Moving Toward New Camp Site
Camp Alger Dunn Loring Aug 3. The Thirteenth moves toward a new Manassas region camp with limited wagons and mules delaying full deployment. Officials warn the site may be satisfactory or not, and the move proceeds in segments while typhoid cases show no spread among the regiment.
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Camp Alger
Dunn
Loring
Quartermaster’s Department
Bt. Asaph
Managsas
Dunn Loring
Manassas
Sea Girt
Mt. Gretna
Girard
Washington
Graham
War mail from Badger gun crew near Neovitas Cuba
Dispatches from Key West report the bombardment and evacuation of Neovitas with the Badger and Prairie accused of active blockade work. The Badger captured three prize ships and towed them to Dry Tortugas while letters home describe brutal sea conditions and gun watches aboard. The piece also notes the funeral of J Augustus Schmidt in Wilkes Barre and updates on Ninth regiment typhoid deaths and hospital space at Chickamauga.
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Key West
Neovitas
J. Augustus Schmidt
Chickamauga
Haxzle Cemetery
Hagleteen Sentinel
Wilkes-Barre
Mt. Gretna
Hagleton
Ninth
Chickamiuga
Dougherty
Weaver
Company B
Chattanooga
Division Hospital
Ohio Cavalry Joins Miles In Porto Rico Expedition
The First Ohio cavalry now at Tampa will be part of the next expedition to aid General Miles in Porto Rico. Secretary Alger and Adjutant General Corbin accompanied Major General Wade to the White House, with discussions on the expedition led by Wade. Also present were Secretary Long and Attorney General Girven, who spoke briefly about department matters and the anticipated Spanish reply.
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Robert A. Smith, Jr
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
United States Volunteer Engineers
Edgar Jadwin
Hardenberg
Wood
Smith
War Department
Arthur Foote
Vail
Snyder
W. W. Inglis
Gobin
Burreen
George A. Blanchard
Philadelphia
A. Wilson Norris
Third Brigade
Tle
Harrisburg
Charles McCracken
Company B
Charlee Sprande
Fred Luther
George Sackett
Axil
Washington
Ohio Cavalry
Tampa
Miles
Porto Rico
Alger
Corbin
Wade
White House
Long
Injunction Granted Against Becker Bros Over Union Label
Judge Archbald granted an injunction to restrain Becker Bros and agents from using the Cigarmakers' International Union label or any imitation until further court order. The equity suit, begun last week by Attorney BE C. Newcomb for A. Houch, president of the Scranton union branch, will have a final hearing later.
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Archbald
Becker Bros
West Side Cigarmakers
International Union of America
BE. C. Newcomb
A. (. Houch
Scranton
Stories of the Day Ex Senator Ransom Abstraction Anecdote
A noted Washington post recounts tales of ex senator Ransom and a minister's distracted mercy towards a colleague. The piece weaves humor from political circles including the London Spec tator anecdote about Pelham Villiers and quips from Tennessee congressman Richardson’s Mes sagee of the Presidents. It also notes Ardiz seeking Shakespeare lore in Stratford-on-Avon.
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London Spectator
Pelham Villers
Villiers
Villars
Tom
Royalty, professors, and a smoking lord in light verse
A humorous miscellany recounts a princess stumbling in the mud and learning a hatful of phrases. It notes Professor William James of Harvard remembering an anatomy exam with Dr Holmes, who quips about knowing everything. An amusing railway anecdote follows about a lord and a curate in a smoking exchange.
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William James
Harvard
Boston Herald
Dr. Holmes
Dr. Creighton
Wehop
London
Behop
Loy
Flies Prefer Beer in Saloon Drank to Sobriety, Says Bartender
A Hartford bartender reports experiments showing flies favor fresh foamy beer over gin and whiskey. Flies gathered around the bar and ceiling as they drank, then appeared intoxicated, sleeping on the ceiling before returning to the bar.
Medical Heroes Under Fire in Indian War Operation
The article recalls wartime medical feats during India’s last war, noting General Woodhouse was wounded and pieces of a bullet removed under fire. Surgeons per se persevered amid Afridi fire, with Captain Beyts stopping hemorrhage and Sir William Lockhart praising bravery. the episode highlights antiseptic surgery under combat.
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India
General Woodhouse
Beyts
William Lockhart
Heroic Surgeons Save Wounded Officer Under Fire
Surgeon Lieutenant W Hugo risked his life under heavy enemy fire to save Lieutenant Ford, whose shoulder wound severed an artery. He treated the injury with a makeshift ligature, held the artery for three hours, and carried Ford to safety as bullets sprayed the camp.
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Hugo
Ford Vas
W. Hugo
Rubber warships proposed for Uncle Sam by Ohio man
An Ohio man urges the United States to build rubber warships arguing their design offers practical wartime advantages. He imagines vessels like the rubber battleship Catathous and the elastic ram Rubberneck capable of rebounds, stretches, and self-collapsing sections to absorb blows and carry extra troops.
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Uncle Sam
Catouthous
Ohio
Cantern
Honolulu Trickster Poses with Ten Dollar Gold Piece
A Hawaii church tale recounts Joseph Marsden's alleged legerdemain during Sunday collection. He displayed a ten dollar gold piece then palmed it into thin air, later replacing it with a silver coin and misplacing the gold until it was returned to the church much later.
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Joseph Marsden
Hawaii
Hilo
Marsden
Ckill
Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Princess Victoria Probes Slape Anomaly on Yorkshire Walk
A young Victoria showed independence and candor as she learns from a gardener that a path is very slippery. She repeats the term slape, asks what it means, and declares she does not understand before the lesson is clarified.
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George TI
Tueen
Victoria
Karl Fitzwilliam
Yorkshire
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