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Soldier-Toys Manila letter recalls ambush and bombs
A Manila letter from a Philippine-bound soldier recounts a narrow escape as insurgents attempted to drop dynamite from a building on a main street. Police captured the plot, finding a detonator and powder, and a comrade was killed in a guard post ambush.
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Manila
Philippines
Misa
Sacah Bator
Phillipatung
Masilea
Thiavery
Aed
Fourteenth Infantry
Lawton
Tos Bot
Aguinaldo
Fourth Cavalry
Bnd
Resurgenta
Peter Burna
Oxford Tunnel
Taylor Hospital
Scranton
Higley
Decvayed
Treland
Charles Stout
South Main
Bere
Central Railroad
Churaday
Lewis Borgenbach
Beyenne City
Eral
Sti
Father Bell
Nod
Young
Jiles Stout
West Ruston
Newarn
James Dundins
Near New
Protection Lodge
Clevaiont Commandery
Pire
Tocdyuscong Triba
Jerry Donohue
Itil
Joseph Firth
J. Datany Seth Him Gues
South Main Street
Yamys
Mra
Bourdery
Jeremiah Bullinan
Sie
Huey Lant
Mhton Burd
Samuel Oliver
Oxford
Janes Sullivan
Delawanna
Michael McCabe
Smethodist
Mmutsigund
Presbyterian
Methodist
Nyro Hutchinson of
Hazen
Presbyterian Church
Axnpord Avenue
Marthaling
Sallie Wilkingon
Lone McNear
High Bridges
Wm. Martin
Sumerfield
Chas
Axford Wood
Parkville
L. I
Alden Wilkinson
Irvin Petty
Kurrsville
Wmn
Belkey
Montana
Win, Pierson
High Bridge
Robert Pierson
George
Transitia Pines
Donmark
Nusburto
Abram Cole
Lewis Street
Walter
Carl
Fannie Cole
aWso
Panriid Rose
Ozcar
Sincey
Harvey
Christopler
William Rose
Bloomsbury
John Rose
West
Oxgar Rose
Oak Grove
Joseph Williamson
Pattenbury
Robert Riley
Osman
Union Simare
Firth
Tate Post
Gwinner's Hall
James Benney
Bayonne
Phillipsburg
Sherif
Jacques Abl
Jersey City
William J. Smith
Akron
Canister Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Lepateeng Township
En Bebe
American Brick and 7 To Company
Oil
Ashley & Shassitkalls
Central Railroad of
New Jersey