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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1898
Page
7
An extermination crew announces readiness to combat roaches ants moths bed bugs water bugs and other pests. They promote Black Flag and Persian Powder readiness as the means to rid homes of troublesome insects.
Extensive real estate offerings in Frederick area include farms from 1.5 to 200 acres, near Frederick, Adamstown, Braddock, and other towns. Listings describe limestone tones, cultivated fields, barns, buildings, mills, and road access with various outbuildings. Also advertised are a few homes with modern conveniences and investment prospects including bonds and rental-ready properties.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to describe officials and events in a state context, mentioning secretary of state and a university setting. The legibility is too poor to identify clear names, places, dates, or outcomes for a reliable summary.
An OCR readout reports a complex coroner inquiry with mentions of Delaware college figures, a drug or poison case involving multiple pieces, and a list of locations and people connected to a broader investigation. Names and places include Philadelphia, Chicago, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Toronto, Montreal, Reading, Norfolk, Allentown, and Washington among others.
Market report shows fluctuating prices across dairy, grain, and livestock sectors. Wheat and corn demand mixed. butter and cheese steady. eggs and creamery products cited with regional pricing.
A dense assemblage of wartime blurbs, including references to Spanish fortifications and U S military observations at Cannap Worle Montauk Point, reports on Pennsylvania soldier welfare and hospital plans, and a local violence incident involving James F Corbett's family. The text mixes battlefield notes with civic wartime updates and a domestic assault report.
President Carranza's Spanish language press attaché Walling reports on renewed Mexican leadership warnings and ongoing disputes with the United States. The piece surveys U S and Spanish tensions, wartime bravado, and reflections on American naval power under Commodore Dewey with mentions of Manin and Synthase.
A young unmarried woman about 21 was found murdered in the Grand Hotel at Thirty seventh Street and Broadway. The death was caused by repeated blows to the head with a lead pipe. Detective Samuel Kennedy is questioned as a suspect, while his mother provides statements. Police suspect a robbery motive and believe the assailant tried to cover the crime by staged events.
Narrative describes American bombardment and an assault on Manila with Olympia firing the first shot. It notes Spanish defenses crumbling after key attacks, a white flag signaling surrender, and U.S. forces capturing adjacent ports while insurgents’ conduct is briefly referenced. The scene cites Admiral Dewey and the German cruiser Augusta nearby.
Dispatch from Hong Kong dated August 17 reports Admiral Dewey plans after Manila's capture to dispatch cruisers toward Mollo and Cebu to cut off Spanish gunboats. Additional missions target vessels between Labuan and Uullo and Panay gunboats at Hetana. Consul Wildman notes sea quiet until Manila arrival of the Analasia steamer carrying news of protocol and hostilities end.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered names places and terms. Readable items reference people, places and events but lack clear actions or cohesive context. The piece resembles a jumble of labels and proper nouns without a single identifiable news event.
Fragmented OCR narrative reports four thousand volunteers slated to depart Camp Thomas for Paso Review and related events. text references locations, individuals, and a fortress of unrelated terms, with unreadable sections and scattered names, dates, and places.
Aug 17 dispatch details three confirmed yellow fever cases at Key West and four at Montauk Point among volunteers and regulars. General Shafter orders discipline and quarantine. 116,000 troops mobilized, with regiments to depart within ten days for Atlantic duty as efforts to contain the disease continue.
Major General Joseph Wheeler arrives in Washington from New York amid questions about his mission. He indicates distrust of Cuban unrest and stresses that Cubans must yield to U.S. authority, while the War Department reiterates the goal to maintain order and protect people and property in the occupied areas. See also the War Department reply to Colonel Lawton confirming policy toward Cuban w people.
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