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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1898
Page
2
Reading through a jumble of notes on tax policy in Austria, wartime naval lessons, army pay in Hyykitos Iii, hospital nurse mortality, Klondike gold output, and Canada’s mining duties, the piece weaves disparate items with inset praise for local printer management.
SORA the musician is to be mage miltaenl director with rank of captain in the 6th army corps if released from duty in time for fall engagements. Sailors on the Biooklyn and New York request a competent musician to organize a hand for their ship and Adm Sampson's fleet monopolizes music.
Madrid reports the text of the protocol between Spain and the United States after the war. It outlines Spain’s cession of Cuba Puerto Rico and other islands and U S occupation rights while peace talks proceed. Coverage notes mixed editorials and public reaction in London Chicago and Washington.
Rough Riders with Gua Wheeter and Gol Roosevelt arrive from Montauk Point and are kept in a detention camp for quarantine. Some men weak from coughing receive medical care as others prepare to depart for further camps. vaccination and caution remain priorities amid reports of yellow fever fears. Six troops of the Second U.S. Cavalry travel from Jersey City toward Camp Vielsoff. several regiments left behind sick at Fort Mpheren, with wounded transported to Bellevue Hospital.
The War Department announced a grand naval review of Admiral Lamperot’s fleet to honor the public desire. The plan includes moving ships up the North River to Grant’s Tomb area with Admiral Starpe meeting off Sandy Hook, and the procession scheduled for a Friday harbor departure. Admiral Lampoon sails with four battleships and two armored cruisers, escorted by Acuaural Sedley on the cruiser Brooklyn.
Fragmentary Washington dispatch mentions Teessaye Wisseentved at the war gu Partivent frou Cen and General Shifter planning to return home next Saturday. It references San Yago de Cuba and the Fifth, with expectations of concluding troop movements for the United States.
Washington August 16 President meets prominent visitors as he weighs post treaty military force. Interest grows over how large a peacetime army should be maintained. Cuba Puerto Rico and Spanish West Indies receive casual discussion with Cuban estates and naval plans hinted for Havana.
London and Avg Ia papers express regret at Ambaseior Fay's probable return to the United States and hope he can secure appointments in the art department. Providence WL notes the Bint furniture firm faces insolvency pressures as two local bands demand payment on notes. Alonzo Bint predicts 100 percent conversion and a larger net debt, with estimated assets near VNCO0 and notes likely to be paid at reduced value.
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions suspensions and ships, with garbled names and locations. No coherent event or identifiable entities present to establish a proper summary or headline.
Reports from Puerto Rico describe a brutal massacre with heavy casualties and attacks on towns, while other dispatches note troop movements and naval transports delayed for Manila duty. Additional items cover the death of a professor in New London, the burning of bodies in Santiago, anti trust actions in Cleveland, and a push for uniform state law in Saratoga.
Reports from Washington and Hong Kong describe Admiral Dewey’s bombardment and capture of Manila. Dispatches note Spanish resistance, American advances, and telegrams about the Philippine affair as US forces press toward a decisive victory.
Dispatches recount naval and ground actions near Key West and Puerto Rico with Union forces advancing. Reports mention Gen Wilmun, Gen Henry, and Commodore Powell, plus ship movements and torpedo boats, as well as fatalities among officers. Also noted are local obituaries and civic notices including appointments and transportation schedules for arrivals and supplies.
Disjointed vignettes recount a dramatic rescue and a heroic act on a prairie chase, a burned man saved by a woman, a monument to Crown Prince Rudolf, a shopkeeper and boy exchange, and a piano scene with a child's question about a famed embroilment. The mixed recap touches Omaha World-Herald mournful notes and social asides.
A Mrs Paxrox of Youngtown North Dakota shares her recovery from severe uterine bleeding and pain after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She credits improvement after two thirds of a bottle and three bottles total and endorses the medicine for other women with similar weakness and childbirth recovery concerns. The piece also promotes Pinkham guidance for expectant mothers and general female health.
War tale recounts Mangrove and the gunboat Herny caller clashing near Santa Musica Bay as American forces led by Col. gates advance. Fire from Cortes and smaller craft lights up the shore while Mangrove takes volleys and signals for orders from a naval officer. Heroic action and casualty details follow with mentions of General Wheeler and the Washington squadron.
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