California Soldier Killed In Iloilo Front
Corporal Henry Haze, of Company D, First Regiment California Volunteers, reportedly went missing aboard a transport bound for Iloilo on January 31, 1899. Earlier, he had earned praise for his leadership in Manila and was noted for battling personal turmoil over the deployment.
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California
Corporal Henry Haze
Blue Bay
Cliff House
Golden Gate
Pacific
Henry Haze
Corporal Haze
Manila
Iloilo
D Company
Regiment of
California Volunteers
Company D
Haze
Birds We Shoot and the Pheasant and Woodcock Notes
The article discusses partridges and their courage under threat from predators, describes pheasant nervousness and a historical 1850 event in England, plus a WWI‑era tale of a deserter and California troops. It ends with remarks on woodcock behavior, flight, and feeding, including a 1796 Irish lighthouse pane incident.
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England
Curtis & Harvey’s Mills
Hounslow
Bsa
Howth
Ireland
MULES ON THE BALCONY AND THE COLLAPSED HOUSE
An old Kentucky mule drive led by a white mare ends in chaos as the herd overruns a Southern mansion. A wagon blocks the road, the gallery collapses under the weight, and the owner faces a damage dispute while the herd disperses.
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Shaler
Kentucky
California man left in water as vultures circle bodies
A fragment from the Chicago Chronicle notes a man is found in the water with the sun on his face while vultures circle overhead, suggesting a fatal event and looming caution about the scene.
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California
Chicago Chronicle
Rapid Fire German Artillery Spurs Quick Victories
A battery of modern German artillery with new quick firing guns can fire sixty shots per minute at ranges exceeding five miles, significantly boosting their combat effectiveness.
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Japan
San Francisco
Union Iron Works
Correcting Pronunciation Signals Disillusion After Marriage
A proverb notes wives begin correcting their husbands pronunciation. It warns that starting within three months of marriage signals growing disillusion rather than shared harmony.
Drummer Boy Eddie and the Nation's War Tales
A veteran recounts young Illinois soldiers serving from 1862 onward including a commissary sergeant who saved rations by marching through enemy lines, and the death of a Tennessee drummer boy Eddie at Wilson's Creek. The piece includes praise for Eddie and memory of a gray Confederate soldier aiding the wounded drummer.
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Illinois
Chicago
Seventy-second Illinois Infantry
Mississippi
South
Jefferson Davis
Second Infantry
United States Senate
President Pierce
Seventy-second
Fortune
Confederacy
Eddie
A Wartime Pie Tale And A $100 Banknote
A veteran recounts buying a custard pie for $100 on a June day near a Long bridge. A Jersey artilleryman buys the lone pie, hands over a $100 banknote, and leaves with the pie. The note later cashes for $98.60, revealed as a wildcat era bank issue from Allegheny Bank of Cumberland.
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Long Bridge
Jersey
Allegheny Bank of Cumberland
Wildcat
Washington: Star
A Strong Man’s Secret Revealed by Digestion Claim
The strongest man on earth credits perfect digestion for his power and urges Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion biliousness and liver and kidney troubles. It is promoted as a tonic and essential for this season.
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Hostetter
Queen Victoria Guards Abroad In Nice
London detectives accompany Queen Victoria to Nice for spring, acting independently of local police. They spot suspected persons and report them to authorities who then expel them from the area. William Le Queux notes over two years in Cimiez more than 100 tramps anarchists and thieves were driven away from the Queen’s vicinity.
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Victoria
Queen Victoria
Nice
London
William le Queux
London Mail
Cimiez
Courage and Strength in Times of Danger
The excerpt warns of danger from the accumulation of badness in the blood caused by heavy winter living. It frames spring as the cleansing time, the forerunner to brighter summer, urging renewal and temperance.
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Tennessee
Rolla
Springfield
Totten
Incis
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Missouri
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Scribner’s
Hood
S. A. Sagan
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Passaic
N. J
California Fie
California Fie Syrup Co
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California Fig Syrup CO
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Louisville
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Bandie
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