Testimony links Spanish mines to Havana harbor after Maine
Senate foreign relations records reveal General Lee's claim that two rows of torpedoes were placed at Havana harbor mouth within two months after the Maine disaster. Lee cites a Weyler letter and a telegram as supporting evidence and states Blanco likely had no knowledge of the mine attack.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Cuba
Maine
Lee
Havana
Morro Castle
Frye
Santos Gusman
Weyler
Eva Canela
Blanco
Spain Scours European Waters for Warships amid Mobilization
New York reports confirm Spanish cruisers Vigeaya and Almirante Oquendo sailed from San Juan to Cape Verdes with torpedo fleet. Cadiz mobilization continues as Spain seeks merchant ships to convert into auxiliary cruisers. rumor links Saale Spree Normannia and Columbia in potential purchase and possible seizure by the U.S. Navy if war looms.
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New York
Vigeaya
Almirante Oquendo
Cape Verdes Islands
Saya
Washington
Herald
San Juan
Cadiz
Spain
Rank and Spree
Lloyds Line
Normannia
Columbia
Germany
War Risks Advance Raises South America Route Rates
New York reports marine risks climbed sharply with rates on vessels bound for the southeast coast of South America quoted at 4 percent, doubling the previous day’s figures.
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New York
South America
Spanish Minister Polo Completes Departure Preparations
Washington reports that Senor Polo has made final reparations for leaving, but no step will occur until Madrid issues specific instructions. No instructions or indications have arrived yet, though removal preparations are finished given the current situation.
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Washington
Senor Polo
Madrid
Lee's Washington Declaration Sparks Indignation in Havana
An Havana extra reports General Lee stating Spaniards exploded the Main causing public outrage. People discuss the claim in streets and cafes amid denouncements. Meanwhile large quarries in Mane install electric hoisting equipment.
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Havana
la Lucha
General Lee
Washington
Mane
Oregon Republicans Nominate Moody and Tongue at Astoria Conventions
The Republican conventions in Astoria nominated Malcolm A. Moody of Wasco County for the second district and Thos. H. Tongue of Washington County for the first district. The state convention adopted a resolution urging President McKinley to act against Spain over the Maine incident with strong Oregon backing.
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Astoria
Malcolm A. Moody
Wasco County
Thos. H. Tongue
Washington County
Eugene
McKinley
Oregon
United States
Maine
Oregon officials named in state slate
Governor T. T. Greer of Marion. Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar of Clatsop. Supreme Judge F. A. Moore of Columbia. State Treasurer Chas Moore of Klamath. State Printer W. H. Leeda of Jackson. Attorney General D. R. N. Blackburn of Linn. Superintendent of Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman of Multnomah.
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T. T. Greer
Marion
F. I. Dunbar
Clatsop
F. A. Moore
Columbia
Chas
Oregon Republicans pledge fiscal restraint and propriety in wartime unity
The text records a Republican convention in Oregon praising prosperity under GOP leadership and urging gold standard defense, anti free silver, constitutional fidelity, retrenchment, and state salmon aid. It condemns fusion with spoiled politics and stresses economy in public affairs and formal allegiance to national Republican principles. It also mentions a Western inventor’s chain propeller concept and notes Moscow’s hospital capacity, founding in 1744, with 7,000 beds and 15,000 annual child admissions assisted by 26 physicians and 900 nurses.
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Oregon
Republican Party
Republican Party of the
United States
St. Louis
Moscow
The Editorial Exchange On Cold Type And Wit
A humorous exchange quoted by the Washington Star questions if opinions must go into cold type. The writer defends his pride in the piece while the editor notes the practical work of printing may not alter its impact.
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Mach
Washington Star
Impecunious suitor and promises at the seashore
The mother questions encouragement given to a poor young man who refused to give up. The daughter admits promising marriage on a couple of occasions last summer at the seashore, but nothing more. Separately, Canada’s imports from the United States rose by 3 million dollars while imports from England fell by 3 million.
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Chicago
Canada
United States
England
Ratelff
Ratcliffe
E. M. Ratcliffe
Seattle
Man
Alaska Salmon Fisheries Bill Aims Expanded Protections
Treasury Secretary submits draft legislation to Congress proposing stronger Alaska salmon fishery protections. Recommends regulating traps, extending laws to territorial waters, prohibiting salmon cannery construction without treasury approval, annual cannery reporting, treasury agents enforcement, and raising penalties from 1000 to 5000 dollars.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Alaska
Treasury Department
Agricultural price list summary from regional markets
Wheat prices in Wheat Walla Walla Valley and Bluestem range from 80 to 83 cents per bushel. Flour and mill products list various grades and prices, oats, barley, millstuffs, hay, eggs, butter, cheese, poultry, potatoes, onions, hops, wool, mohair, mutton, hogs, beef and veal with caseloads and per unit rates.
