Iloilo Taken After Heavy Bombardment
The dispatches recount Iloilo on Panay being captured by American forces under Brig. Gen. Miller after a naval and land bombardment. Rebels set the town ablaze, Americans extinguished fires, with no American casualties reported. Iloilo’s seizure follows earlier Manila operations and reflects ongoing campaign actions in the Philippines.
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Montana
Lester Pierestoff
Nebraska
Gustave E. Edlund
Wm. Philipot
H C. Livingston
Charles Keckiey
George L. Clother
Robert E. Childers
Fred Kuhn
Oral F. Gibson
Douglas T. Bridges
Harry Seabooke
Grant Boyd
Francis Hanson
Moro CG
Shiperd
Daniel Campbell
Third Artillery
James J. Gratey
James Ae Leahy
Clyde H. McVay
Fourteenth Infantry
William Bush
Otis
Manua
Caloocan
de la Lome
United States
Utah
Kansas Regiment
Pennsylvania
Aguinaldo
Concord
6Th Artillery Division
Harrison G. Otis
10Th
Pennsylvania Infantry
20Th Kansas Infantry
1St
Montana Infantry
3D Artillery
Kansas
Idaho Infantry
Utah Artillery
4Th Cavalry
J. F. Bell
20Th
Bruce Wallace
Washington
Manila
McArthur
Pasig River
Adm. Dewey
MonaGnock
Charleston
Malabon
Wasuineton
War Department
Idaho Volunteers
Pasagua
Washineton
Corbin
Iloilo
Miller
Manta
Oloilo
Panay
Visayas Federation
Petrel
M. P. Miller
Iloiso
St. Paul
Baltimore
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Union West Virginia
A severe earthquake shock was felt in Union West Virginia early Monday morning as residents reported the tremor. Local officials urged calm and noted no immediate damage or injuries. The quake's center was not confirmed but witnesses described noticeable shaking that lasted several seconds.
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Union
W. Va
Fire destroys Kelly block in Cleveland loss about 150000
A major blaze in Cleveland Saturday night destroyed the Kelly block on Superior street opposite Bank street. Globe clothing store owned by Simon Fox & Co. suffered a 50 000 stock loss. Damages to surrounding blocks and tenants push total to about 150 000 with water and smoke damage to nearby firms including Nusbaum Strauss and Barker Sons. The fire began in the Globe store around 9 30 and spread rapidly through the block.
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Cleveland, O
Kelly
Superior Street
Bank Street
Globe Clothing
Simon Fox & Co
Cincinnati
Globe
Crittenden
Globe Store
Nusbaum & Strauss, Clothiers
Samuel Barker & Sons
Coal famine threatens Gallipolis amid fuel shortages
Gallipolis Ohio reports severe coal scarcity with dealers holding most supplies. An elderly resident Samuel Saunders, 82, was found frozen to death at Moody. Reports from surrounding towns include a gasping transport delay for Manila-bound troops and a mysterious death at the Chittenden Hotel. A farmer Joel Eastlake was slain by John Misner in Frazeysburg, and Sylvan Long survived a severe accident near Gypsum after losing a foot.
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Gallipolis
Samuel Saunders
Moody
Frazeysburg
Joel Eastlake
John Misner
Misner
Eastlake
Fire destroys Presbyterian church in St Marys Ohio
Fire swept the Presbyterian church in St Marys Ohio shortly after midnight destroying the building and its organs and a new piano. Firemen struggled in 20 degree below zero weather but could not save the structure valued at about 8000 dollars and fully insured.
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St. Mary’s, O
Presbyterian
Pennsylvanian Train Crashes Funeral Procession
In Massillon Ohio on February 14 a Pennsylvania train struck Mrs. Thomas Ratchford’s funeral procession at North Lawrence. The collision killed the horses attached to one carriage and the occupants were hurled over an embankment, narrowly escaping death.
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Massillon
Pennsylvania
Thomas Ratchford
North Lawrence
Child cremated in Wilgus home fire
Ironton Ohio February 14 a one year old child of Edward Leffingwell of Wilgus was cremated in the burning home Sunday afternoon. The mother had left on an errand and the child apparently played with fire. The house and contents were totally destroyed.
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Ironton, O
Edward Leffingwell
Wilgus
Couple Given Four-Year Terms After Penitentiary Admission
John Burkholder and Rosa Miller, siblings who lived as husband and wife, were received at the penitentiary from Wooster on Monday night to serve four years each.
