Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regiment Receives Ovation in Philadelphia
The Third Brigade led a triumphant twelve mile march through Philadelphia with the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regiment in the lead. Crowds showered them with coins and cheers as they passed the reviewing stands, earning praise from officers and civilians alike before returning to camp at Meade.
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Pennsylvania
Camp Menace
Sunky Refinery
Fiftieen
Fifteenth
Cadde
Spruce
Miles Oid Dtraham
Etaffa
Philadelphia
Min Lought
Coursen
Tribune
Richard J, Bourke
Autumn Waists: Paris London New York in Style Tribute
A cosmopolitan exhibit compares Paris London and New York waists with diverse prices from 4.98 to 340.00. The piece notes New York copying Paris yet rivaling it, and highlights a range of imported and locally styled waists showcasing taste, beauty and value.
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Paris
London
New York
Boas and Short Furs For Autumn Evenings
The season of evening parties and decollete gowns is at hand. A boa or short fur cape protects against October chill and adds a unique charm not matched by other garments. Ostrich feather boas and a display of short furs from American and foreign designers attract attention with appealing prices.
Dispensers of Information at 78 and 7h Public Square
A notice from Isaac Long of Wilkes Barre PA emphasizes attentive service at the public square address. It invites readers to write about their needs in wear and housekeeping and promises competent clerical handling and obliging assistance.
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Isaac Long
Public Square
Wilkes Barke
Troops Return to Camp Meade Amid Rail Transport Plans
Camp Meade welcomed General Gobin's brigade with arrivals through the day as regiments from the Pennsylvanias near November 6 muster out. Plans were discussed with railroad officials to move troops south by early November with a full corps departure aimed for November 2. An accident involving a troop train near Hummelstown injured six soldiers from Company C and caused minor chaos as horses escaped from a damaged cart.
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Camp Meade
Middletown
Gobin
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Graham
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Chester
Augusta
Athens
Ninth Ohio
Hummelstown
Reading Road
Harrisburg
Company C
Floyd Stewart
Hurd Travers
Fmoanuel Mack
Benjamin Bangs
Luther Whitter
Benjamin Williams
Guns of the Indiana gun crew describe 13 inch guns
Ex gunner Charles Cruzan details the Indiana battleship armament at Santiago. He notes four 13 inch guns in turrets, each about nine tons, forty feet long, firing 1,150 pound projectiles with a 690 pound powder charge, and describes the shell velocity from the muzzle.
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Charles Crugan
Indiana
Spain
Santiago
Cruzan
o-Wir
Min
Mussle
Santiago Haurbor
Crogan
Thirteen Inch Guns On The Indiana Describe Firepower
The article details the Indiana battleship's armament including four thirteen inch guns with 2,000 pound shells fired at 2,000 feet per second. It notes eight inch guns, six inch canons, and lighter ordnance, describing ranges, weights, and reload times amid a Santiago harbor engagement context.
Blanco's Tariff Policy Sparks Cabinet Debate
Washington reports Secretary Fon brought up in cabinet that Blanco still charges 10 per head for beef wattle entering Cuban ports under Spanish control while U S ports under American control admit beef cattle duty free. Cabinet says it cannot change the policy now and Blanco bears responsibility. Upon U S possession of ports, free entry may expand, potentially benefiting Havana.
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Washington
Blanco
United States
Blanca
Havana
McKinley Residence Registration Deceit Alleged
Canton October 18 News reports that all day davits for registration have been deceived from President McKinley by Thomas F P Turner of the city board of elections. In answering the usual questions as to age residence etc Mr McKinley is described as the source of the incident.
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Canton
McKinley
Thomas FP. Turner
City Board of Elections
President Declares Canton Absence On Registration Day
The document notes the subject’s temporary residence in Washington while identifying No. 615 West Tuscarawas Street as his true address, the old McKinley homestead. It asserts the president cannot be in Canton on any registration day.
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Washington
Weat
Tuscarawas Street
McKinley Homestead
Canton
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Scranton Tribune
Elding
Tearn
Mail Order Department
Royal Baking Powder
Ty Associated Press
Cuba
M'Kinley's
West
W. J. Davis
Third National Bank OF Scranton
Connell
Henry Bells, Jr
William Hl, Peck
Holmes
Contollyaa Wallace
Her Majesty
Helen
Miss McMahon
Connolly & Wallace
Washington Avenue
Lackawanna Ava
Stranton
Guardian
Watres
As. Johnson
A OH. Christy
Wm F. Staiistead
August Robinson
John P. Kelley
Ors
Fiverett
Warren E. P. Kingsbury
Johnson
Tres
Columbia and Hartford
Columbia
Hartford
Columbia Chainless
Kellum & Conrad
Wyoming Avenue
Fall Furnishings
Scranton
Maurice D. Breschel
R P. Kressler
F. L. Crane
Jacob Boltz
Laccawinna Ava
L. Crang
Gop West
Just
Gillette Bros
Washington Avenues
Joe Lot
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