President Roosevelt sends Miles Philippines dispatches
The president transmitted to the House copies of correspondence and papers on Lieut Gen Nelson Miles request to serve in the Philippines. A March 26 1902 resolution prompted the transmission and a further Miles memorandum is included with the actions taken.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Miles
Philippines
House
Burleson
Texas
United States
Nelson A. Miles
Philippine Archipelago
Mites
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Call for Philippine War Policy Review 1902
The letter from the War Secretary outlines three years of hostilities in the Philippines with over 120000 U S troops deployed at various times and more than 49000 still on duty, highlighting heavy public expenditure and loss of lives as a request reaches the President for consideration.
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Army
Washington
United States
Philippine Islands
Philippines
United States seeks tentative Philippines mission with Cuban and Puerto Rican envoys
The speaker proposes sending ten men from Cuba and Porto Rico to the Philippines to explain benefits of US relations, help restore confidence, and advise on military positions. Upon return, he would bring Filipino representatives to Washington for consultation, aiming to inform and align policy with the islands' future destiny and the ten million inhabitants of the Philippines.
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Cuba
Porto Rico
Washington
Philippine Islands
United States
Miles Letter Urges Civil Authority Respect and Peace
General Nelson A. Miles argues that a proposed request should not alter military services or civil governments but, if approved, would improve division forces, end hostilities soon, allow many troops to return from unhealthy outposts, and foster an amicable settlement in the islands satisfactory to inhabitants and the United States.
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United States
Nelson A. Miles
Secretary of War
Col. Carter
Brandt
Adjutant General’s Office
Deste
Washington
Cuba
Constitutional Convention
McKinley
Wood
Philippine Islands
Wm. H. Taft
Presiden McKinley
Porto Rico
Philippines
Secretary of War's War Department notes on Philippine policy
A compilation of correspondence and memoranda from Elihu Root and Theodore Roosevelt in March 1902. It discusses the Philippine governance, military authority, and reactions to civilian officials, including Gen. Chaffee, Gen. Miles, and Taft. The documents oppose delegations from Cuba and Porto Rico and defend humane conduct of U.S. forces while endorsing continued civil governance under American sovereignty.
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War Department
Washington
Philippines
Chaffee
Philippine Commission
United States
Aguinaldo
Congress
Elihu Root
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad
Mrs William Charlton of 108 Fayette street reports backache relief after using Doans Kidney Pills learned about in the daily paper. She bought at Ellingwood Co drug store and found quick relief. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doans.
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William Charlton
Fayette Street
Doan
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Commission to Study and Codify the Corporation Laws Proposed
Special Legislative Correspondence from Boston notes a bleak outlook for the General Court versus 1901. By March 27 committee referrals rose to 1283 from 1220, reports fell to 684 from 856, and unreported bills climbed to 699 from 384, signaling slower progress.
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Commission
Boston
Easter at the Chelmsford Unitarian Church
Easter observances at the Chelmsford Unitarian Church featured a pastor’s uplifting sermon, a large choir, and a 4 PM Easter concert by the Sunday school. Miss Emma L. Parkhurst played organ, with support from Arthur M. Warren and Mrs. Wood. Recitations and class exercises followed, celebrating Easter themes and moral lessons.
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Unitarian Church
Wm. H. Hall
Emma L. Parkhurst
F. A. Emerson
Arthur M. Warren
Wood
Lowell
Frank Batchelder
Dorothy Hall
Blanche Spaulding
Charlie Douglass
Adelbert Adams
M. Florence Perham
Eliza Spaulding
Miss Parkhurst
Miss Richardson
Fred Parkhurst
Irving Hunt
Mark Reed
Miriam Warren
Ruth Pickard
Isy Knowlton
Marion
Ruth Adams
A Dietary Law For All Men And Digestion Aid
A broad discussion argues mixed diets suit most people and introduces Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy. It extols digestion, cites Huxley, and presents testimonials from Kirkpatrick, Barton, Seale, and others praising the product's benefits for stomach weakness and indigestion.
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Africa
Polynesia
Stuart
Huxley
Henry Kirkpatrick
Lawrence
Mass
Jas. Barton
Toronto
Canada
Thomas Seale
Mayfred
Cal
E. H. Davis
Hampton, Va
United States
Great Britain
Easter Sermon Appeals To Roll Away The Stone
Easter eve and Easter morning services featured a sermon urging the removal of the stone from the heart to end dead resolutions and impulses. The music, with principal parts by Tours and Gounod, was well rendered by the choir.
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Christ
Tours
Gounod
Easter Sunday Services In North Chelmsford Churches
Easter in St John s church featured 8 am and 9 am masses led by Rev Fr Sexton with a sermon on The Glorious Feast of Easter sung by Miss Josie E McCabe. Second Congregational church held evening services with Rev Robert W Dunbar delivering sermons and a strong choir performance. James A Sampson, recently injured in a carriage accident, has recovered enough to be out again. George Sweatt has accepted a new post.
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St. John’s Church
Sexton
Josie E. McCabe
Second Congregational Church
Robert W. Dunbar
Illness and mill notes in wool sorting division
George Shepherd is reported ill at his home while work continues in the wool sorting department of George C. Moore's mill. The fragment notes staffing and health conditions without further detail.
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Tion
George C. Moore
George Shepherd
Devoe Paint Ad Promises Best Quality and Low Cost
A Lowell Massachusetts letter from F W Devoe and Co extols their paint as the best in the world and the cheapest because the work is done by machinery. It argues that insuring houses that burn is a poor business and promotes painting both burned and unburned houses with zinc-ground lead and linseed oil.
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Devoe
U.S
F. W. Devoe & CO
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China
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Auhori
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Doan’s
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the Great
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Fred Church
Lowell, Mass
York
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