Indiana Tigers Camp Life in Tampa 1898 Letter
Clarence Zimmerman writes from Port Tampa Florida detailing drills and field work digging palmetto roots white sand and bay swimming. He describes daily chores church health punishments for a guard incident and notes fellow soldiers and the Indiana Tigers unit with a closing family message.
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Port Tampa CiTy
Chickamauga Park
Werhad Te
Ringgold
Chaplin
Charley
Olinger
Wawaka
Florida
Clarence Zimmerman
Port Tampa
Florida, Co
P.S
Indiana Tigers
War Correspondents Praise American Uniforms And Soldierly Quality
A London Times correspondent lauds the American service uniform as simple and well suited to field operations and credits officers and men for discipline and intelligence. He argues European readers may see that best soldiers are not machines but those acting with courage and purpose.
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London Times
Washington
Spain
France
Germany
Europe
How the Yankee Fights in Manila and Cuba
A Portuguese language ported critique denounces U S naval and land actions around Manila and Cuba. It lambasts American armor, cannons, and soldiers as cowardly while promising revenge and mockery of Yankee women. The piece mocks Spanish and Portuguese readers and predicts retaliation.
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Manila
Montojo
Hong Kong
Mariel
China
Philippines
Cuba
Europe
America
Havana
Porto Rico
Educational Outing At Beautiful Winona Indiana
An educational outing is described at Winona Lake in Indiana, located two hundred feet above Lake Michigan just south of the Michigan line. Reachable directly by the Pennsylvania and Big Four railroads.
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Winona
Lake Michigan
Michigan State Line
Winona Lake
Eagle Lake
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Big Four
Conduct of the War Praised by European Experts
Copperhead papers quote European military scholars for praising the U S war effort. They compare U S speed to historic European campaigns noting Dewey's Manila victory and Sampsons naval dominance. The piece argues American operations are swift, not slow, and questions concerns over pace as strategists weigh army and navy progress.
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Copperhead
Europe
Asia
Great Britain
Egypt
China
Japan
Varna
Danube
Kare
Alexandria
Admiral Dewey
Manilla
United States
Spain
Matanzas
Dewey
Pacific
Sampson
Cervera
San Juan
Porto Rico
Cuba
Cevera
Cuban
Santiago
Army
Navy
Winona Assembly and Summer School Details
Seventeen teachers all college professors led by Prof John M Coulter of Chicago University. School runs July 5 for six weeks with Beale program from July 4 to August 28. Winona Lake offers top boarding options from 5 to 12 dollars weekly, farm-house board $3 weekly, inquiries to Rev S C Diexey secretary manager Winona Lake Ind.
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John M.coulter
Chicago University
Beale
Winona Lake
S.C. Diéxey
D. D
Ind
We Must Merit Public Support to Grow Our Town
A call to action urges community effort to secure good preachers pay, fund churches, attract business, and boost Sunday school. The message links employment and civic improvement to collective activity and outreach to new residents.
Peoria Romance Ends in Quick March Marriage
An Illinois paper notes on the last day of March a young man alighted at Peoria and, after meeting a pretty girl at her father's gate, soon wed her. It is said the tale sparked talk of many girls waiting at gates in Peoria.
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Illinois
Peoria
Ill
Peo- Yrla
Fragmented poem note on deaths of craftspeople and ages
A fragmented verse lists various workers such as shoemaker baker chimney sweep printer eye doctor and tailor. The jokey line about the tailor’s name as pant hints at wordplay. The piece reads like a punchy rhyme about mortality and the trades.
Enterprising Druggist Markets King's New Discovery
Druggist A Snoberger advertises Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. He claims it cures asthma bronchitis hoarseness and throat chest and lung affections with a free trial bottle or regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar guaranteed or refund.
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I. A. Snoberger
Dr. Kings
Above Drug Store
How To Look Good And Healthy Complexion Tips
How to look good depends on overall health of the body. A healthy liver stomach and kidneys yield a better appearance. Electric Bitters acts on these organs purifying blood reducing pimples and blotches and improving complexion. Guaranteed. Sold at I. U. Snobergers drug store. 50 cents per bottle.
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I. U. Snobergers Drug Store
Refund offer on Baxter's Mandrake Bitters promises cures
Notice shows refunds for two 25 cent bottles if Baxter's Mandrake Bitters fail to cure constipation biliousness headaches cough croup whooping cough throat or lung issues with money back for a satisfactory remedy. Includes testimonial from Mrs Mary A Beard and subscription reminder for The Record with ads for Cham berlains Cough Remedy.
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Baxter
I. A. Snoberger
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THE
Tampa, Florida
Winona Assembly and Summer School
Chamberlains
Mary A. Beard
Claremore, Aak
Cherlain
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