Return of the Western Volunteers From the Philippines
The quartermaster general leads a vast troop movement bringing 12,000 volunteers home from the Philippines to replace 14,000 regulars across a 7000 mile ocean voyage. Western citizen soldiers, mostly from Kansas to California, endured hard campaigns since February and now return as seasoned veterans.
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United States Army
Philippines
Far East
Pacific
Otis
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Nebraska
Oregon
Washington
California
Manila
Luzon
Jack
Billy
Harry
Bill
Uncle Si
Spain
Quartermaster’s Department
Ofr
United States
Great Britain
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Cuba
Porto Rico
Honolulu
Freedom in Manila Aims as American Voice in Luzon
The Freedom weekly, an American paper in Manila, charts its role as a soldier’s newspaper with editorials letters from the firing line and vivid field reports. It details captured treasure, a deadly river crossing tale, and beef deliveries, while promoting liquor ads and American sentiment amid the Philippine campaign.
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Manila
Luzon
P. L
Freedom
Giant of the
Boston Herald
New State
Acept
Courier
Uncle Sam
Don. C. W. Musser
H. Fuller
E. Ellsworth Carey
Philippines
Santa Cruz
Golden
McMeeken
Third Artillery
Malolos
Germany
America
Dad Richwein
Alhambra
End of the Majors brothers crime spree ends in Utah
Archie Majors is killed by a sheriff after a gun battle in a Brigham Gulch. Abe Majors, captured and jailed as James Morgan, survives and faces possible execution. The case ties to Lena Stone, Lena Majors widow and former Salvation Army member, with roots in Oakland Alameda and Seattle.
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Majors Brothers
Archie
Utah
Captain Brown
Ogden
Archie Majors
Brigham
Abe Majors
Majors
Abe
Brown
James Morgan
George Morgan
Chicago
Seattle
Lena
Nast
Park Street
Alameda
San Francisco Chronicle
Lena Stone
Salvation Army
Oakland
Box Elder County
James Hampton
Hampton
Cordon
Thompson
Layne
Belnap
Bailey
California
United States
Frank Cahnon
Bert Willmore
Cal
Willmore
Folsom
York
Los
San Francisco
Fresno
Folsom Penitentiary
R. M. Fitzgerald
Board of State Prison Directors
Ballington Booth
Fitzgerald
Lana Stone
Lonely Glen
Alameds
J. Baker
Central Avenue
Sacramento
Neighbors suspect farmer in hypnotism tale from Okaw Valley
The Okaw Valley story centers on John Smit a young Illinois farmer accused by neighbors of hypnotic power and witchcraft. Anna Emilie Babst claims she was bewitched by Smit causing strange visions and a desire to flee to St Louis. Smit denies wrongdoing noting he is a poor farmer who cannot talk well.
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Bill
Jimmy
William
Philippines
Manila
Cavite
United States
Senate
Ongkong Daily Press
Golden Shore
St. Peter
Sam
Okaw Valley
Ilinois
John Smit
Anna Emilie Babst
Sisit
Freedom
Hecker
St. Louis
Joan Smit
Henry
Hannes
Kunklemanns
Dol
Ceab
New York Weekly Tribune
Express
the Express
Defiance
Ohio
Stay late just one more kiss, daring
Voice From the Stairs mocks Nan for delaying. Pittsburg Pest notes the bargain in a cheeky exchange about a single kiss before leaving.
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Nan
Pittsburg
Man desires the better, as general rule the others prevail
A terse aphorism from the Boston Courier notes that people typically seek what is superior, while acknowledging a broader tendency to prefer the alternatives.
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Boston Courier
Relics Found During Tower of London Guardroom Excavation
Work on a new guardroom near the White Tower uncovers a Roman second century wall and well preserved hot air diffuser tiles. Workers also reveal iron and stone shot embedded in mud and gravel with human bones and armor fragments, dating to the Wyatt rebellion era in 1554.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower of London
White Tower
Wyatt
New York Sun
Marine Artist Chosen for Twentieth Kannas Portrait
The Buffalo Express notes the commissioned painter for Twentieth Kannas in action should be a marine artist. The item confirms the artist selection as part of a city display initiative.
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Buffalo Express
Funston Changes Fight and Water Talk Into Synonyms
A historical note from the St. Louis Republic credits Funston with transforming the terms fighting and taking water from antonyms to synonymous usage, marking a linguistic shift.
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Funston
St. Louis Republic
Summer girl prowls the town in playful mythic tone
The passage portrays a summer girl as a wolflike figure moving through the scene with charm and danger. She appears in a restless image of conquest and desire, carrying herself with boldness as men respond to her presence. The fragmented text evokes urban myth and flirtatious intrigue in a Philadelphia setting.
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Ank
Heaveners
Philadelphia Presa
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Cafoocan
Journalism IN
Department of Verses
Hong Kong
Philippine Commission
Army
Santiago
William H. Anderson
Uke of Sutherland
Colter
Australia
Freedom Representaives
Bir
Calle Real
Opsite
International Hotel
Land of God
Salvation Army Girl
Gravois Road
Hecker Post Office
Burdick
Smyth
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears, Roebuck & Co.inc
Chicago, Hil
John
New York
Camden
K.d
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