ILOILO TAKEN BY UNITED STATES FORCES
Mantua February 14 The gunboat Petrel arrived with dispatches from Brigadier General Miller to Major General Otis announcing that Iloilo fell to combined military and naval forces on Saturday. Rebels fired on the Petrel as it opened fire and Baltimore bombarded the town. The rebels evacuated after fires set by them were extinguished. American casualties not reported.
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Mantua
United States
Petrel
Miller
Otis
Tloilo
Manila
St. Paul
Baltimore
Vibrations Ether and Wireless Telephony Demonstrated
Mr F W Branson addressed the Leeda naturalists club on recent physical discoveries. He contrasted atmospheric radiation with Hertzian ether waves, comparing sound light heat and electrical waves with models and diagrams. Demonstrations included Marconi wireless telegraphy, phosphorescent bodies, Rontgen rays, and Tesla coil experiments.
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Marconi
Teachers' Examination to be Held in Chateau Court House
Teachers' examination will be held in the Court House in Chateau on Friday and Saturday February 17 and 18 1899. Fanniz E ONENOWETE County Superintendent.
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Chateau
Fanniz E. Onenowete
Mrs Margaret C Thompson Dies at 26 in Chateau
Mrs Margaret C Thompson died Sunday February 12 of pneumonia from nervous exhaustion at age 26. Born in Walla Walla Washington she lived there until 14 then moved to Lethbridge Canada and later to Teton county Montana near the Marias and Chateau. She married Thos L Thompson on September 19 1895 and had two sons Willie and Arthur. Arthur died a week before his mother. Survived by husband two brothers Charles William Thomas Farrell and sisters Mrs Mary Wamsley and Miss Lillian Farrell. Funeral at M E church with Knights of Pythias and Degree of Honor members in attendance. Burial at the local cemetery.
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Margaret C. Thompson
Thompson
Walla Walla
Washington
Lethbridge
Canada
Teton County
Montana
the Marias
Chateau
Thos. L. Thompson
Willie
Arthur
Charles
William
Thomas Farrell
Mary Wamsley
Lillian Farrell
M. E
George Logan
Knights of Pythias
Dr. Beaupre
S. H. Brown
Margaret Thompson
Reliable Man Seeks Branch Manager Position
A. T. Morris of Cincinnati Ohio seeks a manager role for a new branch in this area. He offers an illustrated catalogue for four cents postage and asks readers to mention the paper.
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O. K
A. T. Morris
Cincinnati
Watsons Seeks Trustworthy Managers in Statewide Posts
Several trustworthy persons are invited to manage business in their own and nearby counties with home office work. Salary is 2900 a year plus bonafide monthly $75. no extra. References required. Send self addressed stamped envelope to Herbert E. Hess, President, Dept. M, Chicago.
The Decay of the Home
The Salt Lake Tribune argues New York society’s shift toward an artificial, hostess-driven life erodes the traditional American home. It links women’s public roles and luxury culture to a perceived national decay, warning republics suffer when domestic affections fade.
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Salt Lake Tribune
New York
Ocean
Prairies
Planners Contain Variations of Home Sweet Home
Aunt Hetty notes the planner shows Home Sweet Home with variations. Uncle Hiram can only report the variations he knows.
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Hetty
Sue Harkins
Hiram
Capture of Caloocan By Otis Brigade In Act Of War
Manila Feb 10 General Harrison Otis brigade including the 1st Montana captured Caloocan twelve miles north of Manila after 2 30 p m shelling by the Manadnock and Concord and bombardment by 6th artillery and Utah battery. Rebels fired as Americans advanced but fled to entrenchments with slight American losses and heavy Filipino casualties among them Colonel Bruce Wallace was wounded in the lung.
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Manilla
Caloocan
Here
Harrison Otis
Montana
Manadnock
Concord
6Th Artillery
Utah
Otis
Tnenty
Bruce Wallace
Apportionment of School Funds by Districts
Mrs. Chenoweth superintendent of schools presents the apportionment of school money across districts in Stats County. Totals include district by district receipts and expenditures with grand sums shown as 8,171 54 and 8,715 94.
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Chateau
Dupuyer
Muarifas
Belliview
Burton
Lower Marins
Tribute to the Flag is Recited by Army Officer’s Wife
A New York Press account recalls a luncheon toast by the wife of a regular army officer. She speaks reverently of the flag, linking its colors to martyrs from Santiago and to the sacrifices of frontier families and their babies.
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New York
New England
Santiago
Five Million Boxes a Year Cascarets Advertise Merit
In 1898 Americans bought nearly 5 million Cascarets Candy Cathartic boxes, up over 1 million from 1897. The ad touts Cascarets as honest up to date natural liver laxative tablets improving breath and blood, and appeals to readers to try them if not already using.
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America
Office in the Old Countree A Lawyer's Rise
A poem from the Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts a boyhood temp becoming a lawyer. He toiled from a dusty start in a down east firm, carried the cuspidore, and built toward a county office by coaxing, squeezing, and hustling clients.
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Countree
Rich
Jace
Cleveland Plain ‘Dealer
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised By Reader
A Glenville West Virginia reader backs Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as highly effective after trying many medicines. The letter also recounts a forgery incident involving bad checks and a county attorney, then endorses the remedy and notes local availability from C. H. Drake.
Hay For Sale on Cooper Martin Ranches
Seven hundred nine tons of hay advertised for sale on the Cooper Martin ranches. Buyers may use the sheds to feed the hay.
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Cooper-Martin
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James Sulgrove
Notary Public
Old Court House
Ohotead, Mont
J. G. Bair
Choteau
Telephone
Mont
J. E., Erickson
H. Drake
M.D
City Drug Stre
Chotane
A. J. Cooper
Begin Building
Postoffice
A. G. Warner
Joe
Duff
Department of the Interior
Land Office
Pension and
John
Fort Renton
Olaf Field
M. BE. Church
Hazlett Street
Chateau _Avenue
Geo. Logan
Epworth League
Choteau Lopge No 44
Joux E. de Haas
Sun River
Great Falls
TEHH
A. Rooney
Iloilo
F. W. Branson
Leeda Naturalists’ Club and Scientific As
John Canonica
School OF Education
Eto
Great Falls, Mont
Aguinala
Chas. A. Burns
Burns
Peter Joyce
John A. Hanson
Lon Matheson
Burna
Joyce
Pate
Miller & Longmuir
Pete
Erickson
Chamberlain
Glenville
W. Va
Pathfinder
C. H. Drake
Lexington
Teton
Exchange
Hamilton Streets
S. H. Brown & Son
Photo
North Main St
R. D. Langhorne & Son
Upper Main St
Main Street
Freak Cady
Davies & Cady
J. W. Davina
Shelby
Tetonounty
Croteau
Cam
H. F. Exouann
W. M. Foster
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