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CouinsBus
John Burkholder
Rosa Miller
Wooster
B & O Brakeman Killed In Ohio Tunnel Accident
BELLAIRE OHIO February 14 William Bean a B and O brakeman from Newark New Jersey was knocked from a box car at Glencoe near Bellaire when his head struck a tunnel Monday morning and he died soon after. Steubenville Ohio February 14 William Catlin and Cecil Collins two Black men pleaded guilty to highway robbery and received three years each in the state penitentiary.
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Bellaire
Wm. Bean
Newark
Glencoe
Here
Steubenville, O
William Catlin
Cecil Collins
Erie yard brakeman killed in coupling accident
Younestown Ohio February 12 John Cosello a brakeman in the Erie yard was killed Friday afternoon while coupling cars. He leaves a widow.
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Younestown
John. Costello
Erie
Cincinnati man to raise raccoons at Riverside farm
Springfield notes John Bryan of Cincinnati proprietor of Riverside farm at Clifton plans raccoon farming for market. He is already arranging for the coonery.
George Bayliss Dies After Fainting Spell During Sleigh Ride
Massillon Ohio February 14 George Bayliss a clerk at the Hotel Sailor died suddenly Sunday night after being stricken by a fainting spell while sleigh riding and failing to recover.
Explosion at No 2 furnace kills Patrick Moore in Ohio town
An explosion at Andrews & Hitchcock Iron Co in Hubbard near Younestown Ohio killed Patrick Moore top filler who was blown 75 feet from a stack. Dennis Carney Richard Rowlands and Freeman Carroll were severely bruised and burned with two others slightly injured. carney may die. The stack is a total wreck and the accident stemmed from a stock slip.
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Younestown
Andrews & Hitchcock Iron Co
Hubbard
Patrick Moore
Dennis Carney
Richard Rowlands
Freeman Carroll
Carney
Newsboys' Home Tax Remission in Cincinnati
Columbus reports the state board of tax remission decided to remit about 210 dollars in taxes assessed against the Newsboys' home of Cincinnati. The action was taken Thursday night to relieve the property from the tax burden.
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Newsboys
Columbus
State Board of
Cincinnati
Woman Found Frozen to Death in Toledo Streets
In Toledo Ohio on Thursday, the coldest spell in ten years sent the thermometer to 15 degrees below. An unknown woman was found frozen to death in the afternoon along the city edge, with authorities investigating the circumstances. The harsh weather backdrop underscores the fatal chill afflicting the area.
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Toleepo
Further Smallpox Case Discovered in Columbus
Columbus Ohio reports another smallpox case on Friday. The patient is a married Black man whose large family has been exposed. A total of 12 cases have been reported in the city in the last ten days.
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Columbus, O
Columbus
Woman Adjudged Insane After Smoking In Bed
Delaware Ohio February 12 Mrs Anna C Peters aged 34 was declared insane and removed to Columbus after noon. An inveterate tobacco smoker she smoked in bed and often slept with a pipe in her mouth. Nicotine alleged to have caused insanity.
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Delaware, O
Anna C. Peters
Columbus
Insane Patient Killed by Guard at Local Asylum
Isaiah Miller aged 41 of Dupont Paulding county was a patient at the insane asylum when he attacked attendant Boden. Boden struck Miller on the jaw and Miller died about twenty minutes later.
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Eve
Isaiah Miller
Dupont
Paulding County
Boden
Miller
Coal Miners Strike Sparks Local Walkout in Ironton
IRONTON OHIO February 14 One hundred coal miners in local banks have struck for an increase from 75 cents to one dollar per load. Coal is bringing high prices. Industries are crippled. A coal famine appears imminent.
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Ironton, C
Missing music dealer Nelson Anderson in Dela ware city
In Delaw are C I December 14 Nelson Anderson a music dealer of this city is mysteriously missing He has a large indebtedness He fell into a vat of sulphuric acid in an untoward incident in the mill at Niles James Brogan aged 65 fell into a vat of sulphuric acid at the mill in Warren Ohio He was burned beyond recovery Paralyzed from a fall John A Harter slipped on the bed pavement in Delaware Ohio February 14 and struck his spine causing instantaneous paralysis
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Fixdlayy
Nelson Anderson
Warren, O
Niles
James Brogan
Delaware, O
John A. Harter
Shipbuilders Combine in Great Lakes Merger Effort
Cleveland Feb 10 The effort to consolidate shipbuilding yards on the Great Lakes has reached the appraisal stage with all property valued. A meeting is to be held in Chicago next week to consider the plan.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Chicago
Sandusky Lumberman Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
ToLEve O February 11. E W Koch a Sandusky lumberman has filed a petition of voluntary bankruptcy listing liabilities of 139 00 and assets under 40000.
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Toleve
E. W. Koch
Sandusky
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