Boloman Guerrilla Band Executed as Spies Near Imus
Manila reports capture near Malasquiau and Bayambang of a Boloman band linked to seven official killings. The group, disintegrating from the Filipino army collapse, tormented the region with murders and ambushes. A brother of the Imus president was executed as a spy. Debates over how to quell guerrilla warfare continue amid difficult terrain and ongoing raids by bands.
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Tagal Army
Imus
Malasqui
Mee- Arthur
Bayambang
San Fergiefido
San Fernando
Manila
Pitt
Cavite
Grant
Col
Bell
J. Hood
Insurgent Philippines Shifts to Guerrilla War Tactics
Hong Kong dispatch via Reuters reports the Philippine insurgent government announcing a shift to a dictatorship and guerrilla warfare against the United States. The Filipino army reportedly splits into small bands and swears to fight until their country is recognized, while marines landed near Wigan are said defeated by Gen. Tino’s forces on December 4, and Gen. Lawton is missing.
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Seave
Hong Kong
London
Reuter’s Telegram Co
Philippines
Wigan
Hocos Province
Oregon
Tino
Manila
Lawton
Tagal traps and pitfalls reported in Manila war line
A Washington dispatch to the Tribune details the first casualty from a Tagal pitfall in Manila area. Bamboo posts sharpened to impale unwary soldiers provoked warning amid frequent jungle traps along insurgent trenches. Most incidents caused minor injuries, but dangers remain in advance scouting and patrols.
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New York
the Tribune
Washington
War Department
Manila
March of Gen. Young's Men in Philippine Campaign
Dispatches from Conception dated December 2 describe Gen. Young's detachment pursuing Aguinaldo, marching 100 miles with worn shoes, limited ammunition, and serendipitous "hospitality" from Igorrotes. He splits forces to intercept Tino and Aguinaldo, while natives and insurgents complicate communications and supply lines.
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Manila
Conception
Aguinaldo
Young
Condon
Third Cavalry
Cunningham
March
Thirty-third Infantry
San Jacinto
Lawton
Tino
Pilar
Bulacan
Vigan
Cervantes
Olangapo Capture by Grant’s Advance Guard
Manila reports Maj Spence leading the advance guard to Olongapo Subig Bay arriving night December 9 with little resistance. The Baltimore and Oregon and four transports followed. Marines under Capt Myers occupy the navy yard as a naval station. Yard includes seven new buildings and repair shops damaged by September bombardment.
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Manila
Grant
Maj
Spence
Olangapo
Subig Bay
Dinalupihian
Baltimore
Oregon
Myers
Navy Yard
Olongapo
Night sortie at Ladysmith hailed as brilliant action
London reports a Ladysmith sortie described as brilliant with no new war news besides Mafeking remaining under siege since November. Boers shelled the town with dwindling rations, while a Hunter sally saw British bayonets demanded for cold steel as Boer defenders fled at dawn.
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London
Ladysmith
War Office
Mafeking
Archibald Hunter
Captured a Boer Howitzer in British Provocation
Dispatch from Gen White dated December 11 reports Col Metcalfe and 50 riflemen from the Second rifle brigade snuck to a hill to seize a Boer Howitzer. They avoided discovery, drove off the Boers, and destroyed the gun with gun cotton. Metcalfe then broke through a Boer line using the bayonet. Boer losses were heavy. British losses included Lieut Ferguson and 11 men killed, Capt Paley and six others wounded, six men captured along with wounded.
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London
War Office
Buller
White
Metcalfe
Lieut. Ferguson
Paley
Bond
Gatacre Witness On Cape Town Mission And Retreat
General Gatacre reports that an attack on Stromberg promised success but was misjudged due to guide-led misdirection causing a late start and disorienting position. Boer fire was accurate from a hilltop while Irish Fusiliers and Northumb erlands held a kopje. Two guns were lost in mud and quicksand. Recovery moves followed to Sterksstrom and Queenstown, with 366 missing Northumb erlands.
