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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1898
Page
1
A bold deployment reports 5000 U28 troops landing near Santiago to strike a decisive blow in the campaign. Details describe a coordinated assault, with reconnaissance and helicopter support enabling rapid advance.
The dispatch from Mole St Nicholas details Lt Hobson and seven men sinking the coal carrier Merrimac in the channel at Santiago at 4 a.m. under heavy Spanish fire to block the harbor. Prisoners are to be exchanged if possible, and six Spanish squadron members were captured or destroyed.
Reports from London and New York detail high level talks between Admirals Sampson and Cervera on exchanging Naval Constructor Hobson and his men for U S prisoners. The dispatches note Hobson's heroics at Santiago and ongoing battles around Manila and Daiquiri with American ironclads shelling fortified positions.
The Meagher county board adjourned June 7 with bills approved and warrants drawn for road work and county expenses. A death in Seattle of Geo H Scott a former Montana newspaper man is reported. Weather and crop reports from Helena and across western Montana note widespread wet conditions, grain growth, and promising crops with various regional specifics.
The week ending June 6 saw little sunshine and below normal temperatures with widespread rainfall. Snow fell in the mountains while grasslands look promising, grain and oats suffer from wetness, and crops need warmth. Helena reports 9.28 inches of precipitation since March, 5.50 inches above the 17 year normal. May rainfall was 4.88 inches above normal, and since June 1 total rain reached 1.45 inches.
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