Spain Accepts 20 Million Peace Offer and Cedes Islands
Paris reports Spain has accepted the United States offer of 20 million dollars and agreed to relinquish Cuba and cede Porto Rico Guam and the Philippine Islands. The Spanish commission rejected the American principles but proposed limited arbitration in parts of the dispute. Articles of peace to embody Cuba's relinquishment and island cessions will be drawn up for submission Wednesday.
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Paris
Spain
United States
Peace Commission
Cuba
Porto Nico
Guam
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Nnion
American Commission
Senor Ojeda
Spanish Commission
Moore
Porto Rico
Caroline Islands
Xmusaic
Ualan
Carolines
London
The
Standard
Albert Shaw
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Morocco
Dewey
McKinley
Shaw
Great Britain
Review of Reviews Co
Commissionwork near end as Spain accepts peace terms
Washington reports from the state department indicate the peace commission is nearing completion. A general clause in the treaty may bind parties to future negotiations to resume commercial relations with Spain on fair terms. London and Madrid dispatches discuss Carolines purchase talks and Spain's stance on selling the Carolines.
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Washington
State Department
Paris
United States
Spain
Caroline Islands
Caroline
Provisions of the Treaty with Spain and War Costs
A brief outline of terms from the treaty includes cession of Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, the Philippines for £25,006,000, and renunciation of certain indemnities. It notes religious liberty in the Carolines, release of political prisoners, and restoration of treaties. It lists U S and Spanish losses and island gains, with total war costs and territory figures.
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Spain
Porto Rico
Guam
Ladrones
Philippine Archipelago
United States
Carolines
Kusele
Calan
Cathilippines
Maine
Sug
Sulu
Rede
Bev
Pecees
Sugguirit
Porto Hico
Oes
UY Higst
TNS
la Hess
Cgommctce
Etek
Hhite
Cornell Graduate Student Drowns Testing Ice in Fall Creek
Wilson Klinger of Manhattan Wilcounty UK a Cornell education student in pedagogy drowned after being found in the hydraulic laboratory canal in Fall Creek. He was 29 and not registered at Cornell, preparing for a Missouri State College professorship. The death is believed linked to ice testing for skating.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Wilson Klinser
Manhattan
Wilcounty
Cornell
Hydraulic Laboratory
Fall Creek
Klinger
Cornell University
Ann
Missouri State College
Supreme Court Lets Green Bay Canal Use Fox River Waters
Justice Shiras on Monday delivered an opinion in Green Bay and Mississippi Canal company versus Patten Pauper company. The ruling favors the canal by allowing use of surplus Fox river waters in Wisconsin while reserving government control over where water is taken, reversing the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Shiras
Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Company
Patten Pauper Company
Fox River
Wisconsin
Canal Company
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Banking law amendment vote tally released in Springfield
The official canvass shows 324,656 voting for repeal and 55,773 against the banking law amendment. Cook County tallies 45,389 for and 15,737 against.
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Springfield
Ail
Secretary of “State
Cook County
Seventy or More Lives Lost in Boston Storm Wrecks
The Boston Evening report details a severe storm damaging vessels from Penobscot to New London. More than 70 lives are confirmed lost with possible Portland steamer missing, 100 vessels ashore or wrecked, and Cape Cod graveyard winds sweeping shorelines. Rescue crews aided survivors amid widespread destruction and heavy ice.
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Dewey
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America
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Penobscot
New London
Cape Cod
New England
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Boston & Portland Steamship Company
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Veazies
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J.C. Mahoney
South Boston Flats
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Spectacle Island
Flying Cloud
Marblehead Neck
Columbia
Scituate Beach
Consolidated Coal Company
Point Anerton
Marges MacAuley
Escort
Hull Beach
Sataskei
Revere
Cesetiplca
Beachmont
Postmaster Heath's Annual Report Highlights Postal Pushes
The First Assistant Postmaster General Heath releases a full report noting a 31.025 million dollar request for next year, with 17 million for salaries and 11 million for clerks. It urges strict salary controls, exposes stamp selling irregularities near major centers, and praises military postal service gains amid the Spanish war.
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Washington
Perry S. Heath
Heath
Fort Sumter
Appomattox
Kempner
Cuba
Havana
United States
War Department to Muster Out 30 000 to 40 000 Troops
Washington November 29 The war department plans to muster out 30 000 to 40 000 volunteers as regiments are selected. Many Manila volunteers seek return to the United States but no troops will leave the Philippines without replacements. Garrison duty remains to secure peace after terms accepted by Spanish commissioners.
