Filipinos Use Bold Rails Trick as U S Forces Press North
San Fernando raid shocks American lines as a train with engines at both ends is run toward outposts, natives spring off, tear up rails, and vanish. US gunboats shell Sosmoan and Guagua, seize positions, and capture a Spanish captain in uniform. Otis dispatch confirms MacArthur and Lawton push north, insurgents weakening, gunboats at work along rivers.
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Manila
San Fernando
Laguna de Bay
Cavadonga
Grant
Guagua
MacArthur
Sosmoan
Sesmoan
Philippines
Washington
War Department
Otis
Lawton
Muasin
Halinag
Fifty Five Dead From Topeka Volunteers In Philippines War
Topeka reports that only five percent of the 1100 Twentieth Kansas volunteers died in battle or from disease during the Philippine campaign. The list includes officers killed in action and numerous privates, with several named individuals among the fallen and those who succumbed to illness. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised by Hanes & Egolf concludes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Hanes & Egolt
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Philippines
Bate Fle
Alfred ©. Alford
David S. Elliott
William A. McTaggart
Alonzo V. Ricketts
Sergi
J. Sheldon
John Shermer
Oscar G. Thorne
Samuel L. Wilson
Lewis R. Badger
Willian H. Bush
L. ¥. Barker
P. Blair
John H. Bartlett
Isaac C. Cooper
David I. Campbell
Bert Cornett
Raymond B. Dawes
Dallas Day
Louis Fenason
Albert Fergus
Miles Beef Allegations Report Publicized by War Department
Washington May 9 Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn released the military court findings on Maj. Gen. Miles's charges that army beef was unfit. The report clears refrigerated beef of chemical treatment, sustains claims on canned beef’s unsuitability for transport and field rations, censures Miles for delaying notification, censures the commissary general for excessive canned beef purchases, and finds packers not at fault. It recommends no further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meillejehn
Miles
Spain
Gen
Secretary of War
Kagan
Col. Mans
Eagle Eye Salve Advertises Clear Vision
The Eagle Eye Salve is marketed for weak eyes sore eyes and granulated lids. Sold by all dealers for 25 cents, promoted under the label The Eagle King of All Birds as a vision aid.
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Sutherland
Unrealistic sums in Fifty fifth congress appropriations
A Washington report notes the ending of the session summary of appropriations totaling 674,981,022 dollars with detailed bills including agricultural 4,726,022 army 40,430,201 diplomatic 1,714,531 district of columbia 86,834 fortifications 11,909,902 Indian 7,504,775 legislative 23,410,811 military academy 4,575 naval 848,000,070 pension 145,288,50 post office 105,634199 river and harbor 16,OLA sundry civil 9,385,091 deficiency 25,005,913 miscellaneous 4,744,59 permanent 128,674,22 contracts for naval expansion and public works forecast future appropriations totaling 77,047,274.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Spain
Naval Establishment
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve Promises Quick Vision Help
An advertisement touts Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve for weak eyes and various eye irritations promising speed and effectual cure. Sold in tubes and guaranteed by reputable druggists.
Miss Heth Named South Sponsor for Confederate Reunion
Miss Nannie Randolph Heth of Washington is appointed sponsor for the south at the annual Confederate Veterans reunion in Charleston from May 10 to 12. Previously Miss Winnie Davis held the sponsorship. Heth is daughter of Maj. Gen. Heth, a late exile Confederate general.
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Miss Heth
South
Washington
Gen. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Nannie Randolph Heth
Charleston
Winnie Davis
Heth
Longstreet
Chicago Drainage Channel Opened Under War Department Order
The secretary of war authorizes the sanitary district of Chicago to open the artificial drainage channel from Robey Street to Lockport, directing that the Chicago River flow into the canal while reserving power to close or modify the discharge if navigation or property are harmed. The district must assume all damages from the new current, with congress to decide future actions.
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Chicago
Washington
Secretary of War
Congress
United States
Sanitary District of
Iands
Robey Street
Lockport
Chicago River
Robey
Chief of Engineers
Sanitary Distriet of
R.A. Anger
Jonwix M. Wilson
U.S. A
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Restores Breathing
A Grantsburg resident declares twenty five years of coughing ended after using Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey. He states the remedy strengthened weak lungs and saved his life, urging others with chronic coughs to try it.
