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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
1
Ten thousand enthusiasts crowded the South End grounds for a marathon nine and a half innings in a remarkable game. Spectators hailed the contest as memorable not for clever plays but for its length and grit.
Concord marks the 125th anniversary of the North Bridge fight that began the Revolution. Governor Murray Crane attends the parade and ceremonies with Reeves’s Band and the Sixth Regiment MVM. Orator Charles J. Bonaparte and Edward Waldo Emerson preside and read poetry.
A London dispatch notes impatience over slow action by British forces at Bloemfontein while Roberts prepares to move. Rain has halted operations in the Free State, roads are mudded, and DeWetsdorp has reportedly fallen to General Rundle. Hunter arrived at Bloemfontein to coordinate westward operations.
Washington reports United States Consul Hay at Pretoria cableed the State Department about Chicago ambulance corps members taking up arms with the Boer army instead of staying with the hospital corps. Portuguese authorities at Renzo Marques questioned their loyalty, detaining them for days before rail transport to Pretoria. A Barton letter allegedly influenced officials to act, while the men faced claims of false color and possible misconduct.
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