Heroic Catubig Convent Siege Shocks the Philippines
Eyewitness account from Felipe Guardez, a Filipino prisoner, describes a week long assault by 800 Filipino fighters on a small American garrison of 31 soldiers in the Catubig convent on Samar. The siege left heavy American losses, with at least a dozen killed, many wounded, and a chaotic retreat as relief forces arrived. Major Alten’s unit, the Forty third Infantry from Vermont, faced brutal close quarters fighting and fire from windows and the river.
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Samar
Washington
Ots
Felipe Guardez
P.S
Gen. McArthur
Singere
Don
Manila
Luzon
Catubig
Owe
Catublg
Dustin L. George
William J. Hall
Herbert H. Edwards
John F. J. Hamilton
Cook Burton EB
Hess
Burton R. Wagner
Treffie Penslow
Otto B. Loose
Stephen Aperti
Joseph Noell
John &. Kuhn
Ralph H. Zim
Edward Braman
Chester A. Conklin
W. H. Collins
J. J. Ering
Henry Damas
Philip Saling
George A. Slack
Forty-third Infantry
Ethan Allen
Vermont
Meade
Henry T. Alten
Alten
Uncle Sam
Sweeney
The Redemption of Ralph Morton in a Boston Post tale
In a December office scene Ralph Morton faces ruin after confessing theft and nearing dishonor. Amy Warden, wealthy merchant’s daughter, offers forgiveness and repayment of the debt with a chance at reform and a future together. Five years later Morton returns, finds Amy vanished, then saves a stranger, revealing she may be the lost savior he sought.
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London
China
Tien Tsin
Hongkong
Scamp
Misa Amy Warden
Anthony Warden
Ralph Morton
Mr. Morton
Miss Warden
Ralph
Dr. Banks
Morton
Amy
Fred
Cricks of horse traders and their dark tricks
English horse trades have used methods to pass old horses as young. Bishoping hides worn teeth with filings and hot iron to imitate youth. Other brutal scams like gingering beaning and gaffing roughen the animals to fake vigor at fairs.
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England
Deceitful practices by horse dealers exposed
The article describes bad dealer schemes to hide lameness and defects in horses. Tricks include replacing shoes, using nails, concealing eye holes and inflaming wounds. It notes faking broken wind by giving shots to weigh down the stomach, causing inflammation and eventual death.
Persian feast spreads bread and music on leather sheet
In a Persian gathering a feast unfolds with pipes, tea, and sweets. Servants lay a leather sheet on the floor where guests sit, a flat loaf is shared, dishes are arranged on trays, a final invocation is said, and the diners begin to eat in silence.
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God
London Globe
Cloudbursts Kill Thirteen In Morrison Colorado Campout Disaster
A spring 1897 Morrison Colorado cloudburst swept campers from tents as heavy rain swelled the stream. In darkness some fled wrong directions and were lost in the torrent, battling debris and wreckage. thirteen perished in the flood.
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Morrison
Colo
Chalk Canyon Rain Chalk Effect on Colorado Tracks
A Colorado cloud burst near Chalk Canyon at Mount Princeton caused a limey chalk deposit to ooze over railroad tracks. The mud hardened rapidly, refilling and diversifying the terrain until trains resumed six hours after the storm, with old lines forever sealed beneath the new layer.
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Mount Princeton
Colorado
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Jimmy
Cricks
Rocky Mountain
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