Boer Rush threatens Cape Colony as war drags on
The Cape Colony faces a Boer invasion with Jer unable to stem the tide. Though the campaign continues, the end of the war seems farther away as forces clash and morale wavers amid advancing lines.
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1901
Page
1
The Cape Colony faces a Boer invasion with Jer unable to stem the tide. Though the campaign continues, the end of the war seems farther away as forces clash and morale wavers amid advancing lines.
Troops surprise an English regiment near Colesbury and seize fourteen men. The Daily Mail reports Boer invaders in Cape Colony, with western forces marching toward Matines and Beau, prompting a major mobilization as Lord ir deploys troops amid uncertain fighting.
Report from yurg Cape Colony dated November 21 states Nesbit's Horse captured two hundred Boers fifty miles from Colesburg. The enemy released to eight hundred has appeared Privretzen and is driving off other troops in the area.
The first snow storm of the winter blankets Dallas and northern Texas with ground cover and ongoing snowfall. Prospects for sleighing are reported as good.
O B Walker, long time Woodstock Cotton Mills engineer, resigns and departs for Birmingham to resume travel representative duties for the Corliss Engine Company with Hardy and Tises. His successor at Woodstock is Thomas Glenn. Walker will base here while his family remains in Anniston.
A Minneapolis special reports a live baby hung on a Christmas tree at the Mc Clellan family's home. The gift was arranged by Ira H. Shattuck, who owns the Hotel Nicollet, with help from his family. The incident, described as blues inducing, involved a nearly year old infant cared for by the Mc Clellans.
Chadron Nebraska January 2 Pat Crowe the supposed abductor of Edward Cudahy was captured near the Nebraska South Dakota state line by three detectives following his trail on the Pine Ridge reservation Derricks 8 D He drove a team and backboard whipped the horses and tried to outrun the posse which halted him with six shooters News of the capture came via John Delelder a cattleman who reached town after the chase the posse had stopped for lunch about thirty miles out
H C Weeden president of Hercules Iron and Supply Co of this city says the firm has not signed any pool agreement and remains independent with no connection to the pipe combine. He adds the plant will run through the fall and into spring.
Ignatius Donnelly died this morning in Minneapolis at 12 30 after sudden heart trouble while visiting his father in law Barton Hanson. The 70 year old politician author and sage was surrounded by relatives as his condition worsened from last night. He had been the Populist vice presidential candidate in the recent national campaign.
Directors announce an increase in capital stock due to rising business. The expansion will total at least ten thousand dollars, with expectation of more, under Mr. W. T. Owen’s able management. The firm has built a substantial wholesale operation as its growth accelerates.
Dr Janes Gibbons, nephew of Cardinal Gibbons and an ambulance student at Charity Hospital, died from wounds after an encounter with highwaymen in central New Orleans. The incident occurred in the city and the death was reported yesterday.
A persuasive claim offers a cure for piles promising money back if not healed. The text presents the product as the most healing medicine and appeals to readers seeking quick relief through a guaranteed refund.
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