Iowa Marines Attack at Guan tanamo Massacre Report
Report details a Marine sortie at Guantanamo Bay where Lieut Col R W Lantington's battalion engaged Spanish guerrillas. Four Marines killed two wounded, several missing, including Assistant Surgeon John Blair Gibbs. Bodies described as stripped and mutilated by machetes, with blood splatter observed at daylight.
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Guantanamo
R. W. Lantington
Panther
Eable
Thas
Marble Head
Neville
Shaw
John Blair Gibbs
May
Gibbs
Regislar Army
Richmond
Charles H. Smith
Smallwood
William Dunphy
Gloucester
Mass
Jamies McColgan
Stoneham
Glass
Gen Shafter Sails and Santiago Expedition Forms
First Division of the Santiago expedition sailed from Key West Sunday night under Maj. Gen. Shafter for Santiago da Cubao to besiege and capture the town with airship support. The force totals about 17,930 men including regular and volunteer infantry, cavalry, artiller y, and engineers, all seasoned troops ready for engagement.
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Santiago
Shafter
United States Army
Key West
Santiage da Cubao
Capmrell
Dineleen
Havana
Fifth Army Corps
Mobile
Coppinger
Roosevelt
Grant
Prospect of Early Peace Boosts Trade in Dun and Co Review
Dun and Co weekly trade review reports improving sentiment for an early peace likely lifting markets. Industrial activity dips as plants close for repairs but overall prices hold. wool and cotton goods show mixed strength. Tea import rush seen as war revenue law looms, with several tea steamers expected in Tacoma to beat duties and aid troop movements.
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R. G Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Tacoma
America
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Ancle Sam
Mahila
Prominent Pennsylvanians Could Face Jail Over Coal Sales
United States District Attorney and Chief McMianus investigate coal sales to Spain by Philadelphia brokers. They possess information on large shipments during wartime, aiming to indict several prominent Pennsylvania businessmen. The case signals broad enforcement actions linked to loyalty concerns.
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United States
McMianus
Secret Service Bureau
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Secret Service
Poison in the River Near Kinton West Virginia
Great excitement follows mysterious poisonings in the Rine Stone River near Kinton causing three men to go deaf and EE Angell to lie ill from suspected fish consumption. Reports claim many fish are dying and cattle and people have fallen ill after drinking from the river. The poison’s origin and composition remain unknown.
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Rinestone
West Virginia
Kinton
W. Va
Lewis Petry
Colon Bir
EE. Angell
Yellowstone Park Opens for Tourist Season
Yellowstone Park opens June 1 to visitors in a modern era of travel. Mammoth Hot Springs reports roads open and passable though rough, with improvements planned later. Two cavalry troops are stationed in the park, reduced by transfers, while Lt. G. C. Cress acts as superintendent and post commander.
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America
Yellowstone Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
G. C. Cress
Lower Basin
Augsburg Seminary Case Court Refuses Oust Trustees
Minnesota Supreme Court ends long dispute over Augsburg Seminary control. The case split Norwegian Lutheran factions and, after twenty years of management by the trustees, the court declined to order their removal.
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Minnesota
Beene of Baker-Howard Feud Sparks Kentucky Guard Action
Gov Beasley orders fifty reserve guards from Renin to London then Clay County to quell the Baker-Howard feud amid warnings of great loss of life. County Judge Brown urged prompt suppression to restore order. Also notes Philippine postal rates and a push for postal savings banks. Spies to leave Canada suspected Garrazza and Da Bose. Hart pardoned by the president.
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Kentucky
Meyerve
Beene
Beasley
Renin
London
Clay County
Brown
Win
Attheuth
Garrazza
da Bose
Drerend Notte
Canada
Montreal
Sail Ley
Ister
Hart
President
Des Pardours
John J. Hart
Quotes for cattle hogs and grains by city markets
The report lists intercity price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Chicago and New York. It details no 2 grades No 2 red No 2 yellow No 2 white and No 2 mixed values for wheat corn oats and butter with varying dollar ranges and per bushel or per hundredweight figures.
