Philippines Campaign End Nearing as Insurgents Disperse
The latest dispatches describe Aguinaldo’s resistance collapsing on Luzon with insurgents thinning, supplies scarce, and troops enforcing pacification as the United States prepares negotiation talks. Guerrilla skirmishes decline and occupation efforts focus on restoring order and stability across former Filipino capital regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Talanda
Agculalito
Malolos
Lugon Talend
Aguinaldo
United States
Luzon Island
Women in Great Britain hold many trades and professions
The article notes 4.9 million British women earn their living with roles across teaching, bookbinding, editing, photography, civil service, medicine, and more. It highlights a long list of occupations including the world’s oldest banker who is a woman and various female-dominated firms and trades in London and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Deborah Powers
D. Powers & Sons
Lansingberg
England
Pioneer Lumberman William M Fulton Dies in Seattle
William M Fulton a Seattle lumber pioneer for over forty seven years died yesterday at his daughter Mrs Georgia Campbell to whom he was staying at 246 Jackson Street Seattle from pneumonia. He leaves daughters Mrs Georgie Campbell Mrs Linate Case Mrs MacRae and sons Charlie Fulton J BeB Fulton and Fred A Fulton all of Seattle or Whatcom.
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William M. Fulton
Georgia Campbell
Jackson Street
Misreading Jefferson Celebrations Stir Debates on Style
A street conversation critiques how Thomas Jefferson is honored. The speaker argues Jefferson valued plain living and music, not lavish celebrations, while others defend honoring great thinkers. The piece contrasts patronage dinners with traditional tributes and notes misperceptions about Jefferson as an epicure.
Humboldt for Alaska Steamer Sails with Freight and Passengers
The steamer Humboldt departed yesterday afternoon at 2:30 for Skagway carrying a sizable freight cargo and a long list of passengers including Captains A McNeil and C BE Bowdeen, and numerous travelers such as Charles Frey J Wolff H M Whetherbee and Marie Laurin among others. The voyage sets course for Alaska with mixed cargo and a diverse group aboard.
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Humboldt
Skagway
Capt
A. McNeil
D. McDonald
A. Schulsinger
Charles Frey
J. Wolff
C. D. Kinney
H. M. Whetherbee
Mra
P. J. Drew
R. M. Henrigson
A. Alm
BK. Benburg
Heaths
Halver
J. Wilson
C. BE. Bowdeen
T. FE. Forest
Chew Fing
J. A. Willock
G. PF. Witlock
EK. Metzger
Capt. Dison
L. Adama
A. R. Goode
W. B Goode
J. Sutherland
George Conner
W. J. Stebbins
W. F. Shedd
Ht. C. Templeman
C. Brown
Mre
F. W. Chapman
Mra. Deved
C. BE. Davis
Capt. Fitlott
Capt. McKenzie
D. A. Olson
H. O. Conkey
P. A. Dolan
J. C. Duffy
P. Laurin
Marie Laurin
G. H. Whitney
C. F. Sennis
In Mourning Woman Faces Theatre Ticket Dilemma
A bereaved woman in mourning receives two theater tickets from a friend. Her friend urges attendance despite propriety, proposing she and her mother use the seats. The bereaved woman contemplates returning the tickets but ultimately stays home, thinking of her brother.
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Eiverybody
Tieb
Death Ends a Romance in California Hotel Death
John P. Canton dies at the Grand Lodging House after a romance with rich uncle and niece Mrs Abbie Kinnes. Adopted by the uncle and left roughly a half million in New York properties and securities. The couple had traveled from New York by way of Panama to California, and Canton died after apoplexy at the Mercantile restaurant in San Jose.
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Ban Jobe
Cal
John P. Canton
Somer
Beyond
Ban Fernando Streets
Abbie Kinnes
New York
John P. Conlon
Mra. Kinnes
Europe
New Ideas for Card Parties From Clear-Head Hostesses
The article suggests fresh party concepts to entertain guests at card gatherings. It describes partner selection via quotable verses or original couplets, and a color coded seating system using card suit tokens to pair players, aiming for originality and social sparkle at stylish clubs.
Burglary Hits Second Avenue South Store
G Werlnickoff, a secondhand dealer at 16 Second avenue south, reported to police that his shop was burglarized Saturday night. The thieves entered through the back window and took shovels a revolver and some men’s clothing.
