Our Army Buys New Campaign Uniforms for Cuba
Despatches from Cuba describe troops shedding heavy flannel and other gear in heat as 60 pound loads test endurance. New canvas duck drill uniforms with Norfolk jackets will lighten equipment, with blue trim for infantry and red or yellow for artillery and cavalry. Government reports cover fabric types, weights, packing lists, and procurement流程 from quartermaster to regimental issue.
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Cuba
Merriam
Tropics
Tampa
Chba
Bhefter
Arctic
United States
India
Army
Philadelphia
United States Service
Corps
Navy
Union
Our Flag Raised at Santiago in Thrilling Ceremonies
Twelve thousand witnesses watched American forces raise the stars and stripes over the governor's palace at Santiago de Cuba. General Shafter received the ceremonial surrender of General Toral's sword, with 12,000 townspeople present. The plaza, cathedral, and San Carlos club framed the service as bands played and cheers rang out, signaling municipal control under General McKibbin.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Santiago de Cuba
McKibbin
Shafter
Toral
Plaza de la Reina
Club of San Carlos
Cafe de la Venus
Ninth Infantry
Palace
Second Cavalry
Brett
General Shafter
War Department
Washington
United States Army
Washington, D. C
Cervera
List of Casualties Since Our Troops Landed on Cuban Soil
Report from Gen Shafter's headquarters shows 1941 casualties since landing in Cuba three weeks ago. Of these 246 killed, 1584 wounded, 84 missing, with 68 wounded dying. Surgeon Colonel Pope notes the fatalities are remarkably small.
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Pope
Record in Clothes Making by Thomas Kitson in Pennsylvania
Record shows Thomas Kitson employed in a Pennsylvania cloth mill had six sheep sheared at 6 30 am. Wool was sorted scoured dried carded spun woven into cloth and made into a suit by 12 34 pm, six hours four minutes after shearing, beating the previous best of about eight hours.
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Thomas Kitson
Pennsylvania
Mr. Kitson
Cervera and Spanish Officers Quarters at Annapolis
Admiral Cervera and about forty Spanish officers were moved to Annapolis Maryland and are now prisoners of war within the Naval Academy. The St Louis carried the captives up Chesapeake Bay and many wore duck uniforms supplied by American officers.
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Cervera
Santiago
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
St. Louis
Chesapeake Bay
Fever Status Report From War Department Update
The War Department in Washington reports sixteen new cases in twenty four hours and one death. Sanitation measures remain rigid as of 10 30 a m Sinogey via Hayti July 16 from Chief Surgeon Sternberg.
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War Department
Washington
Sinogey
Hayti
Uly 16
Sternberg
Gnemxtrar
Destroyed Spanish gunboat by New Orleans off Porto Rico
Advices from St. Thomas report the United States cruiser New Orleans on Saturday completely destroyed the Spanish gunboat Antonio Lopez after the latter ran ashore at Silinas near San Juan de Porto Rico while fleeing American vessels trying to stop a provisioning voyage. The Antonio Lopez carried war material and provisions and its captain had recently run aground.
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New Orleans
Antonio Lopez
St. Thomas
United States
Silinas
San Juan de Porto Rico
Pon
San Juan
Corbett and Kid McCoy agree for Buffalo fight
Articles signed in New York by representatives of James J. Corbett and Kid McCoy set a twenty round glove contest with a $20000 purse. The bout is scheduled before the Hawthorne Athletic Club in Buffalo, New York, on the afternoon of September 1st.
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Buffalo
James J. Corbett
Kid McCoy
New York
Hawthorne Athletic Club
N.Y
Death of Lieutenant Blandin After Maine Explosion
Lieutenant John J. Blandin, officer of the deck on the Maine when she blew up in Havana harbor, died in Baltimore on Saturday from the shock to his nervous system suffered during the disaster. Earlier hopes of recovery faded.
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John J. Blandin
Maine
Havana
Baltimore
Chile Town Shops Open Till Midnight Quiet Siesta Hours
In Chile the town keeps most shops open until midnight yet during hot afternoons everyone takes a siesta and shops lock up. The schedule reflects local practice of longer evening hours and midday closures amid heat.
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Chile
Salt Rheum Falls That Shake Two Cities
A fanciful Vermont style poem describes the Lewiston Falls reaching a flutter point each night. The falls tremble windows, disturb sleepers, and spark imaginations with frightening phantoms and ghastly whispers as two cities feel the nightly quake.
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Lewiston Falls
Speerles
Two Grateful Women Write Of Mrs Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs Parnice Daxeny of West Winsted Connecticut writes of relief from female weakness and womb displacement after using Mrs Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports initial pain sleeplessness bloating faintness and heartache, but now sleeps well works without fatigue and no lingering symptoms.
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Parnice Daxeny
West Winsted, Conn
Dean
Cannot Praise It Enough Miss Gertin Dungr writes
Miss Gertin Dungr of Franklin Nebraska reports long painful irregular menstruation and back pain. After trying physicians without relief she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and feels restored, saying she would not part with the medicine and has recommended it to friends.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Astor Batteny
U. 8 Army
U. 8
Regulans
Corporal Ewer
Ron
General McKibben
Corbett and the
Kid
Blandin
Harper's Bazaar
Hostetter
Amertes
Madrid
Atlanta
Hood
Varia
Lydia H. Pinkham
Gertin Dungr
Franklin, Neb
Tulane University of Louisiana
Great Charity
Ase
Thompson
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