Bound for Manila from Honolulu with Nebraska volunteers
Theodore Rohn writes from Honolulu in June 1898 about enlisting in the Thurston Rifles Nebraska regiment under Gen Merritt and Capt Taylor. He describes camp life in Lincoln and San Francisco, discipline, California hospitality, voyage to Manila aboard multiple transports, sea conditions, a death at sea, quarantine in Honolulu, and hopes Monticello readers will raise a new company to join at Manila.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Monticello
Coxsee
Omaha
Thurston Rifles
Thurston
Nebraska
Green
Merritt
Taylor
Lincoln
San Francisco
California
Bay
Golden Gate
Pacific Ocean
China
Senator
Zealandia
Colon
Frisco
Geddes
Co. C
Beatrice
Manila
Cal
Tuszopors
Recruits and Rain Hit Jacksonville War Letters
Soldiers in Jacksonville recount daily life in July 1898 during the Spanish American War. Recruits arrive from New Jersey, paydays loom, tents sog, and rough riders perform near the camp while Gen. Lee reviews 10 000 infantry and 700 cavalry.
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Jacksonville
Florida
the Express
Ufe
New Jersey
Lee
Torrey
Wyoming
Iowa
Virginia
Carolina
Chas. Hughes
Express
Campbell
Happenings in Wyomina and surrounding towns
Haying winds down in the area. Visitors include A G Brown at the Omaha Exposition and Mrs C M Jamison with her children from Monmouth Illinois. A windstorm caused corn and hay damage while Woodman picnic plans progress for August 11 with State Deputy Geo Alberts expected to speak.
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A. G. Brown
Omaha
Robert Waite
Anamosa
C. M. Jamison
Monmouth
Illinois
J. M. Wherry
J. A. Nicoll
W. F. Waite
Monticello
Muquoketa
Eby's Mill
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
M. E. Church
Hartman
Barker
Fairview Township
2. M. Babcock
H.N. Fordham
A. M. Loomis
W. J. Beckwith
Local Notes From Onslow And Cass July 12
Onslow reports visits by Mrs Hattie Lamey and children to Chicago and various locals including Miss Pearl Hubbard of Monmouth. The new schoolhouse work accelerates while J H Cooksey heads to Rock Island for government harness work. A Tebo boy injured on the Fourth remains bedbound but improving. In Cass county Elmer Bowers is sick and Orrie Condit has a runaway en route to the creamery. Recruiters for the front were too late to join Cedar Rapids efforts.
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Onstow
Hattie Lamey
Chicago
Toa
Harlo Byerly
Anamosa
Pearl Hubbard
Monmouth
C. C. Cooley
J. H. Cooksey
Rock Island
Tebo
Eva Byerly
Nettie Paul
Jessie Brown
Wm. Livingston
Templars
Geo. Miller
Wyoming
Lyman Osborne
Minnesota
Merritt
Omaha Exposition
Illinois
Bray
Local News Roundup From Center Junction and Surrounding Area
Center Junction notes H W Shipley near completion of a new house. Wim Abel the Chicago horse buyer visits town. E J Lyons plans an addition to his home. Clara Richardson heads to Sidney. Carson Cartwright and Sprague travel to Maquoketa for a game. Dreibelbis and Hall buy A Robertson’s meat market. O Connor seeks to organize a Mystic Workers lodge. County clerk J A Hartman reviews fences. W H Davis expands his house. Canty and Riley attend the Omaha Exposition. Wind mill installed on Mgs L D Parshal farm near Canton. Bitter line questions bull fights in Madrid.
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Center Junction
H.W. Shipley
Wim, Abel
Chicago Horse
E. J. Lyons
Clara Richardson
Sidney
Carson, Cartwright and Sprague
Maquoketa
Dreibelbis and
Hall
A. Robertson
O’connor
Mystic Workers of the World
J. A. Hartman
W. H. Davis
T. E. Canty
Mrs. Riley
Omaha
Tye
Ben Smith
Garry Carson
J. Robertson
Mgs. L. D. Parshal
Canton
Madrid
Campers, visitors, and pulpit plans mark Scorcn Grove notes
Scorcn Grove reports visits from Mrs. John Sutherland in Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Botele with her grandson Shock in Washington D C. Wyoming campers enjoy near Eby's mill. Rev Dager from Cincinnati will lead summer services after two weeks of preaching. Bert Mackrill mourns a horse death caused when a wagon frightened the animal, ending its life quickly.
