Daring Deeds Daring Deeds Big Filibuster Lands in Cuba
A Cuba landing by the Florida and Fanita under the Peoria provoked combat. Captain Jose Manuel Nunez was killed, Winthrop Chandler wounded, and Cuban insurgents sustained injuries as the flotilla reached Palonito. The Peoria and Helena shelled fortifications at Las Tunas, driving Spanish forces back. The expedition, praised by General Gomez, reached Palo Alto by dawn on July 4, marking a bold, costly raid with heavy weaponry and supply cargo aboard.
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Florida
Fanita
Peoria
Jose Manuel Nunez
Emilio Nunez
Winthrop Chandler
New York
Palonito
Cuba
United States
San Juan Fount
Trinidad
Las Tones
Tha Peoria
Nunez
Chandiur
Helena
Las Tunas
Roope
Iar
Las ‘Tynos
Palo ‘Alta
Fanila
Valta Alta
Gomez
Srouts
Palo Alto
Leak
Ryan
MgKinley
Tenth Cavalry
Dewey
Las Tumss
General Lawton and the Apache Campaign
General Miles selected Captain Lawton of the fourth cavalry to lead the hunt for Apaches in the southwest. Lawton, a Civil War veteran with a Medal of Honor, emphasized decisive action and close pursuit. Leonard Wood joined as army surgeon and became a future Rough Rider, while Lawton’s forces trailed the savages through rugged mountain trails.
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Sam
Geronimo
Lawson
Rocky Mountains
San Bernardino
Gatewood
More
Lawton
Inspector General's Department
Wood
Fourth Cavalry
Santiego
Miles
Crook
Indiana
Atlanta
Regular
Hit
Pellevas
Milés
Leonard Wood
Massachusetts
First
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
The Turk 18 Dead in Atlantic Wreck
The Turk Ismail Yousouf, famed wrestler from Seutari near Stamboul, perished with the wreck of La Bourgogne sixty miles south of Sable Island. He wore a belt loaded with $8,500 in gold. his obsession with money and food defined him, and he perished during the hand to hand scramble for lifeboats.
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Atlantic
Sable Island
la Bourrogne
Ismail Yousouf
Micer
Lner
Scarcy
Seutari
Stamboul
Yousouf
Willam A. Brady
Brady
Eleh
Yuscllt
Ike
Samson
Ideng Ag
Youseuf
Wire cutters outflank Spanish barbed wire in Cuba and Philippines
The piece notes American use of wire cutters and machetes to breach Spanish barbed wire in Cuba at Santiago and in the Philippines, with thousands of cutters issued to front lines. It contrasts American preference for pliers and cutters over machetes for most troops and cites Cuban and Filipino dynamics and supply details.
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Santiago
Quartermaster’s Department
Cuba
Uncle Sam
Tampa Ta
Philippines
Orient
Insurgenta
Trouser Fashion Sparks Husband and Wife Exchange
A clipped dialogue shows Mrs Lee noting rising costs of goods, while a husband complains his trousers fray at the bottom. He argues his dress trousers are needed for an important interview, preferring dignity and reserve amid the fashion concern.
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Lee
Areworks
John
Young bride leaves husband in Evansville marriage
Janesville reports violinist Prof. Henry Huyhe who moved from Janesville to Evansville recently married Miss Maggie A. Balle of Evansville. She now leaves him claiming she is 17 and did not realize the marriage. Huyke was a Madison resident.
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Janesville
Wis
Henry Huyhe
Evansville
Maggie A. Balle
Huyke
Madison
Grain fed to fowls must be dried and scorched slightly
A brief note warns that mouldy grain should not be fed to fowls. If properly dried in an oven and scorched a little, it becomes suitable for feeding.
Russian Colonization and the Eastern Frontier
The piece discusses Russian expansion in eastern Siberia along the Amur and Sungary regions, Vladivostok to China and Korea, highlighting a large settler colony, civil and military administration, and the potential for conflict or peaceful growth. It compares imperial Russian practices with Anglo-Saxon self reliance, cites Stephen Bonsal’s Harper's article, and notes wider Western development and liquor licensure trends in Philadelphia, plus Kipling's Requessional and England’s Heady Head cliff.
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Siberia
Amur
Sungary
Vladivostok
Mississippi Valley
Mr. Sensai
Harpera Magasin
Charles Moreau Harger
Middle West
West
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Captain Nunez
the Turk
Ismail Yousoul
China
Korea
Russia
Asia
Aglaan
Stephen Bonsal
Prairies
Pacific
Bonsa
Philadelphia
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Rudyard Kipling
England
Heady Head
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