Surrender Near in Santiago Ends Prolonged Siege
The article reports on surrender talks at Santiago between Spanish commander Toral and American generals Miles and Wheeler. It notes an agreement for Spanish troops to surrender and be transported to Spain, with about 12,000 troops in the city and another 12,000 in surrounding areas, totaling roughly 25,000 to be moved. Delays and fever concerns are cited as delaying action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toral
San Sentiaga
Wheeler
Bantiago
Spain
Timate
Pantaris
Mateid
Shafter
Stalleg
Torah
Havana
War Department
Dhatog
Stelgot
Siven
Die
Santiago
Playa
Adjatent
Washington
Miles
Cuba
United States
Blanco
Lawce
Miley
Cieneral Milex
Porto Rico
San Juan
Panic in Barcelona as Americans feared attack
A Barcelona dispatch reports panicked inhabitants fearing an American strike on defenseless Barcelona. Banks move specie inland, merchants send goods to safety, many French depart. The governor warns locals they should not expect government aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Nie
London
Subscriptions to 4 percent war loan far exceed issue
Washington July 14 subscriptions to the 200 million dollar 4 percent war loan closed at 3 pm with syndicate offers raising about 1.2 billion dollars. Individual subscriptions likely exceed absorption capacity, with none as high as 10,000 receiving allotments. About 250,000 subscriptions filed this month, a New York bank sent two million with a hundred million. Over 300 clerks handle mail and scheduling, largest allotment size not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vanderlip
Treasury Department
New York
Gage
Futile conference ends without coal wage agreement
A miners committee in Lafayette Colorado met James Cannon, head of Northern Coal Company, but rejected both sides’ offers. Company proposed forty cents per ton for mining while miners asked forty two and a half for room work and forty seven and a half for pillar work, all with a forty per cent slack weight. About 770 miners struck, now roughly 500 remain. The stalemate may extend as unions expected to aid the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Colo
Northern Colorado Coal District
James Cannon
Northern Coal Company
Filibustering flotilla lands aid to Cuban insurgents
Key West July 14 The Florida and Fanita with the Peoria as convoy landed the largest expedition yet sent to aid Cuban insurgents. One man died and several were wounded as Captain Jose Manuel Nunez was killed and Winthrop Chanler among the wounded. Debarkation occurred July 3 at Palo Alto Cuba after prior fighting. The flotilla carried 35 Cubans, 50 US cavalry, and 25 rough riders with extensive arms, ammo, gear, and supplies.
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Key West
Fla
Florida
Peoria
Jose Manuel Nunez
Emilio Nunez
Winthrop Chanler
New York
Palo Alto
Cuba
Philadelphia
Fanita
T. W. Ryan
Nunez
Fifth United States Cavalry
Johnson and
Ahern
William Astor Chanler
McKinley Seen Guiding War After Santiago Surrender
Washington hands praise McKinley for strategic judgment in accepting Spanish capitulation terms. The plan calls for moving most troops from Santiago to Porto Rico, using neutral vessels to transport Spaniards home and restore order in Cuba while resuming New York steamship service and rebuilding eastern Cuba’s economy and infrastructure.
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Chicago
Washington
The
Record
Miles
Shafter
Toral
Uncle Sam
Europe
War Department
Santiago
Spain
McKinley
Canoi
Brooks
Chickamauga
Porto Rico
General Shafter
Cuba
New York
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Mpt
Havena
Blanco
Madrid
Commodore Watson
Watson
Cadiz
Malaga
Barcelona
Seuta
Straits of Gibraltar
Johnny Bull
Gibraltar
Philippines
Manila
United States
Philippine Islands
Stone in Her Stomach Revealed as Pink Pills Cure
A Blandinsville Michigan pastor’s wife recalls years of severe illness with stomach pain, weight loss, and nervous symptoms. After failing with ten doctors she heeded Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, improving after six boxes and continuing with eleventh, crediting the remedy for recovery. The piece notes widespread cures and warns about Castoria counterfeits bearing Chas H Fletcher signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Blandinsville
A. R. Adams
Bedford Christian Church
Beauty and health ads blend through a wartime page
A collage of early 20th century patent medicine and humor ads promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic and Cosmo Buttermilk Soap, with testimonials and quips. Wheat pricing, seed catalogs, and medical claims appear alongside light anecdotes, plus promotions for Dr Kline’s nerve restorer and Piso’s Cure.
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Page City
Sattieh Treopaire
Cesare
Aguadores
Vin News
Washbing
Tertay
Manco
Wood
Morro Castle
M’kinley
Novus
Cnd
Castoria
Chas H. Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Piker
Salzer
Red Cross
John A. Salzer
Hall
Price
England
J. L. Northcott
Windsor
Ont
Canada
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