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Washington
Manila
Philippines
United States
War Department
Spain
Cuba
Otis
Supreme Court Announces New Bankruptcy Rules Effective 1899
Justice Gray announced the United States Supreme Court will enact new bankruptcy rules under the 1898 act. The rules take effect January 2, 1899, with prior proceedings largely upheld if in line with the act and 1867 regulations. Distribution is delayed due to proof revision.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Justice Gray
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Occupies Restored Capitol Room
The state supreme court, on Monday, used its own chamber in the capitol for the first time since a fire three weeks earlier. Repairs were completed and the room appeared largely unchanged from before the blaze.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Capitol
Revenue Rise in October Receipts
The monthly report of the commissioner of internal revenue shows October receipts totaling 1,733,807 dollars, an increase of 7,699,276 dollars from October 1897.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Wisconsin Battleship Stuck in Mud Off Union Iron Works
The battleship Wisconsin ran onto mud flats while entering the channel from the Union iron works and became stuck. Builders plan to use dredges to dig a channel around the vessel to free it.
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San Francisco
Wisconsin
Union Iron Works
Hardwood Lumber Plant Destroyed by Fire in Bay City
The W. D. Young & Co hardwood lumber plant in West Bay City was totally destroyed by a fire. Estimated loss runs about 45090 with insurance cited at 75300, according to Bay City reports dated November 29.
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Bay City
Mich
Explosion at Havana Central Powder Store
A box of powder exploded near the Reina battery in Havana creating a blast that damaged a private house containing Mauser cartridges and five rooms of ammunition. The accident left about 35 people killed or seriously injured.
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Havana
Reina Battery
Infanta
Santa Clara
Reina
Millionaire Reveals Two Words That Made Him Rich
A wealthy man credits two words hard work for his success while reflecting on health costs. He now spends to regain health, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for restoring energy by calming the stomach and alleviating nervousness sleeplessness dyspepsia and indigestion.
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Hostetter
Supremely happy with a wife who lets him tell stories
A Cleveland Leader quote contrasts a husband praising his wife with remarks on her reactions to his humor, noting she does not look mortified or interrupt when he tells a tale. The snippet reflects social views on marriage and storytelling dynamics.
Travel to California by the North-Western Line
Excellent service to California with favorable single and round-trip rates for the season. daily through service year round. Personally conducted tourist car parties weekly to California and Oregon. Wide choice of routes without extra charge. Details from Chicago & North-Western Bay agents or connecting lines.
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North-Western
California
Oregon
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Old Woman Sees End Of War Bids For House Work
An elderly speaker recalls the war ending and John securing his pension and mortgage relief. She notes they could rest now and plan improvements such as painting the house and installing a new barn door once finances allow.
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Atlanta Constitution
Coughing Leads to Consumption and Kemp's Balsam Claim
An old ad copy touts Kemp's Balsam as a remedy for coughing with a free sample bottle offer and small price on larger bottles. The piece pairs this medical blurb with a quip about fishing versus love making, citing a Boston Transcript quotation.
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Kemp
Boston Transcript
Cure for Cold in One Day Adverts and Jokes
A compilation of old time remedies and satirical lines. Advertisements praise Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Pike's Toothache Drops and St Jacobs Oil for curing colds and aches. Miscellaneous quips reference horses and football colors.
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Hale
Pike
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Testimonials
One hundred dollars reward offered for incurable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cures. Endorsed by Ast & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists Toledo for fiscal reliability. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, $0.75 per bottle, sold by all druggists. Includes testimonials and notice of Glorinda's prideful abroad remark from Detroit Free Press.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney& Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Hall's
Grain-O Beverages Offer Sleep Friendly Coffee Alternative
Grain-O is marketed as a nourishing, non stimulating coffee substitute that comforts sleep. It is described as looking and tasting like coffee and suitable for nervous people, youths, and children. Available in 15 and 25 cent packages from grocers.
Lane's Family Medicine and Piso's Cure Ad Snippet
An old advertisement fragment promotes Lane's Family Medicine promising bowel, liver, and kidney relief and a cure for headaches with 25 and 50 cent prices. It cites testimonials from Mary Thomson of Allegheny and notes Hoyt’s St Jacobs Oil as a cure for sprains.
Woman Reports relief from ovarian trouble with Vegetable Compound
Mrs MapcGeE Baxcoce of Grand Rapids Michigan says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after chronic tiredness back pains and ovarian trouble. She notes improved sleep color and absence of monthly pain and recommends others write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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