Boers Driven From Leeuw Kop In Night Assault
The British force under General Pole-Carew seized Leeuw Kop as Boer defenders fled leaving rifles and ammunition. Twenty five Worcestershire men are missing and four were wounded. chaos followed as casualties and names were to be reported. Reports describe cavalry under heavy fire and the Essex regiment driving Boers from Paarde Kraal before nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotton
Royal Artillery
Pole-Carew
Leeuw Kop
Rundle
Ani
War Office
Worchester
Bloemfontein
Standard
Leuw Kop
Dickson
Polo-Cerew
Stephenson
Welch
Warwickshires
Essex
Yorkshire
Guards
Essex Regiment
Paarde Kraal
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Carrington
Mafeking
Manly Telegraph
the Times
Alderson
British Advance Toward Wepener Under Fire
London dispatch reports General Rundle moving cautiously toward Wepener as Boers contest each step. A Thabanchu note dated April 20 says Dewet’s comm and attacked 30 British under Rundle. British losses include one killed and five wounded. Brandfort reports a British patrol of ten on April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rundle
Wepener
Dewet
Brandfort
Omega Oil For Bicyclists
An educational note compares a cyclist’s care for a bicycle with daily body maintenance. It urges regular oiling of joints and muscles to prevent soreness and maintain mobility, presenting Omega Oil as the remedy.
Boers Arrive at British Camp Blandslaagte Outpost
Boer messengers reached the British camp at Blandslaagte early morning carrying a letter from a general to a sender. One messenger described as a solicitor from BoskburgE and other men, known for rough speech after the Jameson raid, appeared amid a wary crowd. They claimed the burghers were adjusting to the war and that little fighting had occurred, before the outpost was eventually evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane
Pretoria
Déewetadorp
Transvaal
Lord Roberts
St. Helena
Adelbert S. Hay
Ladysmith
Cape Town
Bam
Simonstown
Blandslaagte
Merning
Boskburge
Maards
Ameer
Dr. Ayer
Artemas Ward
Rose
Evenig
Iran
Committee of Public Health
Benetée
State House
Legislative Garman Tee
Lowell
Boston
Gimp
Jehu
Yeomanry Scout Repels Boer Attack Near British Position
On Easter Sunday night April 22, British yeomanry and mounted infantry conducted a thorough scout after shelling. The Boers tried to turn the British right but were detected and driven off by gunfire. No Boers engaged. many Boers are moving southward as the position is extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brabason
Yeomanry
the B
Yeomnanry
Nany
Canadian Trooper Dies in Cape Colony Hospital
In Carnarvon Cape Colony a Canadian trooper died today from pleurisy after receiving medical care. The funeral will be with full military honors. A second wave of sick soldiers is convalescing, and a further contingent is set to depart for the front in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnarvon
Cape Colony
Warren Named Bechuanaland Administrator
General Sir Charlies Warren has been appointed administrator of Bechuanaland and sailed yesterday for Cape Town. The transfer was announced from Durban on April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durban
Apri
Charlies Warren
Bechuanaland
Cape Town
Sixty nine rebels go on trial amid postponement bid
The trial of sixty nine rebels opened in Care Town despite a defense urging delay claiming insufficient opportunity for a fair proceeding. The request for postponement was denied and proceedings began today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care Town
Balloon corps sails to South Africa for Transvaal service
St. Petersburg reports all aeronauts depart for South Africa to organize a military balloon corps for the Transvaal. They carried the needed balloon and equipment for the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Pars
Southfrica
Aeronauts
Trans- Valley
Welland Dynamiters arraigned at Canadian side court
Three men charged with attempting to blow up the Welland canal locks were arraigned before a Canadian police magistrate. They did not plead, were represented by counsel, and Crown Attorney Cooper attended for the government. The incident has raised cross border suspicions of sabotage connected to grain passage and canal operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Welland Canal
Cooper
Moronte
Carjedeath Plata Fra
Grore March
Togay
Fragmented OCR Note About a Morning Conversation
A partial OCR fragment mentions a boy and a mother, with unclear phrases about money and a statement of refusal. The readable parts hint at a domestic scene but lack concrete names, places, or dates to confirm details.