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Indianapolis
Bhear
St. Louis
Detroit
New York
Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons elect officers at Council Bluffs
The Grand Lodge session in Council Bluffs drew over 1,000 delegates from all 858 lodges with 25 attending the school of instruction. Officers elected for the year include Crom Bowen of Des Moines as Grand Master Wanles Wilbur F. Fidlar of Davenport as senior grand George W. Sipe of Council Bluffs as junior grand warden Alinor Sterns of Logan as grand treasurer and Theodore S. Parvin re-elected as grand secretary for the fifty fifth year Mason City chosen as next year’s meeting place A resolution grants relief from subaltern and grand lodge dues for members serving in the army or navy.
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Masonic Grand Lodge
Town
Grand Lodge of Masons
Council Bluffs
Junc Tion
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge School of Instruction
Crom Bowen
Des Moines
Wanles
Wilbur F. Fidlar
Davenport
George W. Sipe
Couneil Bluffs
Alinor Sterns
Logan
Theodore S. Parvin
Mason City
Lury
State selects Lyon tract for historical building in Des Moines
The Iowa state executive council and Curator Aldrich choose the south half of the block between East Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, Grand Avenue, and Des Moines Street as the site for a state historical building and memorial hall. The Lyon tract, owned by Eliza Lyon, covers five fifty-foot lots along Grand Avenue and Eleventh Street. State purchase totals $13,03 for land, with the southern block portion needing one lot at the corner of Twelfth Street and Grand Avenue excluded.
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State Executive Council
Aldrich
Iowa Historical Department
East Eleventh
Tiwelfth Streets
Grand Avenue
Des Moines Street
State Historical Building
Memorial Hall
State House
Des Moines
Lyon
Eliza Lyon
State
Eleventh Street
Twelfth Street
Boys Defy the Trainmen and Drake University Gifts
Four boys aged 12 to 15 elude conductors after seizing a train near Marshalltown, later identified as Warcy Slankinsno Belleville Ka Omaha Frank Dareell of the State Hotel Drake University trustees debate a $50,000 fundraising drive with substantial local pledges led by Des Moines benefactors. Epworth League holds a Paulling convention with LeMars set as next meeting site. An attempt to wreck a train south of Bowne is investigated after two dismissed workers are suspected. The Cedec Valley Manufacturing sash and blind works at Waterloo burns, causing heavy losses with $7,010 insured.
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Marshalltown
Overland United
Omaha
Warcy Slankin- Sno
Belleville
Kaa
Frank Dareell
State Hotel
San Emp
Maurice Alisky
Kansas City
Droney
Drake University
Des Moines
Drake
A. ‘S of
Des‘ Moines
Nes Moines
Bowne
Republican State League
State League of Republican Clubs
Cornell Bhifts
Republican Clubs
Tarry Whitney’s suicide attempt near Shenandoah
A young farmer named Tarry Whitney near Shenandoah attempted self harm by cutting his throat with a razor about four weeks after his wife’s death. Neighbors reported he was distressed by the loss and acted in a moment of grief.
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Tarry Whitney
Shenandoah
Lincoln Takes the Oath at State College Amys
General James Rush Lineshi swore in as brigadier general during a large reception at the State Agricultural College in Amys where he once commanded the college battalion. A special election will fill an Aldermiunic Vacancy for 21 enoneitman in Webster City in place of Capt. J W Lee. W S Dorsey, a longtime Lucas County resident, died June 7 from injuries after a runaway. Northern Iowa Veterans Association met at Clear Lake with about 230 veterans in attendance.
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Lincoln
State, Agricultural College
Amys
James Rush Lineshi
Webster City
Enoneitman
J. Iw. Lee
Sympany C
Pitty
W.S. Dorsey
Lucas County
Clear Lake
Northern
Iowa
Veterans’ Association
Citar Lake
Strike at Ames paralyzes rail yard workers near town
Sixty four men employed by the North Western Railroad laying steel near Ames struck for higher wages from 1.95 dollars per day. They were refused and quit work for good. During the stoppage, the town authorities were notified and the strike is being handled under proper authority.
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Ames
Northwestern
Asnear Ames
Assessment Losa and County Revenue Report
The text reports an assessment of Polit Gounty with a net toss of 626,483 from Chat oblast year. It notes unequal distribution between country districts and Des Moines city, implying misalignment in proportionality between areas.