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Dr. Bell
J. 1 Rosell
Grantsburg, LL
Watson to Relieve Dewey at Asiatic Station
The Navy Department named Rear Admiral Watson to command the Asiatic station, ordering him from Mare Island to Manila to relieve Admiral Dewey when possible. Dewey is expected to return to New York after completing his peace restoration duties in Manila, though his start is contingent on the commission's progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Manila
Dewey
New York
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Asiatic
Watson
Mare Island Navy Yard
United States
New York Prepares Banquet for Admiral Dewey Return
Plans are under way in New York to welcome Admiral Dewey back from the Philippines. Thirty seven prominent men have pledged $100 each for a grand banquet fund of $10,000, with one hundred citizens contributing independently to stage one of the most elaborate city banquets. Ze is advertised as a remedy with a string of cautions and a $100 prize claim.
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New York
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Dewey
Train Schedules and Freight Rates Notice
Freight information and passenger timetable notes list station times for several cities including Kansas City Pittsburgh Joplin and Shreveport. The notice provides contact details for freight rates and travel inquiries via D. J. Cavern Agent and H. C. Orn GP AL Kote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Cavern
H.C. Orn
AL Kote
Church and fraternal notices in Mena area
Local church listings show multiple denominations with service times and locations at Amsterdam and Zwolle corners, plus Sunday school and prayer meeting schedules. Various lodge and fraternal group meetings are listed including A F and A M, K of P, Rebekah, Woodmen, Knights, and city council notices.
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Presbyterian Church
New Church
Amsterdam and
Zwolle Streets
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Rio Grande
Twentieth
Kansas Regiment
DeWitt
Hanes & Egolf
Military Court of Inquiry
the Eagle
King of All Birds
Uncle Sam
Ambassador Choate
London
Joseph H. Choate
British and Foreign Sailors’ Society
Madison House
John Voce Moore
St. Joseph, Mo
Buchanan County
Moticer S of the Peace
Enterprise Store
Sherwood Avenue
Jackson Drag Co
Droge
Alger
DeWitts
Napes & Eyolt
Nomsil
Brad UP
Nod
Nowe No
Ofam
Kennas City
Tildaam
Pitsburg
Joplin
Vainly
Shreveport
Fem
Arthur
Port Arthur
Galveston
Texas
Ft. Smith
M. E. Church South
Epworth
Sp. m
Greene
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wirrwoor
Christian Church—Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Paepmnick F. Wyatt
Catholic Church
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Island
A.F
A. M. Dating Lodge No. 128
Thad M.carder
V. Pertel
Bes
Mena Lodge NO
Savage Hall
Cordin Pee A
L. Lindsay
N.G
J. W. Phillips
W. G. R. Ly Gore
Holly Rebekah
Rebekah
Laure Gilchrist
N. G
Ida J. Carson
MT. Mena
B. of
R. T. No
K. of P Hall
J. B. Gray
F. M. Boyd
Woodmen of the World
J. C. Byers
C.O
W. Lyan Matheny
City Council
Council Chamber
Mark Whayne
J. G. Banks
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1
Savage
Knights OF Equity
Masonic Hall
J.C. Byens
K.C
Ron Hall
Frida
K.p.hall
J. GO
Brens
Pres
Mas. Erne
Buooksom
See
Knights of the Royal Arcts of
Mena
Massone Hall
J. C, Byers
B. C
Fred Stein
Savage Block
M. Close
W.mol
Ddoues
Seu
Outfit
Osialopue
Alpine Safe & Cycle CO
Cincinnati
Gj. R. Wilkinson Son
Janssen
de Queen
ED Garrett
Lindsy & Justice
Abkansar
W. B. Smith
Bank of Mena
Tod
Room Capital Hotel
A. R. Laswell
California
Wererly
A. H, Mofyet
G. S.W
P. A
Kansas City, Mo
Istevens Rifles
Hare
Stevens
J. Stevens At Arms and Tool Co
Box Chicopee Falls
Mass
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