Peterman Report to Governor on Santiago Campaign Detail
Col Peterman forwards to Governor Pingree a Thirty-fourth regiment account from Santiago noting Spanish assault repulsed, six companies to guard left flank, and severe early shortages. He praises hospital staff including Drs King Bobb and Wilhelm for caretaking amid hunger, disease, and poor medical provisioning.
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Campigno
Peterman
Pingree
Santiago
Wheeler
Dillenbeck
Calumet
King
Bobb
Wilhelm
Gray Daye Dreams in March Mist
Poem excerpt from John Tracy Jones in Woman's Home Companion describing rare March days. Mystic vapors veil the eastern sky and gentle nature whispers of spring. The speaker longs to touch the elusive day and finds comfort in its gray atmosphere as May approaches.
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John Tracy Jones
Coffins as Furniture in Dutch Boer Homes
A Cape Times item notes that remote Dutch Boers often keep at least one coffin in the principal sitting room as furniture or storage. A farmer keeps a teak and silver coffin polished for display and for his own midday nap, joking about becoming accustomed to it after burying three wives with simpler coffins over thirty years.
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Cape
Cape Times
A night at sea reveals a silent vow
On a troopship bound for Aden a lascar stoker dies after a dramatic overboard rescue. Captain Assheton and Miss Phyllis Welsh witness a dying soldier's request to return a photo to his beloved, a moment that tests love and truth aboard.
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Aden
Idena
Lascar
Captain Assheton
Phyllis Welsh
Assheton
Robinson
Miss Welsh
Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Amusing African Ceremony Observed by Explorer
Captain Gibbons describes a curious ritual on the Zambezi shore where a paddler and a stranger, likely a relative or close friend, perform a staged greeting. They clasp hands, kiss the dirt, spit toward each other, then resume chatter, seemingly untroubled by the exchanges.
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Zambezi
Captain Gibbons
Central Africa
Nebraska as a bird center with 417 species observed
The Omaha Bee notes Nebraska's unique status as a major bird state, housing 417 species with 25 breeding here and the rest as migrants. Varied habitats attract songsters, including southern Mockingbird and Cardinal Grosbeak in the southeast, and many so called mountain birds visiting from foothills to Quivera.
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Nebraska
United States
Union
Kingdom of
Quivera
Cordial Relations Mentioned in Domestic Quip
The note recalls a lighthearted exchange about married life with Mrs. Cordial remarking on changing moods and the husband’s past ease of happiness. The snippet ends with a reference to Mrs. Cordeal and a San Francisco Examiner origin.
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Snow
Cordeal
San Francisco Examiner
Alcibiades Plays Spartan To Live And Advise Athens
The passage recounts Alcibiades fleeing Athens after a death sentence and seeking safety with Sparta. He impressed both sides by adopting Spartan ways while remaining loyal to his aims, tempering his conduct by region and charm, later urging Athens to strike Sparta.
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Alcibiades
Athens
Sparta
Plutarch
Ionia
Thrace
Thessaly
Tissaphernes
Abaca Hemp From Philippine Bananas Powers Manila Rope
The abaca plant in the Philippine islands yields manilla hemp. Three year old stalks are cut and fibers stripped by native workers. Outer fiber forms sturdy Manila rope while inner fiber is used for dress textiles. The United States buys about 41 percent of the global supply.
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Philippine Islands
Philippines
United States
Close Range in Chicago News Script
Hattie asks if Ella and Jack argued and she admits yes. Ella says they must be strangers now and explains Jack did not beg for forgiveness because his knees were bound elsewhere.
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Hattie
Jack
Ella
Chicago News
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Petermans Report
Pingrie
DR. Wilhelm
J. M. Wilhelm
34Th Michigan
Col. Peterman
Gray Daye
Castoria
Phyllis
Temple Bar
Manilla
J. B. Lewis
J. B. Lewis CO
Boston, Mass
LEWIS
Frank Friedrich
Canadian Territory
Canadian West
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
M.V. McInnes
Merrill Block
Detroitt, Mich
D. Caver
Bad Axe
J. Orieves
Reed City, Mich
Fitzhugh Lee
Cuba
All America
Gen. Lee
Uf. Smith & CO
Caxton
Chicago
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusets
Mothers of America
Vtédedeke Wreper
Exc
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
THE
Paris
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Minneapolis
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All
F St
Washington, D. C
Court St
Rochester
National School OF Business and Shorts
Parm C
Gilbert M.B
Gatie Gilbert & Gates
Liv
Moterheide
Citty Hotel
Pe Chichester
Gare
Chichester
Fo Ee Chichester Chemical Co
Madison’lace
Philada
Humphreys
Mumphreys? Med. CO
William St
Newport
Scsatiil
Weld & Loudon’s
Union St. Mail
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