Naval men see decisive clash as Cervera nears Santiago
Key West May 31 naval men view the coming engagement as decisive with Cervera’s squadron reported reaching Santiago de Cuba. Dolorous reports of preliminaries and rapid ship provisioning mark a tense base of operations as Argonauta prize findings confirm war stores aboard.
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Key West
Pla
Dewey
Manila
San Juan
Cuban
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Nashville
Cienfuegos
Col
Vicente Cortijo
Valeriano Weyler
Fort McPherson
Blanco
Cuba
Carlos I. Rosas
Hheru
Col. Cortijo
Weyler
Ox Carro
Ambrosio Bolivar
Candidata
Mathilda
Sophia
United States
Supplementary Estimates for War Department Funds
Washington May 21 Secretary Al ger sent to congress supplemental appropriations totaling 88 633 840 for six months of fiscal year ending June 30 1899. Items include pay subsistence clothing camp equipage transportation and ordnance among others for the regular and volunteer armies.
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Washington
Alger
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
War Department
United States
Quartermaster's Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Medical and Hospital Department
Ordnance Service
Ovo Doral
War Talk At Home From Denver Times Readings
An exchange between a wife and husband reveals wartime slang and confusion over signals and duties. They discuss talking of war downtown, open engagements, and choosing to go if the country demands it, reflecting home front reflections on conflict.
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Denver Times
A School Girl's Battle
Emma Rybolt of Milford Indiana suffered from nervous prostration and weakness before finding relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. After treatment from September 1897 she regained weight and strength, leading her mother Mrs A Rybolt to endorse the medicine as a cure for blood conditions and related disorders.
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Milford
Ind
Emma Rybolt
Emma
Williams
Br. Williams
E. A. Rybolt
Aler Rakber
Lecture of a Novelist Attracts Attentive Yet Silent Audience
A renowned novelist lectured, reading from his works before a high‑profile local audience. Afterward chatter centered on whether attendees heard him, as many admitted hearing little despite silent attentiveness. The novelist praised the town as a fine place with the most attentive, yet whispering, crowd.
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Philadelphia
Presa
Grain-O Coffee Substitute Promoted for All Ages
A Grain-O advertisement touts the drink as a tasty healthy substitute for coffee. It claims aiding digestion and strengthening nerves without stimulants, suitable for children and adults, and priced around 15 and 25 cents. Also includes a Town Topics gossip line about marriage and fidelity.
Cheap Farm Prospects Through Railway Excursions
A Norfolk style advertisement invites readers to contact P. Sid Jones in Birmingham or Dr. R. B. Crawford in Chicago for good outdoor farms. It promotes Garden Spots nationwide with Louisville and Nashville Railroad excur sions on the first and third Tuesdays at two dollars over fare. Send ten cents for a copy of Garden pots to Mr. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville.
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P. Sid Jones
Birmingham
Ala
R. B. Crawford
Rookery Building
Chicago
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
C. P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
Atmore
Mow They Shop at Breakfast Table
Mrs. Tredway asks her husband for 60 cents to spend the day shopping, outlining ten cents for car fare and fifty cents for luncheon, in a humorous Harriet Bazar style vignette.
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Harry
Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer Offer Promises Cure
An advertisement claims fits are tee or free and permanently cured after first day use of Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a free $2 trial bottle and treatise. The notice mentions Dr Kling at 038 Arch Street, Philadelphia. It adds a sharply worded remark about sermons being neither too long nor too short.
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Dr. Kline
Kling
Archat
Phila
Bills of Fare in Fashionable Restaurants
The debate over engrafting French and German dishes on American restaurant menus continues. Some say early American cooking was coarse, others defend refined fare. For the dyspeptic and bilious, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is suggested, and a cynical line notes a loafer cares only for those who are busy.
Ulcerine Salve credited with saving boy scarred by burn
A Lake Crystal man testifies that Allen's Ulcerine Salve cured his four year old son after severe scalding from boiling water. Despite multiple grafts and medical care, recovery seemed unlikely until the salve aroused the sores and aided healing. Four years later the boy remains strong and active.
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Lake Crystal
Minn
St. Paul
Allen
IT. E. Woods
C. Cotalan & Co
Boots & Shoes
Jewelers Weekly Confession Sparks Earrings Mystery
A fragment from Jewelers Weekly notes a domestic quarrel over a $400 pair of diamond earrings. The wife borrowed them for the afternoon and threatened to leave if not allowed to wear them, while the jeweler recalls the incident after the author was away.
Allen’s Foot Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort
Advert reads Allen’s Foot-Ease powder to cure painful swollen nervous feet and bunions, claim instant relief and easier shoes, sold by druggists and shoe stores. Includes trial package address and scattered endorsements from readers.
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Allen
Drugeists
Fred
Olmsted
le Roy
The Duty of Mothers and Mrs Pinkham Advice
A 19th century appeal urges mothers to seek medical guidance for daughters, citing neglect harm and praising Mrs. Pinkham Lynn Mass. A Centralia Pennsylvania student shares relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills, reporting restored health, weight gain, and regular menses after following advice.
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Pinkham
Catarrh Cure by Internal Remedies Promoted by Cheney
An advertisement extols Halls Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that reaches the disease seat, claims it is not a quack medicine, and notes it is prescribed by leading physicians. It emphasizes tonics and blood purifiers, offers testimonials, and lists Toledo Ohio as the company base with pills also marketed for teething and minor ailments.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
The Doctor's Discovery and Prominent Advertisements
The piece notes a physician group in Buffalo, Dr Hayes and associates, claiming over forty thousand treated asthma cases with thousands under care. It cites a Detroit Free Press quip about doctors and billing and mentions a marriage announcement trend and a cold cure claim with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
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Detroit Free Press
Fast Sleepers Between St Louis and Colorado Announced
A new through Sleeper service on the Wabash-Rock Island Short Line will start May 15, 1898, with fastest travel time from St Louis to Colorado Springs and Denver. Departure is 9.20 a.m. from St Louis, arrival next morning 11.00 at Colorado Springs, Denver at 11.30. Return travels depart Colorado Springs 2.45 p.m., arrival St Louis next evening 6.15. The route offers daylight Missouri travel and overnight Kansas while enjoying mountain scenery. C S Crane and G P & T A note further details on application.
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Colorado
St. Louis
Rock Island
Colorado Springs
Denver
Missouri
C. S. Crane
G. PL & T. A, Bt. Louis
Man of Parta Linguist Quip Cited by Chicago News
A quirky exchange notes Mr Fizzington as a linguist who never knew his own talents. He supposedly speaks three languages: horse, baseball and golf, in a humorous line from the Chicago Evening News.
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Parta
Mr. Fizzington
Ian
Chicago Evening News
Pioneer Limited Train Advertises Night Service
The Pioneer Limited, the world s only perfect train, runs nightly between Chicago St Paul and Minneapolis via the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. The pioneer road of the West adopts improved safety facilities for passengers. An illustrated pamphlet showing scenery along the route will be sent free upon receipt of one cent postage stamp to Geo H Heatford General Passenger Agent Chicago ILL.
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Pioneer Limited
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolia
Chicago, Milwaukee
How They Succeed in Prosperity by Hops and Work
A brief note contrasts paths to success as men profit from a single bold enterprise versus steady effort. It cites hops and brewing as a prominent example, highlighting Nick and Tom as illustrative figures in the craft and commerce of beer.
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Tom
Sam
Nick
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