Army's Terrible Plight in Cuba Feared as Yellow Fever Threat Grows
The Baltimore Sun reports General Shafter defied War Secretary Alger by protesting to move the Fifth Corps interior to avoid lethal malaria and yellow fever. Roosevelt and medical officers warn that staying at Santiago risks massive deaths. war department plans Montauk relocation. Linney campaign notes and carrion birds of Cuba follow as side items.
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Shafter
Alger
Sternberg
Fifth Corps
Santiago
Cuba
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Shatter
Wood
Ames
War Department
Department
General Shafter
Montauk Point
Long Island
Roosevelt
Chicago
Baiquiri
Charleston
New Jersey
Atlantic
Minister Wanted and the Silver Promise in a Stranger Tale
A Virginia out parish sought a perfect minister describing talents in writing visiting and demeanor. The doctor advised calling old Dr Dwight in heaven for a body fit only $400. Senator Stewart’s money talk notes marriage trends push for bimetallism and silver. A moral compares sowing truth with planting and the permanence of words in faith.
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Virginia
John Holt Rice
Prince Edward
Dwight
Stewart
Republic
Helena
Mont
No Carpet Bag Rule for Hawaii
Washington Star argues against a carpetbag approach to Hawaii and urges that the first Hawaii governor be a Hawaiian such as Dole or Thurston. It says home rule should apply from the start to Hawaiian appointments and asserts capable locals guided annexation safely to American control.
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Sewallo
Hawaii
Dole
Thurston
Washington Star
Linney and Caldwell rally behind Linney at Wilkesboro meeting
A Caldwell observer reports the Wilkesboro Republican Convention where Crisp of Caldwell endorses Linney as the strongest candidate for Congress. He attacks opponents, urges enthusiasm for Linney, and urges the bolters to leave the race. The piece notes Pope Leo XIII’s poor health and his limited influence amid Spain’s crisis and European affairs.
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Linney
Stamps
J.T. Gibbon
Herald
Winston
Charlotte
Gibbon
Wilcox
Ashe
Congress
Charlotte News
Wilkesboro
Alleghany
Crisp
Campbell
Caldwell
Caldwell County
Lenoir
Leo
Spain
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Mice
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W. B. Councill, Jr
Boone, N. C
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King Street
G. F. Lovill
J. C. Fletcher
Jovill & Fletcher Atiolnlys AT Law
Boone, N
William R. Lovill
Attorney AT Law
Sutherlands, N.C
J. M. Hogshead
Banner's Elk. N. C
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