Sioux City Bank Seeks Stamp for Railroad Deed Sale
The Sioux City National Bank applied to Collector Patterson for a $1,000 revenue stamp to affix to the deed for the sale of the Sioux City & Northern railroad, a move tied to the transaction and its legal formalities.
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Sioux City National Bank
Patterson
Sioux City & Northern Railroad
H. G. Curtis
Atlantic
Woolson
Curtis
Supreme Court of
Porto Rico
Quail Sale Question Faces Iowa Legislature
Attorney General Remley says selling quail is not forbidden during open season though killing remains restricted. State health reports show fifty seven smallpox cases statewide with several deaths and ongoing quarantines. An Iowa syndicate plans a large scale rice venture in Texas with land options totaling 14,924 acres and a $225,000 price. The Iowa Mexican Plantation firm files amended incorporation papers for a $1,087,500 capital, finalizing a fee dispute with the secretary of state.
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State Board of Health
Coalville
Silver Lake Township
Worth County
J. Porter General
Reinbeck
State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Des Moines
W. H. Baily
F. D. Stadley
Waterloo
Burlington
Birlen Winter Grocery Co
Iowa
Webster County
J. A. Lindquist
E. I. Cox
Board of Supervisors
Lindquist
Cox
District Court
Supreme Court
Drs Maines
Remley
Fish and Game
Fish and
Kennedy
Jesup
Buchanan County
Washington Township
Independence
Monroe County
Coalfield
Mantua Township
Buena Vista County
Torm Lake
Marathon
Sioux Rapids
Providence Township
Northwood
Alvord and
Doon
Lyon County
Corning
Adams County
Houston
Texas
D. B. Hurd
A. HH. McVey
Jefferson County
Comny
New Jersey
Secretary of State
How Boers Are Warned Daily Chronicle explanation from Modder river
London dispatch explains Boer rifle fire alarms through ground wires linked to lamps in front of trenches. A touched wire extinguishes a lamp to signal warning, but a high wind once caused a false alarm before Boers realized the alarm was mistaken.
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London
Modder River
The
Daily Chronicle
Governor Tanner Declines Re election Bid in Illinois GOP Feast
At a Springfield gathering Governor John R Tanner declared he will not seek re election. He said he has not been a candidate for governor since he entered office and is not now a candidate for re election.
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Springfield
Illinois
John R.tanner
Ile
Govnor
Fenian Invasion Plans Reported in Dunkirk
A Dunkirk special says Fenians organized to invade Canada and raise 600 men for New York’s 125000 quota. Five hundred Fenian volunteers already, with 100 more to be recruited. Rumor claims two carloads of arms hidden near Dunkirk. British embassy notes no protest or verified movements beyond local reports.
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Canada
Burraro
Dunkirk
New York
Washington
Hay
British Milk Station Established Near Magersfontein
Gen. Methuen reports Boers fired heavy on Magersfontein south side. Naval brigade targeted west part. cavalry reconnoitered northeast. Lieut. Masters extended westward to Enstein. market set up to supply farmers with milk and vegetables. Ladysmith notes fortress ready, food sufficient for two months, rains recurring. Casualties rise from shelling. Boers nervous and avoid night sorties. German officials curb Boer recruitment in Damara Land. Gatacre and French report no change. Baden-Powell reports all well.
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Ladysmith
Damarland
Democrats Wrist Plan Seeks Gain From Transvaal War
Washington dispatch notes growing anti English sentiment in Congress may influence US politics. Democrats push anti English letters to bolster Boers cause, drawing support from Dutch Irish German and native American voters. England hatred resurfaces as a national factor potentially shaping policy.
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Transvaal
CubcaGco
Times-Herald
Walter Wellman
Washington
South Africa
England
IMPORTANT MOVE HINTED Renewed Buller effort to relieve Ladysmith
Loxpon Dec 30 dispatches hint a major movement by General Buller to relieve Ladysmith. Boers retreat to the north bank of the Tugela and move laagers toward Ladysmith while bombardment pressures the garrison. Buller shifts headquarters to Frere, avoiding a frontal attack as the river rises.
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Buller
Ladysmith
Loxpon
Chievery
Tugela River
Baller
Frere
Tulega
Faith in Buller Helps British Resolve at Chieveley
Churchill reports from Chieveley Camp that all ranks trust Sir Redvers Buller and vow to prevail next time. He notes Boer positions are strong with hills trenches and rivers, gun ranges dominate river crossings, and 12 000 Boers fire on drifts. Twenty miles of rough country lie to Ladysmith, urging early relief.
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London
Morning Post
Churchill
Chieveley Camp
Redvers Buller
Ladysmith
Arrested for Enlisting in Boer Recruiting Ring
Cincinnati December 30. Monsieur Pie rot appeared before U S Attorney Bundy on a charge of acting as a recruiting officer for the Boers. He claimed he sought hospital corps enlistment only. Bundy warned him to cease or face punishment.
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Cincinnati
Monsieur Pierot
United States
Bundy
Hospital Corps
Gatacre Busy As Stormberg Action Reported
Cradrock dispatch notes heavy firing toward Stormberg. Scene tied to General Gatacre efforts to reopen lines of communication with the Indwe collieries.
