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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1898
Page
2
The fragmentary article surveys varied topics from Cuba and Hawaii to naval policy and American literary heritage. It touches on Admiral Cervers, M. Lockroy, Amanda Green, Jack Pot, and Sanitary notices, mixing political commentary, patent figures, and cultural anecdotes with distant war anxieties and industrial stats.
News from Washington and abroad reports Spanish prisoners returned to Spain after a Cuban naval battle near Santiago. General Linares appeals for aid as Cuba tensions rise and 30 million people are said to be affected. Philippines, Manila, and Cuba situations dominate with Dewey seeking more ships and troop planning amid political talk in the United States and Europe.
Miscellaneous items note Adelina Patti’s naturalization in England after 13 years, Peru’s congress, US consul at Nagasaki, a New York American Properties Company with 18,090,000 capital, and plans for Cabeots Puerto Res exploration. Mentions McKinley’s cabinet, Onisha Exposition, wartime fiscal shifts, rail contracts, shipbuilding orders, and a Port Townsend dispatch with Dawson to Avignat 27.
Reports say Empress Elisabeth of Austria was stabbed in Geneva as she walked from a hotel to the steamboat dock. The murderer, Luigh Lavetho, is in custody and claims he acted alone to strike down the empress, with international sympathy and a council planned in Berne.
A Michigan report describes Badgerow killing his wife and wounding her sister before dying by suicide amid a family feud. The article also notes a Japanese typhoon sweeping the central provinces with extensive damage and casualties.
The text records a military attache struggling to translate the phrase get there into English and then into his own language. It notes confusion over advancing with artillery support and provisioning, with soldiers joking about the army thinking of rations.
A Byron Ohio area member of the Woman's Relief Corps recounts her recovery after near fifty years old. She credits Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health after doctors failed. She reports taking several box sets and feeling improved since the first dose, urging others to try the remedy. The pills are sold at 50 cents per box or six for $2.40 through druggists or by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
A fragment from the Pittsburgh Dispatch and Cleveland Plain Dealer passages recounts military timekeeping lapses under Gen. Shafter and a grotesque travel tale about a mother-in-law. Witnesses debate exact watch readings, while a Cleveland vacation story ends with a burial in a corn bag and a quip about blame for a mother-in-law.
The notice describes about 1,000,000 acres in Northwest Florida with homestead entry and substantial railroad land for sale near the Louisville and Nashville line. Mr WK Wetnas, General Land Commissioner, can provide details. Excursions from Louisville offered monthly at low fare for inspection visits.
A reader from Deep Water Massachusetts recounts relief from womb trouble piles and irregular menstruation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the medicine and free advice to women seeking help from Mrs. Pinkham in Lyon Maine.
The document outlines Washington's stance on the Philippines and Cuba in negotiations with Spain. It indicates favorable terms for the United States, discusses protectorate ideas, and notes that some territories may not revert to Spain while others face potential change in colonial governance.
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