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G. Werlnickoff
Second Avenue South
Mystery surrounds fatal shooting at Webster Hotel
Early today Thasie Murphy of Green Point was fatally shot by Ernest B. Glover at the Webster hotel in Williamsburg after an evening quarrel. Hotel staff found Murphy unconscious with a head wound. Glover was arrested and refuses to speak as Miss Murphy lies in hospital.
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New York
Thasie Murphy
Green Point
L. 1
Ernest EB. Glover
Webster Hotel
Williamseburg
Miss Murphy
Groever
Glover
Woman's Hotel project gains momentum in New York
The Woman's Hotel venture attracts over $125,000 in stock subscriptions from women as capital rises toward 400 000 for Albany incorporation. The plan, presented by Miss Grace Dodge before the League for Political Education, aims to provide fireproof hotels for self supporting women with a first hotel for 600 guests and about 800 000 in cost and a 400 000 mortgage.
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Woman's Hotel
New York
Capitaliata
Woman's Hotel Company
Albany
Businessa
Misa Grace Dodge
League For Political Education
Margaret Louisa
Proposed hotel for women in harmonious self support
A house built by a woman offers, runs, and is supported by women. It serves about a thousand diners daily and provides an attractive drawing room and library in the evening. The space features fine furnishings, pictures, bric a brac, an open plane and bookcase full of good books. Women rest or improve their minds there.
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New York
Tts
Walla
Dorothy Wonders If Teething Makes Baby Hair Grow
A young girl named Dorothy frets about her baby brother who is teething and has a bald head. She asks her mother if cutting his hair will make him ill and reassures herself by patting the baby’s bald scalp while pondering the outcome.
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Dorothy
State Board Meeting Notices Set for April Dates
W J Meredith county schools superintendent received notice of a special state board of education meeting to be held in MirLnsburg on April 29 to discuss rules examinations diplomas and state certificates and diplomas plus general business. A state board of higher education meeting is planned for April in Ellensburg to discuss government of schools per recent legislature.
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W. J. Meredith
State Board of Education
Mirlensburg
Frank J. Brown
State Board of Higher Education
Ellensburg
Queer Etiquette In Chinaman School Entrance
A missionary account describes a Chinese father leading his son to a teacher through formal rituals. The exchange includes bows, name questions, tea sharing, and the father noting his “hundred little brothers” before the boy kneels and is led to sleep arrangements. The scene ends with the father thanking the teacher and the teacher urging him to “Go slowly.”
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la Wong
Boy Swallows Whistle While Playing in Chicago Yard
Two email boys played with a toy whistle in a Chicago backyard. One swallowed the small whistle while coughing for it. His playmate asked where it was and the whistle went down his throat. A doctor retrieved it with a long wire, forcing Willie to blow the whistle from now on.
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Chicago
Wil
Willie
Wille
Wile
Thomp son reports holdup on Pine Street
A man calling himself Thompson, of 1610 Fourth Avenue, told police last night he was robbed of $20 on Pine Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. He described two robbers as tall and short. the tall man searched his pockets while the short man held a revolver to his face.
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Thompson
Fourth Avenue
Pine Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Queen Victoria Praises Move by Abyreinian King
King Menelek of Abyreinia values Queen Victoria and was delighted by a phonograph message sent across the sea. He listened repeatedly and honored the British monarch by ordering a salute of 17 mines. In New York, Dr Albert Forrestra’s dental practice will be cared for by Albin & Smith at Sullivan Block.
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Menelek
Abyreinia
Queen Victoria
England
Albert J. Forrestra
New York
Albin & Smith, Dentists
Room 10
Sullivan Block
Wet Season in the Philippines Shapes Military Plans
Washington reports that the coming wet season in the Philippines will influence U S military movements around Manila. Observers note mud and water hinder operations but malaria and typhoid did not epidemic, with combat aims to finish before the rains peak in June.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
United States
Manila
Bampson
Bureau of Military Information
Greene
Astor
March
Bimpson
Otte
Pioneer Amos Brown Dies in San Francisco
Amos Brown a Beattie pioneer and Washington lumberman died in San Francisco after a stomach cancer operation. He had lived in the state over forty years and left a fortune around 900000. The body will be brought home for funeral Thursday at 11 at the family residence. he leaves a widow and five children.
