Boer Outlook Stirs Hope for Peace Terms in War
New York report from Feb 4 quotes Charles D. Pierce of the Boer relief fund detailing boosting morale and a strategy for Boer victory. He claims Boer forces exceed 26,000 and wield mobile guerrilla tactics, with De Wet and Steyn leading, while British losses mount from captures and artillery. The piece notes vast economic strains on Britain, including capital losses, mine closures, and heavy taxation.
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New York
Charles D. Pierce
Orange Free State
Boer Relief Fund
South Africa
Europe
Great Britain
Boginud
de Wet
Andries Wessels
Republic of Whiel
Steyn
NeWet
South Afelean Republic
Cape Colony
Christian de Wet
Capatown
Lee-Metford
Woolwich
St Helena
Ceylon
Kimberley
Johannesberg
Garitish
Britain
Ireland
London
Chas Grimm Injured Yet Celebrated Wing Shot
Charles M. Grimm, famed wing shot and 1899 handicap runner up, broke his ankle on his farm near Clear Lake while supervising hay moving with a giant hay fork. The device failed to catch at 45 feet, dropping and striking him, leaving him crippled for life.
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Chas, Grimm
Clear Lake
Charles M. Grimm
Griina
Speculators Lead Party Toward Grouketou Visit
A listed group including Woesley Worhs Nathan Studer and SN Way of Wesley HG Gardner of Witonka and Thos A Way from RWritt plan a tour to Grouketou in the Red Thiver Valley, with Geno Call expected to join.
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Woesley Worhs
Nathan Studer
Wesley
HG. Gardner
Witonka
Thos. A. Way
Rwritt
Grouketou
Mion
Red Thiver
Geno
Call
Farm buyer to move near Kingfisher Oklahoma
Charley Birkofer plans to relocate within days to a new home near Kingfisher Oklahoma after purchasing a 240 acre improved farm seven miles from the county seat and thirty miles from the capital for 4500 dollars. He has many local friends and will reside there with his wife Eliza for a time.
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LuVerne
Charley Birkofer
Kingfsher
Oklahoma
Charley
Eliza Birkofer
Iowans in California Drawn by Warm Winter Tourism
A historical note describes Iowa residents wintering in California, with many travelers from Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Pottawattamie County. Railroads promote California trips using low February through April rates and numerous tourist car lines. Ex-Iowan steamer purser and traveling agents indicate strong Iowa presence and growing tourism to Santa Catalina Island and coast resorts.
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Los Anewums
Cal
Iowa
California
Nebraska
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
New England
Santa Cataliia Island
Las Pedro
Des Moings
Cedar Rapids
Pottawattamle County
Lss
Bancroft club to select colony site in St Louis trip
Mayne leads Bancroft club reps plus Promoter Witzgerald to St Louis to pick a site for a new Oklahoma colony. The 60 members hold 160 shares representing 12,800 acres, with the colony taking every alternate plot. Also notes Joe Stahl's Klondike return plans and local land dealings including Bracke's Ram sey purchase and forthcoming departures to Port Arthur and Missouri for business. The North Kossuth Wair Assn directors reelect officers and report 193,098 dollars in treasury with no debt.
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Mayne
St. Louis
Witzgerald
Oklahoma Colony
Promised Land
Bancrory Club
North Kossuth Wair Ass'n
Messrs
Winkel
Murray
Laid Jey
Mayer
Holloway
Sheridan
Laidley
Lenander
Joe Murray
Treasury
Basted Buggies and Odd Auto Deals
In a quirky notice GC Lamerias advertises buying worn-out vehicles, seeking parts for broken cars. The piece also mentions the O M St Pity Ce selling round trip tickets at double fare on February 28 and March 1 and 8, with departure from Washington set for March.
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Lamerias
0. M.& St. Pity. Ce
Evelutin
Whisbington
Maren Aut
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Victina
Ane
Jas. Taylor
F. S. Norton, Lumber and
Algona
Kossuth County
James Patterson
Cowles’ Block
The
Alona Milling Co. Incorporated
Merchant Flour
Viberal
England
Kossuth
8. X. Way
Grand Works
N. D
Mr. Studer
St. Cloud
Z. A
Snea Chy Herald
Lloyd Williams
German Medicine Co
Germania
Ledyard
Burt Monitor
Berb Angus
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
Rotarn Way
Chicago & North Western Ry
Bancroft
Joe Stahl
Klondike
Dawson City
Mr. Stahl
Joe
Legion of Friends
Wmn. B
Wellington
Dubuque
Ole Bracke
Ramsey Township
Bracke
Chicago
O. J. Lenander
F. T. Sparks
Port Arthur
Texas
Mr. L
Missouri
Gulf
Mayer ‘Sparks
W. Nelson
Mr. Nelson
J. Pettibone
Galbraith’s
J.D. Zurenine
L. Parsons
Woodbury
Jay
Goeders
County Savings Bank
Ulsters
Kraft Clothing Company
R. H. Miller
C. M. Doxsee
Red River Valley
Crookston
Minnesota
Iam
John Grove
St. Paul, Miaa
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