London Faces Gloom After Clements Defeat and Boer Advances
Widespread gloom grips London as reports from General Kitchener confirm heavy casualties after Clements defeat. Four companies of Northumberland Fusileers and yeomanry lost, while Boers suffered severe losses. Dewet’s force retreated north to Thabanchu with 4,000 men, and British recaptured a prize gun and wagons.
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London
Kitchener
Clements
Pretoria
Commando Nek
Northumberland Pusileers
Capetown
Aso
Knox
Dewet
Thabunchu
Ladybrand
Dewetsdorp
Commons Deputy Frustration Over South Africa Reverses
London dispatch reports Lolly George Walsh criticizing Cleminta defeat in the house of commons. Walsh called the Dewet breakthrough the tenth breach of British lines making them the laughing stock of the world, reflecting sharp dismay over South Africa reverses.
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South Africa
London
House of Commons
George Walsh
Cleminta
Sid the Wow
Dewet
Northern Pacific telegraphers seek raise and hour cuts
The grievance committee led by George Hampton of Tacoma plans wage increases for Northern Pacific telegraph operators. Large cities would see about a 20 percent rise, smaller towns 8 to 15 dollars monthly, and outside towns 7 to 15 dollars. They seek eight hour days with lunch break, and nine hours forty minutes for day operators, matching railroad clerks. The plan spans the road’s vast territory and aims to unify working time while avoiding a strike. Washington thoughts follow a Russian China Boxer uprising prediction.
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Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Telegraph Operators
George Hampton
Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific Road
Protests Rise Over North Dakota Tariff Distributions
North Dakota business interests in Fargo Grand Forks and nearby towns protest Minnesota rail line tariffs, arguing the distributing rates favor Twin Cities and harm regional earnings. Railroad officials anticipated the move and question why outside towns should be charged similarly while Great Northern aims to develop western territory by cutting passenger tariffs.
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North Dakota
St Paul
Fargo
Grand Forks
Coast Lines
Minnesota
State Railroad Commission
Cyookston
Fergus Falls
Pakota
Twin Cities
Duluth
Ont Ne
Hui
Monster Boxer uprising predicted for winter in China
Paris dispatch reports the Russian plenipotentiary in China privately warned the ex-tsar that a massive Boxer uprising will occur this winter. The letter also claims the allied forces in Pekin are insecure amid growing anti foreign sentiment and potential mutiny.
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Paris
China
Exir
Pekin
Boer Defeat Reported in Cape Campaign Action
A British force inflicted a severe defeat near Rouxville on a Boer command, with Boer casualties listed as eleven killed fifteen wounded and forty eight captured. Other items note a West Point hazing inquiry, 35 victims reported from the Genizan disaster in Madrid and a Missouri court granting release on five thousand dollar bond for Jesse Morrison.
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Capetown
Cape Colony
Rouxville
Coke Ovens Move Near North Dakota Mines
The Universal Fuel Co. reports tests show North Dakota lignite coke well and domestic fuel quality. Ovens may be built soon at Wilton, N D, near Senator Washburn's mines. Also noted, the steamer Trier from Bremen to New York arrived crippled at Ponta Del Gorda with thirty passengers aboard.
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Black Diamond
Chicago
Universal Fuel Co
Thirty-fourth
Tron Streets
North Dakota
Wilton
N. D
Washburn
War Toys
Holiday Goode Co
Lucas & O'Hara
Ponta del Gorda
Azores
Lloyd Steamship
Trier
Bremen
New York
Lindelie Case Indicts Secretary in Grand Forks Scandal
Six indictments were returned against Andrew Lindelie, secretary of the state enforcement league, in Grand Forks. He was arrested in the courtroom and bonds were posted before arraignment in district court. Indictments involve perjury, extortion, selling intoxicating liquors, attempting to dissuade a witness, destroying evidence, and related transactions with F. J. O'Leary and Ben Franklin. Witnesses include O'Leary, Franklin, R. B. Griffith, and Geo. A'Banga, with local reaction and political implications stirring intense city interest.
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Grand Forks Herald
Grand City
Andrew Lindelie
State Enforcement League
Bosard & Bosard
Tire
Grand
F. J. O'Leary
Larimore
Iandelie
O'Leary
Olson
Grafton
Ben Franklyn
Lindelie
Lindelle
Ben Franklin
Lindell
Gratton
Franklin
R. B. Griffith
Geo. A’ Banga
Enforcement League
Bangs
League
Friends of the League
Tide- Hie
Lindelly
Lindlie
Short District Court Term Ends Quickly With Few Civil Cases
Judge Winchester presided over a brief term with eight civil cases, several settled and stricken. Informants filed against Vélvone and Beagle for larceny and carrying concealed weapons, and against Co W. Braun for assault with a dangerous weapon after a knife incident with I. J. Burns. Braun pleaded not guilty. case postponed. Court adjourned for the day with an unusually short session.
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Dstrict Court
Winchester
Asistant States
Cochrane
Vélvone
Beagle
Fern
Co. W. Brau
Braun
I. J. Burns
Washburn
Wordy War at Arbitration Conference in Chicago
The second day’s session of the arbitration conference ended with an attack on Samuel Gompers by Hugh Lusk, former New Zealand parliament member. Gompers then favored compulsory arbitration while Lusk argued liberty and criticized Gompers’ grasp of the term.
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Samuel Gompers
Hugh Lusk
Chicago
New Zealand
Gompers
Wipeeca
Lusie
Parker's Paper Attacks Racing and Praises Prince of Wales
In London's Sun dated December today Dr. Parker again denounces racing in England and rebukes the Prince of Wales and others for supporting it. The issue also carries an advertisement for a wine company.
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Prince OF Wales
London
the Sun
Parker
England
Prairie Breezes Notes From the Commoner Column
A quirky local column from Mr. Logan's Weekly Paper the Commoner parodies shopping frenzies and editor antics. It lampoons editor jokes, city gossip, and holiday shopping woes with playful misspellings and odd phrases. The piece culminates in a humorous Christmas shopping lament about endless choices and buyer fatigue.
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Mr. Logan
The
Commoner
Common Sense Talk Warns Women Against Unproven Medicines
The text argues women should avoid experimenting with unknown drugs and praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a proven remedy with a long record of cures. It features numerous testimonials from women claiming relief from monthly suffering, headaches, bearing-down pains, and other ailments, and notes a claimed statement about Gen. Horace Porter resigning as fabrication.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
Lydia K. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Saul
Dover
Mich
Ross Thredes
Cleveland Ave
Curzon
Marr Javans
Trimble
Pulaski Co
Railroad leaders seek amicable adjustment in Chicago talks
Representative leaders of railway orders met Santa Fe officials in Chicago to discuss the operator strike phases and aim for an amicable settlement. Chairman Hutton said the meeting would not favor threats and that the strike was undertaken deliberately to pressure a settlement.
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Chicago
Duc
Santa de Railway
Hutton
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