Petition for review of naval court findings on Santiago battle
Admiral Schley petitions President to review and set aside parts of a naval court endorsement. He argues the court failed to report its view on who commanded at Santiago and disputes the legality and sufficiency of the blockade and the dissenting opinions of Admiral Dewey. The lengthy petition stresses authority questions and seeks direct approval of the presiding officer’s views.
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Army
United States
Santiago
G Harbor
Admiral Dewez
Court of Inquiry
Ciies
Henyeth
Schley
Delvey
Houtse
Sandy
Lctéry
Sehley
the Navy
Inourt
Swithin
Admiral Schley
Isador Rayner
James Parker
M.A. Teaigue
Gare
Amusement Booking At The Opera House
The article notes the Opera House booking featuring James B Mackey and Louise Sanford in Grimes Cellar Door, possibly their last season together, with plans for a new play next season by Mackie. It also mentions Louise Sanford in a photo for The Great White Diamond and Walter Fessler appearing Monday evening at the Jonas House in The Great White Diamond.
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Grimes
James B. Mackey
Louise Sanford
Opera House
Walter’ Fessler
Jonera House
Roxana's Claim at the opera house Friday night likely thrills crowds
A fragmentary notice highlights Roxana's Claim a travel stage piece with Gatling gun and cavalry set in Colorado camps during mining fever. It notes success in Great Britain, cites Dowling and Miss Day, and mentions local resident Mr Fessler and a recovering illness testimonial for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from E Demick of Somerville Indiana.
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Roxana
Opera House
United States
Colorado
Mr. Dowling
Miss Day
Death-obsessed farmer hoards coffin and seeks rebirth
John Sammons of Goshen New York distrusted death after buying a heavy oak coffin in York and storing it for years. He built a vault on his farm and invited 500 mourners for a mock funeral but remained alive. He later claimed souls transmigrate into animals, keeping a hen and a cow as vessels of his relatives. Dispatch from Goshen NY to the New York Sun.
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John Sammons
Bullville
York
John
Sammons
Montgomery
Lee
Rch
Ter
Goshen
N/Y
New York Sun
Point of View and a Soldier’s Wry Wound Joke
A reunion tale shows ex-officers debating battle wounds. A colonel claims he was wounded at Antietam, his nose spared, provoking wry banter about fate and fortune. Hood's Sarsparilla is recommended as a real tonic for convalescence after serious illness.
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Army of the Cumberland
Coleonel B
Antietam
Lippincott's
Hood
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E. Demick
Somerville
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Pomeilund
Cantor
Sea Yard
Hale
la Grippe
Roy Kemp
Angola
Foley
Paisley Pharmacy
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John Bull
Publishers’ Press Cable
London
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Paris
Moone
Jeterton Street
Henry Seroul
James W. Scully
Charles A. Painter
Henry Sproul & Co
New York
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Ihicago
Pittsburg Stock Exchanges
Chicate Board of Trade
D. A. Moore
Bell
Citizeny
G, B. Zahniser
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Clentdenin Block
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