Rebel Leader Heads Forces In Philippine Clash
A Manila special reports 5000 insurgents attacked General MacArthur’s lines at San Fernando at 430 am Friday, repulsed with 75 killed and many wounded. American regiments held and repelled the charge as Aguinaldo reportedly led the assault. Casualties and transport details followed. General Luna’s reported assassination is claimed by a released Spanish prisoner.
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Manila
Apalit
MacArthur
San Fernando
Iowa Regiment
Kansas Regiment
Funstan
Kansane
Hale
Seventeenth Regiment
Aguinaldo
Candababa
Dagupan
Kansas
Luna
Northern insurgents attack near San Fernando repulsed
General Otis reports from Manilla that insurgents concentrated a large force near San Fernando and attacked MacArthur's troops. The enemy was repulsed with over fifty dead and many wounded. our casualties were fourteen, mostly slight. The attack began days earlier under Aguinaldo's personal direction.
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Washington
Otis
Manilla
San Fernando
MacArthur
Oue
Aguinaldo
Chicago Reaches 2 Million Population Mark
Chief of Police Ripley reports Chicago’s population has surpassed two million, totaling 2,088,042. The census figures come from the police department’s tally.
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Chicago
Ripley
After Battle Lawton Fails to Find Insurgents at Coast
General Lawton and the Fourth cavalry rode south along the coast toward Imus and Bacoor to locate insurgents after Tuesday’s clash. They found Bacoor shelled and abandoned, with the town full of whites but no soldiers. The Filipinos had retreated several miles southward to Imus, while American ships shelling drove rebels from Bacoor, leaving several miles of coast under U.S. control.
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Lawton
Manila
Imus
Bacoor
Fourth Cavalry
Cockrell Fights Free Silver in Democratic Platform
Missouri Senator Cockrell denounces efforts to relegates free silver to a minor plank. He criticizes leaders for proposing to modify the free silver stance in the party platform without altering the core policy.
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Missouri
Cockrell
Caledonia mine disaster in Glace Bay capsizes workers
Eleven men died when two explosions at the Caledonia mine of Dominion Coal Company in Glace Bay Cape Breton caused a gas ignition deep in the west pit. Rescue crews retrieved eleven bodies as smoke and fire trapped workers and families gathered at the shaft.
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North Sidney
B. C
Cape Breton
Caledonia
Glace Bay
Dominion Coal Company
Thomas Johnson
Thomas Brown
Plan to Fight Tin Plate Trust In Joliet by Capital Ring
Senator W. A. Clark of Montana Charles Edwin Miller of New York and J E Shawhan of San Francisco conferred in Chicago to form a combine against the tin plate trust A plan calls for a Joliet Illinois plant with one million dollars capital on the horizon
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W. A. Clark
Montana
Charles Edwin Miller
New York
J. E. Shawhan
San Francisco
Chicago
Tin Plate Trust
Joliet
Illinois
Samoa crisis rumor damped by official silence
A Washington dispatch says no official source confirms any move to relieve the three consuls and Chief Justice Chambers at Samoa. Officials believe American consul Osborne has avoided enemies at Apia and is not disliked by German or British elements. The Samoan commission is said to lack power to remove Chambers.
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Washington
Samoa
Osborne
Apia
Chambers
Hanna Denies Retirement Report From Washington
Senator Mark Hanna rejects a Washington report claiming he will retire as chairman of the national Republican Committee. He says the report is false and remains in the post.
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Mark Hanna
Washington
National Republican Committee
Father Charged in Death of Son by Burning in Florida
Gary Booker, described as a negro, is jailed in Jacksonville Florida charged with murder of his ten year old son. A coroner's verdict holds that the boy was burned to death by his father.
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Gary Booker
Jacksonville
Fla
An Argument Over A Billygoat In The Puck Tone
A brief juvenile exchange shows Johnny begging his mother for a billygoat to help dispose of old papers. The mother resists while humorously debating practicality versus novelty in a domestic scene.
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Eyne
Johnny
Puck
Bumboatmen Around the World Described in 19th Century Sketch
The New York Tribune notes bumboatmen frequent ports from China to Indo-China and British India, with Alexandria traders blamed for laziness. They float beside ships crying Everything offering pigeons and pets, while Madagascar natives remain eager bumboat traders, swarming ships in welcome.
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China
Indo-China
British India
Alexandria
Egypt
Madagascar
New York Tribune
Mules Sent from San Francisco for Fiji Islands Experiment
Forty mules have been shipped from San Francisco to the Fiji Islands for use on a large sugar plantation. This first shipment is an experiment and, if successful, may lead to many more animals being sent to the South Sea Islands.
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Fiji Islands
San Francisco
Cal
South Sea Islands
Municipal Responsibility in the Spread of Tuberculosis
Dr George F Keene of Howard read a paper at Cincinnati on tuberculosis control. He warned every new case comes from another and urged universal knowledge, milk safety, and anti spitting ordinances. He stressed indoor transmission and the need for clean air and sunlight to curb the disease.
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George F. Keene
Howard, R. 1
Koch
United States
Dream and dog incident spark strange postal tale
A London Truth item recounts Mrs Jones dreaming her dog died and she chose to skin it and throw the body into a river. The dog reappeared alive, then swam away. The next morning letters arrive from a Lewis Jones asking about a dog crossing the river and offer to send the collar. No such dog belonged to Mrs Jones.
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Jones
Mrs. Jones
Lewis Jones
Solelows
London
Prohibition of Tobacco and Patent Medicine Claims
A collage of vintage advertisements and testimonials touts No To Bac cures for tobacco dependence, Then follows claims for various remedies including Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer and catarrh cures. The text features testimonials from Needham MA and Mrs Winslow and includes pricing and contact lines for patent medicines.
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Kline
Rh. H. King, Ltd
Phila
Freeing a Domestic Eagle
A friend kept a young eagle as a domestic animal until selling all. He freed the eagle, hoping it would return to itself. On release, the bird stretched its wings and cried out before vanishing into the sky, leaving the observer to wonder what it recalled.
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Heaven
Presbyterian
Antwerp market and patent medicine notices in brief
Antwerp is noted as Belgiums main market for paints and colors while advertisements promote Allen s Foot Ease to cure swollen feet and bunions and Cascarets candy cathartic with money back guarantee if not cured. a miscellaneous proverb on gossip closes the fragment.
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C.C. C
Allen
All Drug
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
A Story of Sterility Suffering and Relief
Letter to Mrs Pinkham about long years of back pain and leucorrhea ending in pregnancy after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Woman credits prompt advice and continued use for relief and fertility.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Medical testimonial on Barnhart remedy cures long illness
A patient from New Castle, Pennsylvania recounts seven years of illness after marriage, four births, two miscarriages, and multiple complaints. She reports recovery from womb issues, leucorrhea, back and leg pains, dyspepsia, and nervous stomach tremors after using the medicine, concluding it has worked wonders.
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Barnhart
New Castls
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Kvocueve
Eteritag Remedy Company
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Serer
Ala
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P. B. Loupenn
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Acure
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Liberto
Lyons Bros
Penn Bidg
Cincinnati
Eee
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Zero Machine Co
Nelson St
Atlanta, Ga
Buamboatmen of the Orient
Sterling Remedy Co
Piro
E. U. Moulton
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Parker
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Belgium
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Broad St
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Knight's Patent
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World
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Kiser Building
ELF
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Brooklyn
N. Y
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Sell Ohm
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