American forces push toward Santiago de Cuba
Allied columns under General Lawton Chaffee and Wheeler advance beyond the Rio Guama with 2000 Cuban auxiliaries, skirmishes near the hills, and strong Spanish defenses in Santiago de Cuba region. Reports from pacificos claim 20 000 Spanish troops en route and water supply improving for the American army.
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Associated Press
de Guama
Monflay
Wanda
Port Antonio
Jam
Kingston
Rio Guama
Lawton
Santiago de Cuba
Chaffee
Massachusetts
General Clarke
Wheeler
Sevilla Hills
Aguirra
Gonzales
Santiago
Wood
Young
Pacificos
Pando
Linares
Punta Blanca
Santa Ursula
Canay
Morro Castle
Tei- For
Geneal Lawton
Admiral Cervera
Boas
Quartermaster’s Department
Whaffee
Rough Riders
Gomez in Need as Cuban Rebel Forces Seek Supplies
General Gomez’s army, marching from Banes toward Las Delicica, urgently requires clothing, arms, and ammo. Col Bernabe in Key West reports three brigades need 900 infantry rifles and 600 cavalry rifles each, plus a dynamite gun and 1500 machetes. For 13 months Gomez has received little from filibustering expeditions.
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Key West
Fla
Julio. Sanguiny
la Esperanza
Puerto Principe
Banes
Massa
Gomez
Las Delicica
Remedios
Santa Clara
Santiago de Cuba
Sampson's Eagle Eye at Santiago Harbor Watch
Siboney Cuba June 28 Admiral Sampson's fleet near Santiago keeps guard with two gunboats per landing and St Louis at Siboney. Big ships stand offshore while Suwanee tests harbor defenses. Spaniards man guns as U S squadron maintains wary postures to prevent Cervera escape.
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Siboney
Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
Merrimac
Santiago
Admiral Sampson
New York
Iowa
Oregon
Massachusetts
Texas
New Orleans
Detroit
Brooklyn
Helena
Machias
Scorpion
Gloucester
Suwanee
Hornet
Dupont
Porter
Ericsson
Vesuvius
St. Louis
Victor Blue Aboard Reports Cuban Skirmish Near Morro
Lieutenant Victor Blue of the auxiliary gunboat Suwanee returns from a two day inland probe west of Morro Castle near Santiago. He reports Admiral Cervera’s ships in Havana harbor largely idle, one torpedo boat destroyed, and Cuban and Spanish outposts trading fire within 400 yards. Blue traveled about 60 miles and rejoined the Suwanee, noting light Cuban casualties and mutual restraint between sides.
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Santiago
Kingston
Victor Blue
Suwanee
Admiral Cervera
Blue
Morro Castle
Cabanas
Leutenant
Lieut. Blue
Accu
Cuban murderer tells tale of love crime and war aboard ship
Escapee Padblo Santana Benites, 30, from Consolacion del Sur, recounts seven years in Havana prison and a bold escape from the Morro fortifications. He says he would fight for America as he describes starvation, half rations, and price surges among Havana’s poor during the Cuban conflict.
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Associated Press
Havana
Key West
Fla
Cuba Libre
Point Bacurana
Padblo Santana Benites
Consolacion del Sur
Pinar del Rio
Benites
Carcel de la Paula
Morro
Lensites
America
Spaniards Fortifying Santiago Region as Guantanamo Quiet
From Guantanamo, the Hist reports Spaniards in Santiago province are dedicating forces to defend Santiago City. Camp McCalla remains quiet, with US troops advancing readiness. no recent engagements near Guantanamo Bay. enemy strength nearby is believed reduced to bolster defense of Santiago.
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Kingston
Jam
Guantanamo
Hist
Santiago
Santiago City
Camp McCalla
Guantanamo Bay
Shafter
Baiquiri
Linares
Maltox Bottled Vitality For System Health
A compact bottling note describes Maltox as a vitality supplement for the body system. The text highlights a quick boost, compact bottle, and claimed health benefits, urging usage as part of daily routines.
Daring Bluff Wins Victory for Rough Riders at La Quasina
Special dispatch details Col. Wood's daring charge at La Quasina on June 25 by 500 Rough Riders against 2000 Spaniards. Volunteers advance under heavy fire drive the enemy from a ruined distillery stronghold. Nine volunteers killed buried near royal palm grave. Captain Capron died after hospital transport. Richard Harding Davis reports from Siboney.
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Col. Wood
la Quasina
Kingston
Jam
10Th Cavalry
Siboney
Young
Marshall
New York Journal
Cowboy Rowland
Deming
N. M
Wood
Wright
Omaha
Capron
Richard Harding Davis
Boston Herald
Augusti Refuses Madrid Letters from Manila June 23
Despatch from Captain General Augusi reports the grave situation in the Philippines. He remains within blockhouse lines as rebels engulf provinces and bombardments threaten entrenchments. Insurgents number about 30,000 rifles and 100,000 swords, with Aguinaldo urging surrender which Augusi rejects to defend Spain. Over 1,000 troops sick and 200 wounded. Mindanao and Visayas islands report local victories and Malay chiefs seeking Spanish alliance.
