Pershing lauds Lake Lanay victory in Moro campaign
Captain John J Pershing writes to a friend detailing the Lake Lanao battle in Mindanao Philippines praising American troops for a ditch crossing and bridge by troops, reporting high casualties among Moros, declaring the fight the proudest day of his life and crediting Generals Davis and Sumner for support. The letter notes a shift toward humane aims and calls the campaign a decisive settlement of the Lake Lanao troubles.
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Washington
John v. Pershing
Lake Lanay
Philippines
War Department
Root
Pershing
Unidentified Passage Describes frantic Scene and Daring Moment
Fragmentary OCR depicts a chaotic moment with characters Kavotten and Kine and a hander cand feht orourre. Moros appears, and a plunge into a deep ditch follows, illustrating imperiosity and impetu. The vivid scene remains unforgettable.
Tragedy in Lancaster Church In Laws Kill Brother in Law
On June 22 at Harmons Lick church in Lancaster Kentucky James Rogers fatally shot Bud Ledford. Rogers said the shooting was in defense and occurred during a Sunday afternoon gathering.
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Church
Lancaster
Harmons Lick
James Rogers
Bud Ledford
Rogers
Bel D-Efense
Drowned Man From West Point Falls in Albion Mill Race
P Rowe of West Point and a Parm a boarder employed on the electric road gang drowned in Albion Michigan's mill race after an evening of drinking. Two boy witnesses report Rowe struggled to reach shore but failed as companions were intoxicated. Investigators to review the incident near two churches. Rowe's New York parents notified.
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Albion
Mich
P. Rowe
West Point
Parma
Rowe
New York
Goulds Cousin Killed Himself After Robbery Murder
A man believed to be E J Redlan from papers found in his pocket was picked up early Sunday on Gratiot avenue between Brush and Beaubien in Detroit in a dying condition. He had been struck on the head with a blunt instrument in what police theorize was a hold up turning fatal after he resisted. The district where found is among the citys toughest.
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Gould
Detroit
Mich
E. J. Redlan
Gratiot Avenue
Brush
Beaubien
Delaware Town
Wilmington
Del
Jed Hy
Mason and Dixon
Helen & Bishop
Rey Dr. BA
Bishop
Price's Corner
Prive’ Corner
Nurbery
White
Struck by Iron Stake in Hotel Murder Near Jackson
William McCrow a Jackson area bartender was killed by August Braun in a Munich hotel defend his wife and baby. Braun a German hotelkeeper aged about 80 faced a deadly act amid a night of drunken tension. Inquest set for Wednesday as investigators pieced together the troubling events surrounding the fatal blow.
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Jackson
Mich
William] McCrow
August Braun
Munich
Braun
McCrow
William McCrow
Brun
Mc Crew
Corporations File Articles in Yansing During Week
In Yansing Michigan on June 22, business activity surged as numerous corporations filed articles of incorporation. The week saw multiple new entities record formal business status and introduce planned operations.
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Yansing
Mich
Ann Arbor student detained after alarming letters to Roosevelt
John H. Henselman Jr a student at Ann Arbor university arrives in Washington and distributes five dollar tips at a hotel while awaiting his father from Covington Ind He writes a letter to President Roosevelt threatening use of influence for alleged land deals and invites danger in Jena Mendon Mich reports a farm wife saves her husband by throwing milk on his burning clothes after a lamp explosion
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Ann Arbor
Washington
John H. Henselman, Jr
Ann Arbor University
Covington
Ind
Roosevelt
Jena
Mendon
Mich
Fred Crumbacker
Crumbacker
Street Car Fatality in Detroit Injures Pedestrian Rider
A man identified as Joseph Basman, age 42, of 41 Riepele Street, was killed Saturday afternoon when struck by a Sherman street car while riding on a truck. The accident occurred around 4 PM on Sherman Street, and Basman died about an hour later at St. Mary's Hospital.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph Basman
Riepele Street
Nin
St. Mary's Hospital
Be Widd
Late News In Brief A North Shore derailment. police in London protests
A train on the North Shore railroad derailed one mile south of Polar Cal, one coach overturned, Mic Kirk of San Francisco killed. London Jews protested the Kischineff massacre in Hyde Park with violent speeches in Yiddish. In China, insurrection in Yunnan grows to 60,000 well trained rebels. the steamer Athenian reports the uprising. Shanghai reports a temple fire at Ping Tu killing about 150 worshippers who were burned during a worship ceremony.
