Selecting Officers and Troop Deployments for Philippines
Secretary Root fills new regiments with officers, coordinating transport to the Philippines. Preparations map divisions under Gen Lawton and Gen MacArthur, listing infantry regiments, cavalry, and artillery units garrisoning Manila and other islands including Panay Negros Cebu and Jolo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Philippines
Quartermaster’s Department
Pacific
Lawton
Manila
Wyoming
Fourth Cavalry
Hawthorne
MacArthur
Iowa
Kansas
Third
Panay
Tennessee
Negros
Cebu
Jolo
Explosion rocks Harlem injuring fifty and damaging buildings
An explosion of 150 pounds of giant powder in a vacant 135th street lot in Harlem injured about 50 people and damaged many buildings. Three boys lit a fire atop a wooden box containing the powder. a policeman saved the youngsters. The blast shattered windows and knocked pedestrians down, with one man losing his nose to glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
135Th Street
Desperate Situation in Porto Rico Reported
Descriptions from San Juan on August 19 detail dire conditions across the island. Distressed towns shelter residents in any available space while country areas sleep outdoors and food supplies collapse. Only the wealthy can purchase provisions, and urgent aid is needed to prevent famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Made Short Work of McCoy
Chicago report says Jack McCormack of Philadelphia knocked out Kid McCoy in under three minutes. The six round bout ended quickly, with the decisive punch ending the fight and McCoy asleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
Chicago
Jack McCormack
Philadelphia
Kid McCoy
McCormack
Fatal Almshouse Fireclaims One Life in Stanwood Ward
In Big Rapids Michigan on August 19 the county poorhouse at Stanwood burned last night. The fire began in the insane ward and Adolph Murrin was burned to death. Forty inmates in the main building narrowly escaped as flames swept through the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids
Mich
Stanwood
Adolph Murrin
First Oklahoma grape exhibit at Territorial Horticultural meeting
The Oklahoma City event showcased the Territorial Horticultural association's inaugural grape exhibit. The display highlighted Oklahoma's potential for grape culture and wine making, featuring an excellent array of varieties and prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Territorial Horticultural Association
Oklahoma City
Congress of Clowns at Forepaugh Sells Circus
Promotes the August 24 circus event promising a grand gathering of comic performers and spectacle from Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers shows with a lighthearted note for audiences of all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Forepaugh
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies Say Hall's Catarrh Cure
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for deafness caused by catarrh and inflamed Eustachian tubes. It promises one hundred dollars for any cure not achieved and provides circulars from F J Conety & Co Toledo Ohio. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and local notes about Bert Cook leaving for Hannibal and Hal Martin injuring a finger at the Kelk carriage factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cuenety & Co
Toledo
Hal Martin
Kelk Carriage Factory
Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Youthful Glow
An advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy that makes youth linger on the face of age by a gentle touch, urging readers to ask their druggists about the product.
Linda Brown Returns as Grand Central Cashier
Miss Linda Brown resumes duties as cashier at Grand Central after a six week absence spent traveling through Virginia and visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Brown
Grand Central
Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norway
DR. Bell
P. Brandt Grocer Co
William Kahrs
Tel
Kahrs & Bloess
Caligraph
New Century Caligraph
United Typewriter &Supplies Company
M. T. Slane
West Third Street
Sedalia, Mo
Spledy
Secretary of War
Gibbison
Pond’s Extract Co
Fifth Ave
Congress OF Clowns
Bert Cook
Will Hall
Hannibal
Merton
Mayhew, Wis
Servant-Harker Drug Co
Fairbanks, Morse & CO
Withers
H. Boothwell
Pres
WM. Courtney
R, Lair
Casailer
THE
Sedalia Rational Bank
F. Yano
Vans
Mn. Courtney
A W. Meuschke
Che
E. Masses
Suthweil
Marty. Yenkin
Col
H. Clark
Brownsbreart
Third National Bank
Sedalia
John N. Dalby
A P. Morey
RBH Moses Cashier
W. A. Latimer
Asn’t
A. P. Morey
J.N. Dalby
R. H. Moses
Henry W. Harris
D .H. Smith
H Mertz
N.H Gentry
Chas. H. McAninch
Samuel C. Gold
Morris Harter
Jas T.montgomery
Landmann Bros
Fourth and
Unio Streets
Sedalie, Mo
P. Hoffman
West Ma
Missouri Trust GO
California
Santa Fe
Pullman
Gro. W
Ott’s Soda Fountain
St. Louis
St. Paul
Rall
Isaac P. Lusk
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Joan Sebastian
Ott’s
Ott’s Drug Store
Bowman & Dorn Lavadry
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!