Chester White hogs visit at Hargen farm near Anita
Grant and Lincoln counties report from Anita area detail farm buildings and improvements. T. F. Dement builds near Anita. Elmer Lattig revamps residence. T. T. Saunders rebuilds after barn fire. Sheep profits by George Allanson. a Chester White herd led by Fitzsimmons sire at Hargen farm draws buyers. Fire, drought, and water concerns cited. social events and stock sales noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Gerard
John Heck
Grant Township
Elmer Lattig
Anita
Walter van Brockman
T. T. Saunders
North
Lincoln Township
S. Williamson
B. J. Hargen
J. E. McDermott
Ohio Chester
McDermott
E. G. Allanson
Illinois
Alanson
B .W. Hargen
Fitzsimmons
Hester H
Judith H
Hargen
L. L. Frost
Missouri
Chesters
War Fear Grips Natal Frontier as Burghers Mobilize
London reports from October describe rising military activity across the Transvaal Natal and Cape Colony frontiers. Boers mobilize at Scheeper's Nek near Vryheid and near Mafeking under Cronje, with 2000 men massed in the Mulmani gold fields while Plummer's column advances toward Rhodesia Drift. Enthusiasm marks Natal volunteer arrivals as Joubert prepares to command at Laing's Nek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Transvaal
Natal
Cape Colony
Majuba Hill
Scheeper’s Nek
Vryheid
Pietersburg
Limpopo
Plummer
Rhodesia
Joubert
Laing’s Nek
Accident to New Orleans Cruiser Arrives in Port
The United States cruiser New Orleans, under Captain Edwin Longnecker, docked in the North River from Santo Domingo where it waited for the revolution after President Hereaux’s assassination. After Sept 25 departure the ship suffered boiler failures, reduced to under five miles per hour, and may be sent to the Brooklyn navy yard for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
New Orleans
Edwin Longnecker
North River
Santo Domingo
Hereaux
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Lifesaving recovery story from Hannibal citizen J E Lilly
J E Lilly, a Hannibal Missouri notable, recounts a near fatal Typhoid fever that progressed to Pneumonia. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery with rapid relief after one bottle and full recovery. The medicine, touted as the quickest cure for threatening lung troubles, is sold at Vic Emmert Co with guarantees and trial bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Lilly
Hannibal
Vic Emmert & Co
English Spavin Liniment Remedy Ad from Atlantic Iowa
An old advertisement claims English Spavin Liniment removes lumps blemishes and various horse ailments including blood spavins splints and ring bone. It promises savings of 850 per bottle and warrants it as a superior blemish cure sold by F Parsons & Co. Druggists in Atlantic Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Parsons & Co
Atlantic
Iowa
Boers Ready for Field as Orders Complete in Johannesburg
Johannesburg October 2 The com mandeering orders are completed and the burghers are ready for the field. A large body passed through the town yesterday. Business has virtually ceased. Merchants barricaded premises and saloon owners expect a closure notice tomorrow. A party of 200 Germans has been notified to leave and the Irish corps under Blake will depart early in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Blake
Trains Crowded With Refugees
New Castle Oct 2 The Johannes burg mail train due at midnight arrived in the morning crowded with refugees. They report the train was sidetracked at Standerton to make way for trains carrying burghers to the Natal border. Four thousand Boers are at Sand Sprint and Volksrust beyond the Natal border. Natal police are being called in from outlying stations while local troops and carbineers mobilize for New Castle defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Johannesburg
Standerton
Transvaal
Natal
Sand Sprint
Volksrust
Strife to Begin Tuesday in World Crisis
Berlin corre spondent reports Dr Leyds set Tuesday for a formal war declaration by the Boers. Rumor claims Queen Victoria wrote Queen Wilhelmina lamenting events and asserting she has exhausted constitutional efforts to secure peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
The
Daily News
Hague
Leyds
Queen Victoria
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
South Africa
Germany's Attitude Mirrors War Precedent in Berlin
In Berlin on Oct 2 the government remains neutral as the press leans toward the Boers. The German public and official circles show cautious cheer, with the broader world seemingly aligned with the Boer cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Fear Attack on Dundee Near Frontier Reported
Dunner Natal Oct 2 Five thousand Boers are concentrated near the frontier and plans to attack Dundee are reported. The town is deserted with all women and children moved out and only about ten men remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
Dunner
Natal
Charlestown
Milwaukee mayor heads to Dallas to push for next year’s convention
After leaving Milwaukee yesterday mayor David A Toss travels to Dallas to present Milwaukee's case for hosting the national convention next year. Coordinated efforts to win support are under way in the east as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
