Battle of La Quia Near Santiago Fight by Rough Riders
The first Rough Riders clash near Juragua and Sevilla ends with heavy Spanish losses and U S casualties. Colonel Wood and Lieutenant Roosevelt lead a key charge to rout Spaniards, two simultaneous battles along hills and plateau, with 16 Americans killed and 60 wounded or missing.
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Associated Press
Jaragua
Cuba
Kingston
Wood
la Quasina
Roosevelt
Santiago
Sevilla
Rough Riders
Colonel Wood
General Young
Young
Juragua
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Lieutenant Hobson Safe in Bantingo After Flag of Truce
A cablegram from Praya Dev Este reports Lt Hobson and his companions are all well and confined in Bantingo near Morro after a flag of truce. Dated June 24, the message is signed Sampson and conveyed to the State Department.
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Praya Dev Este
Hobson
Bantingo
Morro
Sampson
Household Matters and Do It Yourself Traditions
Household notes on bed room slippers and an Indian metal cleaner using nitric acid. It describes mending, painting, and preserving furniture with home remedies, plus rag carpetmaking methods, Quebec and Maryland weaving, and simple kitchen recipes including banana cake icing and mustard relish.
Naval Hero's Story From the Tines Herald Chicago
A Civil War veteran from Warren Ohio, L J Clark, joins troops in 1861 and fights with the 7th Ohio Volunteers. Wounded near Richmond and later severely injured at Vicksburg, he recovers after hospital stays. He later turns to veterinary study in Chicago and credits Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring his strength, now weighing 190 pounds and active again.
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Tines-Herald
Chicago
Lincoln
L.J. Clark
Warren, Traumbull Co
Oslo
Admiral Porter
Mississippi River
Vicksburg Corts
Warren
Ohio
Clark
Ohio Volunteers
Army of the Potomac
Richmond
Hutch Post
G. A. Tt
Askland Ave
Dr. Willams
Dr. Clark
Dinner in a Turkish harem as told by Mrs Ramsay
Mrs Ramsay recounts a Turkish dinner in Asia Minor from her book Every Day Life in Turkey. Guests wear pillows around a low table, share pishmish rice dish, a boiled calf, dolmaches, cherries in honey, and a pistachio stuffed kid followed by pilaf before cigars and coffee end the meal.
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Mecca
Jow
Mre. Rameny
No-To Bac Ad Claims Easy Tobacco Quit Aid
An advertisement cites German and French production figures for glass eyes and touts No-To Bac as a magnetic, nerve booster that supposedly makes weak men strong. It promises a free booklet and samples from Sterling Rennedy Co with offices in Chicago or New York.
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Maryland
Queen's Dominion
Quebec
Harper's Bazar
Sterling Rennedy Co
Chicago
New York
Portrait of Schley by Farragut Story from Syracuse Standard
The Syracuse Standard recounts Commodore Schley as five feet nine, gray hair, fine eyes, and a modest democratic dress. It recalls a Civil War tale where Farragut orders him to stop bombarding a fort, Schley ignores the signal, is rebuked publicly, then privately calmed with a fine cigar.
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Schley
Farragut
Commodore Schley
Imperial
Ferragut
Parragut
Syracuse Standard
The Spanish Pretender's Narrow Path to the Crown
The Baltimore Sun notes Don Carlos, then nineteen, refused Sagasta’s 188 offer to accept a constitutional throne. He pledged to rule as an absolute monarch, declaring, I will sign nothing. The piece suggests his rigid kingly view may ensure he dies un crowned.
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Don Carlos
Spain
Sagasta
Baltimore Sun
Beauty and health ads and quirky quotes mix in old column
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and product lines dominates the page. Cascareta beauty pills promise clear skin, Alien's Foot-Base shoes soothe feet, Dr Kline's nerve restorer advertises cures, and various claims tout relief from pimples, bilious complexion, and constipation. Interspersed quotes show a musical difficulty remark and light humor.
Tumor Expelled By Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy
A letter from Mrs Euizavera Wikcock of Magno lia Iowa describes recovery from a serious tumor after three boxes of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Lozenges. She reports relief from smothering spells heart palpitations and bloating and now walks with ease.
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Euizavera Wikcock
Magnolia
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Lieutenant Hobson
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Address
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le Roy
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RH. Kio, Ltd
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Phila
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Gerstle
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di Nathie
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L. Gerstle &O
Chattooga, Tenn
Columbia
Pope Mfg, CO
Hartford, Conn
Lydia B. Pinkham
Purdy
Dept. Oi
Houston
Texas
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Ille
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Paris
Deng
Kaya
Hniversil Acti
Adney, Catt & Co
Piano House
H. B. Morenus
Mer
Chicago Cottage Organ CO
Conover
Schumann
Kingsbury
Wellington
Mgr
Cable Piano Co
Whitehall
Georgia
Atlanta
Andrews
Andrews Mpg, CO
Itristol
Siasso
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