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Walla Walla
Oregon
America
Oregon Burbanks
Commodity Price List and Trade Notes
A dense list of agricultural commodities including potatoes, butter, cheese, meat, poultry, fish, corn, barley, flour, millstuffs, hay, wheat, oats, wool, onions, butter variants, fruit, and citrus with prices per unit or per ton. Also mentions French challies in fashion and a claim about extracting petroleum from abandoned gas wells, cast with regional skepticism.
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Wakimas
Washington
California Ranch
Olympia
California
Dakota
Puget Sound
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted for Blood Purity and Health
A testimonial from C. W. Carey of Prineville Oregon praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for blood impurities and related ailments. The letter claims improved appetite, weight gain of twenty pounds, and relief from heart fluttering after taking the medicine.
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Hood
Carey
Prineville
Animals as Models in the Sketch Book of an Animal Artist
Mere dith Nugent notes in St. Nicholas that an elephant in Jardin-les-Planets required advance pay in buns and pie, then walked away if not met. A sunbear used a bone lever to reach marrow as crowds cheered. Birds inspect studios, cats enjoy cages, and Little Africa the dancer draws Detroit crowds before revealing her performer was Frank Bruesser in costume.
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Meredith Nugent
St. Nicholas
Little Africa
Detroit
Detroit Light Guard
Frank Bruesser
Bruesser
Road building and health claims dominate spring notes
An assorted column links health cures with Dr Pfunder's Oregon Blood Purifier and Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to spring cleansing. It argues better roads boost farm profits, citing New York supervisor figures that wagon transport costs halve over long distances and macadam roads raise land value and farmer wealth.
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United States
New York
Calcutta police hunt sharks in Hooghly and garbage burning rise
The Calcutta police focus on capturing sharks in the Hooghly while rewards for destroying man eaters persist. The Bengal government has set a payment scale, and a New York report notes 55 English towns burn garbage and refuse using about 10 furnaces each, generating steam for electric lighting and other uses.
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Calcutta
Hooghly
Bengal
N. Y. Sam
Cheap imitation wall coverings and a massive locomotive
The article warns against cheap kal somme substitutes passed off as the durable Alabastine claiming to be the same. It advises buying Albastine only in properly labeled packages. It notes a Great Northern locomotive of 95 tons is now in service, excluding its tender.
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Great Northern Railroad
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Testimonials
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh through constitutional treatment, urging internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for a cure failure and invite testimonials from J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. A Flemington New Jersey incident reports a horse attacked with nitric acid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggista
Th. Hall
Allen's Foot-Ease and Miscellaneous Advertisements
A collage of old ads notes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot labor relief and shoe comfort, praise for Cuban or Klondike claims, and various patent medicines. It cites testimonials, publishers, and spurious health cures, plus a claim about Castoria trademarks and a geographical note on Spain's underground Guadiana river.
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Allen
Olm Sted
Roy, N.Y
Coral church on Mahe Island in Seychelles archipelago
A coral built church on the Isle of Mahe amid the Seychelles archipelago is described. The islands lie 1,400 miles east of Aden and 1,000 miles from Zanzibar, featuring coral houses and tall tropical palms. The magnetic clock was invented by Dr. Locke of Cincinnati in 1847 48. Nebraska name origin means shallow water.
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Isle of Mahe
Seychelles
Indian Ocean
Seychelles Islands
Aden
Zanzibar
Dr. Locke
Cincinnati
Nebraska
Motherhood Promise from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine
A testimonial letter urges women with sterility to seek help from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Lucy Lytre of Jersey City credits the remedy with curing leucorrhea and womb pains, enabling pregnancy after years of medical care without success.
Timidity of an Elephant on a Indian Road
A London Spectator note recalls an elephant ridden by a mahout avoiding a small Maltese terrier trotting beside its master. The dog kept its own course as the elephant continually watched it, showing contrasting timidity and confidence. Greater New York has 1,100 clutches and over 130,000 dwelling houses within its limits.
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India
London Spectator
New York
Fragmented health note on throat and lung issues
A garbled excerpt discusses throat and lung difficulties misattributed to an offer. It mentions gnospitary wall and ceiling conditions and imagines mold layers and vermin feeding as a metaphorical stress, implying poor indoor air or housing quality.
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Peole
Hostetter
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Cedar Rapids
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Hy Kline
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Masons Chemical CO. PO
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Aler Street
Portland
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Will & Finck CO
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Southingwon
Conn
California Fig Syrup CO
Bluestone
Baker’s
la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
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Senture
Cleveland Oil & Painting. Co
Orecon
Doctor Ratcliffe
Chicago Board of Trade
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