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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1898
Page
6
The article quotes McKinley advocating a peace policy as a path to freeing CORA. He argues restraint and negotiation could secure release without escalation. Public reaction appears divided as officials weigh diplomatic options and potential risks.
Washington reports Cuba to be free without war if possible with Spain bearing responsibility for any hostilities. McKinley aims to gain Cuba’s independence. cabinet members and advisers favor independence by force if necessary. Navy build up and procurement suggest looming conflict, though war clouds appear lighter than two weeks ago.
Support for the president involves orders for vast war supplies, ship purchases abroad, navy enlistments, two new artillery regiments, monitors, cruisers, rams, and coastal postings. The Oregon sails from San Francisco to Valparaiso to receive orders, with a special board inspecting vessels at ports offering ships. Large gun projectiles and armor piercing shells are ordered ahead of fortification bills, while the army moves 26,000 troops east to fortified cities and ports and transport plans spread via Chicago, St. Louis, and other Western rail hubs.
The Navy Department in London purchased two Brazilian cruisers named Amazonas and Admiral Abreu all complete or near ready for sea. The ships were built for Brazil and are now added to the U S fleet. One vessel is ready to steam with coal and ammunition aboard while the other awaits fitting out.
Report of Iowa Senate and House actions from March 14 to 18. Ellison’s habitual criminal bill advanced with a stiff sentence plan. Debates over oil inspectors deputies, education board secretary pay, and a pardon fight in Clayton County followed. House rules and calendar moves affected manufacturing and suppression of intemperance bills. Adjournment prospects and appropriation matters for Trans Miss Exposition featured amid broad committee wrangling.
Friends urged Towa to secure better representation, arguing it could not field a Zoid showing even with an $80,000 appropriation. Amendments were defeated as the Dit passed the House by a narrow margin.
The Enstish scientist Gaston claims a new method to cross grasses grains and clovers creating surprising species. Reported examples include barley oats hybrids yielding a peculiar permanent grain and weaker plants produced for valuable food substances. Experts urge caution noting hybrids often seem curiosities rather than staple crops.
A widow met a terrible death after falling from a fifth story window, instantly killed. The account notes confusion over the exact floor and mentions a contemporaneous reaction. It also references Hume’s long work on the History of England and its revision.
A lumber merchant urges preservation of cedar timber highlighting its rising value for pencil production with Florida and other states benefiting from exports to Germany France and England. The piece also describes Japan's Tokio police boxes with three officers per box rotating eight hour shifts and census duties during off days including reporting events and suspicious activity.
A three month bride seeks advice from her mother about her husband staying out late at the club. The mother suggests indifference to avoid eyes or ears, while the wife muses about what to do with her nose in the face of Ree troubles.
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