David
Dallas
Tex
East
Diver Finds Edna Sinking After Gale Toll
A diver inspected the American schooner Edna at St. Pierre harbor, bottom up, with boats still on deck after a recent gale. The vessel, bound from Baltimore to England with lumber, appears to have submerged, and the crew are presumed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joans, N.F
Edna
Baltimore
England
St. Pierre Harbor
Pope celebrates mass for peace in South Africa
In Rome on October 2 the pope held a mass for peace in South Africa with all cardinals present. He spoke after the ceremonies expressing sorrow over the coming conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
South Africa
Cut in Two by the Cara in Johnstown Neb
Charles B. Schaffer a train hand in Johnstown Nebraska fell from the ears and four passed over him cutting his body in two on October 2nd authorities reported the tragic accident occurred near the Cara section of town and prompted an investigation and brush fire response was noted in the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cara
Case Against Jester Moves to Large Preliminary Exam
Paris Mo Oct 2 The defense for Alexander Jester subpoenas witnesses from Indiana Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Texas One witness John D Curt right once served on the grand jury that indicted Jester for the 1874 Gilbert Gates murder Preparations race toward a major preliminary examination set to begin October 11 before Squire James T Moss in Paris in what may be one of the largest legal battles in the Missouri justice of the peace court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Alexander Jester
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
John D. Curtright
Jester
Gilbert Gates
Squire James T. Moss
Masked robbers raid Mead home northeast of Portsmouth
Twelve masked robbers entered the Mead homestead 12 miles northeast of Portsmouth last night, fired revolvers, ordered the family to stay in bed, beat George Gallagher into unconsciousness, tied others to beds, and looted about $500 before setting the house on fire which later died out. Gallagher may die. Dusogur butchers form local slaughtering group to bypass Chicago packing firms over price concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Mead
George Gallagher
Meads
Gallagher
Minnesota park excursionists favor留 forest reserve plan
Gass Lax Minn Oct 2 The Minnesota park excursionists were taken on a fishing trip yesterday to the east side of the main island. Many of the congressmen expressed themselves as favorably disposed toward the reservation of the forests and lands in the vicinity for national park purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gass Lax
Minn
Minnesota Park
James Harlan Near Death In Mount Pleasant Iowa
Former United States Senator James Harlan, the sole surviving member of Lincoln's cabinet, lies at death's door at his Mount Pleasant home. His daughter Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln, is summoned from Monmouth Beach New Jersey to be with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Allanson
Lincoln Township
Allanson
Harlan
Mount Pleasant
United States
James Harlan
Abraham Lincoln
Robert T. Lincoln
Monmouth Beach
N. J
Iowa Soldier Dies En Route to Home in Nagasaki Cable
Hon. Robert Kissick received a Nagasaki cablegram stating his son Edwin R. Kissick of Company F Fifty first Iowa regiment died on a transport en route from Manila. The report confirms the loss during the voyage and notes the family’s notification origin in OskaLoosa Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
OskaLoosa
Robert Kissick
Nagasaki
Japan
Edwin R. Kissick
Fiftyfirst
Iowa Regiment
Manile
Coal Find Reported Near Audubon County Farm
Word comes that while digging a well on William Van Aernam’s farm six miles east of town, workers at 176 feet struck an 8.5 inch vein of coal, signaling a promising find in Audubon County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon County
Extra
William van Aernam
Here
Switch Engine Fatality Near Polk City
Chris Anderson an employee of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway was run over by a switch engine and killed in the gravel pit near Polk City Iowa on October 2 lingering details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Dowon
Polk City
Chris Anderson
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Boers threaten Kimberley and notable deaths reported
Telegraphic briefs note the Boers threatening Kimberley, and obituaries for Philip Reginald Cocks Baron Somers in London aged 84. General A J Vaughn, former Confederate major general, dies in Indianapolis. Cripple Creek gold output in September peaks at 1,751,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberley
Philip Reginald Cocks
Baron Somers
London
A. J. Vaughn
Indianapolis
Cripple Creek
Pan- Presbyterian Alliance
Pulpita
Washington
Scow Creek Tram Company
Call
Tex
Muncie
Ind
Everett
Philippines
Edna Fogel
Chisago
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