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To provide context for this story, we have included original passages that use language deemed inappropriate or unacceptable today. This is done to highlight the prevailing racism of that time in newspaper articles and government documents.
The accounts of Kario and Teresa Ramirez were originally published in English, and the telegram exchange was likely communicated in American Morse code. The quotes have been translated into Filipino for this story.
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“Paghahanap kay Maura” is a book available in English and Filipino. To order a copy, visit wapo.st/maurabooks.
About This Story
To see photographs, newspaper clippings, and other reference materials that helped shape this story, read How The Post reported Maura’s story.
Artwork by Ren Galeno, a visual artist from Davao City, Philippines.
Andrew Ba Tran, Nate Jones, and Regine Cabato contributed to this report.
Edited by Jenna Pirog and Hannah Good. Additional editing by David Fallis, Sarah Childress, and Aaron Wiener. Copy editing by Anjelica Tan, Kim Chapman, and Jordan Melendrez.
Translated and edited into Filipino by KC Schaper, Regine Cabato, Hannah Dormido, and Christian Jil Benitez.
Project editing by KC Schaper with additional assistance from Tara McCarty.
Design by Tara McCarty and Audrey Valbuena. Layout by Audrey Valbuena. Printing design by Tara McCarty. Design editing by Christian Font and Christine Ashack.
Additional reporting, editing, production, and assistance by Jeff Leen, Jenna Lief, Phoebe Connelly, Matt Callahan, Junne Alcantara, Ed Thiede, Isabelle Jordan Lavandero, Brian Gross, Greg Manifold, Grace Moon, Sofia Diogo Mateus, Matt Clough, and Meredith Craig.
Video editing and sound design for “Paghahanap kay Maura” by Lindsey Sitz. Animation by Sarah Hashemi. Narration by Hannah Dormido and Isabelle Jordan Lavandero. Additional narration by Angel Mendoza, David Fallis, Arjun Singh, and Anne Branigin. Additional graphics by Artur Galocha. Additional sound recording by Justin Scuiletti. Additional assistance with imagery and design by Robert Miller, Troy Witcher, and Audrey Valbuena.
“Pagan Funeral in St. Louis To-Morrow” was published in the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat on April 22, 1904. “Called ‘Savages,’ Now Visayan Girls Won’t Go to School” was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on August 20, 1904.
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