Cervera Study Aims at American Training Methods
The Vienna Progress notes Cervera at Annapolis studying how Americans train fighters. It cites 1897 Hamburg exports to South and Central America totaling about 45 million dollars and imports around 70 million. It also reports Russia has sent 624,000 to Siberia in fifteen years, with about 100,000 prisoners' relatives accompanying voluntarily.
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Cervera
Annapolis
Hamburg
Germany
South
Central America
Russia
Siberia
Rubber production in Bolivia and Amazon forests
It is estimated that Bolivia now produces 4,000,000 pounds of rubber a year, and that the total annual product of the Amazon forests is over 45,000,000 pounds.
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Bolivia
Amazon Forests
Fourth of July Celebration Cost Cited by St. Louis Star
The St. Louis Star notes the public expenditure for the last Independence Day, estimating 19 million dollars, and asserts that with a reunited nation the cost is affordable.
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Ttia
St. Louis Mo
Star
Hartford Courant Protest Over Flag At Connecticut Penitentiary
The Hartford Courant protests the elevation of the Stars and Stripes over the Connecticut Penitentiary. It argues the flag should be honored and that state prison is not an institution that confers honor on inmates or graduates, so flying the flag there brings unnecessary discredit to the emblem.
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Hartford
Conn
War Loan Subscriptions Surpass Demand Sixfold
Spain withholds its salary to fund war while America closes a $200,000,000 war loan six times overbid. The contrast underscores two nations’ resources and a cue for speedy peace.
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Spain
Hobson Faces Raging Flood of Fame and Risk
The New York Tribune muses that fame descends on Hobson amid perilous praise. He faces a torrent of attention more perilous than sunk torpedo or flying shell, needing Roman fortitude to endure without injury while Miltiades would falter under such acclaim.
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Hobson
New York Tribune
Miltiades
British Navy Eyes American Gunnery System
Great Britain, boasting the world’s most powerful navy, has spent millions on its fleet. Observing the disciplined American naval practice and its superior gunnery methods, the British admiralty considers adopting the American target practice system to match the precision of U S ships. The acclaim for American gunfire accuracy underscores this potential shift in naval training.
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Great Britain
Vandalism by Tourists Across Nations
The article notes that tourist vandalism is a global issue with signatures scratched on historical relics from many nationalities. It compares curators in Germany England Belgium and France facing similar challenges as U S public officers, urging civilized travelers to aid preservation efforts and support those with property rights.
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Germany
England
Belgium
France
Washington
Canada’s thirty year growth in trade and transport gains
A Mon treal Star statistical review highlights Canada expanding trade from 151 million to 257 million over thirty years with major gains to England and the United States. Provincial trade soars, railways approach 16 thousand miles with many more planned, canals approach a hundred million in value, and experts foresee vast inland waterways linking the Rockies to western waters.
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Dominion of Canada
Montreal Star
England
United States
Rockies
St. Lavrene
Two and Fate Poem Excerpt Amid Storm and War
A fragment from Richard Hovey quoted in Century evokes the ship’s fury, revolt, and glory in battle. It likens courage to a war-horse charging, ends with a thunderous cry and bugle blasts as sailors face the sea. The text blends nautical peril with martial grandeur and heroic vows.
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Relgbe
Dismaj
Anio
Hichard Hovey
Buckey ONeil Frontiersman Captain Dies At Santiago
Dispatches report Captain William B. O’Neil of Roosevelt’s Rough Riders killed at Santiago. Known as Buckey O’Neil in Arizona, he wrote frontier stories for Argonaut and helped build his community. The piece recalls a frontier mining party in Apache country and a perilous Indian watch.
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Santiago
William
O'Neil
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Buckey
Arizona
Argonaut
The
Moonlit canyon farewell in Apache pursuit tale
In a moonlit canyon two survivors abandon a wounded companion who urges them to flee. He accepts death, passes his weapons, prays, and is left behind as the trio moves toward settlements, the dying man’s face and a bloodied chest visible in the shadow.
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Tam
Mattie
Harry
Crystallizing Flowers For Summer Souvenirs
Instructions describe preserving delicate blooms by wiring into a basket form with copper wire and wrapping with gauze. Flowers such as ferns leaves and violets are dried in a cooled solution of alum and water, then crystals form around the items to preserve color. After dipping, drain twelve hours and reveal a long lasting decorative preserve.
Peace talks in Spain edge toward long, tedious negotiations
SENOR SAGASTA GIVES HIS VIEWS. A Madrid cable dispatch outlines a cabinet decision to appoint General Gonzales Parrado, Rear Admiral Luis Kinder Landero, and Marquis de Montoro as Cuba evacuation commissioners. The article notes the peace commission’s exact membership is not yet published, cites delays under protocol, and suggests the capitulation of Manila has no effect on negotiations. It warns of a prolonged process, mentions Cortes convening debates or elections, and quotes Sagasta on a suspended state of hostilities and evolving bases for forthcoming negotiations with multiple Cuba related issues and postwar arrangements.
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Arizona
Mexico
Harry Barrett
Apaehes
Indies
Jeff Bramlett
Harry
Hime
Madrid
Gonzales Parrado
Cuba
Luis Pastor Landero
Navarro
Cuban
Marquis de Montoro
Insular
Manila
Spain
Philippines
Cortes
Senor Sagasta
Almodovar de Rio
Ceuta
Ceuta and Andalusian
el Liberal
United States
Greater Antilles
Warships to Rendezvous at Fort Monroe in Historic Fleet
A Washington special reports one of the largest assemblages of warships ever seen in an American port. Fifty seven ships are under orders to rendezvous at Fort Monroe, with total ships expected near seventy as further orders are issued. The Friday list includes Newport, Rodgers, Lebanon, Wampatuck, Morris, Gwyn, Machias, Osceola, Peoria, Sioux, Cheyenne, Waban, Chickasaw, Helena, Detroit, and Yankton.
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Fort Monroe
Washington
Naval
Newport
Rodgers
Lebanon
Wampatuck
Morris
Gwyn
Machias
Osceola
Peoria
Sioux
Cheyenne
Waban
Chickasaw
Helena
Detroit
Yankton
Immense American Flag Unfurled Near Tyron Pa
The largest U S flag, sixty by one hundred feet, was unfurled Saturday between two mountain tops east of Tyron Pennsylvania. It hung 580 feet above the Junita River. A letter from President McKinley expressed regret at not attending. The navy bunting flag was suspended by a galvanized wire cable 1/2 inch thick and 1200 feet long.
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Junita
Tyron
Junita River
McKinley
Cuban raids prompt cautious war department reading
Reports of insurgent raids in Cuba drew attention but officials say they show no intent to break the armistice. The raids are thought to have occurred before Cuba learned of the armistice arranged by United States authorities.
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Cuba
War Department
United States
Georgia plans for agricultural museum and Tallulah Falls growth
Georgia governor backs a permanent agricultural and industrial museum display of state resources. Ath ens citizens seek a Rabun county charter to develop Tallulah Falls, Elbert county, Elberton and surrounding areas with a pamphlet on county advantages. Various local issues include Prohibition results in Americus and Fulton county tax gains.
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Georgia
Athens
Rabun County
Tallulah Falls
Elberton
Elbert County
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Jules Bone
C. D. Hill
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