Invading Army Nails for Cuba Dispatches 32 Transports
Washington June 18. The first military expedition left Key West bound for Santiago with 173 officers and 14 564 enlisted men under General Shafter. Troops include Regulars with three volunteer units and two squadrons of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry led by Colonel Woods. Planes adjust routes from the north coast to the south coast of Cuba as ships sail to a hopefully swift landing by Thursday or Friday.
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Santiago
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United States
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First
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Wood
Theodore Roosevelt
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Cuba
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Tampa
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Itzen
Decatura
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Saratoga
Johnson
Leona
Whitler
Rio Grande
Staples
Vigilancia
McIntosh
Orizaba
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Iroquois
Kimble
Mattewan
Lewis
Morgan
Stillwater
Gault
Breakwater
Rivera
Cumberland
Ickerbocker
Clint
State of Texas
Tal
Young
Bessie
Martha
Sam
Gen. Shafter
Fort Tampa
Sampson
Guantanamo Bay
Navy Department
Taylor
Indiana
Port Tampa
Solace
Crest Hill
Surgeon General of
Naval Hospital
Florida
Ammunition Losses in Cuban Naval Bombardment
Reports from off Santiago de Cuba detail approximately 200000 dollars worth of ammunition expended in Monday's bombardment. Despite the shells, Spanish earthworks remain active and ships suffered a loss of crockery and fragile items from the large gun concussions. A lookout on the Brooklyn observed a boat approaching from the west of El Morro.
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Associated Press
Santiago de Cuba
Kingston
Easil
Brooklyn
el Morro
Insurgents Win Light Near Santiago with Marblehead Support
The Marblehead used shellfire to scatter Spanish forces as insurgents seized camp tents and ammunition. Casualties included a Spanish captain and lieutenant, a killed surgeon, and several wounded soldiers. Cuban forces later received rifles and supplies, vowing a tight land blockade of Santiago while predicting Spanish capitulation from famine.
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Delehanty
Suwanée
Santiago
War department speeds second invasion expedition
Washington reports rapid prep for a second U S invasion of the West Indies. A board of army officers is evaluating southern ports for camping and embarkation, with Fernandina Savannah and Charleston favored. Five ships from Fernandina are ready including the Comanche Knickerbocker Louisiana Gate City and City of Macon amid Mallory line transports at New York.
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Washington
United States
West Indies
War Department
Tampa
Army
Fernandina
Savannah
Charleston
Comanche
Knickerbocker
Louisiana
Gate City
Macon
Catania
Arcadia
New York
Mallory Line
Meiklejohn
Comrades of Company D Remember Three Marines in Cuba Battle
Washington notes three marines among those fallen at Guantanamo were comrades in Company D First battalion. Sergeant Charles Hampton Smith born Westminster Maryland 81. sister Miss Cora G. Smith Smallwood Md.. enlisted 1893. Private William Dunphy native Gloucester Mass 22. aunt Mrs McDonald 55 Duncan St Gloucester. Private James McColgan enlisted Boston post January 1897. aunt Mrs Fanny Loughlin Stoneham Mass.
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Washington
Cuba
Guantanamo
Charles Hampton Smith
Westminster
Cora G. Smith
Smallwood
Smith
William Dunphy
Gloucester
Mass
Marine Corps
Boston
Ans
McDonald
Duncan Street
Prigate James McColgan
Foston
Fanny Loughlin
Stoneham
KNOWN IN STONEHAM WEIGHS LOSS OF A YOUNG IRISH BORN SOLDIER
Stoneham June 13 James McColgan born in Ireland came to America eight years ago He lived briefly in Stoneham with his aunt Mrs Michael O Laughlin on Washington avenue He worked as a steam drill operator during sewer construction He enlisted after leaving Stoneham and regarded it as his home He was about 20 years old and killed at Guantanamo Cuba, fighting Spaniards.
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Stoneham
James McColgan
Guantanamo
Cuba
Ireland
America
Michael O'Laughlin
Washington Avenue
San Francisco Cruiser Runs Aground Near Provincetown
The United States cruiser San Francisco ran aground at Peaked Hill near High Head life saving station. Crew from the station boarded the ship, and an officer delivered telegrams to the Charlestown Navy Yard and the Secretary of the Navy. The vessel lay about 500 yards from shore as tugs were summoned from Boston.
