Story of a Soldier's Struggle on the Philippine Front
In a sweeping narrative set during the Manila campaign, Lt Colonel Langdon leads the First Washoes regiment with calm, strategic skill. Nathan, ambitious yet contentious, seeks command within the Pacific forces, facing jealousy, political pressure, and peril as the battle opens at dawn along the Tripa river.
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Nathan
Seattle
Lavallones
Honolulu
Pacific Coast
War Department
San Francisco
San Juan Hill
Manila
Melville
Royal Hawaiian
Frisco
Golden Gate
Heaven and
Hhere
Sawney
Washington
Adidant
Todajeenh
Nothen
Columbias
Hongkong
Carson
Concordia
Luzon
Aguinaldo
Santa Ana
Pasig
Pandacan Point
Oke Fort San Antonio
Briere
Iaco
Convent Walls
Battery Knoll
Leutenant
Hanford
Langdon
Languon
Ile
Son
Twan
Kooks
Evergreens
Tripa
Slough
Sabrle
Fire Tragedy at Lincoln Hotel Claims Dozens in Chicago
A blaze at the Lincoln Hotel on Madison Street Chicago October 4 killed twenty three guests. Fire officials call the brick building a fire trap as smoke and a narrow stairway trapped occupants and forced many to leap or be carried from upper floors. Firemen rescued survivors from flames and smoke as ambulances ferried away the dead and injured.
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Lincoln Hotel
Madson Street
Chicago
Sheppard
Thomas
Allen Olderff
Milwaukee
Olderff
F. A. Smith
Musham
Violent and puzzling dispatches from distant North American fronts
A chaotic mixture reports Higgins the Bow murderers hanged in St John NB, turkey-shoot survivor Angus Loste, San Maria volcano deaths, Sharmock LST damage, and large 1900s crime and science anecdotes. Local deaths include Mrs Ferris in Shelburn, George Parker frozen near Battleford, and Thomas Parker’s attempted suicide.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Praised By Mother For Girl’s Recovery
A Ontario mother describes her daughter Bertha’s collapse into weakness headaches and weight loss. After doctors failed, Bertha improved markedly with Dr Williams Pink Pills and gained weight. The letter urges other mothers to try the pills and details price and ordering info.
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Henry McIntyre Port
Henry McIntyre Port Dalhousie
Omni
Bertha
Chicago
Williams
Dr. Williams
der Williams
J Medicine
Dir Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Electric Car Plunges From Bridge Into Gorge
Dispatch from Sherbrooke Quebec dated December 4 reports an electric car plunging forty feet from Wolf street bridge into the Magog river gorge. Superintendent Smith conductor and the motorman were aboard. the former escaped by jumping, while motorman Tubors went down with the car and was seriously injured.
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Sherbrooke
Que
Wolf Street
Magog River
Smith
Tubors
Not Unusual Oddity From Comedian On Tour
A comedian recalls being driven to drink in the country late in life. A chorus of listeners urges him to tell the story as he explains traveling to a tavern ten miles away and riding there about twelve times with a quiet reply.
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George H. Parker
Battleford
New York
Harry Ruit
Paterson
N.J
Reat
Ruit
Dorn
Paris mother bears four in extraordinary circumstances
Marie Lallenment of 30 Passage du Chat elet Paris has given birth to four children under extraordinary circumstances. The first child was a stillborn male while the second and the two girls were born and joined above the thigh like the Hindoo twins Kadica and Doodoca. The mother and the three surviving children are going on well.
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Mine
Marie Lallenment
Passage du Chatelet
Paris
Kadica
Doodoca
Wealth and Poverty Shape a Man's Companions
A proverb notes that financial hardship increases a man's need for dogs to guard against hunger. The saying links poverty to owning more dogs as a practical safeguard.
Ontario Referendum on Liquor Act Debated Across Province
Ontario voters approved the liquor act by a sweeping margin though prohibitionists fall short of the 213 40 percent threshold needed for enforcement. Totals show 105 195 for and 65 669 against with a 39 524 edge, Toronto casting 27 923 ballots with a 1 564 pro act majority.
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Toronte
Tee
Ontario
Sesson
Toronto
Vast Salt Field Near Salton Delivers Harsh Labor and Heat
In the Colorado desert near Salton and the Mexican border a salt deposit covers over a thousand acres. Workers, mainly Japanese and Coahuila Indians, plow and sift the crust through a refining process under extreme heat. The field yields about 700 tons daily, with water scarce and mirages common.
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Colorado Desert
Salton
Cole
Coahuila
A Little Child’s Loneliness
The appeal recounts little Mabel who wandered from bed in tears crying for companionship. Her mother offered a rubber doll named Happy then reminded her God is with her and sent her back to sleep. Mabel lamented she wanted someone with a skin face.
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Mabel
Happy
Child Diet Based on Age And Milk For Nourishment
Guidance advocates a mother's duty to nourish the babe with cow's milk as the foundation. When digestion allows, include meat pulp and juice, ham, eggs, and fat. Farinaceous foods should not dominate the diet.
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Brigadier
Charles King
Jangdon
Sateen
Richelieu Dows
Cresswell & Langdon
Northwest
Nebraska
Spartanilk
Cresswell
Lewlars
Far Northwest
North American
Amazon
Vancouver
Spokane
Cour d'Alene
Boise
Walla Walla
Pacific
Bay
May
Woodrow
Eric Langdon
Pacific Wharf
Pawnee
Natian
Coronel
Iver
Washoe
Suberis
News of the World
Smaellpox
Norway House
Marconi
Cape Breton
Higgins
St John, NB
Angus Loste
Migin, Man
Santa Maria
Denny
Wing Nipes
Lee
Kingston
The
Grand Trunk
British Columbia
Montreal Chamber of Commerce
Shelburn
Edward Ferris
Thomas M Parker
Parker's Dye Works
Winnipeg
Niobe
Womanmood
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