War Bulletin May 13 War updates from San Juan and Caribbean coast
Sampson bombarded San Juan forts causing damage and casualties while a Spanish squadron was sighted off the Martinique coast. Cardenas is described as a total wreck and Winslow undergoes repairs at Key West. Wheat prices fall to 1.48 as Texas harvests a strong crop. May 14 reports Marblehead Nash ville and Window storming Havana harbor to cut the cable, with heavy fighting, casualties, and fires in Cienfuegos and surrounding areas.
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Sampson
San Juan
Martinique
Cardenas
Winslow
Key West
Texas
United States
Marblehead
Nashville
Window
Cienfuegos
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Cabanas
Quiet days and fleet moves amid Manila campaign
May 15 reports Dewey’s forces quiet at Manila after seizing the gunboat Callao and expanding his fleet. A 100000-man call is expected soon as volunteers rally. Gussie expedition returns to Key West as insurgents fail to meet it. May 16 17 and 18 add no new engagements but note strict war secrecy and Oregon’s safe status with Sampson. Supplies, ammunition, and troops to Dewey planned in coming days.
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Dewey
Manila
Callao
Gussie
Key West
Oregon
Sampson
Liquid Air And Its Tricks By Charles E Tripler
Chemist Charles E Tripler of New York perfected a method to liquefy air and produce peculiar results at low cost. He claims ten to fifteen gallons from half a ton of coal and stores it openly. Liquid air appears waterlike through glass, with pale blue oxygen tint. Nitrogen evaporates first, leaving almost pure liquid oxygen. Uses include refrigeration, and possibly engines, while it can explode like gun cotton and be used in cautery. Experiments show rapid pressure from vaporized liquid, freezing mercury into blocks and testing metal brittleness and hardness of materials at ultra low temperatures.
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Charles E. Tripler
New York
Tripler
New York Tribune
Magnificent Baton Rouge Testimonial Found To Be Pewter
The City of Baton Rouge tribute to the steamer City of Baton Rouge proved a pewter craft after an auction of St Louis and Anchor Line assets. An old river pilot claimed 168 citizens donated silver dollars for a melted testimonial, but bidders paid high for a fake silver pitcher that was in fact worth about one dollar.
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Baton Rouge
St. Louis
Anchor
National Maine Monument drives signature pledge in schools
County Superintendent Brown endorses a nationwide Maine Monument effort urging teachers to collect pupil signatures on blanks. Maine Day May 26 set for signatures with optional contributions capped at ten cents, to honor sailors and marines from Havana harbor.
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Brown
National Maine Monument Committee
Sioux County
Blanks
National Committee
Maine
United States
R. C. Barrett
Havana Harbor
Advertised Letters at Boyden Postoffice
List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Boyden Postoffice. Fred Gunderson Chas. M. Meyers. When calling for the above letters please say advertised. Office hours from 8:00 to 8:00. John C. Pryor, P.M. Subscribe for the Reporter, and be happy.
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Boyden
City Slave Pledge of Service Ends at 103
Salem, a Nashville man born enslaved, served the city for forty one years as a slave and thirty three years after emancipation, totaling seventy three years of service. The veteran, now 103, reflects a long municipal connection and history in Nashville Tennessee.
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Salem
Nashville
Enn
Young physician muses on remedy naming in playful banter
The passage features a young physician acknowledging the value of making an impression and jokes about remembering medical Latin for mustard plaster. It captures a light, witty exchange reported by the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Sure La Grippo Cure Promoted For Broad Ailments
Advertises Electric Bitters as the only remedy for body pains, liver disorder, loss of appetite, and weakness. Claims fast relief by toning stomach and kidneys and promises a cure or money back. Sold by M Brink Druggist.
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M. Brink
Worth Four Times Its Cost Salve Endorsement
D O Bly of Trosky Minnesota says Diehl Chemical Company's Silvers Salve is the best horse flesh salve he has tried and would not be without it even at four times the price. Sold by A C Gibson. Full sized box 45 cents.
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D. O. Bly
Trosky, Minn
Diehl Chemical Company
A. C. Gibson
A Narrow Escape
Ada I E Hart of Gruton 8 D credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe lung illness after doctors gave up. She praises the remedy, says eight bottles saved her life, and notes trial bottles at M Brink s Drug Store with guaranteed refunds.
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Ada I E. Hart
Gruton
M. Brink’s
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William F. Rieckhoff & CO
Orange City
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