Heroic Signal Officer of Manila Battle
In February 1899 near Manila, a young First Idaho signal lieutenant races to repair a severed telegraph wire under heavy fire. Amid smoke from the Bocano de Vitas area, he braves Mauser fire to restore communication for General Anderson’s troops as California, Washington, and Idaho brigades push toward Santa Ana and the Pasig.
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Manila
Bocano de Vitas
Pasig
Old Fort San Antonio Abad
Aguinaldo
East Paco
Hanes
Anderson
Lighth Corps
America
Estero de Paco
Calle Real
Pasig River
Laguna de Bay
Signal Corps
Army
Elovyen
Firat
Otis
Volunteer Army
First
Idaho
Wyoming Regiment
Hospital Corps
Theatar
Battery Knoll
Chen
Barat
Dyer's
Washington
Paco Church
California
Santa Ana
Othe
Smith
First California
Ounce
Concordia Bridge
Sacred Band
Red Cross
Pace Square
Dyer
Beoat
Ina
Gallant Young Hero Clamps Wire Under Fire
A daring act at the Manila front sees a young signal corps lieutenant and a brave volunteer soldier risking peril to repair a broken wire. The feat inspires a recommendation for the Medal of Honor for Lieut Charles E Kilbourne. The tale, told by Youth's Companion, captures distant war heroism and national admiration.
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Denly
Zip
Decline of Buckwheat Food Seen in U S Farms
The article examines falling buckwheat cultivation in the United States over 35 years, noting acres and yields down since the Civil War era. It cites crop reliability, shifts to cereal preparations, and potential ecological effects on bees, with limited global production rested in Russia and France.
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America
Russia
France
Europe
Great Britain
New York
Life in Porto Rico Furnishings and Decor
The Porto Rican home emphasizes simple furniture such as Austrian bent wood and wicker work with little decoration beyond crochet lace. Bedrooms gleam with hand made lace, hundreds of yards of crochet, and canopied beds. Walls stay bare except for occasional merit paintings while oversized ferns and palm leaves festoon spaces creating cool inviting rooms with many tropical potted plants, as described in Harper’s Bazar.
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Porto Rico
West Indies
Harper's Bazar
Traces of Forest Beasts Mark Malay Trail
In Malay wilds the ground bears clear signs of elephants rhino tigers and deer. Mud nine feet up shows an elephant rubbing against a tree while hardened clay holds fire marks. Repeated scratches mark a rhinoceros, tiger pad prints are fresh, and numerous deer tracks surround the elephant footprints.
Cavalry Detachments Clash in Scrimmage Across Boer Trenches
In early action during a prelude to major engagements, Dundonald's cavalry rode to cut off a band of Boots as infantry watched. A trooper fell, recovering quickly as another Irishman, Paddy, quipped that he remained only a foot soldier. The article notes marching rates of seventy five, one hundred eight, and one hundred steps per minute for different formations.
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Tomimba
Ladyamith
Dundonald
Paddy
Obscure Hero Joseph Hinton Honored by Field Hospital Service
An Orange River field hospital nurse, Private Joseph Hinton of the Royal Army Medical Corps, tended enteric fever patients for over four months, sharing selfless duty among suffering comrades. He died after heroically serving under harsh conditions, leaving a quiet record of faithful service rather than bravado.
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London Daily News
Orange River
Joseph Hinton
Royal Army Medical Corps
Hinton
Marques
Patreuta
Tommy
Philadelphia Ledger
Rattlesnake Creek Tale and Other War Bits
Readable scraps recount a cave encounter near Rattlesnake Creek in Carroll County, a lion hunt in the Orange Free State, and a Jersey City train tragedy where a man saved his wife before perishing. Included are notes on Saunt’s widow, a bayonet rescue, Sir Charles Warren’s bath on Vaal Kranz, Whitworth steel, German post cards, cynical witticisms, and British paper usage figures.
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Ste C. Warren
Sir Charles Warren
Bouncer
Vaal Kranz
Charles
Buller
Ladysmith
T Hen
Charles Warren
London News
Fall of Kroonstad Ushers Free Staters Clash
General Roberts reports occupation of Kroonstad amid fierce fighting as Free Staters accuse the Tranavaniers of deadly errors. Hours of bombardment preceded a rapid clash that overwhelmed opposing forces. The conflict centers on control of the town and the fate of local authorities.
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Cenerel Roberts Noporla
Kroonstnd
Dea
General Roberts captures Kroonstad in six day march campaign
An Midland dispatch reports General Roberts reaching Kroonstad after a rapid 120 mile march from Droomfontein. The occupation marks half the distance to Pretoria, with British forces including North Somerset Yeomanry and Pole-Carew’s division marching in and a proclamation by President Steyn. Kruger vows to continue the war as Boer demoralization reports are questioned.
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Lonxpox
Cabe
Roberts
Kroonstad
Orange Free State
Droomfontein
Broamfontein
Pretoria
Joborte
Knooxstap
Hroonstad
Dillon
North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry
Pole-Carew
Guards
Eigh—— Ieenth Brigade Navale
Royal Artillery Company
Twelfth Engineers
Steyn
cCukn Marpe
The
Free State
Hota
Do Wat
Hhe
Daily Telegraph
Iseer
Roberte
Arrival of Boer Envoys in New York City on Peace Mission
Report from New York City describes a boisterous welcome for Boer peace delegates aboard the Holland-American steamer from Rotterdam after a twelve day voyage. A 200-strong reception committee greeted Abrahm Fischer J M A Wolmarans and C H Wassells as bands played and flags waved. The envoys expressed interest in U S arbitration between England and the Transvaal and planned to seek audience with President McKinley. The delegation, led by Wolmarans and Fischer, outlined their backgrounds in the Orange Free State and South African Republic governance and legal circles.
