News of the World dispatches on Cuba and Philippines
The item reports American militarist and diplomatic moves in Cuba and the Philippines. It notes predicted Havana seizure in weeks, U S demands on Spain for the Philippines, Gen. Wood and Lawton actions in Santiago and Porto Rico, new troops and naval plans, maritime transit of prisoners, presidential deliberations on admiral appointments, and local governance shifts as the war and peace processes unfold. It also mentions autonomy talks, Cuban petitions, and postwar arrangements like postal organization and customs reforms. The summary compiles multiple briefs from a broad war coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
American Peace Commission
Spain
Philippines
Chajilain Freeman
Croleer Baitimors
Drowaning
Gen. Garcia
Santiago
Porto Rico
General Lawton
United States
da Wisconsin
David J. Hill
Rochester
Stle
Lee
West Point
Wood
Army
Georgia
South Carolina
J. J. Ingots
Kansas
Manila
Cuban National Party
McKinley
Obdam
Congress
Dewey
Somiste
King
Honolulu
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
War Inquiry
Joseph Wheeler
War Department
Lawton
Merritt
Paris
Camp Wikert
Montauk Point
Cha
Cuba
Bing
Philippine National Assembly
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Elvil
Count A. von Goetzen
William
Heath
Jaandy
Blanco
City of Washington
Donalason
Washington
Various 1898 Events Sweep US and World News
A mixed 1898 digest notes tensions and trends from wars to finance. Highlights include Mrs. Caroline Miskel Hoyt's death, battleship Illinois launched at Newport News, yellow fever spread in Mississippi and Louisiana, an Episcopal council opening in Washington, and bank suspensions in New York and Boston. Also report deaths of public figures, tax movements, Colorado Springs fire damage, and political shifts with Guggenheim nomination, Croker activity, and forest fires under control after rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Caroline Miskel Hoyt
Illinois
Newport News
Mississippi
Louisiana
Episcopal Council
Washington
Baltimore
W. FP
McLean
Biyrie
Ohio
Richard Katsenmayer
New York
Anct
James R. Keene
Congress
Pregcott
Longley
Wisconsin
Janesville
Bertha Beilstein
Allegeny
Col
Roosevelt
New York City
Colorado Springs
Sawyer
New Hampton
Colorado
Simon Guggenheim
Gould
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Richard Croker
New York State” Democratic Committee
William L. Dean
Yask ‘ Sar College
Nance Guilford
London Court
Connecticut
Jabez Fox
A. Wy. Lyman
Associated Press
Cuba
Brooklyn
Ne Aoti National Banks
Virden
Slabama
Louis Santigra
Lafayette's Paris peace envoy visit described in uproar
The article sketches Lafayette's reception in New York and New Jersey as he travels with aides and companions. Crowds fill streets, barouches parade, and officials greet him amid bonfires rockets and acclamations, highlighting public interest in the peace process and his role with the American delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat yUsee Onuello
Paris
Lafayette
America
Staten Island
Winnipeg
Yan
Fond du Lac
Victoria
Euptis
Roxbury
Numerous 1904 headlines cross nation in misc. dispatches
The report covers a wide range of items including a chemistry professor Henry E B McDermott’s suicide in New York, Jesse James connected to a Kansas robbery, navy medical vacancies filled, Roosevelt and Van Wyck nominations in New York politics, strikes and racial tensions in Indiana, Chicago and Rhode Island civic changes, a tidal flood in Brunswick Georgia, disasters from a Caribbean storm, and various legal cases, trials, and government actions across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ng Bower
South Mountain
Chambersburg
Henry EB. McDermott
Columbia University
New York
Jesse James
Kansas
Kansas City
Medical Department of the Navy
Roosevelt
Pana
Washington
Ind
Robert R. Gibons
Bureau County
Princeton
Bloridge T. Gerry
Robert Goelet
Rhode Island
Chattanooga
John Bult
Prairie du Chien
Hawaiian Islands
District of Columbia
United Stites
Oregon
W. Corbett Joadlng
Brunswick
Hhenry George
Wenner
Henry McDonald
Pierre
Burn A. Tutte
Brooklyn
China
Hankow
Yang Tse Klang
Canton
Eli Shaw
Camden
N. 3
Big Brande
Budd
California
Cordelia Botkin
John P. Driving
Joshua PF. Deane
Newport News Company
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
The
Bath Company
Lewis, Nixon & Co
Bear Island
Sumor
F. G. Rudolph
Paducah
Charles
Grath
C. M. Merquoit
Siss
Georgia
South Carolina
United States
Quay
Richard R. Quay
Charles H. McKee
Pittsburg
Walter Lyon
Supreme Court
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Augustus van Wyck
Justice van Wyck
World News Wrap: Demands, Trials, and Diplomacy
