War Timeline and Peace Protocols Across 1898 Ouster County
The periodical outlines major events from February to August 1898 including Maine’s destruction, US naval victories, the bombardment of San Juan and Santiago, Dewey and Sampson actions, and the Spanish American War’s progression. It notes Congress actions, volunteer calls, key battles, and the August 18 protocol outlining peace terms and territorial cessions to the United States.
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Dewey
Eed
Manila
Spain
Martisi
Admiral Sampson
Key West
Puerto Rico
Lafayette
Manilla
Washington
Kat Sampson
Haiti
Congress
Mauntain
Chicamauga
Bagley
Winslow
Cardenas
San Juan
Oe Sampson
Kierrits
Commodore Schley
Cervera
Santiago
Nock
Nero
Philippines
la Quasina
San Francisco
Idaho Volunteers
Merritt
Newport
Santiago Harbor
Sampson
Peroneal Miles
Portobo
Arroyo
Guayama
Porto Rico
McKinley
Madrid
United States
M. Cambon
French Republic
William Day
Cuba
Antilles
Ladrone
Havana
San Juan de Porto Rico
Paris
Dentistry at Sea and the Captains Medical Authority
Sailors at sea often rely on the captain for toothaches and minor medical needs. Captains keep a medicine chest like a small onboard drug store with bottles and a guide to medicines. Experienced captains have pulled many teeth and performed simple surgeries if needed.
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The
New York Sun
Indians hoot fish taboo in southwest say Navajo Apache avoid fish
At an American Folk-Lore Society session in Baltimore Dr. Washington Matthews described ichthyophobia as an antipathy to fish. He noted Navajo and Apache avoidance extends to water related items. a legend explains the fish taboo as a shared scarcity era conflict between river and mountain tribes.
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Baltimore
American Folk-Lore Society
Washington Matthews
Washington, D. C
Southwest
Matthews
Baltimore Sun
Indiana
Sergeant’s buoy swim ends in tarred snag
During a brigade encampment at Scarborough an English paper reports a sergeant boasted he could swim to a buoy a mile from shore and back. He swam to the buoy and stayed there, mistaken as absent from parade, until a rescue party found him stuck to the tarred buoy and not dead.
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Scarborough
Materials of Birds Nests and Odd Specimens
A French translation describes birds using unusual nest materials. One nest near Lillethi contains white wool and torn telegraph paper, suggesting many trips and heat-retaining paper. Another nest near Besancon uses watch springs from local factories, while a third near Saint Dernard used hair from a nearby dog.
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Literary Digest
Lillethi
Besancon
St. Dernard
Women Alone in Europe and the American Wives
A historical reflection notes European upper class surprise at American women traveling without husbands. It explains that American men stay home to fund daughters’ abroad education and that wives travel for culture and language study. European courts limit presentation of unmarried women, while figures like Queen Margareta of Italy show selective hospitality.
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Europe
Berlin
Margharita
Italy
Diana’s Mirror Lake Nemi to Be Sold by Auction
The Nemi Lake in Latium is to be sold at auction by judicial decree. Once a sacred site of Diana, its shores hosted imperial fetes and a submerged royal trireme yielded bronze treasures. Inscriptions showed the ship’s dedication to Diana and the lake is thought to hold archaic treasures from Tiberius’s court.
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Nemi
Latium
London Daily Graphic
Diana
Dean Farrar
Tiberius
Mons
Medusa
Spanking of Dick Ends With Silent Laughter
The Bridgeman family tale from Chicago Times Herald recounts a mother aiming to discipline ten year old Dick for quiet mischief. She discovers a snickering under the bed as Tim Rogers and game chickens return, leaving Dick spared but the household laughter echoing through the room.
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Chicago
Bridgeman
Mater
Chicago ‘Times-Herald
Tim Rogers
Mother Bridgeman
Toasting the Queen Behind German Lines on Crete
An amusing London Sketch tale recalls a naval blockade party where English tars toast Queen Victoria while German sailors decline. A boat crew joke turns to a humorous clash over imperial toast as a safety moral surfaces amid wartime talk.
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Jack Tars
London
Crete
Tars
Bontewain
Nein
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chering
Chailiapost
Otice Ax Secondclaws Mall
Ouster County
M. M. Sweet
Maine
National Defense
Lee
Wood
Nashville
Matanzas
Cape Eode Islands
Hobson
Santiago Sr
Schley
Beeeeo
Monterey
Brutus
Navy Department
Guantanamo Bay
Santiago de Cuba
Act
California
China
Diana's
Germany
N. Hoes
James Gayle
H. Freixnen
R.N. Hull & Go
Inxs
Nikes
Fitall & Co
Challis
Idaho
Bn Rich
John P. Spalding
Prop
Idako
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