Naval Battle of Santiago Cuban Harbor Ends in Spanish Defeat
The Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera escapes the harbor briefly but is destroyed off the Cuban coast. The American squadron suffers minimal losses, with one American killed, while Cervera and most of his officers are captured. The Cristobal Colon likely sinks while pursuing escape. The Gloucester and other U S ships provide prize and protection for prisoners.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Associated Press
Wanda
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Cervera
Cristobal Colon
Almirante Oquendo
Infanta Maria Teresa
Vizcaya
Furor
Pluton
Sampson
Schley
Cuba
Gloucester
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States Navy
Santiago Harbor
Morro Castle
Wainwright
Cristobal
Colon
Oregon
New York
Brooklyn
Robley D. Evans
Iowa
Cristobal Colonial
Santiago
Strouck
Evans
Ericsson
Jaragua
Morro
Only American Victim Dies in Santiago Action
The sole American casualty, George A Ellis, a chief yeoman aboard Commodore Schley’s flagship Brooklyn, was killed in the decisive engagement off Santiago. He was noted as the navy’s only victim, with mentions of secret service ties and a suspected self-inflicted death during the battle.
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Wasumeter
George ‘A Ellis
United States Navy
Santiago
Schier
Brooklyoy
Downing
Canada
Beatrice Becomes Featable After Pink Pills Tale
A Freeport mother recounts how her four year old Beatrice, stricken with spinal meningitis and paralyzed, regained movement after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She had walked again, gained strength, and now sleeps through the night after nine boxes. The doctor had called the case grave before the pills were tried.
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Mra
William
Shay
Taylor and Hancock Avenues
Freeport
Ill
Beatrice
Children Sayings of Playful Puns and Tales
A collection of brief childhood anecdotes with innocent humor. A pair of girls ponder stars as night lamps, boys on Sunday mischief, Willie learning manners at dinner, Tommy the cookie broker, and Johnny the Sunday school student misplacing Bethlehem with Hannibal on the Burlington route.
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Willie
Tommy
Johnny
Christ
Hannibal
Bethlehem
Burlington
Chicago Daily News
Household Hints for Cleaning and Minor Repairs
Practical tips cover stain removal with sour buttermilk and sun drying. Large carpet patterns alter room size, kerosene cleans glass, and matting washes with bran water. Mosquito control uses camphor and pennyroyal. baby rug ideas involve red flannel and white birds. Bruises in furniture lift work with brown paper and hot iron, repeated as needed.
Advertisements and snippets from old papers compiling cures and quips
A collage of ad style lines and brief notices. claims for Allen's Foot-Bake, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and Halls Catarrh Cure mix with humorous quips on love and spectacles. Contains dated references, 94 era product pitches, and brief sayings from newspapers like Atchison Globe and Chicago Daily News.
Prominent Patent Remedies and Advertiser Claims
A collage of ad snippets touts Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a first class remedy for stomach liver and blood while promoting Grain-O as a coffee substitute. It also markets Allen s Foot-Ease with 10 000 testimonials and Dr Kline s Great Nerve Restorer promising free trials. Social notes imitate a vibrant early 20th century ad page.
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Templatio
Reat Bis Eye
Tomac
Hostetter
Allen’s
Allen
Allen ‘S
Olmstead
le Roy
N. Y
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Dewey
Santiago Bay
Spanias
Infante
Maria ‘Peresa
Morton
Richard Wainwright
Geo. H. Elis
Kitten
Bandago Sunday
Devious
Chicago
Pigo
Blunt
Sprague
Wash
Daily News
Halls
L. A. W. Bulletin
New Yeas
Cere
Csceeersee Ixansas
Sane
As- Brege She
Bef Saas
Bears
Clancy
Casey
Oireland
Shpain
Puck
Atchison Globe
Salzer
Red Cross
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
Wis
Washington (Ia
Democrat
Washington
Overlan Monthly
San Francisco
Simple
OverlandSe
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