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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1898
Page
4
The readable text hints at health concerns and a fashion reference to gowns for a person named Demi Drew. It notes improved color and a feeling of being cared for. The fragment is incomplete and lacks clear events or dates.
An army dispatch details cautious, decisive moves for a forthcoming fight while avoiding premature public pressure. Troop convoys depart for the Philippines next Tuesday aboard the City of Pekin Sidney and Australia with units from California Oregon and artillery. General Otis is expected to command. Miles offers no new plans. Secretary Alger meets the president at the White House. Madrid cables about cutting lines provoke amusement among officials.
May 28 funeral for Gladstone fixed after a day of pulpit oratory in almost every sector, with memorial at Hawarden church. Telegrams of condolence pour in from around the world as the queen and the Duke of York write Mrs. Gladstone.
Reports from St. Pierre Martinique on May 23 say Admiral Cervera’s squadron will return to these waters to coal. Spanish colliers are en route to Fort de France while the British steamer Twickenham may coal the Terror and the Alicante at sea before joining Cervera.
Reports describe thinning U S naval presence ashore near Key West while Cuba arouses renewed interest. The Argonauta secret holds fifteen cases of ammunition and Mauser rifles. it was captured near Cienfuegos. Spaniards push for aggressive naval action as Madrid lines up ministers to boost war effort.
Amid war news, the Oregon nears the Windward islands after a 18000 mile voyage. Secretary Long signals no further public details while the Charleston heads to Manila to reinforce Admiral Dewey. Ammunition stocks and troop equipment delays frame war department talks on new volunteer calls.
Pears require better land and more thorough cultivation than apples. A man coward faces abuse while a woman coward is saddled with scorn. War parts husbands from coffee rituals and children judge fathers. Cynics misuse reflections in warped souls.
In May at Mitchell's grocery in Bimoenam Alabama John Lee shot three men to prove he was no coward. The victims were Samuel Johnson Peter Abernathy and Thomas Warren. The incident followed taunts about his bravery and left a fatal scene.
Vancouver May 19 report cites the purser of the Empress of Japan claiming that on May 4 a Japanese source said four Japanese vessels departed to Manila with four warships to protect Japanese interests at all hazards, regardless of international repercussions.
John Wenbert a German tailor aged fifty believed to have relatives in Springfield Illinois was found lying dead in his room in Ill May 81.
The first cabinet marriage of the McKinley administration occurred at noon yesterday in Washington. Miss Aura Alger daughter of the secretary of war married Mr Chas Barrell Dike at the secretary’s residence. President McKinley and Mrs McKinley, Vice President Hobart and spouses and cabinet members attended with many diplomats. John Reed of Detroit officiated.
The Bee hive discusses clustering outside the hive due to lack of honey storage space. A swarm housed in a clean hive tends to stay if properly paid and placed. Delayed mating beyond 21 days makes the queen incapable of mating and she lays drone eggs. Spring-reared workers typically live about three months, with the peak work period shorter.
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