Heroic Signal Officer in Manila Defense of 1899
A young first lieutenant from the signal corps guides critical telegraph lines under fire during the February 5 1899 clash in Manila. He relays enemy movements to General Anderson as California Washington and Idaho troops push back insurgents near Paco Church and the Pasig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Bocano de Vitas
Pasig
Old Fort San Antonio Abad
Aguinaldo
Amigos Americanos
East Paco
Anderson
Eighth Corps
America
Estero de Paco
Calle Real
Pasig River
Laguna de Bay
Signal Corps
Flrst
Volunteer Army
First
Idaho
Wyoming Regiment
Idérson
California
Dyer
Washington
Paco Church
Santa Ana
Salery
Smith
Wire
Sacred Band
Red Cross
Pace Square
Heroic Wire Repair at Manila Earns Medal Hope
The account recalls Lieutenant Charles E. Kilbourne of the Volunteer Signal Corps braving Mauser fire to climb a dangerous pole and mend a severed wire under rebel fire near a ford and bridge. His daring restored communication lines and sparked nationwide attention to his bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battery Knoll
Dyer
Dnuty
Charles E. Kilbourne
Volunteer Signal Corps
Manila
Home Life in Porto Rico Furnishings and Decor
A Harper's Bazaar sketch describes Porto Rican homes as sparsely furnished yet rich in craft. Austrian bent wood furniture, wicker, and willow-ware fill parlors while bedrooms showcase crochet lacework. Bare walls host occasional paintings, while canopied beds feature extensive crochet, with abundant ferns and palm fronds decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Harper’s Bazar
Watertight watch for soldiers and hard service
A novelty watch on the English market designed for soldiers and others in tough work. The back screws on and the stem-winding stem is protected by a screw top. One watch has been submerged in water for months in a London window, yet kept perfect time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londor
Carter Medicine Co Wins Injunction Over Label Imitations
Carter Medicine Company, led by president Brent Good, won a final injunction with costs against Chicago Label and Box Company over label simulations of Carter’s Little Liver Fills. The case, two years in courts, was submitted to a Master in Chancery for final accounting, marking a new infringement precedent in proprietary trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Good
Carter Medicine Company
Chicago
Messrs. Lowden
Estabrook & Davis
Chicago Label
Carter Company
Carter
New York Press
Free Government Lands in Washington and Oregon
R B Werkman advertises thousands of acres of government lands in Washington and Oregon for five dollars per acre and up. He praises the climate and crop reliability and offers information on optimal locations for grain and stock farming, inviting inquiries at his St. Paul address or in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
United States
St. Paul
Third and
Rosabel Streets
Minn
R. B. Werkman
Plans for first Russian Orthodox church in New York
Plans for the first Russian Orthodox church of St. Nicholas in New York are completed with a projected cost of $70 000. Advertising notes seek $20 000 weekly to agents for selling household goods. Various dental cures and patent medicines are advertised with brand names and mock testimonials from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
New York
C. H. Marshall & Co
Chicago
Walls to guard health with pure cement coating
The article urges coating interior church school and hospital walls with a clean disinfectant cement like Alabastine to prevent disease germs. It emphasizes easy renewal and comparable first cost to inferior finishes, promoting long lasting sanitary walls.
British generals in South Africa cited as dry goods clerk
A quoted remark notes that one British general in South Africa once worked as a dry goods clerk and suggests General French could not be the man, joking he was a former beer-saloon waiter. The dispatches mention a hurried Modder River crossing and five ranger seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Modder River
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Farm News Offers Bargain Day Two Years For 25 Cents
A promotional note from Farm News Springfield Ohio announces a Bargain Day offer to mail a two year subscription for 25 cents on June 1. The ad targets new homes with an unusually low price and highlights a low annual rate for the stock and farm journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm News
America
Farm Journal
Springfield
Ohio
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Powder For Tight Shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot E ase a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York
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Allen
Allen S.olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Delineator June issue features women’s interest pieces and poetry
The June Delineator highlights American Women at the Paris Exposition with portraits, founders of women’s colleges, and Clinton Ross’s revolutionary tale The Perfidy of Bess Doane. Nixon Waterman’s A Book of Verses is praised for charming songs and pathos. Maurus Jokal’s A Christian but a Roman appears amid Rome’s rulers’ persecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Founders of
Women's Colleges
Clinton Ross
Bess Doane
Nixon Waterman
Forbes & Co
Boston
Chicago
Maurus Jokal
Rome
Inscription in Vermont Cemetery Sparks Curiosity
In a Stowe cemetery a puzzling stone reads I was Somebody-Who? is no business of yours. The witty epitaph hints at secrecy and humor, inviting visitors to ponder the writer’s identity and motive.
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Stowe
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Ripley D. Saunders
St. Louis Republic
Porto Rico
Carter. Medicine CO
Fritz
Carl Muller
Piso
Thos. Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich, N. Y
Hall
Price
Parken
K Co
Crawfordsville
Ind
Doe
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Manlove
Manlove Gate Co
Milton
Indienn
Brown
Philadelphia Press
Love
Joo
Sterosae
Peepe
Sanuel
Fenokis
Sein
Rochelle
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G. M. Kurz
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Mora
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Elkhart Carriage and Harness Manufacturing Co
HAR
W. L. Douglas
Shoes Union
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
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Western
Ada
Department of Interior
Otegon
Canada
J. Broughton
Monadnock Blk
E. T. Holmes
Battle
Manila Wabash Ave
Auditorium
Hong Kong
Chinese Sea
Bay of Manila
Cavie
Cavite
A.s
J-Thompsonasons
BON- Srewarsku. Co
Gitsonia. Pas
Price, Inc
W. N. Y. Chicago
Eda Aeneh
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