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The Philadelphia record no. 9662 [end of Spanish-American war]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08832 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia Type: Newspaper Date: 1898/08/13 Pagination: Order a Copy

One newspaper issue of The Philadelphia record, dated August 13, 1898. Prints news of the end of the Spanish-American War, with the halting of hostilities on August 12, 1898 and a signing in Washington of a Protocol of Peace between the United States and Spain. Also contains an article on the poisoning of Mary Elizabeth Dunning and her sister, Ida Harriet Deane, by Cordelia Botkin. Botkin had been having an affair with Dunning's husband, John Preston Dunning. This was America's first murder by mail. There is also local news, financial news, and stories from New York and Europe, as well as many advertisements and announcements.

Dunning, John Preston, fl. 1898
Dunning, Mary Elizabeth, fl. 1898
Deane, Ida, fl. 1898
Millington, Ethel, fl. 1898
Pennington, Harry, fl. 1898
Bateman, Josephine, fl. 1898
Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923
Griggs, John William, 1849-1927
Smith, Charles Emory, 1842-1908
Heath, Perry S. (Perry Sanford), 1857-1927
Hay, John Milton, 1838-1905
Larsen, Aslang, fl. 1898
Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898
Hilles, Florence Bayard, 1866-1954
Stone, Roy, 1836-1905
Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
Schwan, Theodore, 1841-1926
Garretson, George, fl. 1898
Cervera, Pascual, 1839-1909
Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell, 1842-1920
McKinley, William, 1843-1901

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