De Wet in Retreat and South Africa Dispatches
Summary of war reports from London and Bloemfontein detailing General Knox's engagement with De Wet near Bethulie, with Boer movements around Bronkhorst Spruit and surrounding claims, plus Lord Roberts's reception in Durban. Also notes a Worcester editor jailed for sedition, and other domestic notices including smuggling and a prospective U.S. Senate appointment for Towne.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Knox
Bronkhorst Spruit
Pretoria
Viljoen
Erasmus
Durban
Lord Roberts
Irish Association
J. M. Robertson
South Africa
League of Liberals
Robertson
Daily Express
Porto Rico Measures and Church Rites Refused
In San Juan Porto Rico the executive council debates bills from Senor Barbosa for trial by jury and from Mir Jacob-Holinders treasurer for revenue plus Hunt’s proposal to compensate council members. In New York Frank Tuscan’s burial was refused consecrated ground by Father Lambert, citing he was not a good Catholic.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Executive Council
Senor
Jose C. Bar_bosa
New York
Frank Tuscan
Hackensack
J’ather Lambert
St. Mary's Parish
Tuscaniara
Customs Violations Seizures Reported in Annual Sketch
In the annual report to the secretary of the treasury the supervising special agent notes goods valued at 4 876 seized in five years and 54 arrests for customs law violations. Penalties and improper classification recoveries total 1 and 369 246. A Boston bomb incident at Harvard College injured none, while a Wilkes-Barre gas explosion harmed six workers. A 60 year old woman, Mrs Franklin Allen of Wallingford, died by fire amid mental instability.
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Washington
Hhis
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilkesbarrh
Dev. G
Maxwell
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Ashley
Wallingford
Conn
Franklin Allen
Imprisoned Miners Dig Way Out After Mine Cave In
In Dunmore near Scranton 32 miners trapped 3000 feet underground by a five acre surface collapse escaped by digging a new path to an exit. Outside rescuers formed crews while the trapped men worked at a blocked gangway and roadway to freedom. All were uninjured.
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Scranton
Dunmore
Nay Ang Coal Company
Praise for our troops and Boer settlement on Long Island
General Chaffee forwards Sir Claude Macdonald's praise of the October 3 Peking troop review, praising the boys in blue and cavalry. A real estate firm plans a Boer farmer settlement on 1113 acres between Hicksville and Syosset in Nassau County with 23 Boer families expected December 28, backed by the Boer refugee aid committee and listed American organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Macdonald
Boys In Blue
Washington
General Chaffee
China
War Department
United States
Conger
Peking
Claude
Long Island
New York
Hicksville
Synseet
Nassau County
Boer Refugee Aid Committee
England
J. 8. van Buren
Roy
F. C. Jensen
C. F. Vanderpoel
Philadelphia
Means
S. Veruip Martens
G. W. Vanshaner
H. P. Townsley
Life Association of America
Adirondacks Snow Bound Delays Hit Northern New York
Heavy snow across the Adirondack region dumps one to two feet of powder, totaling nearly four feet in two weeks. A strong wind piles drifts clogging highways and delaying rail service, with sleepers from New York eight to seven hours late. Snowbound lumber camps hinder work as lumbermen struggle amid deep drifts.
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Adirondacks
Plattsburg, N. Y
New York
Adirondack
Delaware and Hudson
White House Dinner for Paris Exposition Commissioners
The president and Mrs. McKinley hosted a first season dinner at the White House for the United States commissioners to the Paris exposition and their ladies. Music came from the Marine band as the state dining room and adjoining rooms were decorated for the occasion. Excursion for Kentucky officers planned in Constantinople with U.S. officials invited aboard the British guardship Tinogene for a Bosporus trip.
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Jassonw
Washington
White House
McKinley
United States
Marine Band
Kentucky
Constantinople
Binaco Griscon
Colby MM. Chester
Bosporus
Cleveland Man Slain of Cash and Watch in City Robbery
Joseph Loskosky of Cleveland was waylaid on a principal street in Shtenandoah and robbed of 200 dollars in cash and a gold watch. He was visiting with his brother and was attempting to locate the brother’s home when attacked.
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Dew
Joseph Loskosky
Cleveland
Tie
Lace Finishers Strike At Newman & Sons
Sixty women lace finishers employed by Newman and Sons corset makers are on strike in New Haven over wage discontent.
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New Haven
Dev.t
Newman & Sons
New York Markets Report Bulk Grain and Commodities Steady
The market note shows flour state and western firms with moderate activity in Minnesota patents and strong advances in wheat and corn on covering and big clearances. Rye remains steady while pork and butter hold near firm levels. Turpentine and sugars see subdued demand as the day closes.
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New York
Minnesota
Western
F. C
Cember Shorts
Ena
Cort Et Alet
State
PORK
Prime Western Steam
State Dairy
Anne 'S
Pennsylvenia
Steinbach Christmas Cheer Chatter in Asbury Park Stores
Steinbach stores bustle with ante Christmas preparations as new consignments arrive. Extensive stock is shown with price pruning on crowded goods to free space for holiday displays. The Ocean Palace and Mammoth windows debut tableaux and attract families for early Yuletide shopping.
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Steinbach
Asbury Park
Ocean Palace
Mammoth
Miscellaneous items from a past era range on poor and curious data
A collage of notes cites Washington timber forecasts and Paris cleanliness, hints at ancient golf-like games in Carchemish, details Queensland’s size and sparse population, compares child legal ages across nations, then traces blood circulation distances and ends with humorous exchanges from Brooklyn Life and Stray Stories.
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Washington
Paris
Carchemish
Queensland
Australia
Russia
Germany
Austria
Hungary
England
Portugal
France
Belgium
Italy
Spain
Norway
Greece
Denmark
Holland
Sun dog misled captain on 65 day voyage from Lisbon
The Venturosa, under Captain Laureiro, docked at Point Breeze after 65 days at sea from Lisbon. He claimed good weather, but a sun dog misled him, making sun sightings differ by hundreds of miles and nearly 400 miles off course before correction. The story, noted by the Philadelphia North American, also mentions balloon whisky drops by a Cayton firm.
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Laureiro
Lisbon
Point Breeze
Tropics
Wineang
Cayton
Mixiature
Plans A Pastors Bureau Organizes Help For Ministerless Churches
Rev. J. N. Taft of Brooklyn announces a new ministers bureau to match pastorless churches with available clergy. He stresses the service is not for profit, will check ministers’ records, and aims for fit between church temperament and pastor, with a small fee and strict business lines.
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Brooklyn
J. N. Taft
Connrmon Crane
Not an Expansionist Not a Hope for Me Marriage Request
A dialogue fragment shows a man asking for marriage and a woman refusing due to lack of confidence in supporting a husband. The exchange includes emotional tension and hints at social expectations in a Chicago Daily News image caption style.
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Chicago
Ews
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DE Wet
Bethulie
Liberal League
Africa
Worcester
Cape Colony
J. BE. DeLong
Worcester Advertiser
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Ching Tung
Yin Wah
Buffalo
Romaine
Towne
Davin
ST. Paul
Pioneer Press
Charles A. Towne
Duluth
C. BK. Davis
Lind
Davis
Boston
Harvard College
A.C. Collidge
Jan Ee City
AGS
THE
Steinbach Company
Brassey
Biles
Brooklyn Life
Sundog
Sai
Santa Claus
Surprise Clothing Store
Cookman Avenue
Ewest
Eeereeeren
Eneee
Orchereesererseyense
Asbury Park,n. J
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