Insurgent Scattering Tactics Reported Across Luzon
Reports from Luzon indicate insurgents dispersing to guerrilla bands as Filipino council leaders admit futility of resistance to Americans. In Mindanao Zamboanga surrendered to Commander Very unconditionally, while Buencamino is held in Mania. Ambushes, assassinations, and raids continue along rail lines as MacArthur pursues retreating forces. Aguinaldo remains at large with family pursued by U.S. forces.
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Buencamino
Edward 8
Williston
Tarlac
Aguinaldo
Washington
Long
Adm. Watson
Zamboanga
Mindanaa
Very
Castin
MacArthur
Guerrila
Company D
9Th Infantry
Bayamban
Bayabam
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Filipions
Capas
Bamban
Angeles
Malasiqui
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Col. Bell
Bayambang
Mangatarem
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Cascoes
Bacoor
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Bautiston
Young
Aguizaldo
Alsop
Duncan
Greenough
Singer
Wilson
Grover
Wilcox
Elias Howe
New York City
Massachusetts
John Fitch
Robert Fulton
Thomas Somerset
Tommy West Wins Bout Over Frank Craig in Fourteenth
New York reports Tommy West was awarded the decision over Frank Craig known as the Harlem Coffee Cooler at the end of the fourteenth round of a scheduled 25 round catchweight bout at the Broadway Athletic Club Friday night. In LaCrosse Wisconsin J J Hach opposes seating Congressman Roberts of Utah.
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Tommy West
New York
Frank Craig
Harlem Coffee Cooler
Broadway Athletic Club
God Sent the Wheel The Theme for Dr. Talmage's Sermon
A 1899 sermon by Dr. Talmage calls Thanksgiving week a praise of progress driven by invention. He frames the wheel as divine aid enabling conquest and national prosperity, praising sewing machines, harvest gear, and steamboats for transforming domestic life, agriculture, and international commerce.
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Dr. Talmage
Ezekiah
Santiago
Manila
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Paradise
Thomas Hood
Saul
Sexton
Arlington Heights
Richmond
Gettysburg
Army of Women
The Wheel and the Rise of Modern Transport
A narrator reflects on Sanderson's stagecoach and the vast progress to railways from Doncaster to Chicago. He celebrates steam power and the bicycle's advent at Philadelphia in 1876, praising mobility, industry, and women's health, while urging safe, beneficent use.
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James Waxt
Sanderson
New Brunswick
Easton
Somerville
N. J
Chicago
Doncaster
England
George Stephenson
Rocky Mountain
Westinghouse
United States
Union Pacific
Philadelphia
Chevy Chase
Coney Island
Will Carleton
Fats for Frying and Soap Making in Home Kitchens
The article advises saving various animal fats separately for cooking and cleaning. Fresh pork fat is good for frying. beef fat blends with lard or chicken fat. Butter is poor for frying. Keep two jars for coarse and fine fats, and use scraps to clarify. Chicken fat suits olive oil dressings. turkey fat is strong and may be strained into soap fat. Maintaining clean, strained fats supports home soap and pot washing uses.
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N. Y. Tribune
Irish Chain Quilt Pattern Instructions
An 1830s style quilting note from Ohio Farmer describes cutting nine inch squares light and dark, splitting into triangles, inserting four small dark triangles, building half blocks, reversing colors for the other half, joining by long sides, and linking blocks by fitting three inch square cuts from dark triangles into light sides of adjacent blocks.
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Ohio
Odd Marriage Customs of the Negu Los
The Negu los practice a bride pursuit ending with the parents guiding the couple in a ritual water blessing. After a mountain honeymoon of five days the couple return to daily life. A second method uses saplings brought together by an elder and a kiss to seal marriage.
Beef Palates Recipe Instructions
Wash and simmer until tender then peel off the upper skin. Cut into squares and serve with a brown sauce flavored by mushroom catsup and the juice from pickled onions. A single boil finishes the dish.
Truth Telling Turns Dangerous in Private Exchange
A short dialogue reveals risk in truth telling as Muggins recalls a past call to e mana Yar and Juggins confirms it was a sad moment. The exchange hints at personal stakes and consequences tied to honesty.
Hat Dilemmas in the Theater Parlor Scene
A woman and a companion attend a matinee in downtown Chicago. An usher nears as she hides her hat with curl papers showing. After initial fear, she removes the hat and quickly pulls out the papers, blushes, and stares at the stage as the show continues.
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Chicago Daily News
Queen Victoria Presides Over Windsor Kitchen System
The royal household runs a meticulously organized Windsor kitchen complex with a main kitchen greenroom confectionery and pastry kitchen. The queen’s chef earns 500 pounds a year with a staff of four master cooks two yeomen two assistants six apprentices and six kitchen maids plus pantry staff.
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Windsor
London
Prince Consort
George IV
Europe
E. M. Jessop
Pall Mall
Theft at The Hague Involving Queen Wilhelmina’s Treasures
An unusual theft case in The Hague targets Queen Wilhelmina. A trusted official vanished after valuables including gold and silver toilet pieces were stolen from the dressing room and later found with a silversmith who said he bought them from the official.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Recipe and Memorial Note From Pepperell Memory
A家庭 style preservation recipe details ingredients for a relish using tomatoes peppers onions spices and vinegar plus a two hour boil and hot sealing. The note also records Mrs Roger Wolcott of Boston gifting a monument to Pepperell Massachusetts honoring local men who fought at Bunker Hill.
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Roger Wolcott
Boston
Pepperell, Mass
Bunker Hill
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