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Madrid
Augusti
Manila
Aguinaldo
Spain
Viscayas
Mindanao Islands
Arco
Mindanao
Arbitration trio named for US Canada Quebec talks
The United States will be represented by Hon. John A. Kasson of Iowa and Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts, joining Sir Louis H. Davies and Sir Richard Cartwright. The commission will handle disputes on the Alaskan frontier, Bering Sea sealing, alien labor laws, Atlantic fisheries, and tariffs. Quebec was chosen for its climate.
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Montreal
United States
Quebec
John A. Kasson
Iowa
George Frisbee Hoar
Massachusetts
Louis H. Davies
Richard Cartwright
Marine and Fisheries
Trade and Commerce
Wilfrid Laurier
Great Britain
Canada
Bering Sea
US stance seen on Camara detention at Port Said
In government circles in London it is believed the United States does not want Camara detained at Port Said. It is thought the local consul acted independently in protesting coal grants. If Spain is denied canal access, a precedent could block US warship passage to the far east via the canal during the war.
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London
United States
Port Said
Far East
Galatea Wrecked Off Hammond's Knoll
The British ship Galatea under Captain Curd from Hamburg to Sydney has wrecked at Hammond's Knoll. The crew were saved by lifeboat and reached Yarmouth. Loss estimated at 100000 pounds. Galatea built in Port Glasgow in 1884.
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London
Curd
Hamburg
Sydney
Hammond's Knoll
Yarmouth
Port Glasgow
Belief and disbelief in Madrid on current affairs
In Madrid on June 28 it is believed the Spanish squadron will enter the Suez canal today. The government does not credit reports of an American squadron visiting Spanish waters, but says precautions will be taken.
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Madrid
Suez Canal
Cuban Hospital At Juragua Plans Frontline Support
June 28 Juragua Cuba Gen Shafter travels to the front for a consultation with Gen Wheeler and division commanders. Permanent hospital arrangements will be provided here immediately.
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Juragua
Cuba
Shafter
Wheeler
Terror Defeated by St Paul Off San Juan
Navy bulletin notes Captain Sigsbee’s role in disabling the torpedo boat destroyer Terror and driving a Spanish cruiser and gunboat to cover. The St Paul engaged the Terror, which sank and required tow to harbor. the action boosts Sigsbee’s reputation and suggests merit in US blockade efforts at San Juan harbor.
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Washington
Navy Department
Sampson
Yale
Sigsbee
San Juan
Porto Rico
Terror
St. Paul
Maine
San Juan Harbor
Spain
Congress
Dewey
Hobson
New York Newsmen Captured Near Siboney Cuba
A Sun cable from Siboney near Santiago reports two newspaper correspondents from Boston and Cincinnati missing for two days after capture by Spaniards. Edward Marshall, wounded near Sevilla, remains aboard the hospital ship Olivette with bleak recovery prospects.
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New York
The
Sun
Siboney
Santiago de Cuba
Boston
Cincinnati Journal
the Sun
Edward Marshall
Sevilla
Olivette
No Truth in Chilean Cruiser O Higgins Sale Report
Flint & Co. received a Valparaiso dispatch from Beech & Co. denying a Chilean cruiser O Higgins sale to Spain. The report of the sale had circulated but is stated as false by the agents.
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Spain
New York
Flint & Co
Beech & Co
Valparaiso
Chile
O’higgins
The War and U S Aims in Cuba
Fred Perry Powers argues in July Lippincott's that American involvement in Cuba may be driven by compassion for Cubans or desire for vengeance over the Maine disaster. He contends the result will be the removal of Spain's Captains-General and a shift of Europe’s balance, signaling the past’s exit from the continent of the future.
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Maine
Europe
Fred. Perry Powers
Lippincott's
Not Every Man Needs Carter’s Cough Balsam
Not every man has a cough but many are wise enough to use Carter's Cough Balsam to dispel it. A loc of users quotes the product as effective. Available at Carter & Sherburne drug store on Merrimack and Bridge streets in large and small sizes priced twenty five and fifty cents respectively.
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Carter
Carter & Sherburne
Merrimack
Bridge Streets
Hood's Pills Cure Liver Ills and Indigestion
An old advertisement promoting Hood's Pills as a remedy for liver ailments biliousness indigestion and headaches. Claims easy usage and operation for relief and health.
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HOOD
California Catarrh Cure Gains Lowell Popularity
California Catarrh Cure is rapidly expanding in Lowell with thousands using it and claims to relieve catarrh and related symptoms. A testimonial from Frank M. Clusky cites immediate relief after using a bottle bought at Ellingwood's, endorsing its preventive and curative effects on hay fever and summer colds. Sold by all druggists at 60 cents, three for a dollar.
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Frank M. Clusky
Market Street
Lowell
Ellingwood’s
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Dolphin
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O'Higgins
California
Ewbury
Sunapee Lake
Ocean House
Swampscott, Mass
J. R. Mead
Aliso
Hamilton
Bermuda
Oban
York Be
York Beach
F. C. Ellis & Co
Courier-Citizen Ofice
P. Beans
Prescot’ Street
Gardner Bros
Pine Street
Lowell Highlands
Taylon Roohng
A. Taylor
Humphrey Street
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