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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1899
Page
2
A collection of notes and quips from exchanges covers social conduct, gossip, and moral questions. Items critique harsh justice, warn against slander, and urge self restraint, with reflections on marriage, divorce, race mixing, and parental responsibility.
The article describes Cebu as an attractive, well-built provincial capital in the Visayas, noting its historic landing sites of Magellan at Cocoa and Legaspi at Cebu, its former capital status, and its role as a port for sugar and hemp. It highlights Mactan’s scenery, a bishopric, the Santo Niño church, and fortifications, while painting Cebu as peaceful, fertile, and poised for potential American possession and sovereignty.
Night life in Manila is described as starkly quiet with soldiers restricted to quarters after 7 PM. Saloons close and most residents retire early as business occurs in the forenoon. The piece notes scarce foreign presence, modest Filipino women, and children seen in simple clothing amid a city of dim activity.
Local items include Procter loses a five dollar bill last Saturday and Miss Bertha Kelley returning from a months visit in Pittsboro. Other notes mention residents moving, a busi ness college plan in Indianapolis, and a school board dispute ending with Judge Cofer’s ruling.
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