Be a Man on the Be rvices at
Fragmented notice lists a service schedule for a local group with references to relatives and a late Wednesday timing. The readable text suggests a community or religious service but details are unclear and names are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawk
Vonet
Notable Boston Party Tours J C Ayer Plant in Lowell
Ayer Company of Lowell hosts a banquet and plant inspection for a large Boston party. Visitors tour printing and stereotyping rooms, chemical labs, and medicine production lines, seeing almanacs in multiple languages and 15 tons daily paper use as executives praise the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
J. C. Ayer Company
United States
Boston
United States Pharmacopeia
Ayer Company
Alfred E. Rose
Ayer
Alfred BE. Rose
Dr. Ayer
Veading
Ayer and the Lowell Drug Gists Banquet
The article recalls the evolution of Ayer and Sons from a single drug clerk shop to a national concern. It notes visiting druggists observed orderly operations, emphasizes honesty and toil, and highlights speeches at a banquet attended by many officials and pharmacists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
N. Y
United States
Scully Sues Doctor for Damages in High Society Feud
Fall River April 23 Deputy Sheriff served writ on Dr Nathaniel B Aldrich in a $50 000 damage suit by Philip Scully husband of heiress Jessie Scully. Scully claims Dr Aldrich influenced Jessie and misused her funds while alleging jealousy and estranged status following a mansion ejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Jessie Scully
Barnard
Philip
Hadfield
Nathaniel B. Abirich
F. A. Pease
Philip Scully
Scully
Dr. Aldrich
Frank A. Pease
Melissa Henderson
Frank Pease
Providence
Justice of the Peace
Fuller
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purification
An advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood to cure a range of conditions from pimples to scrofula. It urges readers to start taking the medicine today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Inside a Shaker sarsaparilla bottling plant shown to visitors
A tour reveals a clean finishing room where pills are formed from mixed compounds, rolled, dried, and coated in copper cylinders. Workers bottle and wrap records in multiple languages for export while chemist Flynn notes all roots except Honduras Sarsaparilla are valued under contract at the botanical gardens of the Shaker community at Mt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flynn
Honduras
Crowned Imperial Crown and Saintly Diamonds Described
The Czar of Russia bears the finest imperial crown, a bishop's mitre with a cross of five diamonds and the world's largest ruby. Eleven large diamonds crown a foliated arch supporting crest and ruby, with an 88 pear hoop on each side. Also praised are G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and G. O. Taylor Pure Rye Whiskies for lungs, vouched by physicians and Vicensed Dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
G. O. Taylor
Earth
Fragmented exchange hints at restless doctor Miss Gladys dialogue
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a distressed doctor noting disturbed rest and frequent wakefulness. Miss Gladys answers with terse guidance as they discuss routines and remedies in a clipped, misread street scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
Referee Mobbed After Bernstein Victory Over Conroy
In New Haven on April 2 Professor Frank of Philadelphia refereed the Favor ite Athletic Club bout between Joe Bernstein of New York and Kid Conroy of New Haven. Bernstein won the decision after fifteen rounds amid a mob of 50 to 75 spectators who rushed the ring. Police moved the referee and Bernstein to the railway station for protection. In the prelim Danny Duane of New York knocked out Paddy Roche of Paterson in the third round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Bernstein
Danny Duane
New York
Paddy Roche
Patereson
Motorman C E Stevens Reports Relief After Doctor Light Bill Cure
Dorchester resident C E Stevens a long suffering patient with bleeding piles that ulcerated and caused severe pain credits Dr Light Bill at 601 Boylston Street with prompt relief and radical cure. He urges other sufferers to seek treatment and share his testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light
Bill
Boylston Street
C. E. Stevens
R. R
W. Park
Dorchester
Massau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bernard M. Wolf
MY Clothier
Hathdover and
Portland Streets
Omega Oil
Mac
the Omega Chemical Co
Mass
Gen. Warren
Welland Dynamiters
Buffalo
Draths
Lowell Company
Vaniagen
Albert E. Rose
Mahyon
Munyon
Mushyon
Tremont Temple
Jianyon
C Ayers
Ayer Sarsaparilla Company
Alo
Irving W. Fay
Polytechnic Institute
Brooklyn
H. P. Wolcott
M. D
State Board of Hedith
Cambridge
E .L. Patch
Stoneham
Gregory
Buffalo College of Pharmacy
C. F. Nixon
Leominster
Amos K. Tilden
State Board of Pharmacy
General Taylor
the Globe
Fred EB. Welling
the Herald
Stephen O'Meara
the Journal
C. P. Flynn
N. BE. P. Hy Canning
A. L. Souther
G W. Cobb
G. D. Brown
J. T. Leary
Max Cramer
J. W. Colburn
A. C. Curtis
A. G. Trafton
Mr. Holliday
National Retail Druggists’ Associatio
Gliman
Frank A. Davidson
Jared Carter
Mr. Cutler
Mr. West
William C. Calder
S. A. Shepard
J. B. Cherry
Joseph M. Chapple
J. W. Patch
James C. Jordan
E. Cc. Marshall
William F. Sawyer
J. W. Bennett
George A. Marden
H. F. Gillon
James Bayles
L. McCleery
Edward Gallagher
Lawrence Cummings
R. F. Hemenway
H. O. Allen
A. Thompson
A. G. Pollard
Mulligan
Board of Health
Jacob Rogers
F. B. Dunbar
Patch
Butler Ames
Arthur Cluer
Serene Varney
Robbins
Sparks
Mansfield
Jeremiah Crawley
C. A. Davus
H. R. Parker
George A. Wilson
Charles J. Gallagher
M. O. Carter
Jer
Edward Billingwood
Aaly
S. . Swan
William Corner
William H. Lott
Francis A. Harrington
Worcester
Albert H. Ray
Middlesex
William J. Bullock
New Bedford
William D. Wheeler
Henry L. Chase
Westboro
Charlie
Fie
Paine's
Greene's
Ayer’s
Scott & Browne
Averig
President Holliday
Massachusetts Wholesale D Jats’ Association
F. H. Butler
Charles B. Carter
Crowley
Ell
Mr. Gilman
Boston Globe
St Ken O'Meara
The
Boston Journal
George A. Martin
Fay
Brooklyn Polytechni Institute
House of
Ness
Frederick Ayers
Ayers
Yates
Fainine
Mrsarna
Sation Reed
Manchester
R. Aldrich
America
Shaker Gardens
Fo Lanetnu
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Boston Refuge
Jackson, Caldwell & Co
Ouse
Central Sq
Boston Union
Somerville Pleasant Sé
Malden
Karl
Gedit
Ai Opera
Disea
Siopolian
Frank
Kid” Conroy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!