Spain Accepts Peace Terms and Surrenders Islands
Spain agrees to relinquish Cuba Porto Rico Guam and the Philippine Islands for 20 million dollars United States and Spain move to draft treaty articles in Paris while negotiations extend to related issues including Caroline Islands and future trade.
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Paris
Spain
United States
Peace Commission
Cuba
Porto Rico
Guam
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Provisions of the Treaty with Spain and War Costs
A brief outline of the treaty provisions cites cessions of Porto Rico Guam and the Philippine archipelago to the United States for 20 million and related items. It lists war costs for Spain and the United States including losses, ind emnity, and totals, plus territorial gains in Porto Rico the Philippines and potential Cuba.
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Spain
Porto Rico
United States
Guam
Ladrones
Philippine Archipelago
Carolines
Kusaie
Uelan
Eceu Veeae
Otal Sagiveersnermvenecs
Maing Vo
Cereus Eer
Ceeee
Maine
Islands
Philippines
Napa
Cuba
Cornell Graduate Drowns Testing Ice on Canal
Wilson Klinger of Manhattan Will County HL a nonregistered Cornell graduate student in pedagogy drowned in the Fall Creek hydraulic laboratory canal. After five hours of dredging his body surfaced late in the afternoon. The 29 year old prepared for a professorship at Missouri State College.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Wilson Klinger
Manhattan
Will County
Cornell
Hydraulic Laboratory
Fall Creek
Klinger
Cornell University
Missouri State College
Tle
Supreme Court allows Fox River surplus water use in Wisconsin
Justice Shiras delivered a decision for the Green Bay and Fox River Canal Company. The ruling grants use of surplus waters but preserves government control over extraction points. It reverses the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Shiras Monday
Green Bay & Ar Oe Canal Company
Patten Mdper Company
Fox River
Wisconsin
Canal Company
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Canvass Shows Large Vote on Banking Law Amendment
The secretary of state's office reports the official canvass of the banking law amendment. Repeal has 324,656 votes to 55,773 against. Cook County totals are 45,389 for and 15,? against.
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Springfield
Secretary of State
Cook County
Havoc of the Storm Rips Coast as Portland Sails Lost
Boston reports a toll of over 70 lives from wrecked tugs schooners and coal barges during a weekend gale. The steamer Portland, with 97 aboard, is missing amid widespread destruction from Cape Cod to New London. Wrecks litter Boston harbor and beaches as rescue crews heroically save survivors.
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Boston
Portland
Massachusetts Bay
Penobscot
New London
Cape Cod
New England
Gloucester
Vineyard Haven
Nantasket
Cohasset
Scituate
Manchester
Plymouth
Salem
Portsmouth
Boston & Portland Steamship Company
Here
Provincetown
Storm wrecks and lost crews flood New England shores
Wrecked vessels include the Ohio, Edgar Loster, Crowell, Juanita, Glorianna, Chiswick, Startle, Elizabeth, Frederick W Walton and Doenum with multiple crew losses. Bodies wash ashore at Cohasset and Scituate. ice delays identifications as tempests devastate Natasket and Revere beaches. Wreck and property losses reach into the thousands.
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Steamship
Ohio
Spectacle Island
Edgar L Oster
Brant Rock
Lla
Crowell
Juanita
Glorianna
Cohasset Beach
Chiswick
Scisiute
Startle
Lizzie Lee
Frederick W. Walton
Doenum
South Boston
B. R. Woodside
Toddy's Rock
J.C. Mahoney
Naughshead
Mortis TL
Blackrock
C. A. White
Pluscullen
Flying Cloud
Marblehead Neck
Columbia
Scituate Beach
Bargs
Consolidated Coal Company
Point Allerton
Sarges MacAuley
Lscott
Navesink
Falmouth
Cohasset
All Beach
Natasket
Revere
Beachmont
Postal Service Reports Big Increases and War-Era Reforms
The annual report of First Assistant Postmaster-General Perry S. Heath is released. It cites $31,026,000 requested for the next fiscal year for the office, with $17,000,000 for postmaster salaries and $11,800,000 for clerk hire. It urges strict enforcement against postmasters enlarging salaries and irregular stamp sales, notes extensive military postal work during the Spanish War, and highlights plans to expand the money order system and free delivery service to additional post offices. The Cuba and Philippine posts are covered, with Kempner proposing layoffs and staff transfers in Havana. Free delivery begins at 59 offices, adding 215 carriers at $87,000.