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London
War Office
Perestier-Walker
Cape Town
Gatacre
Stromberg
Mounted Infantry
Cape Police
Jeffreys
Molteno
Ridge
Tsushiman
Irish Rifles
Northumberlands
Sterksstrom
Queenstown
Five Thousand Perished in Ceram Earthquake Wave
The Ceram island disaster reported by the Bulletin records 5000 deaths from a November earthquake along the coast. A tidal wave swept Ambonia Bay, inland to 50 feet, burying villages and transforming coastlines. Only a few survivors remain from towns like Panholy and Samasoeroa as corpses and mud fill the area.
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San Francisco
Ceram
Orient
Empire
Bay of Ambonia
Panholy
Samasoeroa
Africa
Hatoesia
Stormberg Junction Fight Report From Pretoria
President Steyn details a British assault on Boer entrenchments at Stormberg Junction. Major Sturges and 238 others from Northumberland and Irish Fusiliers were captured after a severe fight. three cannons and two ammunition wagons were seized by Boers. In Texas, Yaqui Indians and Mexican forces under Gen Torres clashed near Rio Chicago. The battle involved about 4000 Mexicans and scattered Yaqui bands, lasting one day and night with heavy losses on both sides. Continuous Yaqui raids troubled camps as militiamen struggled to dislodge them in rough terrain.
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Pretoria
Steyn
Stormberg Junction
Bixcannon
Swanepoel
Olivier
Bobies
Maj
Sturges
Northumberlands
Irish Fusiliers
Austin, Tex
Torres
Rio Chicago
Cyclone Storm Ravages Bloomington County
A cyclone like storm struck Bloomington Alabama on Monday evening. Cooksville church was lifted from its foundation and demolished while the schoolhouse belfry and many windows were blown in. Saybrook saw roofs torn from businesses and chimneys wrecked. Lexington incurred about 1500 dollars in damage to the new schoolhouse and a panic among 300 pupils ensued as two large chimneys toppled, throwing 5000 bricks through the roof.
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Bloomington
Cooksville
Christian Church
Aindows
Saybrook
Lexington
Heavy Firing Reported Near Modiles River
Cape Town dispatch reports heavy fighting heard all day Monday in the Modiles river direction as forces clash in the area.
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Cape Town
Modiles River
Fragmented OCR Item Mentions Locations and Contacts
Vague notes reference travel routes and sales with scattered names and addresses. Names include G Neimyer and H Connor as commercial agents. Mentions Cincinnati and Buffalo areas, plus office addresses, in a damaged passage.
A Small Boy Sarcasm In Front Of Aunt Jane
A Pittsburgh Dispatch extract notes Willie trying to ask questions while Aunt Jane warns him to stay quiet. He privately laments the lack of ability to hear his own thinking as a metaphor for silent contemplation.
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Jane
Willie
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Solid Trains to Northern Michigan Route Expansion
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway now runs solid trains from Chicago to Calumet Houghton Hancock and other Copper Country points with sleeping cars dining cars and first class service. Direct connections for Marquette Negauite Ishpeming and more are offered for passengers from the East South and Southwest via this desirable route. Coupon tickets are sold by all agents.
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Michigan
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Honest Boy Card Story Sparks Postal Gratitude
A Chicago Evening News item narrates a tale of honesty as a man recalls sending a boy to buy a postal card two years earlier. This morning he received a note with thanks, saying the penny began a prosperous business and the sender remains grateful.
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Sirom
Chicago Evening News
TasTELEss Crit LTonte ironquinine tonic parody label
Satirical ad copy mocks a tasteless tonic claiming iron and quinine cure chills and fever with no cure no pay price 50c. dialogue features a cyclist and a jocular doctor exchange about running down people.
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Gnove
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims
Vintage remedy ad copy from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising cure in one day with a money back guarantee. It also advertises Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike’s Toothache Drops claiming rapid relief. The page includes a political ribbing line about saving the country and rent.
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Hale
Pike
Oldest Man in America Praises Peruna in 111th Year
Mr Isade Brock of McLennan County Texas, aged 111, touts Peruna as the best remedy for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhoea. He credits Dr Hartman s books for understanding catarrh as the common ailment and says Peruna keeps him healthy and nearly ageless. He urges old people to rely on the remedy and notes a free book on catarrh from the Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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Isade Brock
McLennan
Tex
Peruna
Perman Medicine Co
Columbus, O
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