Dutch Disappearance and War News from South Africa
London reports Dec 26 on Colenso foot bridge destroyed by British naval guns. Boer and British camps in Natal suffer horse sickness. 400 cavalry horses shot. Boers taking fresh positions near Tugela. Ladysmith bombardment heard. Dutch disaffection noted in Cape Colony and Natal. Colenso fighting described, with Canadian rough riders to be sent. Queen Victoria spends Christmas at Windsor with family.
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London
South Africa
War Office
Natal
Chieveley
Cdlenso
Tugela River
Fish Camp
Frere
Tugela
Ladysmith
Colenge
Buller
Queenstown
Cape Colony
Pietermaritzburg
Cape Town
Charles Warren
Demeillon
Flandslaagtes
Simonstown
Penelope
the Times
India
Times
Lord Compton
Lord Salisbury
Schomburg McDonnell
United States
Delagoa Bay
Portugal
The
Daily Graphic
Great Britain
Lourenzo Marquez-Transvaal
England
Rough Riders
Fenian revival rumors loom over Omaha amid Boer support
The Omaha Bee reports signs of renewed Fenian activity among Irish Americans as pro Boer sympathy grows. A meeting is planned for Sunday to discuss stronger belligerent actions and a possible resuscitation of Clan na Gael and Fenian networks, with ties to Nebraska’s land league history and John O’Neill's Omaha memory.
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Omaha
Clan-na- Gael
England
Africa
Nebraska
Land League
John O'Neill Alea
Holy Sepulcher
Ridgeway
Niagara Falls
Lewis News items and local happenings around town
Sheriff Hill visited the city on business while G Ozen from Atlantic and many others, including Prof Beedle of Des Moines and Miss Addie Case, participated in holidays activities. The report notes visits, schooling, a Christmas program at the Congregational church, a shooting accident, a hotel staff change, and several local engagements and travels around Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Hill
Our City
G. Ozen
Atlantic
Lewiston
Wm. McCoy
Mra. J. L. Books
Joseph Shearer
Dexter
F.H. Beedle
Des Moines
M.C. Wink
W. C. Weimer
Uncle Carr
Addie Case
Bear Grove
H. B. Newcomb
W. E. Palmer
Saluda
Indiana
Clifton Hillyer
St ‘Tabor
Bert Lynch
Oakland
Lewis
L. G. Myers
G, M. Eleey
Ridgley
Extra
H. I. Whitted
Greenleaf
Congregational Church
H. L. Samson
Mary Fletcher
Indianola
Fancy Dishes and Goods Featured on Tables No 1 and 2
A catalog of small items displayed on Table No 1 at 5c and Table No 2 at 10c. It lists fancy plates neat ink brands cream and sugar sets trays card dishes sugars creamers and assorted fancy vases bowls shaving cups cups and saucers creamers cut glass pepper and salt holders shell shaped trays mustard pots and related items.
Fancy Chinaware Dishes and Decor At Half Price
Table No 3 and a 10¢ table showcase fancy tea pots cups and spoons dishes and trays plus glass cake and fruit dishes celery dishes bowls and pitchers. A big line of decorated tea and chocolate sets vases and a wide variety of chamber sets complete the chinaware department at half the usual price.
Christmas Letter From Levi Downs at Atlantic Iowa
Private Christmas letter from a well known county figure in Atlantic Iowa expresses holiday joy and faith. Mentions life’s duties, the season’s gifts, and enduring affection amid separation as December 23 1899. The item sits among local notices of forgery arrests, house fire, a death, and church services in a busy Atlantic page.
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Eb.e. Kneedy
Church of Christ
Kneedy
Webster City
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Colensa Foot Bridge
Glandera
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Duke
Duchess of Connaught
Henry of Battenberg
OgaLtaLa
Neb
William Costin
West
Omana
Paul van der Voort
New York
la Gloria
Wood
Union Pacific Railway
William Onraon
J. L. Ratekin
Third
Nebraska Volunteers
B. F. Biibert
Father Hovora
Baunders County
W.L. Ballard
Mr. Olsen
W. F. Robinson
Norfolk
J. F. Harley
Frank Jancob
Wilber
Furnas
Lincoln
Robert W. Fornay
D. Jamison
Brownville
Burnas
State Board of Agriculture
Jackson Club
Oxana
Jacksonian Club
Harrison
Chicago
Hogg
Texas
Congressman Carmack
Memphis
David Overmayer
Kansas
William J. Bryan
Willie J. Abbott
Democratic Press Bureau
Governor Poynter
William Chapman Poynter
Poynter
Albion
Kentucky
Eureka
Ill
Cody
Colonel Cody
Washington
Carlisle Indiana
San Francisco
Carlisle of Pennsylvania
University of California
Berkely
Indians
Carlisle Indians
Aberdeen
M. D
Ata
Lewis News
Florence Rowell
Cumberland
Henry Hansen
Walnut
Old Town
Multauph & Kunze
Cora Sheller
C. Pailicke
W. B. Harris
Alvena Hansen
Afton
Iowa
Harriet’ Wilson
Bertha Keffer
Harry Hopley
Galesburg
Illinois
Clarence Jones
Griswold
Emma
Pottawattamie County
Nellie
Fannie Roberts
Will
Bancroft
Frank Both
Mrs. A. Morton
Atlantic and
Jack Montague
Thos. &. Elis
Colfax
John H. Hansen
Scargeant
Mr. Hansen
Mre.o.mills
Edith Brown
Grinnell College
Charles
S.C. Parsons
Henry Bartling
Chas. Baxter
Henry Smith
Jos
Harri
Fairibault
Minnesota
James
Katherine Dewey
George B. Wolf
E. E. Kneedy
W. H. Pierce
Toulon
Quaker City
Muncie
Samuel I. Martin
Indianapolis
Ridgland
Hampton County
Levi Downs
Chinaware
Chinaware Department
W. Ford
Wheatley
James Jones
O. W. Wheatley
Jones
Coker
Internal Revenue Law
Internal Revenue Inspector
Chas
Trede
North Linn Street
Germany
Henry Jacobson
William Goodge
Ligton Collins
Fred Schuld
William
John Rede
Seventh and Wanut
Santa Claus
Presbyterian Church
D. E. Fudge
Maine
Telegraph
Ita
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