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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1899

Page

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Capture of Iloilo Port and Miller's Ultimatum

Manila reports detail the Iloilo town seizure by American forces led by General M. P. Miller on Saturday after a bombardment by the Petrel and Baltimore. Rebels fled as fires were extinguished. consulates and foreign property saved. 427 enemy dead buried. no American casualties. Agoncillo denies urging Otis to attack. Agoncillo cites Filipino unity and readiness to die for independence.

Manila Hailo Miller Petrel Boston United States Flor Panay Visayas Federation Baltimore Washington Associated Press Ifollo Philippines White House Otis Corbin Hoilo Lfe Agoncillo Gen. Otis Montreal General Otis Aguinaldo Agoncuilo Agoneile Senor Marti Malabon Caloocan Paranaque Tondo Kansas Idaho Pasagua Fourth United States Cavalry First Idaho Volunteers Twenty-third Infantry Geo. A. Seaman Battery B Utah Artillery Twentieth Kansas Volunteers Brinton Stevens Twentieth Kansas Charleston Malalox London Reuter Aguimaldo Polo War Department War Commission Miles Alger Philippine Santiago Shafter

Severe Blizzard Paralyzes Washington and New York

Across the nation a crushing blizzard grips the capital and New York City. Snow totals reach twenty inches in Washington with drifts five to eight feet as coal, gas, and streetcar services collapse, while New York endures three-foot drifts and frigid winds lodging trains and isolating suburbs.

Indulgent Mothers and Women's Health Advice

A periodical notice urging mothers to inform themselves about menstrual health and to seek Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for their daughters. It recounts letters from Carrie M. Lams and Nannie Adkins praising relief from irregular menstruation, leucorrhea, and pain, noting improved health and color.

Carrie M. Lams Big Beaver Mich Lydia E. Pinkham Nannie Adkins la Due

Winter Storm Plunges City Into Destitution and Cold

Tali in New York this month has been nearly two feet, or more than the entire fall for last winter. All the charitable Societies are taxed beyond their resources owing to the sudden demands. Of the 15,000 destitute families in the city Blair estimates nearly all are freezing or starving. The blizzard has halted aid efforts and driven pushcart vendors to the brink of starvation. Ten people frozen to death and produce destroyed. Dispatches report record cold across the South with deaths and fruit losses. Philadelphia endures a blizzard as railways grind to a halt and snow piles up twenty inches in a day.

New York Philadelphia Washington Capitol House of Congress Tali Blair Syria Armen Louisville South London Kentucky Orange Belt Florida Virginia Maryland Nashville Tenn Birmingham Ala Memphis New Orleans Montgomery Pennsylvania Harrisburg New Jersey Chicago Retailers’ Association

Honored Lincoln 5 Birthday Banquet Across Cities

Chicago hosts the Starquette club annual banquet in the Auditorium honoring Abraham Lincoln with about 1000 attendees. White law Reid spoke on American Diplomacy, Charles G. Dawes on Currency Reform, and John Chariton discussed Lincoln. Gatherings occurred in Minneapolis New York Brooklyn and other cities with notable figures delivering addresses.

Chicago Minneapolis Starquette Club Lincin United States Whitelaw Reid Charles G. Dawes John Chariton Joint High Commission Abraham Lincoln New York Brooklyn Alger

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