North Pole quips and political jabs in Lamar column
The Lamar Register column pokes at domestic foibles and public figures. It notes a joke about discovering the north pole and a quip on a man who never changes his mind. It cites John L Sullivan and Don Weyler, and mentions Captain Mahan on fighting. It ends with Senator Hill clashing with Senator Grady over the Ellsworth press gag bill.
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John Lawrence Sullivan
John
Don Weyler
Hill
Grady
New York
Ellsworth
Politics as a Desirable Profession Says President Andrews
President E Benjamin Andrews argues politics is a worthy career and voters should embrace public service. In Cassopolis Michigan William Olmsted dies leaving 10000 to Barnums circus, a puzzling estranged tale with a contested will. The eccentric decedent wills most assets to the circus, sparking a heirs challenge.
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E. Benjamin Andrews
William Olmsted
Cassopolis
Mich
Barnum
Circus
Mr. Olmsted
The Contrasting Sights of City Strife and Construction
Across a Chicago corner workers labor on a grand edifice while distant firemen battle a blazing building. Crowds mob the crumbling walls, cheering as destruction draws more attention than creation, a striking comment on human fascination with ruin versus progress.
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Chicago
Plan to raise 250000 for Lafayette monument
Ford W. Peck of Chicago outlined a nationwide drive already endorsed by the president and senate to fund a Lafayette monument in Paris. President McKinley may chair a national committee with governors and senators, aiming to hold a September Lafayette birthday celebration in every U S schoolhouse.
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New York
Ford W. Peck
Chicago
Senate
United States
Paris
Marquis de Lafayette
McKinley
House
Lafayette
Great Britain and Europe in a 19th century alliance view
The piece argues against entangling alliances with Europe praising the American plan. It says Spain remains unfriendly while Russia France and Germany show friendship, notes England as a commercial rival and ally, and asserts no European alliance is likely, with England particularly unlikely.
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Spain
Europe
Bayard
England
Russia
France
Germany
Ireland
McKinley Urges Neutral Intervention On Cuban Crisis
President McKinley remarks to Congress in April 1898 outline US duty amid Cuban war with Spain. He details reconcentration, famine, and death among Cuban civilians, cites failed mediation, and argues against annexation while supporting impartial intervention to end the conflict and protect American interests.
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Washington
McKinley
Congress of the United
Congress
Union
United States
Spain
Cuba
Republic
Pando
Pinar del Rio
F& m
Senor Canovas
Porto Rico
Pri
Reco
Jackson
Messange
Texas
United State
Pacific
Fragmentary OCR notes on civic matters and taxes
Fragmented text references citizens, protection, years, business, a court, a marine, petitions, and parish settle rates in cents. The readable portions hint at a local civic notice about taxation or fees and a required attendance or action by residents, with distressed phrasing and missing context.
McKinley urges continued relief aid amid peace efforts
President McKinley cites continued distribution of food and clothing until peace is secured and a 4D appropriation from the public treasury to aid charity. He notes Queen Regent's decree directing General Blanco to suspend hostilities, seeks careful attention to the measure, and reports the message read in the Senate and House before referral to the foreign relations committee.
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Spain
Blanco
William McKinley
Executive Mansion
Sens
Davis
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Lee Leaves Havana with American Refugees After Departure
April 10 dispatch reports Lee and Consulate staff leaving Havana aboard four steamers, escorted by U S warships from Key West. British Consul General Gollan met Blanco after departure as riots sparked around the city. Americans and English feared Cuban hostility as crews and journalists sailed past the harbor in tense scenes.
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Havana
St «Velock
Cuba
United States
Key West
Bache
Fern
Tee
Lee
Blanco
Wegler Street
Machina
Alung
Bay
Olivette
Arolas
Inglaterra
Cargo of War Munitions Arrives on Etruria in New York
The steamship Etruria arrived from Liverpool with a large cargo of war munitions for the government. Government officers will transfer the cargo to Governor's Island and the navy yard for shipment to coastal fortifications and newly purchased auxiliary cruisers. The load includes rapid firing guns machine guns heavy ordnance and smokeless powder. Most guns were bought from the Armstrong firm and others from Sheffield and English sources. The weapons are Maxim Nordenfeldt pattern with fifty five cases plus carriages and machinery.
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Etruria
New York
Liverpool
Governor's Island
Navy Yard
Armstrongs
Sheffield
England
Armistice Claim Denied by War Minister Correa
Madrid reports from El Imparcial quote Lieutenant General Correa, minister of war, denying any government armistice with rebels. He says the government only agreed to a powers' request to pause hostilities for a day chosen by General Blanco to prepare for peace, and that resigning would complicate his successor's position.
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Madrid
el Imparcial
Correa
Blanco
Spain
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Ibnatant i Themag
Seleet
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