Brutal Treatment of Uitlanders by Boers Detailed
An excerpt from a Danish report describes Boers forcing Dane Mr Webber and other Transvaal residents to flee. They were denied rights and stripped of money, then saw a six year old girl trampled to death during a forced transit to Portuguese territory. The group, including families, endured days of hunger and abuse before reaching safety at Loreno Marquee.
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Family Herald
War
Montreal
Politi Rep
Copenhagen
Transvaal
Land
Ers
Politiken
Webber
Ablic
Mises
Dani
Mr. Ker
England
Pretoria
Gli
Denmark
Kruger
Marcardorp
Mr. Webber
Schalk Burger
Loreno Marquee
Arai
Port Natal
Mulberries at Syon House Aged Tree Delights Lovers
The London Globe notes a venerable mulberry at Syon House Isleworth claimed as England’s oldest. Planted in 1548, it yields a fleeting one day harvest of delicate fruit famed for aroma and shade, rarely seen in markets, with nets or turf to protect the fragile berries.
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Syon House
Isleworth
England
James J
Henry VV
France
James I
Shakespeare
Coriolanus
London Globe
Inflatable Tube Patent for Rocking Chair Comfort
Two men have patented an inflatable tube insert for rockers. The tube is placed under the hollowed underside of a chair and inflated to create a cushioned support.
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Ingceota
Advised Patience Amid Widespread Relentless Troubles
A fragmented text notes patience as the sole remedy for common troubles. It mocks the idea of quick relief, suggesting only persistent endurance and inner steadiness when external help remains uncertain.
Land Winners in The Naturalist by Mr Albert Henry Pawson
A brief contribution argues water plants diminish water space and build dry land. They form soil by decay, slow currents, and fix stream beds with rhizomes. in floods they sieve out solids. Inch by inch land advances, sedges and reeds crowd out floating vegetation. Measurements of land-winning rates are urged.
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Albert Henry Pawson
Guarding His Charge on Main Street
A Brockton Enterprise account describes a mother briefly shopping while a large dog protects a four year old. The boy ventures into the street but the dog blocks him, the child crawls under the animal, and the dog grabs the boy’s skirts with its mouth before the mother returns and leads them away.
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Brockton Enterprise
The Four Ugliest Beasts of the World
A brief feature lists four uglies: the beard ed saki a grotesque South American monkey the aye aye a tree dwelling oddity of South Africa the Tasmanian devil famed for savagery and the Asiatic ground rat known as the bund Uyprson's Weekly notes the beasts’ fearsome looks and nature.
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South America
South Africa
Uyprson’s
$3,000 Cash Prize Contest in The Weekly Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution announces a $3,000 cash prize contest for 1999 with a $1,500, $1,000, and $500 top scheme based on accurate New Orleans cotton receipts estimates for September 1899 to April 1900. Subscriptions to The Weekly Constitution accompany the correct or near-correct figures, with details and past winners cited to guide readers.
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Atlanta Constitution
New Orleans
Constitution
Orleans
R. T. Poole
Capels Mills
N. C
Trinity College
Durham
N.C
North Carolina
Otl
Wren
Texas
Louisiana
United States
Simay
Woman's Kingdom
Nell
Netutr
Clark Howell
Aul
Coronel Wills A. Momo
Ime
Cinorad i Ta
Ition
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Noble Street
R. A. Payne
RP. A
M. Poeta
Reason
Fen
A. Reets
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