Transports Off Santa Disembark Near Santiago Advancing Invasion
United States dispatches report 15 000 troops arriving off Santiago de Cuba with the main landing near the harbor. General Shafter’s force of about 16 000 sails forward as an invasion plan remains undetermined. Typhoid cases and measles noted aboard hospital ship. Hobson reported safe.
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War Department
Alger
Santiago
United States
Guantanamo
Cuba
Shafter
Santiago de Cuba
Sampson
Genery Shafter
Seguyanea
Guantanamo Bay
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Horton
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Manila
San Francisco
Philippines
Arthur McArthur
Merritt
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Nebraska
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Minnesota
Indiana
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Ohio
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U. 8. Artillery
Valencia
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California
Conrad
Montana
Frank Chapman
South Dakota
Havana
Associated Press
Dauntless
Kingston
Jamaica
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Cienfuegos
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Yosemite
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London
Hong Kong
the Times
Admiral Dewey
Yuen Sing
City of Peking
New York
Massachusetts
Cabanas
Santiago Harbor
Guayacabon
Santiago Bay
Texas
Sharp
Harlow
Admiral Sampson
Hart
Powell
Cadet Powell
Cadet Hart
O'Donnell
Seaman Bloom
Foreign Warships Moving from Caribbean Staging Areas
The Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan sailed from St Thomas today bound for St Lucia while the British cruiser Intrepid departed for Antigua in the Leeward Islands.
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St. Thomas
Giovanni Bausan
St. Lucia
Intrepid
Antigua
Leeward Islands
Battle reports from Santiago harbor and Manila as Spain fights on
On the Dauntless off Santiago de Cuba a bombardment pummels fortifications while Morro Castle flags half mast. Spanish troops suffer demoralization as U S forces hold Guantanamo prisoners and insurgents in Manila see rising clashes and evacuations.
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Associated Press
Dauntless
Santiago de Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Santiago Harbor
Habor
Morro Castle
Spain
Hobson
Span
Admiral Sampson
Commodore Schley
Guantanamo
United States
Texas
Manila
London
Berlin
the Times
Dewey
Deidrichs
Marin Politische Correspondenz
Philippines
Shan Tunj
Komische Zeitung
Free Republics
Port Antonio
Cuba
Sampson
Cebraro
Santiago
General Linares
Joral
Vesuvius
Central America Is Misled by War Narratives
Newport arrives from Central America after charter as government transport. Passengers report Central American republics praise Spain and claim American reverses, while officials insist neutrality. News of Dewey's victory surprised many natives and agents.
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Central America
San Francisco
Newport
Spain
Dewey
Castelar Declines Return to Head Spanish Republicans
Gibraltar dispatch reports Senor Castelar refuses to lead the republican party again. He cites poor health and age but believes a representative government is near, declaring Carlism impossible and monarchy a failure as Spain awaits a new political era.
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Cantelar
London
Daily News
Gibraltar
Madrid
Senor Castelar
Caastelar
Spain
Park City Struck by Fire in Park City Utah
Park City Utah June 21 citizens face a cavern with mental illness contained in Sundays fire. Tents and temporary coverings rise to shelter the population as preparations to restart business begin. Financial aid offered but refused as losses reach an estimated 750000 dollars.
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Park City
Utah
Bryan to Lead Nebraska Regiment Under Lee
Washington reports it is probable Col. W. J. Bryan will command the Nebraska regiment in the army corps led by General Fitzhugh Lee. War department officials withheld comment, but strong authority supports the plan.
Robbers Torture Elderly Chinaman in Warrens Hut Raid
In Warrens Idaho on June 21 robbers bound gagged and tortured an old Chinaman with red hot irons after breaking into his hut seeking loot. They escaped with only $50. Citizens organize a manhunt and threaten lynching if suspects are caught.
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Boise
Idaho
Warrens
Austria Supplies Spain Dispatch Details Arms and Explosives
A Paris dispatch reports an Austrian agent returned from Madrid and delivered to Spanish authorities 3,000,000 empty cartridges and 120 tons of explosives via the Pyrenees, assets traced to French Austrian and Belgian sources. New yellow fever cases emerge in McHenry Mississippi, reported to Surgeon General Wyman. the illnesses occur in the same houses as seven previous cases.
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Austria
Spain
London
Paris
Madrid
Pyrenees
Washington
McHenry
Miss
Wyman
The
Marine Hospital Services
Sighted Cadiz Fleet Off Cape Gala
A steamer captain reports sighting the Spanish squadron off Cape Gala near Cape Gala, Granada, marking the eastern limit of the Gulf of Algeria, as the Cadiz fleet was observed near Gibraltar on June 20.
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Cadiz
Gibraltar
Cape Gala
Pain
Granada
Gulf of
Algeria
Coal Mines in Jellico District Sold to English Syndicate
Louisville June 20 report states all coal mines in the Jellico district covering 33 000 acres in Whitley and Campbell counties Tennessee have been sold to an English syndicate.
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Louisville
Jellico District
Whitely
Camp- 11
Tennessee
Hitt's School in Kalilngame Set for August Start
A newly discovered sunlit site in Kirlingame California houses Hitt's School, a 50-boy academy. Accredited with an ideal climate, it emphasizes mental, neural, and physical training under Ira G. Hitt Ph.D. as principal. The San Francisco Chronicle notes the district places it among the coast's leading boys’ schools.
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Kirlingame
Cal
S. F. Chronicle
Ira G. Hitt
Fight Like the Apaches in a Cuban Campaign Report
The dispatch from Guantanamo dated June 4 describes Marine casualties and lessons learned from a small landing in hostile terrain. It notes Spanish troops as bush fighters, stresses compact camps, and highlights issues with navy guns and overuse of repeating rifles. It details disguise tactics using plant leaves and bush camouflage that allowed attackers to move unseen.
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Guantanamo
Kingston
Jamaica
Thortties
Washington
Nicaraguan Canal bill advances in Senate committee
Senate committee on the Nicaraguan canal agreed to report a bill authorizing construction by the United States. The measure differs from prior proposals and provides for paying $5,000,000 to stockholders for work already performed.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
United States
Living Witness Praises Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A Canton Ohio woman testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her months of abdominal pain dizziness and insomnia after following the doctor's mailed directions. The letter notes Mrs Pinkham's unmatched experience treating female illnesses and her correspondence department handling hundreds of thousands of cases yearly.
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Dean Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Florence R. Hoffman
Roland St
Canton
Hoffman
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Easy Walking This Season
A wartime era style ad extols Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for swollen hot tired feet. Claims quick relief from smarting feet, blisters, corns, bunions, and general comfort. Includes mail order offer and stamp payment note. Also brief local notices: Thurston county had only five of fifteen teacher applicants pass. a Boston harbor collision threatened navigation with mines blocking channels.
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Allen
Re Rug Cae
Pes Es Bent
Allen 8
Te Roy
New York
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Remedies and Patent Medicines
An old health warning cites dangers of mercury in catarrh treatments and praises Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo. It notes internal use, legitimate druggists, and urges verification of authentic products amid various testimonials. The piece also mentions unrelated items about travel, nerve tonics, and French royalist symbols.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
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