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Scorcn Grove
John Sutherland
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming
Eby’s Mill
J. Botele
Shock
Washington D. C
Elmer Maxson
Dager
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bert Mackrill
Harvest notes and social items from Castle Grove
Oat harvesting began this week in Castle Grove. F. Hosford shipped a calf to Mankato Minnesota. Doctor Dirkson of Oxford Junction visited nearby. J A Hubbard's team ran away recently causing little damage. Stella Davis of St Peter visits Castle Grove relatives. Mrs A W Cramer and Edith visit Uniontown last week. A ten pound girl welcomed to KE A Clark home. A monument erected in Castle Grove cemetery for G A Gill. F D McLaughlin remodeled his barn enlarging the hay mow. Sewing society reschedules. next meeting with Mrs A W Cramer on Thursday August 4.
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Castle Grove
QO. F. Hosford
Mankato
Minnesota
Dirkson
Oxford Junction
J. A. Hubbard
Stella Davis
St. Peter
A. W. Cramer
Edith
Uniontown
KE. A. Clark
G. A. Gill
F. D. McLaughlin
Sewing Society
Nickel Plate Road Announces Special Round Trip Fares
The notice advertises a round trip rail fare on Nickel Plate Road with travel dated July 29th. Tickets may be purchased via the secretary of the Chautauqua Assembly, with some passes valid for return within thirty days. Tickets available at the City ticket office 111 Adams Street Chicago and Van Buren Street station on the loop.
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Nickel Plate Road
The Bonny Beau Fifty Years On In New York Ledger
Mrs. M. A. Kidder writes in the New York Ledger reflecting on a half century of marriage. She recalls wedding bells, shared health over wealth, and enduring love despite changing times. The speaker recalls youth, devotion, and a steady life together.
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Moe
John
Jon
M. A. Kidder
New York Ledger
Are They Any Laundry
An essay notes how English phrasing shifts in American usage and even in London discourse. It cites a Boston Transcript observation about the question Are they any laundry and traces the term laundry from a place to the goods washed.
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Hugh Evans
Boston Transcript
Dinner at Magny's with Turgeneff in Realist Tide
Charles Ed mond hosts a dinner where the foreign writer Turgeneff, famed for Memoires d'un Seigneur Russe and Hamlet Russe, mingles with guests. Described as a gentle giant with bleached hair and blue eyes, he charms attendees while discussing Russian literature moving from novel to play in realism.
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Magny’s
Charles Edmond
Turgeneff
Russian Regiment Rescues Reeling Refugee Children
A wartime episode from the Russo Turkish conflict shows Turkish refugees fleeing toward safety as Russian troops press on. Terrified mothers drop their infants, and soldiers pause to carry the babies, prompting the general to halt the march and arrange transport for the children to safety.
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Philippopolis
Adrianople
Round Trip Fare via Nickel Plate Cleveland to Buffalo
Ticket offers a single fare round trip July 14 to 17 with water or rail route choice within final limit. For details contact J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St Chicago. Also for sale Lot 14 original Monticello plat with house, south of Proctor's. Smitt J B Smiru advertises a bargain.
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Nickel Plate Road
Cleveland
Buffalo
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago
Monticello
Proctor's
Smitt
J.B. Smiru
Reliable Apple Plum and Cherry Trees Offered for Jones County
A long established nursery promotes hardy Apple Plum and Cherry varieties suited to the local climate. They claim many unreliable sorts exist elsewhere and pledge better terms for reliable buyers in Jones county. They invite prospective purchasers to view stock and emphasize trustworthy dealings.
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Jones County
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War Vaur
RUSTA
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Philippines
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Main Street
Bender
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Roy Williams
Wm. Wilker
W. H. Pelkey
W. J. Knight
W. FP. Waite
Everett Gassett
Harry Eldred
al. Watson
Mr. Watson
Wyotiung
Wyomina
Cass
Scotch Grove
Chautauqua Lake
The
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Columbia Phonograph Company
State Street
Ill
District Court
Andrew Baer
Allersons
H. M. Carpenter
M. W. Herrick
State of
Mary Harrington
Annata Anata
F. M
Herrick
J. H. Bacher & Co
Our News Depot
Eagle Drug Store
A. Kempf
Deutsche Apotheke
ADKS
Bell, Tainter
Fdison and
Macdonald
Columbia Phonograph CO
State St
New York
Seains
St. Louis
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington Buffalo
Hoyt Bros
Hall’s Hardware
Slaughter
DEES
Goldstone Bros
Victor Bicycles
C. W. Brown
St. Vitus
Floraplexion
Franklin Hart
West
Albert C. Smith
Suffolk Dispensary
Charter St
Boston
Mass
Ronest
Cypewriter Essentials
the Smith Premier Cypewriter Co
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Monroe Street
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