The Battle of Manzanillo 1898
An account of the Manzanillo engagement during the Spanish American War. The Little Hornet, along with the Hist and Wampatuck, attacked a crescent of Spanish gunboats in Manzanillo harbor, endured heavy fire, and disabled the Hornet after a direct duel with shore batteries and enemy ships.
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Uncle Sam
Hist
Hornet
Manzanillo
Necuero Bay
Manzanido
Wampatuck
Negueron
Manzanillo Harbor
Caimanero Point
Hoard
Heroes of Manzanillo Echo in Jungen Day Tribute
The account praises Lieutenant Jungen of the Wampatuck for rescuing the Hornet under heavy fire near Manzanillo Harbor. It notes Captain Helm’s calm leadership on the Hornet and compares fortunes to Hobson at the Merrimac, claiming Jungen’s courage saved the crew and ensured two gunboats and a sloop with soldiers were sunk.
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Spain
Manzanillo
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Cevera
U. S
J. M. Helm
U. S. Navy
Sampson
Dent
Jamaica
Santiago
Cape Cruz
Cape Cras
Emanuel Beaul
Key West
Benito Estenger
RB. Nickerson
Lucian Young
Jungen
Jung
Oienfuegos
Captaina Helm and Jungen
Hornet
Wampafaick
Oficern
Young
Fyrifia
Hobson
Merrimac
Helm
Wampatuck
United States
Uncle Sam
Havana
Manzanillo Harbor
Richmond Hill
Joke on the Doctor and the Candy Capers
At the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women a physician finds three or four girls on a bench discussing a chunk of candy. The biggest girl explains she was influenced by the one who tells the biggest mewing. The doctor expresses embarrassment, recalling how he did not tell. The smallest girl urges to give him the candy.
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Freeds
New York Medical College
Mel
New York Tribune
Philadelphia Times
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Chicago Post
I -Philadlphia
Mrs. McBride
Mr. McBride
Detroit Free Press
Freddy
Johnnie
The Charming Sultan Abdul Hamid Charms Visitor
Dr. Herzl reports to the Lone Daily Mail that Abdul Hamid is a courteous charming ruler. He notes the Sultan stays informed on modern life and lacks medieval notions, presenting a surprisingly benevolent image despite his potentate status.
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Sultan
Abdul Hamid
Dr. Herzl
Daily Mail
Erie Sultan
Lfe
Brazilian Doctor Caldas Seeks Commission for Yellow Fever Work
Dr Foelippe Caldas, a Brazilian physician with eighty years in practice, reports a discovery he believes will overcome yellow fever. He awaits an American commission to oversee Cuba experiments and plans to go to the island soon. He has developed a serum and a vaccine, claiming success in immunizing those exposed and curing hopeless cases. His aim is to reduce fear of the disease for humanity.
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Foelippe Caldas
Caldas
Cuba
Mexico
Brasil
Yellow fever triumphs hailed as Doctor Generals lead relief
A Harper’s Weekly excerpt praises U S leaders like Doctor Maj Gorgas and Surgeon Maj Havard for their Cuban relief mission. It lauds the term Doctor General Wood and defends their elevated title as fitting for men in arduous military medical service.
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Cuba
Gov. Wood
Wood
Gorgas
Havard
Harper’s Weeky
The Brave Fly Saves Wallet and Diamond Stud
A Louisville & Nashville train car at Tenth street station becomes the scene of a petty thief attempt as a fly awakens and disturbs a sleeping Cincinnati merchant. The distracted man wakes in time to stop the theft, clutching his wallet and diamond, while the heroic insect flies away.
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Cincinnati
Louisville & Nashville
Tenth Street
King Edward Changes View On Women Smoking
English papers recount a tale from the Prince of Wales era showing a guest smoking in a billiard room. The scene ends with the prince’s shocked comment, illustrating a shift from his earlier permissive attitude to a stricter view on women smoking.
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Edward
Prince of Wales
Prince's Grim Reply Delays Death Urgently
A sharp retort quoted by the New York Press sees the Prince tell a madam to delay her death. The line underscores a tone of fatal insistence and theatrical irony within a historical column.
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New York Press
Kansas City's Lottery Brews Hope and Hype
A Kansas City dispatch reports a lottery fever to raise funds for a convention hall. Tickets cost 25 cents for a chance at cash prizes up to 15 000 dollars plus donated merchandise. Clairvoyants sell tips for a dollar, claiming secret numbers and dream leads as residents bet on outcomes.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Custom dictates widow's marriage timing in Sumatra wind
In Sumatra the flag at a widow’s door marks her status. If the wind keeps the flag intact, she remains single. once the flag tears, even slightly, she may remarry. This unique etiquette ties social remarriage to a physical sign of wind and time.
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Sumatra
Missouri horse and mule exports bring nine million dollars
Exports of horses and mules from Missouri last year totaled nine million dollars with much of the revenue derived from foreign buyers. A preacher in Ottawa Kansas is seeking the man who altered the church door from Key at Nice to Key at the parsonage.
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Missouri
Ottawa
Kas
Nice
Circus Day in Groveland Town Remembered Fondly
Old editor Edwin L. Sabin recalls circus day in Groveland with boys chasing wagons, the tent setup, parades, and a line of colorful acts. He names a few figures like Twin Jones, Babe Smith, and Chub Lewis, noting playful banter and a mood of fearless youth.
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Jinks
Parsons
Twin” Jones
Henge
Babe” Smith
Chub” Lewis
Congress
Tewan
Edwin L. Sabin
Puck
Quips and Quirks From Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of wry jokes and witticisms from periodicals includes a coal dealer’s pun on a ton, playful exchanges about possessions and marriage, social banter on aging, fashion, and love, plus childlike mischief about swimming and dry clothes.
Scots Pasture Leases and Sheep Dependence
William E. Curtis notes from the Chicago Record-Herald via Mr. Phipps of Pittsburg that Scottish custom requires landlords to buy tenants’ flocks at lease end. Appraisal by an agreed expert often yields prices near new flocks, since sheep need guidance to graze, water, and avoid hazards, making them highly dependent on human care.
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Mr. Phipps
Pittsburg
Scotland
William E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Noiseless Alarm Clock Idea For Silent Wakeup
A noiseless alarm clock would aid many sleepers by using a directed light flare. A lamp on the sleeper is switched on at the set time, and the brief flash would reliably awaken them.
Industrial advances and new materials in 19th century science
A survey notes innovations in steel heating for stronger heavy chain cables, acetylene black production in Germany, modern marble synthesis from limestone, eye protection against electric arc light, by product scrutiny in industry, cottonseed paper stock, and a Dublin Society electric furnace using a platinum spiral crucible for high temp experiments.
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Hogland
Royal Dublin Society
Joly
The Buffalo and Plains Tribes Life and Change
The Outlook details how the buffalo underpinned Sioux Blackfeet Cheyenne and Arapaho life with food clothing and tools. It notes how seasonal migrations and the animal’s disappearance forced a shift to agriculture and reservations, creating dependency and social decline.
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Desert
Winnter
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H. B. Smith
DR. Caldas
Braziu
Lottery
Groveland
Rubes
Town
Uo ctSu
Carlous
Ariforal
New Mexico
Texas
Germany
Ohio
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