21 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1900
Page
1
The Walbrook store offers the first shipment of new neckwear at 25 and 50 cents, with high quality and a nobby style. All clothing items at cash cost until February 20, plus hats of all kinds. see the $3 Derby offered for $1.50, a deal not sold elsewhere.
Advertisement notes a limited run of ten overcoats remaining from stock. Offers all were fine garments offered at cost for cash, urging customers to act quickly for a bargain.
Reports from London and Pietermaritzburg describe Kitchener forcing Cronje toward surrender, British siege efforts at Ladysmith, and Boer movements in Natal. Meanwhile a U.S. senate committee hearing reveals Senator Clark destroyed checks and stubs, discusses campaign expenditures and disclosures, and denies bribery allegations regarding his son’s dealings with campaign funds.
In a letter to Field Marshal Lord Wolseley through Sir Arthur Bigge the Queen urges veteran officers and privates to serve again in Royal Reserve battalions for home defense as the army supports actions in South Africa. Osborne House note accompanies inspection of Lincolnshire militia battalion. Accidental shooting in De Funiak Springs injures a Milton resident.
A fragment discusses lingering beliefs in love charms and superstition, contrasting them with Dr. Pierce's Prescription. It claims the medicine can restore beauty and health, stop bodily drains, and ease female weakness, presenting a shift from ancient charms to modern treatment and improved vitality.
A streetcar on the Collins Park line jumped a curve at Gray street and Jones avenue, crashing into a wall. Motorman John Green was pinned and injured. Policeman Dock Barrett and passenger Freeman suffered serious injuries. Cause cited as a brake chain failure. Also reports child death by fire in Texxure, Ga, and multiple local notices including Bryan's Macon stop invitation, a stave factory deal, and a knitting mill project in Vineville.
Charles E.B. Macrum, former Pretoria consul, provides proof that British censorship opened U S official mail. Envelopes bore British labels and stamps with initials of the clerk and opening location. A Cape Town letter to Macrum, dated Oct 4, was opened, altered, and sent to Pretoria, then to Durban, and finally to Macrum in mutilated form.
Georgia entomologist says the recent statewide freeze checked abnormal growth and promises a large peach crop this summer. State Entomologist Scott notes warm spells were halted, preventing harm unless a late spring frost arrives. he cites Marshalville area and other towns as surveyed sites. Fatal accident and murder reported in Blacksburg. James Mercer, 18, killed by a moving train. Wesson killed Tom Mooney after alleged infidelity. Wesson surrenders.
The narrative details General French's rapid relief column entering Kimberley as the besieged garrison cheered and jostled the troops. Boers bombarded the town with shellfire while rationing was harsh. locals endured horse flesh meals and mine refuse burrows. French’s force pressed north, Boer resistance briefly halted by strong advance, then broken after three days of combat February 14 to 16.
British positions on Goa Hill and Huszar Hill faced heavy bombardment as troops pressed toward Monte Obsiste. Reports claim over 100 prisoners captured and naval guns knocking out a target on Hlaugwane Hill amid rugged hill fortifications.
A Winchester dispatch reports that the grand home known as “Hundred Onka” on Governor Marks’ old homestead has been paid to the Catholic Church for a new castle and wall. Arthur D. Starke began the project before his death. the structure was nearing completion.
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