iN ACTIVE SERVICE And Letters From the Philippines 1900
Fleet sergeant Lewis A Wheeler of East Philadelphia writes an interesting letter from the Philippines dated April 17 1900 describing voyage from New York to Manila and Pasig City Leyte Samar and surrounding actions with General Kobles expedition. He notes local life housing markets and hemp trade and reports insurgent attacks and a clash at Surigao with 14 killed and several wounded while his detachment held the city with no own casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Wheeler
Mic
G. W. Wheeler
Philadelphia
Wheeler
United States Infantry
Phillipine Islands
Indiana
New Juakor
Phillipines
Ietter
iSonsocon
Manila
Pasig City
Te- Zevng
Sith
United States
Kolbes
Pats
Leyte
Samar
Area
United States Volans
United States Light Artillery
Maranuary
Wincat
Helena
Nashville
Hancou
Forsogon
Luzon I
Auary
Y Land
Co. Manilae
Presidente
Juxana
Sam
Sursogon
Bacon
Ransons
Leutenant
Filipinos Fight and Soldiers Hold Towns in the Philippines
A letter from First Sgt Lewis A Wheeler of Company K 47th Infantry describes marching through mountains to seize Castelle and other towns such as Casagora Gubat and Legaspi. He notes earthquake fear at Castelle and the region’s silver coinage impact, plus a Bolan expedition with harrowing scenes of looting dead Chinamen and Spaniards, and a wounded horse amid the volcanic landscape of Bulusan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castelle
Abbay
Casagora
Gubat
Legaspi
Donsol
The
Phillipines
Lewis A. Wheeler
47Th Inf
Charles C. McLain
Wilkinsburg
D. H. Lucas
17Th Infantry
United States Volunteers
Captain McLain
Adams McLain
Philadelphia
Bolan
Phillipine Islands
Trocin
Bulusan
Griping Snippets and War Diary Notes From Aboard
Fragmentary notices include an Old World patent medicine ad promising cures with Grain-O a coffee substitute, plus a veteran’s war diary entry by Charles C. McLain describing a short action, march to a harbor boat, and a tranquil town turned uneasy as uprisings emerge, then promotional railroad fare to Kansas City for a political convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulan
Charles C. McLain
Reduced Rates to Philadelphia by Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces reduced excursion fares to Philadelphia for the Gymnastic Union and Turnfest in Philadelphia June 17 to 24. Tickets from all stations on its line sold as a single fare round trip, valid June 15 and 21 for outbound, return by June 26.
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Kansas City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Limited
Philadelphia
Local Savings Ad Promises Cheap Doors and Goods
An advertisement touts savings on screen doors of all sizes at the same price. It mentions a yellow pine door for 78 cents and promotes cheaper, newer items from China and glassware. Also highlights Bissell carpet sweepers as a bargain.
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Fifth Avenue
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Allegheny Valley Railway
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Rail City Express
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3Corry Express
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Sunda
Niagara Express
Day Express
Buffalo
Buffalo Express
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Riski Junction
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Judy
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Roller Mills
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Thompson
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