Marion
Coton B. Hunt
Randelph
Ebant
Willma H. Hart
Chinton
David E. Sheerick
Hamilton
Spain Accepts US Peace Terms In Final Madrid Note
Spain's Sagasta cabinet formally accepts the four US conditions for cessation of hostilities and peace. The Queen Regent sanctioned the note, conveying it to the Paris and Parisian ministers, with Spain signaling possible suspension of hostilities to aid negotiations. The government pledges to appoint commissioners with the United States to discuss the Philippines regime, as leaders face a painful but necessary step in relinquishing empire.
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Spain
America
Madrid
Council of Ministers
Paria
Senor Leon Y Castills
M. Delcasse
Sagasta
United States
Casatilian
Philippines
Romero Y Robledo
Gain Weyler
Cabinet Council
Duke Almodovar
Ely
AL Inedoyar
Blots Proclaims Amnesty and Peace Terms in Cuba
Gen. Blots announces amnesty to Cuban political prisoners and pardons in his proclamation to Spaniards and Cubans. He says Spain, defeated, accepts foreign powers’ mediation to end hostilities, permits evacuation of troops, and promises free transport and protection for those returning to Spain or shifting to other possessions. He calls for forgiveness toward Cubans and urges no lingering hostility.
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Washington
Blots
Davari
Cuba
Spain
Blaces
Tle
Standing Army Proposal After Peace Debated
Chairman Hall of the Mouse Military Affairs Committee argues for a standing force of 100,000 after peace. Congress will decide the regular army status, with Mr Tall preparing a measure for December. Troops would be needed in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines and 200,000 regulars may be required for some time.
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Hall
Congress
Tall
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Captain Clark Sent Home from Oregon’s Command
Captain Charles B. Clark, commander of the battleship Oregon, has been condemned to the nautical term by a medical survey board at Suantings and ordered back to the United States. He has broken down after four months of strain and will be granted leave to recuperate. if he dies or fails to recover, he will be placed on the retired list.
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Chares B. Clark
Oregon
Suautings
United States
Clark
German Firm Donates Water For U S Soldiers
Telegram to Ambassador White in Berlin notes the German firm’s gift of 10000 quarts of natural mineral water for use by sick and wounded American soldiers. Government thanks conveyed for the offer.
Testimony on Lydia E Pinkham remedy for postnatal ailments
Mrs Paxton of Youngtown North Dakota describes severe leucorrhea bearing down pain and heavy menses after childbirth. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after three bottles and recommends it to others. The piece promotes Mrs Pinkham's guidance for expectant mothers and provides her Lynn Massachusetts address.
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W. E. Paxton
Youngtown
North Dakota
Lydia E. Pinkham
Beecher Trial Era Salaries At Fifty Thousand In 19th Century
The article notes the record salary of 50 000 dollars paid to Henry Ward Beecher for a year to cover costs of the Tilton Beecher trial. It mentions fastest Nickel Plate routes from Fort Wayne to Chicago and east and west points, with daily express trains arriving at Van Buren Street Union Station. Fort Wayne agent is J. Waston. A worldly adage from Zimmerman about late news.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Alt
Jowest
Nickel Plate
Nickel Mate Road
van Buren Street Union
KR. J. Was Ton
Dnd
Zi’hone
Milk from the cow that gives it
A fragment cites questions about milking, mentions Pico’s Cure for Consumption as a cough remedy, and notes an August 15 Niagara Falls excursion via the Nickel Plate Road with low rates and a $1.00 surcharge to Toronto.
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Niagara Fall
Nickel Plate Road
Toronto
Heroic Boy Sacrifices Self to Save Crowd in New York
A country boy visiting New York stopped a runaway team about to dash into a crowded sidewalk. He saved hundreds of women and children but lost his life in the effort. The notice also promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for stomach liver and bowel issues.
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New York
Hostetter
How Gems Lose Their Luster
Gems of color fade when exposed to light a period. Emeralds sapphires and rubies resist fading but Berlin and Paris experiments show colored stones change after light exposure ruby in a shop window darkened compared with others kept in darkness.
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Berlin
Paris
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised with Price
A brief ad notes Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at 75 centa. The text then shifts to a moral claim about romance reading being forbidden by the Koran and not written among Mohammedans, with stories passed orally between tellers.
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Hall
Coughs Leads to Consumption and Travel Fare Notice
Coughs Leads to Consumption promises instant relief with Kemp's Balsam and offers free sample bottles at druggists with 25 and 60 cent bottle sizes. A separate notice sets a one fare round trip to Linwood Park Vermillion via Nickel Plate Road from August 2 to 22 for religious meetings.
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Linwood Park
Vermillion, C
Nickel Plate Road
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