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Chat
Des Moines
Iowa Troops in Frisco Reception and State News
Fifty first Iowa volunteers arrived in San Francisco and were warmly welcomed by Red Cross services and crowds as they marched to Camp Merritt. Iowa crop reports show varied yields with wheat corn and oats acreage and conditions. Iowa Republican conventions set for July in Cornell and Omaha. Other items note new schoolhouses, treasury totals, a proposed packing plant, and local accidents, crimes, and civic actions across the state.
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Fifty-first Regiment
Pitty-first Iowa
San Francisco
Disputch
Red Cross Society
Camp Merrity
Sage
Iowa Crop Service
Senate debates war revenue bill amid conferees and amendments
The Senate pressed the war revenue measure with an urgent deficiency bill paired to wartime needs. Amendments sought by Democrats and a South Carolina proposal on tea duties emerged as votes framed the bill’s path. House actions and conference reports followed as lawmakers balanced funding, land allotments to Indians, and veteran provisions amid a flurry of bills and adjournments.
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Senate
Philippines
London
Uay
United States
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Butler
Topulist
North Carolina
House
WiEman
South Carolina
Alon
Tyas Aureell
Tawa
U. Axier Sone Delas
Seusin
Tower Branch
Congress
Committee of Rules
Bailey
Wouse
Messrs
Dings Paine
Spain
Dawes Commission
Aeti
Wednesdar
pLa
Bock River
Glymuia
Victoria
To- Columbia
Arizona
Argyle
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Eden
Dar Gowerr
Col
Anson Mills
Lelaima
Wefort
Fragmentary note on language and history in Britain
A garbled excerpt mentions a whistle in France, bicyclists, dried apricots, a seat in California, and the first British lifeboat station in 1824. It also references the Greek origin of the word squirrel and a stray question about ships, principles, and costs.
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Catifornia
London
Great Lritain
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the Renwick Times
GEN
Gladstone Ting
Ars. Gladstone
Tir Cawarden Castle
Westminster Abbey
Porto Rico
Walter Bett
Crawford
Rashville
Ind
Dr. Sage
Hartford City
Thville
Richard Wanna
New York City
Thomas M. Bodine
Rushville
Macey
General Salcedo
Aayana
Gibara
Caribarra
Montgomery County
DUN & CO
Congregational Missions
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Cleveland
Qohin
C. O. Mowerd
Joseph H. Hawley
People’s Mutual Benefit Association of Ohio
Cape Matteras
Baltimore
William Lawrence
Quartermaster O'Neil
Norfolk
Leonides
Luetgere
Adolph Luetgert
Chicago
Wife Turer
Aliomer Kehoe
Gen. Join Palmer
Supreme Court
St. Johns River
Jacksonville
Pia
Samartay
Tare
Wie
United Siltes Engineer Corps
Kewl
Cisneros
Evangelist Cosiy Y Cisneros
Felmantie
Tronne
Tavanate
Carlos de Carbonnel
Augsburg Seminary
Senate Committee On Postoffices and Postroads
Glareey
THE
Hawkeye State
Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons
Offeers
Epworth
Aistance
Epworth League
Paulling
LeMars
Alding
W. E. Tackaberry
Sioux
Albert Bankes
Paduliney
Bliss Pearl Morse
LeBlars
Pearl Woodford
Sergeant Blads
BE. Farr
Iretai
Cedac Valley Maufacturing Company
Italy
Wraterloo
Téa County
Black Hawk County
Dubuane
Philip Loos
Cédera
Shuia
Boone
Lev
James Miller
Birmingham
Adel
Manchester
Colesl
Postingster Smith
Correctionville
Letts- Fleétcher Company
Clarinda
Cynthia J. Coleman
Ernest Hill
Sheriff Hill
Atlantic
Ernest
First Baptist Church
H. IV. Tilden
Faunte Deitehler
Silver City
H. Tielst
Freyner
Perry
Oskaloosa
Colasheen
Robert Wood
Greston
Sgrand
Wood
George Munger
Foruner
Eli Hansen
Charles E. Cowgill
Sioux City
Mon. Rawson
E. R Perkins
Newton
Chicago, Burnington and Quincy
Chariton
Missouri River
Creston
Red Oak
Bease
Reno
Nevada
New Methodist
Algona
Jorge Fbenley
Iowa City
George S. Smith
Smith
Will Darrow
Red
Fred
Will
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