A Dreyfus protest leads to multiple arrests while the czar departs Crimea for Copenhagen to attend Denmark’s queen funeral. In Africa German forces clash with rebels at Aposea. Eight Pekin attackers face public punishment as China apologizes. U.S. commissioners push for territorial cession. Dewey ships head to China to protect Americans at Peking. Crete crisis prompts powers to demand Turkish troop withdrawal. Paris reports Cambon to the United States, Aubigny to Munich, with Cambon moving to Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreyfus
Crimea
Copenhagen
Denmark
Aposea
Africa
China
United States
Great Britain
Paris
Peking
Dewey
Enfrance
Italy
Russia
Crete
Tzig
D’ ‘Aubigny
Munich
M Cambon
M. Cambon
Madrid
Camera at Weddings Regarded Differently East and West
The New York Sun notes that cameras at weddings are a western standard and nearly optional in the east. Western ceremonies often include multiple photographers, with diplomacy needed to assign a camera role, while the clergyman and bridegroom remain central and decoratively framed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
New York Sun
Lovery House
Large Philippine eagle described from Samar specimen
The Philippine Islands expeditions by John Whitehead revealed the largest eagle in the world in 1896 on Samar. The bird, over forests eighty yards high, weighs sixteen to twenty pounds and surpasses the golden and harpy eagles in size and power. The sole full crown specimen rests in London’s Natural History Museum, after being shot and felled by a native hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Manila
John Whitehead
Samar
Philippines
Museum of Natural History
South Kensington
Brave Correspondents Praised by Admiral Sampson
Admiral Sampson lauds newspaper correspondents for bravery under fire in war, noting reporters seek news firsthand despite personal danger. The tribute highlights the press as a brave, duty driven force alongside soldiers, with mentions of candidates Myron W. Reed and party nominations in Wisconsin and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Sampson
Miles
W. Thompson
Leech Lake Indian trouble sparks northern panic
Reports from St Paul describe a cautious military response to unrest near Leech Lake Minnesota. Gen Bacon returns to Walker with troops after a swift patrol of Bear Island. Casualties among soldiers and civilians are listed. Residents seek protection as fears of a broader uprising grow.
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St. Paul
Get
Indiana
Walser
Leech Lake District
Walker
Bacon
Fort Snelling
Sugar Point
Gon
Redman
Leech Lake
Gaas Lake
Gov. Clough
Call
D. Sturgia
Col
Harbach
Milville Wilkinson
Willian Butler
Edward Lowe
Joan Olmstead
John Swallenstocker
Alfred Zabel
Joseph Oscar
Jennie
I. J. Sheehan
United States
Tinker
Henry Walters
Tug Jennie
Co. E
Santiago
Wilkinson l
Twin Cities
Fort
Associated Press
Cass Lake
Mace
Bear Island
Minn
Gol. Harbach
Geo. Bacon
Gus
H. Beaulle
Washington
White Earth
Reaille Lac
Beaulle
Victor
Duluth
Jen
G.rey
Tr Lake
Saya
East Shore Lake
Agath
Red Lake
Turtle Lake
WE Country
Pink Pills Said to Cure Rheumatic Pain in Frank Long
A Flushing Observer item recounts Frank Long of Lennon Michigan describing severe muscular rheumatism and limb pain after a meal. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with dramatic improvement after five doses, notes no relapse, and urges others to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
Miah
Frank Long
Lennon
Mich
Williame
Renly
Fad Rings, Eye Lockets, And Gibraltar Woes
The piece notes fashion turning to birthday stone jewelry and a Paris revival of a painted ivory eye locket. It mentions Grenadier Guards at Gibraltar facing high rents, wives unhappy with displacements, and hints that life abroad isn’t carefree for notable Europeans and English families alike.
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Paris
Grenadier Guards
Gibraltar
Botal Ife
Cheuse Omelet Recipe From Historical Print
Three eggs and water with salt and cayenne mixed with Parmesan cheese. Melt butter, heat pan until blue smoke, pour in eggs, stir as edges set, then fold and finish with cheese. Suitable for a vegetarian dinner.
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Abell
Ture
CIGARS, Fire Destroys 10000 Matt Orders
A blaze near Shanghai on Oct damaged a warehouse area used for beer and tobaccos. The fire destroyed approximately 10,000 matte orders and caused widespread property damage. Local authorities investigated the scene and reported no immediate injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Yawenkee Beer
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News OF the World
Matanzas
Nta
Cillo
Lopez
Aguinalde
Severa
Barouche
Camera
Sia
Ishg
Myron W. Reed
Wiscon' i
Gen. Bacon
Lis
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