06 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1900
Page
1
Lord Roberts makes a triumphant entry into Pretoria Monday afternoon as celebrations erupt over the capture of the capital. An official London announcement confirms the victory with great enthusiasm. Spirited fighting occurred on the city outskirts while French forces liberated British prisoners at Waterval.
London reports confirm General Roberts reached Pretoria on June 5 with official entry planned at 2 pm. Jubilation across Britain follows the occupation, flags in the streets as the army seizes the Transvaal capital after months of conflict. Boer forces’ fate remains unclear and British officers plan prisoner relief at Waterval.
Gen Otis reaches San Francisco says Aguinaldo followers deserting him while guerrilla warfare runs rampant. Officials raid Metropolitan Medical College Chicago arresting officers and seizing doctors at prices from three to two hundred dollars and lawyers at any sum. Missouri Democrats meet at Kansas City to nominate state officers. Sheriff Roberts and his two brothers killed at San Augustine Texas igniting a feud. soldiers dispatched. Cattle thieves and cowboys clash near Van Horn Texas with one killed on each side. Missouri Supreme Court reverses a notable death by drainage case. Texas Democrats rate national convention unfairly. Providence township reports genuine smallpox in Miss Frazier Union family. Havana post office thefts total one hundred thousand dollars with additional stamps unaccounted for. Manila reports Filipino losses totalling twenty three thousand. St Louis street railway strike unresolved. Conger cables about Pekin murders and persecutions rising. railways disrupted and foreigners endangered. Gord Roberts enters Pretoria at 2 pm amid no resistance. Senator Mason proposes war cease terms including independence for South African states. Washington agreement opens two million four hundred thousand acres for settlement in Oklahoma and Idaho with one hundred sixty acres per Indian and land sold at a dollar and a half per acre.
Emma Calve, famed prima donna, summers on a Cevennes farm. She tends a kitchen garden herself, wearing blue jeans and a linen shirt waist, spading and watering daily. Her vigorous outdoor routine boosted health, while she sent fresh produce as gifts to friends in Paris.
A legislative committee hears a witness deny bribery in the campaign. The witness concedes cigars were circulated but asserts they were not bribes, while the chairman presses for clarification.
Special Correspondence from New York details Ophelia crape in pink turquoise and yellow shades, lace applique gowns, black silk and wool dresses, new crepe weaves, and eudora cloth. It highlights a delicate Russian net gown with lace applique, belt accents, and taped lace edging as modern fashion highlights for fall.
A DIL posters trick is recounted with circus-style flair as a bill hanging stunt uses a silver dollar weight to drive a tack into ceilings while crowds observe and miss the setup. Also described is Alto Crucero’s extreme cold and sun, where water freezes at night yet blisters in noonday heat, and a humorous exchange about a poet earning six months’ board for poems.
A government clerk with 25 years’ service asks why women are held back from higher posts in government service. He cites female colleagues in the treasury who protest when a capable woman nears promotion, arguing they would rather have a man bossing them. He argues women undermine other women, stalling equal recognition, as observed by the Washington Star. The Mint Mark Collections notes describe mint marks as the latest niche in numismatics, appealing to specialists more than amateurs.
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