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Provincetown
United States
San Francisco
High Head
Kelley
Rowley
Frenzen
Holden
Charlestown Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Fred B. Dalzell
Juno
Vesta
Bos
Elsie
Mercury
Fred
Dalzell
Boston
Erodenie
Keeping Marines Busy Near Guantanamo Bay
AP dispatch reports renewed fighting as Marines under Lieut. Col. Huntington clash with Spanish guerrillas and regulars near Camp Guantanamo. Marblehead lands reinforcements while two lieutenants direct skirmish lines and three-inch guns engage enemy near a northeast island edge.
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Associated Press
U. S Camp
Guantanamo Bay
Kingston
Dauntless
United States
R. W. Huntington
Marblehead
Wendell C. Neville
Mellville J. Shaw
Col. Huntington
Neville and Shaw
Taking on Coal New Flying Squadron Forming in Newport News
A semi official source confirms formation or reorganization of a flying squadron in Newport News Virginia as two plans for a dash across the ocean are considered by the navy department. One plan reportedly calls for fast ships with large coal carrying capacity.
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Newport News
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Madrid
Spain
Cervera
Newark
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Schley
Brooklyn
New York
Cuban
Minneapolis
Columbia
St. Paul
St. Louis
Yale
Harvard
Oregon
Texas
San Francisco Strands on Peaked Hill Bar Shores
The cruiser San Francisco ran aground at Peaked Hill bar near High Head life saving station while seeking the beach. It lies on a sandy bottom with a notable list to port, crews bailing coal and sand, and diversions of tugs and hawser lines aid an eventual lift if weather holds.
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San Francisco
Peaked Hill Bar
High Head
Emily Sheldon
Race Point
Kelley
Sam
Peaked Hill
Guantanamo Fight Sparks Marines Losses and Plans
The 1st battalion of Marines under Lieut Huntington repulsed a Spaniard attack at Guantanamo Bay. Four Americans were killed including Surgeon John D. Gibbs and Privates McCalligan and Dunne sy. Gibbs was among those at camp. Wounded include Private McGowan. Reinforcements from Texas and Marblehead arrived as planning shifted to a rapid cruiser squadron movement to engage Spanish forces.
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Smith
Neville
Shaw
Texas
Marblehead
Bartholomew McGowan
Company PD
The
Associated Press
United States Camp
Guantanamo Bay
Kingston
R. W. Huntington
John D. Gibbs
New York
Co. D
McCalligan
Dunnessy
McGowan
Neville and
Dr. Gibbs
McCallagan
Dunphy
Yankee
Porter
Lieut
Huntington
Pain Balm Relief Credited By Pike City Resident
Mr P Ketcham of Pike City Cal testifies that Cham berlain s Pain Balm gave relief during his brother s late illness from sciatic rheumatism. Many others report prompt relief from pain the liniment affords. For sale by Ellingwood Co Merrimack and Central and Middlesex and Central streets.
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Pike City
Cal
Chamberlain
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central
Middlesex
Central Streets
All Want Gold in Alaska News from Port Townsend
Port Townsend dispatch reports the steamer Cottage City arriving from Alaska with news of clear Lake Linderman and continuous ferrying of miners by extra steamers. Ice crushed Hight scows on Bennett Lake and three hundred men have reached western Alaska via Yakutat Bay amid reports of rich diggings on the Alsace river.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Cottage City
Alaska
Lake Linderman
Bennett Lake
Yakutat Bay
Alsace River
Sentries Fire On Prowler At Fort McLary
In Portsmouth on June 13 two sentries at Fort McLary Kittery Point fired on a prowler crawling over a granite pile at midnight after he did not answer a challenge. He escaped.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Fort McLary
Kittery Point
Victory Is Ours California Catarrh Cure Praise
A Lowell notice extols California Catarrh Cure for rapid relief of catarrh and hay fever. Mrs. Jane Lord of 46 Cross Street testifies after using C C C from Ellingwood Co. that it cured her, urging early treatment for hay fever and persistent use for lasting relief. Sold by druggists for 500 cents, three times as much, one dollar.
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California
Lowell
Jane Lord
Cross Street
Ellingwood &Co
Armour's Concentrated Tablets of Beef Extract Ad
Clear directions to the store and an advertisement for Armour's Concentrated Tablets of Beef Extract and Vegetables at 25 cents per package. Includes location cue and promotional tone for easy shopping.
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