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Amos Brown
Beattie
San Francisco
Mr. Brown
Washington
First Avenue
Seneca Street
Gan
Brown
Alson Brown
Richard M. Kinnear
Ora Brown
Anna Brown
Helen Brown
Public Document Swindle Targets Senators
A clever swindler writes to many senators in a familiar tone asking for specific government publications valued in second hand markets. Some recipients complied, believing the writer to be an old friend, while one senator realized the scam after receiving a copy and confirming a similar request had already been fulfilled. The letters were sent widely and the documents sold at current quotations.
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Washington Pont
Sun Eclipse at Midnight Captures Global Curiosity
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 13 visible nowhere on earth, seen by no human eyes. The event, noted by the London Times, arouses interest as a paradox of a midnight solar eclipse and marks the first of three eclipses within a single month.
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Greenwich
Arctic
South Pole
North Pole
South Polar
London Times
Evangelistic Meetings Highlight City Churches This Week
Special services move through Madison Street M E church every evening at 7.20 led by Evangelist Stuart L Noble. Rev. F M Randall Jr spoke to youths on The Turning Point of Destiny. Rev Elmer E B Thompson was ill. Rev K R F Powell preached in his place. First Baptist Church hosts nightly evangelistic meetings with Rev L S Bowerman aided by Rev Alexander Blackburn D D of Portland.
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Madison Street
M. EB
Stuart L. Noble
F. M. Randall Jr
Elmer EB. Thompson
Third Cumberland Presbyterian Church
KR. F. Powell
First Baptist Church
L. 8. Bowerman
Alexander Blackburn
D. D
Subdued 12-year-old in Boston school skips class note
A quiet 12 year old in a Boston public school hands a note to his teacher explaining an absence after a chain of corporal discipline and a fight involving a classmate. The note mentions tropant play, a licked boy, and a driver of a sled, ending with the boy promising to stay in school.
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Boston
James
Protests and a Smuggled Oath Amid State Hearings
A humorous tale from Pennsylvania politics recounts an Irish lawmaker avoiding testifying by affirming an oath. Tim O Leary tricks the committee by getting the member to affirm rather than swear, leaving no testimony extracted.
Coen’s Audacious Bond Scheme Stuns Cuban Delegates
Washington reports reveal Mr. Coen pressing for a $20,000,000 five percent bond issue guaranteed by the U.S. government to a syndicate. He claims presidential backing, though no official contact exists. If real, the plan could net him about $10,000,000 in profit from a government guarantee.
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Washington
Cuban Assembly
Villaion
Havana
Seceretary
Coen
Hay
Assembly
White House
State Department
War Department
United States
Valueless Titles and European Royal Honors Criticized
The piece rails at Americans marrying for European titles, noting many unions fail and condemning the pursuit of foreign decorations. It argues Americans misplace values, citing numerous European orders and the proliferation of chevalier style honors among the wealthy.
The Cat Is a Fraud in Parlour Intrigue
A skeptical narrator claims cats are untrustworthy and destructively charming. A careful owner notes cats only behave when watched and often misbehave when left alone. The piece recalls a cat peering in the parlor window and feigning sleep as its owner returns.
Lightning Smashes a Clock in Harrodsburg Parlor
A freak Thursday night lightning strike descended the chimney during a thunderstorm and smashed the mantel clock owned by Mr. Andy Divine’s family in Harrodsburg. No other damage was reported.
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Andy Divine
Harrodsburg
Port Tow Amid Maritime Listings and Steamship Notes
A fragmented Pacific coast notice outlines port tow dates and ship movements around Seattle and Puget Sound. Mentions steamers, sailing schedules, and city feature notes with scattered dates in April and May.
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Seattle Star
Wells & G8, Publishers
WELLS
BKFP
Elweys
Otees No
Thint Avenue
Fonttio
Washington, KY
Philippines Commission
Wasco
Mara
Felix
Doublehead
Moon
Feliz
Earth
Italy
China
Mine Sprules
Surrey
Mies & Rh. Wilkingen
London
To & Landscape Gardener
Mies
Amy FB
Red
Mise
Constance Hlydes
Mise Leigh Spencer
Huntiah Columbia
Emma B. Forsythe
New Hiritain
Island
Southern Pacific
Merlin
Austro- Hungary
Mies Conn Is
London County Council
India
Mise Constance Taylor
Central Africa
Germany
Thomas Jefferson
Washington Star
Alaska
Board OF Education
Pioneer
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Tim O'Leary
Tom
Tim
O'Leary
Atlantic
Republic
Asia
France
J. Redelsheimer & CO
State
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Parlo
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