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Gatacre
Cart Town
Cradrock
Stormberg
Indwe
Teachers Seek Funding to Simplify English Spelling
Springfield reports the Teachers' association memorialized the National Educational Association to appropriate $1,000 annually for five years to support efforts in simplifying English spelling. The action highlights a push for literacy reform and consistent spelling standards.
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Springfield
Ill
Teachers’ Association
Gomez Assured Wood Cooperation for Cuban Independence
Havana reports General Gomez assured General Wood of cooperation to secure a successful administration and prepare Cuba for independence. The piece notes money talks but only with the favored few.
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Gomez
Wood
Havana
Gen. Wood
Cuba
Seizure of American Goods at Delagoa Bay
Secretary of State John Hay informs U S Ambassador Choate in London about the seizure off Delagoa Bay of three vessels carrying American goods bound for Lorenzo Marques. Export merchant R W Geldart of South William Street pleads the case, seeks congressional redress, condemning the act as high handed and unprecedented.
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New York
John Hay
United States
Choate
London
South Africa
Lorenzo Marquez
Delagoa Bay
R. W. Geldart
South William Street
Hay
Secret treaty claim on Delagoa Bay shocks London
Berlin’s Lokal Anzeiger reports a pact where Germany would take Portugal colonies and vast African and Asian territories including Delagoa Bay. Britain would gain under a secret treaty. The claim hangs on unofficial sources and awaits confirmation by foreign offices amid wartime arms restrictions.
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Delagoa Bay
London
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany
Portugal
Zambesi
England
Transvaal
Unsuccessful sortie from Kimberley
Kimberley dispatch reports that at 2 30 yesterday morning mounted detachments under Colonel Peakman with three Maxims and three 7 pounders, advanced on Toll Pan. Boer pickets opened fire. our guns shelled Toll Pan from 2500 yards. One Boer shell fell near our men with no damage. Boers entrenched. withdrawal followed.
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Kimberley
Peakman
Major May
Toll Pan
Siege update from Ladysmith reports Boer siege tactics
Ladysmith dispatch notes Boers mounting a Howitzer on Surprise Hill and daily bombardment while not assaulting the town. The besieged claim ample provisions as siege casualties reach 70 killed and 236 wounded since the siege began.
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Ladysmith
Pietermaritzburg
Maine ships Maine victims honored with simple war reinterment
In Arlington, Maine war dead from the battleship Texas were laid to rest with simple religious services and full honors. President and cabinet members, army and navy officers, and a large crowd attended as caskets lay in rows under wreaths while troops and sailors stood guard. Father Chidie performed the last rites with Captain Sigsbee assisting.
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Heights
Arlington
Maine
Hay
Texas
Fort Mye
Navy Yard
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Adney
Miles
Army
Navy
Sigsbee
Father Chidie
Kaiser profits by war and East Africa domain
London reports that German plans foresee expanded colonial holdings in East Africa and potential moves toward Delagoa Bay while denying Goa sales. Diplomats weigh Britain and Germany positions as Russian and French shifts influence timing. The aim is enlarging German East Africa toward the Zambesi and securing Adriatic and Asian interests long term.
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East Africa
London
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany
Asia
Lord Salisbury
Goa
Macao Damao
Foreign Office
Aml Sidor
Peror
Mr. Chamberlain
Herat
Morocco
Timate
Delagoa Bay
Great Britain
German East Africa
Zambesi
Russians Offer to Command Boer Army Corps Says General Gourko
Marseilles correspondent for the Daily Mail reports an interview with Russian General Gourko, son of the famed Gourko, who says he has been offered command of a Boer army corps. He says he is confident of Boer victory and that thousands of Russians are now fighting under General Ker t, in the Boer conflict.
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Cerro Gordo County
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F. E. Baily
Charles Mitchell
J. D. Miller
T. E. Clark
Iowa Central Railroad
Clark
Minneapolis and St. Louis
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Eagle Point
Lenpox
Marseilles
Daily Mail
Gourko
Pre
Ming
Kert
Kaftirs in Rebellion at Alowyn’s Op near Zeorust
Commandant Swart reports from the laager at Alowyns Op near Zeorust that on Friday Dec 22 burghers fought kaftirs defending a fortified ridge. After heavy fighting the kaffirs position was captured with three burghers killed and five wounded.
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Pretoria
Lorenzo Marquez
Swart
Laager
Alowyn’s
Zeorust
Derdor
Inventions Patents Granted to Iowa and Illinois Inventors
Des Moines reports patents allowed for an auxiliary air heater by W Cross of Grinnell to improve room temperature. A two party share to W S Moore of Grinnell and Tom Morgan of Atlantic for a plant planting machine that automates cabbage and tobacco planting in rows. An equal share assigned to E Whitney of Chicago.
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W. Cross
Grinnell
W. S. Moore
Tom. Morgan
Atlantic
E. Whitney
Chicago
Disease Worse Than Grnes at Ladysmith
London dispatch reports typhoid fever and dysentery as the chief perils in the Ladysmith garrison, with General Bart renewing plans to lift the siege and Lord Roberts preparing reinforcements and siege trains to reopen operations within a week or ten days.
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New York
the Tribune
London
Ladysmith
Lord Roberts
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