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    The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
    The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
    The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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    The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls

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      The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls - Various Various

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      Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897

      A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls

      Author: Various

      Release Date: April 14, 2005 [EBook #15619]

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      Vol. 1            June 3, 1897.            No. 30

      A great deal of interest is being taken in the affairs of Cuba at this time.

      So many reports reached President McKinley of the sufferings of many of our citizens who are living in Cuba, that he felt it his duty to look into the matter, and he has sent a message to Congress on the subject.

      The cause of the new trouble is this.

      Some months ago General Weyler, thinking that the country people supplied the insurgents with food and gave them shelter, issued an order that all the inhabitants of Cuba who lived in the country districts should leave their homes, and within eight days present themselves at the nearest town, there to remain until the war was over.

      In obedience to this order

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