Cuba and Manila policy under McKinley era aims
McKinley signals continued hard line against Spain in Cuba and Philippines. Plans call for rapid homecoming of Santiago troops except artillery, garrisoning with immunes, and a military governor to restore order, revive economy, and resume New York steamship links. Officers confirm brutal guerrilla killings and discuss Cuban allies’ treatment of captured Spanish soldiers.
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McKinley
Spain
Santiago
Shuster
Cuba
New York
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Chicago
Mr. Hearst
New York Journal
Washington
Crop Prospects Fall as Acreage Shrinks Across States
July grain crop report from the Department of Agriculture shows a 3 percent drop in corn acreage from last year with Illinois down 502,000 acres, Iowa 303,000, Missouri 661,000, Kansas 722,000, and Nebraska 482,000. Winter and spring wheat conditions are detailed alongside state averages and notes on oats, barley, rye, potatoes, tobacco, apples, and wool yield.
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Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
California
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Washington
Regon
extends weather bureau service across Caribbean region
President McKinley plans a major expansion of the Weather Bureau with an order to establish observing and reporting stations around the Caribbean. An appropriation of 75000 was provided to fund the system, with sites proposed for Trinidad St Kipps Barranquilla Curaçao Martinique Haiti the Barbadoes and San Domingo. Existing stations at St Thomas Kingston Jamaica and Havana continue operation as negotiations with governments proceed. Daily storm notices will aid commerce across Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Windward and Leeward waters.
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McKinley
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Trinidad
St. Kipps
Barranquila
Curacoa
Martinique
Hayti
Barbadoes
San Domingo
St. Thomas
Kingston
Jamaica
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Windward
Leeward Islands
Bad Outlook in Alaska Amid Klondike Reports
Passengers from the Klondike on the Hattie S Phillips report widespread ill health and harsh conditions. Boston miner W F Pinkham, sent by an eastern syndicate, is frostbitten and confined to his room. Dawsons capitalists attempted to corner the flour market but miners offered surplus to locals at cost. Flour fell from 75 to 8 per sack. gold dust sells for 15 per ounce. Portland's T D Watson sees hard times. no credit system, cash required to avoid starvation.
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Klondike
Hattie S. Phillips
W. F. Pinkham
Boston
Ek Klondike
Dawson
T. D. Watson
Portland
Ore
Dole to Be Acting Governor for Hawaiian Islands
President Dole is slated to serve as acting governor when U S jurisdiction begins. Senator Cullom’s Hawaiian commission will sail from San Francisco on the Alameda, departing August 10, with accommodations arranged. Albert Berry, Kentucky congressman’s son, named sergeant at arms for the mission.
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Hawaiian Commission
Honolulu
Dole
Hawaii
United States
Senator Cullom
Hawaiian Legislative Commission
San Francisco
Alameda
Albert Berry
Representative Berry
Kentucky
Morro Castle and Spanish Navy Mockery in War Commentary
A dramatic war editorial asserts Spain’s navy is shattered after battles with Sampson and Schley. It predicts further gains in the Caribbean and Pacific, adds the Ladrone Islands to Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines, praises Shafter and Sampson, and mocks Spain’s cabinet and strategy while noting Cervera’s fleet is finished.
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Morro Castle
Spain
Ladrone Islands
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Sampson
Schley
Shafter
Cervera
Spanish Board of Strategy
Ueet
War History of a Week in Cuba and Philippines
Refugees flee Santiago as Gen Shafter faces feeding strains while damage to the battleship Town threatens eastern squadron moves. Reports note German and French probing intervention, Madrid peace talks, and Cervera's fleet prisoners. Firing at Santiago continues as bombardment resumes after a truce.
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Santiago
Shafter
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
France
Philippines
Mel Minley
Linares
Austria
Spain
Madrid
Admiral Cervera
Portsmouth
N. H
St. Louis
Brooke
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Miles
Santiago de Cuba
Infanta Maria Teresa
Cervera
Sampson
Wheeler
Sagasta
McKinley
Dewey
Isla de Grande
Subig Bay
Raleigh and Concord
Toral
United States
San Juan
Porto Rico
Cologne
Florida
Fanita
Peoria
Palo Alto
Cuba
Jose Manuel Nunez
Winthrop Chanler
Rough Riders
Blanco
Chaffee
Harvard
Barcelona
Gen. Shafter
Sparks from the Wires. Major Rogers fire destroys twenty blocks
A fire in Rogers Texas razed twenty business blocks, the blaze prompting emergency actions in the town. Offshore, Chili warns Argentina with an August 15 deadline to settle a boundary dispute. U.S. immigration shows a sharp recent drop. A 75 by 57 feet American flag was raised in Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania, claimed as the largest in the world.
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Rogers
Texas
Chili
Argentina
United States
Mauch Chunk
Patriotic Duty: Making Americans of Our Children
A London based American, eager to serve amid war fervor after the Maine disaster, cannot return home but vows to shape a patriotic upbringing for his son. He tutors a weekly American history course, from colonial beginnings to the Constitution, through engaging stories and disciplined summaries. The father finds the work rewarding and believes fathers can instill national identity at home to produce true Americans.
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London
Maine
Reid
Thirteen Colonies
Lexington
Yorktown
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Louisiana
Was Reared by the Indians Story of Harbridge’s life
A man named Harbridge died at Glen Cove after a life raised by Rocky Mountain Indians who kidnapped him as a child. He knew nothing of his birth parents or origin, kept from him by the tribe who treated him well yet shaped him to savage ways. As a young man he left the tribe, learned civilized customs, and later pursued various trades before taking up fishing in the East.
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Harbridge
Glen Cove
Kennebec Journal
Chickamauga
Louisville
Mansfield
Timi
Tampa
Washington
Jacksonville
J. A. Watwous
Chicago Times-Herald
Fiesti
Philadelphia
Times
Pipestone Quarry Red Stone Carried Across Lands
In Southwestern Minnesota a famed quarry yields a soft red stone used by Native peoples to carve pipes. It is likely unique in America and possibly the world. The material circulated among many tribes and appeared in graves from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and as far west as the Rockies and British America.
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Minnesota
America
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
British America
Paper windows and new milky glass panes
Paper panes imitate milky glass allowing light through while blocking heat. Inventors tout this as a boon for green houses offering cheap, durable glazing that lasts for years.
Conquer the Apaches by Civilization Claim
An Arizona paper argues that civilization can conquer the Apache people. It notes the main Apache faction, about 5,000 individuals, resides near San Carlos and has produced only one serious criminal in five years. The piece asserts turning enemies into friends as the best strategy.
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Arizona
San Carlos
The Battle Fields and Camp Tales of Civil War Memory
In vivid reminiscence a veteran recalls scares of poisoned wells and pies during campaigns near Chickamauga, Louisville and later camps. He details the failed water tester scam, pie sales as morale raisers, and homefront warnings, ending with lighter anecdotes about encounters with Abe Lincoln and a shirker cured by a river dip.
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Capitol
Congressional Library
White House
National Museum
Washington Monument
Camp Alger
Internal Revenue
Bu’reau
Post Office Department
Mkoh
Paramount Blount
Lucian Young
Thurston
Admiral Miller
Government Palace
Manila
Philippine Islands
Treasury Department
Congress
Commodore Watson
Uncle Sam
Ceuta
Straits of Gibraltar
Alaska
Duffield
Chickamaug
Dave’ Sadiller
Richmond
David
Lincoln
Hoss
Abe
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