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Washington
Perry S. Heath
Heath
Nrort Sumter
Appomattox
Kempner
Cuba
Havana
United States
Supreme court outlines new bankruptcy rules effective Jan 2 1899
Justice Gray announced that the state supreme court under the national bankruptcy act of 1898 framed and promulgated new rules. They take effect Monday January 2 1899, with proceedings conducted in line with the act and 1867 regulations, though full distribution is delayed for revision.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Justice Gray
Supreme Court
Confession of a Millionaire Promotes Health Restoratives
A millionaire credits hard work for his wealth and now pursues health by rebuilding with Hostetters Stomach Bitters. The ad touts the tonic as restoring health to the exhausted body and brain by targeting the stomach, alleviating nervousness sleeplessness dyspepsia and indigestion.
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Hostetter
Comic Quip About Wife by Cleveland Leader
A Cleveland Leader quip notes a man praising his wife Mrs Negley for bearing his jokes without the martyr stare or steering the talk, suggesting happiness depends on patience with a spouse. The remark frames a light marital observation and humor about storytelling at home.
North-Western Line Offers Favorable Cali Travel Rates
The Chicago & North-Western Railway promotes excellent service to California with single and round-trip ticket discounts for the season. Daily through trains with first-class or tourist sleeping cars, personally conducted tourist car parties weekly to California and Oregon, and many route options without extra charge. Inquiries welcome at Chicago & North-Western Depot and connecting lines.
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California
Californian
Oregon
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
War ends with pension and mortgage paid off
An elderly speaker reflects on the war's end, noting John has his pension and the mortgage is paid. She imagines a future where another war would allow painting the house and replacing the barn door, in a wishful, rural domestic moment.
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Atlanta Constitution
Cough Remedies and Quack Ad Fragments
A collage of patent medicine pitches and tongue in cheek quips. Advertisements push Kemp's Balsam Laxative Bromo Quinine Tiblets and St Jacobs Oil while quotes reference love and football colors.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Notice
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure failure. Endorsers state trust in F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally priced 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills praised. Detroit Free Press quip included.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Cheney
Ies Z Truax
Toedo
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall’s
Grain-O: A Coffee Alternative For Sleep Still Night
The notice extols Grain-O as a non stimulating, nourishing drink that looks and tastes like coffee. It promises restful sleep for adults and children alike, urging readers to try it in place of coffee and purchase from grocers.
Piso's Cure Mythic Claims and Odd Medical Pitches
An odd compact of medical claims cites Tane's family Medicine for daily bowel movement and liver kidney effects plus cures for headaches and a price note. It also mentions Piso's Cure curing T after six years and a St Jacobs Oil slip and sling remedy reference. The piece mixes consumer notes from cities and individuals with stray animal remark about cats.
Woman Credits Vegetable Compound With Curing Ovarian Pain
Mrs Manor Bancoor of Grand Rapids Michigan says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her ovarian trouble and insomnia. She reports improved health and appetite, no more monthly pain, better color, and encouragement to other women to seek advice from Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia Ei. Pinkham
Explosion at Havana Causes Casualty and Fire
A powder blast near the Reina battery in Havana injured or killed several people after a careless handling of a powder box in a private house containing Mauser cartridges. The incident occurred on Avenue La tanta between the Santa Clara and Reina batteries.
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Havana
Reina Battery
Latanta
Santa Clara
Reina
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