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New Yonk City
Amw
Manadam
United States
Ter Hobog
Rotterdam
Vassel
Fings
Messrs
Abram Fischer
J. M.A. Wolmarnus
C.H. Wassells
Roborts
Tielp
Mr. Fischer
Doug
England
Washington
McKinley
J. M.A. Wolnmans
Transvaal
Me. Wolmaranos
South African Republic
Abraham Fischer
Cape Colony
Lnn
Holland
Bloemfontein
Orange Front
C. H. Wessola
Orange Free State
Dbadam Fircoes
Gray College
Broemfontein
Kimberley
Jong
Orange Free State Volksraad
Nationnal Bank
Orange Free Bank
Republic
Pith
Agann
Guan
Vaulcn
Bs Helt
Gothenburg Swadeo
Contateracy of
Alabama
Pettyrson Davis
Montgomery
Titependepee Hall
Padadelphia
Ailiet
Mousanehusette
Ponsius
Niger Taniel
Socsay City
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chinuyo
Fire Leaves Many Homeless After Camden Market Fire
A Camden fire destroyed Farmers' Market House at Fifth and Federal, leveled ten stores and about fifty dwellings, forcing about 250 people from their homes. The blaze crossed grease soaked wood to rear houses and a nearby post office building. Phila aid helped as Camden firefighters faced a blaze beyond control. Most victims were small property owners with partial insurance coverage.
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Canuves
N. J
Fifth
Federal Streets
Ieto
Camden Fire Department
Ore Department of
Philadelphia
Pale Appointment to Senate Vacancy Announced
Waxattarox special dispatch reports Montana Senator William A Clark, long claimed as a U S Senator by Tuesday afternoon, resigns after review of disqualifying evidence. President pro tempore Frye directs Clark’s name be struck from the roll as Governor Smith had opposed his appointment. Lieutenant Governor Spriggs later names Clark to fill the vacancy, a move shocking Daly supporters and triggering a political firestorm in Helena.
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D. C
William A. Clack
Montana
United States Senate
Lim
Frye
Clark
Senate
Molena
Uwimneself
Heven
Mon
Spriggs
Willan A. Clark
Butte
Smith
California
Russian Council Passes Deportation Bill Without Inquiry
The Russian Council unanimously approved a bill enabling transport to Siberia and arbitrary exile without judicial inquiry. It ends criminal transportation and speeds up reception centers, with estimates of 300,000 Siberian residents and widespread suffering. The report notes a heavy toll on innocent lives and a shift toward harsher controls amid regional turmoil. The piece also covers Allied military actions in Leyte and broader trade and colonial news, including Boer prisoner movements and British political reactions.
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Siberia
Contentigous Furtheir
Constitutional amendment report from Washington on trust powers
A House Judiciary Committee discussion led to a constitutional amendment proposal in Article XVI granting Congress power to define regulate control prohibit or dissolve trusts and monopolies across states territories and DC with enforcement provisions and interstate reach. The article notes sections defining powers and enforcement mechanisms.
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Wasminotox
D. C
House
Congress
District of Columbia
United States
Washington Items Show Government Expenditures and Naval Plans
Washington items report the government to participate in the 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St Louis. Secretary Root sends a report on private property taken in the war with Spain. The Navy will cruise the North Atlantic coast for two months aboard Newport and Chesapete. Postage sales for the Oscar year rise to 103 million. Grants and pensions include increases for Screlet V Gridley widow of Captain Charles Gridley and a pension for Major General Henry W Lawton. buitenland
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St. Louts
Beanie
Apaio
House Committee On Pensions
Senate
Screlet V. Gridley
Erle
Charles ¥. Gridley
Newport
Annapolis
North Atlantic
Congress
House
Mr. Crawford
North Carolton
Richmond Pearson
Committee On Library of the Senate
Frank Edwin Elwell
Newark City
Hobart
Senate Chamber
Henry W. Lawton
Secretary of the Treasury
Romance in Fight For an Karate Estate Contested In Morris County Court
Testimony in Morris County Orphans Court over the William Davis estate centers on whether there are any heirs. John Blauvelt seeks a decree to distribute to the state if no heirs are found, while Annie Davis Johnson’s heirs claim Mer a Davis was a daughter. Witnesses include Robert Johnson, who produced a marriage certificate from Philadelphia on July 4, 1808, and Mrs. Johnson’s daughter, who recounts her mother’s death from heartbreak after learning of the family’s fate.
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Joplin
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Charles Biscons
Frankliin
N. H
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Lona Anderson
Omaha
Neb
Hoot
Fifth Army Corps
Fredericksburg
Franklin P. Pierce
Eifteenth Iofantis
Piattsburg
China
United States
J.P. Morgan & Co
New York City
American
Frenchmonh's Bay
Bro
Joseph Brychtor
Pallraan
Covington
Martin Arnow
Sophia
Brooklyn
James G. Woodward
Atlanta
Pounall
Edwin M. Heath
Connenticut
Johny D. Vreeland
Morris County Orphans’ Court
William Davis
Glen View
John Blauvelt
Satate
Aot
Btnto
Annie Davis Johson
Yamadeo
Conrad Ott
Mera, Davis
Robert Jonson
Johnson
Philadelphia
Pond
Coldwell
Davises
Na Fior
Kook
Annie
Jawis BL. Smith
Smith
Ay Davia
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State Home For Girls
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William H. MccCullough
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Friendship Methodist Episcopal Church
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