Naval Victory at Manzanillo Reported by Commander Todd
The July 18 action near Manzanillo saw U S ships Wilmington Helena Scorpion Hist Hornet Wampatuck and Osceola shelling shipping. Three Spanish transports El Gloria Jose Garcia and La Purisima Concepcion were set afire. A guard pontoon and store ship burned, one vessel driven ashore then sunk, another abandoned. Spanish losses around 100. Several gunboats Delgado Guantanamo Ostralia Contela and Guardian destroyed or driven ashore. Reina Mercedes wreck inspected for possible raise. guns recovered. General Miles departed for Porto Rico. main army at Guan tanamo. Brooklyn remains at Santiago.
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Meese
Manzanillo
Todd
United States
Wilmington
Sampson
Helena
Scorpion
Hornet
Wampatuck
Osceola
Algo
Uist
el Gloria
Jose Garcia
la Puriciama Conception
Delgado
Guantanao
Ostralia
Continela
Guardian
Towa
Sampson Sinks More Boats and Captures Spanish Fort
United States gunboats Topeka Annapolis Wasp and Leyden silenced forts at Nipe bay near Santiago de Cuba on Thursday. They sank the Spanish gunboat Joan Jorge after heavy fire, with her crew escaping in small boats. The four ships under Rear Admiral Sampson battered the forts for about an hour and the Spanish flag was hauled down.
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United States
Topeka
Napolis
Wasp
Leyden
Nipe Bay
Santiago de Cubs
Joan Jorge
Sampson
Shafter Reports Cuban Prisoner Surrenders and Food Needs
General Shafter notes 6,000 troops at Guanta namo and 22,000 to 23,000 prisoners overall. He expects 2,006 more from San Luis and Palmas and plans to accept surrender terms, begin feeding immediately, and send officers with Ta r al to receive surrenders at Guantanamo and Sagua Taracos.
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War Department
Shafter
Dute
Enginee
Guantafamo
Con
Santiago
Anson
San Luis
Palmas
Ral
Guantanamo
Sagua
Racos
Prixonera
Porto Rico Landing and Oklahoma Candidacy Notes
Reports of U.S. troops landing on Porto Rico near Ponce and local Oklahoma candidacies for district representative and county clerk. Mention of district court timing, Denver festival plans, and views on cattle shortages and Hawaii’s political system. Includes commentary on land policy and territorial prospects.
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St. Thomas
D. W
United States
Porto Rico
Ponce
Commission Probes State Affairs Under Joint Resolution
A commission will conduct on the spot investigations into a set of representative problems illustrating the gravity of duties entrusted. The time for inquiry is brief yet sufficient for careful on-site study. The final report will be prepared after the commissioners return, aiming to be timely for major state papers.
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Sioux Stock Journal
Iit
Texas
England
Europe
Texas Stock and Farm Journal
San Francisco
Manila
America
Asia
Hawaiian Commission
Callum
Hitt
Congress
United States
Puck
Hawaii
Loter Ocean
German Press Tones Down Jibe At U S Navy
In Germany the war mood shifts as wartime editors move from sneers about American naval strength to recognition of sleek victories. Observers credit Dewey and subsequent U S successes with altering European opinion, noting Americans display bold, persistent victories that seem hardly accidental.
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Germany
Ouf
Dewey
Joox
United States
Beaver County Clerk and County Official Candidacies Noted
A mix of local notices announces candidates for Beaver county Clerk and County Treasurer, all subject to Republican conventions. Other entries include Woodward county resident Hines Whitton Ivonsos seeking a Twenty sixth district representative seat and T D McKrair of Oklahoma announcing as a potential Delegate to Congress before a Territorial Democratic convention.
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William T. Judkin
Woodward
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territory
Alden Meeker
Meeker
Rhip
Hinaelt
Tressurer
Sone
Vention
Ronnes
Wheriff
Hinbs
Witttan T. Ivonsos
Woodward County
T. D. McKriawr
Gum
Heath
Mexnen
Tracy
Republican Territorial Convention in El Reno August 1808
The Republican Party of the Territory of Oklahoma calls a nine delegate convention in El Reno on August 24 to nominate a candidate for Delegate to the 50th Congress. Representation is by voting units equal to the votes for Hon. B.T. Flynn in November. Beaver County to receive four delegates. W. M. Gamms serves as chairman and I. P. Anpeny as secretary.
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H.D. McKnight
Mangum
Repubican
Souther
Oklahoma
Register of the Land Office
Territory
Omi
el Reno
United States
B.T. Flynn
Si. Winder
Henver
W. M. Gamms
1. P. Anpeny
Republican Convention Notice for Beaver County Delegates
Notice declares a Republican convention in Beaver county on Saturday August 15 for 2 PM to select delegates to the territorial convention at El Reno on August 30. It urges each precinct to be represented and to appoint a territorial committeeman.
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Beaver County
Democratic County Convention to Nominate Beaver County Officers
The Democratic county central committee of Beaver County Oklahoma calls a convention at the Beaver court house on Saturday September 1 1898 at 10 am to nominate candidates for county offices for the November election. Delegates court apportionment includes Beaver 4 Grand Valley 2 Hardesty 7 Herrinon 3 Kokomo 4 Ley 4 Lap Optima Vieasaot View 2 and others. The committee also plans a follow up meeting to elect a chairman and secretary and to set dates for precinct primaries on August 27 1898 to nominate township officers with blank nomination certificates sent to precinct committeemen.
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Democratic County Ecentral Committee
Beaver County
Oklahony
Beaver
Okiahona
Grand Valley
Hardesty
Herrinon
Kokumo
Ley
Lap
Optima
Vieasaot View
Democratic County Central Committee
Alto
Fragmented dialogue piece echoes quirky trade banter
A fragmented OCR excerpt shows a mall or shop scene with scattered dialogue among a cashier, a manager, and a barber. Mentions of Preity, Pearson's Weekly, and travel-related names hint at a period-piece humor item with exchanges about health, appearance, and counting change.
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Preity Cashier
Preity
Pearson's Weekly
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Bree
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