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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1898
Page
2
Fragmented OCR conveys a wartime government communication about volunteers from multiple states. It notes inquiries by the Secretary of War to state governors regarding retention and mobilization. The readable text hints at a policy stance affecting population and deployment during the war period.
Several important real estate transactions are reported with Americans as buyers. Negotiations touch Havana, possibly Santiago, amid uncertainties about charter probate and diplomatic terms. The Arena fire aftermath and local reactions feature in reports, with parties watching outcomes as local conditions unfold.
A July 9 letter from P. EB Butler of pack-train No. 2 at Santiago Cuba praises Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for keeping ammunition and rations flowing during the Battle of Santiago. He notes dire conditions with no roads and credits the medicine with saving lives and enabling supply operations in the critical period.
New York The Journal cites Santiago correspondents reporting strong Cuban support for independence over annexation by the United States. Prominent locals including ex-governor Lehardy and ex-dell governor discuss autonomy under U S protection, misgivings about American military control, and a range of opinions among merchants and clergy on Cuba's future governance and foreign influence.
Semarkeble ERascon Mra Michael Curtain Plammtela reports a woman’s claim that a month of using Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption cured her cough and strengthened her. After six bottles she says she is well and back at home. Also notes Swifts notwas riots and Santa Fe Route dining cars with electric fans. Whitmere Bros. Barbers advertise 735 Kas Av.
The Wal ton Post pays tribute to William F Cody highlighting his rise from modest beginnings to national fame as a forthright educator and entertainer. It lauds his courage, public service, and impact across the United States, portraying him as a definitive American figure whose life inspired and educated diverse audiences.
London reports from Sept. claim no wounded Mahdists remained after the Omdurman battle. The piece cites British and Egyptian forces who killed many and questions about wounded who were taken or killed, noting limited reliable details and a cautious press stance.
A retired Manchester merchant, A. G. Elingsworth Shelind, was robbed of $500 during a tour of the Caled States. In Chicago a confiding Englishman lured him, guiding to a hotel where the stranger and a local associate robbed him. Ellingsworth was approached by a stranger offering security and later coerced into surrendering money at a hotel.
A rundown of notable shows on opening week in New York: Daly's Runaway Girl at Daly's, Yan kee Doodle Dungy at the Cas ing, The Old Homestead at the Academy, The Adventure of Lady Urs at the Lycium, Stuart Robson in The Meddler at Wallack's, and Devil's Island at the Fourteenth Street Theatre. Sousa debuts with The Charlatan at Knickerbocker with librettist Charles Klein. Charles Coghlan to reopen the Fifth Avenue in The Royal Box. Hubert Ganthony's A Brace of Partridges at Hoyt's via Frohman Strand co. Partridges twins mislead lovers in a modern comedy of errors set in New York.
Spanish merchants in Havana donated 800000 to buy a warship for the navy but now demand the money back. The captain general refuses, insisting funds went to the navy. Merchants had hoped to fund a social club but the plan failed, leaving them angered by the patriotic misfire.
Notorious horse thief Dora Cox escaped last night from the Kingfisher county jail after twisting her cell lock and using a knife to exit into the office area. Arrested in Blaine county last spring for stealing horses from a farm, she was taken to Kingfisher for confinement. Public notice ends with an unrelated advertisement for Regen German Salve for external piles and skin conditions.
The document recounts General Miles speaking to reporters aboard the Obdam. It covers the Spanish defense at Santiago, the Portland Puerto Rican landing strategy, capitulation talks with Toral, and Miles’s role in directing reinforcements to the front. He returns to Washington with nearly 6,000 troops, urging swift demobilization.
Monroe City Missouri September reports Chester Shaw found the mutilated body of Henry Pink in a wood pasture on the George Howe farm. Remains badly eaten by hogs and dogs, coroner G R McCulloch declined inquest due to condition. Pink described as a good man and Mason.
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