A Trip to Iloilo Observations on the Philippines
John F. Bass reports from Iloilo as the first American visitor since the war began. He notes the island of Panay surrendered to insurgents on December 26, Aguinaldo’s cabinet resignations, and rising instability as sporadic violence and sugar trade disruption ripple through Iloilo and nearby Panay and Cebu. He describes Spanish officials, local attitudes, and growing American influence while warning of tensions between Luzon and the interior uprisings.
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John F. Bass
Harper's Weekly
Iloilo
Tloilo
Philipanes
Rios
Otis
Potter
United States
Loilo
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Merritt
Panay
Toilo
Islands
Base
Manila
Toho
Guimaras
Anttom
Tolio
Hong Kong
Tleilo
Hoile
Sam
Moilo
Cebu
Lloilo
Catapuvia Society
Hililo
Oii
Luzon
Scotchmen Run Safe Business in Spanish Colonies
In a colonial setting only Scotchmen seem capable of business and safety. A small Scottish club with a library and billiard room exists amid dull life. Firearms appear common and unjust orders ignored as soldiers wield carbines against locals.
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Taus
German colonial aims and Pacific islands debate emerge
The Chicago Record discusses German expansionism as It argues Germany seeks to control Sanda and the Carolines to dominate the Pacific and world seas, citing Kaiser statements and colonial party advocates. It notes potential conflict and mentions Luzon and Manila as contexts for colonial strategy.
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Germany
The
Carolines
Europe
Heery Peters
Sanda
Pacific
A'S Square
Chicago
Unusual Japanese Tree Bond and Early Pacific Coast Press
A Japanese Bele Tree custom binds a family to leave a planted tree until a child’s morning, then a cabinetmaker carves it into heirloom furniture. The first American newspaper on the Pacific coast appeared in 1844 at Oregon City as the Flumgudgeon Gazette. Boston Public Library reports about 75,000 card holders, and world Protestant church membership is linked to an estimated annual income of $16 trillion.
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Pinos
Prosa
Panay
Luzon
United States
Spain
Pacific Coast
Oregon City
Boston Public Library
It Ia
Wide tires on farm wagons cut road draft significantly
Farmers' Guide reports Missouri tests comparing six inch wide tires to one and three quarter inch tires on same wagon. Draft dropped from 500 to 280 pounds to start a load, with wide tires saving about 24.6 percent overall and more than half the effort to start moving. Further field tests planned.
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Missouri State Roads ‘Improvement Association
Averagay
Value of Old Newspapers Guide to Household Uses
A housewife explains practical ways to reuse old newspapers to clean windows polish mirrors dust brushes and dress ranges. She notes shredding for children's play packing fragile items lining washing tubs and even insulating floors, saving dollars by repurposing scraps.
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Moe
Mud and Matrimony in Towson Reception Delayed by Road Block
A Towson Maryland note reports Mr and Mrs William Shepperd hosting a few nights ago at My Lady's Manor after their bridal tour. He was delayed returning home with furniture due to a stalled team on a poor road. The groom missed his own reception, prompting light commentary on obstacles newly married couples face.
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Towson
Baltimore County
Maryland
William Shepperd
My Lady's Manor
League
Secret pocket sounder for telegrams proposed
A novel secret sounder fits in a pocket watch case, letting telegraphists read Morse with adjustable audible click from loud to nearly silent. It includes a mohair headband for wearing on the head, a silk conducting cord, and weighs four and a half ounces for discreet use in brokers’ offices or military outposts.
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St. Lonia
Detnoerdt
Why It Was Called Rubber
A British consul in Central America notes the term rubber arose from an English artist in 1770 who found rubber suited to rubbing out pencil marks. The substance, cheap at three shillings per cubic inch, lasted years and gave the name. Later, waterproof garments were produced in France by the end of the eighteenth century, with Manchester’s McIntosh refining the process and popularizing the term macintosh for waterproofs.
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Sies
England
Frenehinen
France
Fem
McIntosh
Manchester
Philadelphia
Devotion of a Faithful Servant at Dinner
A loyal old servant endures a tense dinner as his nervous master snaps at him. Sensing danger, the servant whispers a plea that his house has burned for the last hour and a half, seeking permission to flee. The scene from Tit-Bits captures his quiet courage amid household strain.
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Henry
Eagle carries off baby in cascad valley tale
A Broome County drummer in New York recounts a Cas cade Valley case where a tame eagle, kept as a household pet after trapping, lifted a baby in its talons. A hunter shot the bird after it failed to rise far, killing it. the child survived with minor injuries.
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Broome County
New York
Vandewater
Cascade Valley
Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Aids Womb Condition Recovery
A reader from Warsontown PA and another from Bixeuamptos NY report lasting relief from womb tumors and leucorrhoea after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Both praise the remedy’s success and urge others to seek its guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Philippine Seaport
America
Tlomso
Manana
Chilo
Grand Rapids
Mich
Board of Trade
Mercantile Club
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Ttis
Porto Rico
Warren
St. Lawrence
Dewey
Griffin Daily News
Onur
Canada
Thia
Dyapepala
Hontetter
Christ
Hood
Wrores
Farmington
Del
Hoods
Seticbail
Pinkham
Mus
PrxxuaAn
A. B. Davies
Bixeuamptos
N. Y
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