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North Shore
Polar Cal
Mic Kirk
San Francisco
Hyde Park
London
China
Victoria
B.C
Yunnan
Pekin
Shanghai
Ping Tu
California Postal Device Probe Sparks Questions
Washington reports Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow investigates a California firm’s purchase of about 17 000 letter devices indicating malt collection hours. Allegations claim 7 000 devices cost over 4 dollars each with 100 percent profit, and a second order of 10 050 was placed while the first lot remained unused in storage. The device firm is said to be California postal employee-ruled, with ex-Representative Loud of California said to have urged the device but denied direct interest beyond constituent ties.
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California
Washington
Bristow
San Francisco
Post
Loud
House
Postofice
Bodies Found of Flood Victims in Lawrence
Kansas City June 23 The bodies of Albert Mathews and Theodore Barbour who were drowned in the great flood at Lawrence were found there Monday. A pontoon bridge across the Kansas river for wagons and pedestrians will likely be completed today. A Metropolitan street car bridge should be finished on Wednesday. The Milwaukee railroad bridge across the Missouri river will be opened to trains Thursday for the first time since the flood.
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Kansas City
Albert Mathews
Theodore Barbour
Lawrence
Kansas River
Missouri River
Gas Explosion Damages Engine Building in Columbus
Five people were seriously burned but not fatally hurt in a natural gas explosion at the mouth of a shaft leading to a sewer tunnel at Park and Hickory streets in Columbus. The blast wrecked an engine building at the shaft mouth.
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Columbus
Park and
Hickory Streets
Drowning in Serbia and Revenue Declines Mark Brief News
A Sunday accident at Zenom near Knafeevas Serbia left thirty people drowned and fifty four houses demolished. Internal revenue for May 1903 totaled 18 415 035 dollars, down 4 720 090 from May 1902, with tobacco and fermented liquors showing the biggest drops. Charles F McKim New York architect won the king's gold medal from London's Royal Society of Architecture for his notable U S public building designs.
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Zenom
Knafeevas
Servia
A. Wor ¥ Gil
Horatioques
Dominican Republic
Charles F. McKim
New York
Royal Society For Architecture
London
McKim
United States
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Bright
Sharrar & Mullholand
Alma, Mich
Captain Pershing
Lake Lanao
Davis
Sumner
Ascanating Inn
Motex
Lanao
Red
Kaby
George Freymuth
Freymuth
MeCrow
Himnell
Sherif
Metiavon
A. P. Southworth Construction Co
Adrian
Onaway Limestone Co
Onaway
Garden City Fan Co
Niles
Chicago
Gohlert Coffees Co
Peterbaugh Weaver Co
Benton Harbor
Ford Motor Co
Ramecy & Alton Manufacturing Co
Portland
Escanaba Hardware Co
Escanaba
Northern Construction Co
Milwaukee
Monising
Riverside Foundry Co
Kalamazoo
National Printing and Engraving Co
Lord All-Wool Clothing Co
Karmsen Drug Co
Banger
Minnesoa-Michigan Co
Port Huron
Tuncan Run Coal Mining Co
Michigan Smelting Co
Houghton
Fraternal Bulntng Association
Saranac
Chireaco, Michigan & Indiana Electric Railway
Citizens’ Telephone Co
Schoolcraft
United States Guarantee Co
International Construction Co
Tetroit
Tanbella County State Bank
Mt. Pleasant
Tyrie Ptl
D&b
Col Nono
Buffalo
West
A. A. Schantz
Mick
Traveler
Guiee
Ark
Earth
Tr &Mo
Wiewon
Oak Tree Tialeid Drag Co
Cleveland
Shaprak Amulbollad
Joloryoung
Avely
National Medical Institute
OT Chanm
Chicas
F. H. Oaks
Jamestown
N.Y
Gene
Druaaiets
Milee Medical Co
Elkhart
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