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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
1
British Troops Hoist Union Jack in Johannesburg
Roberts raises the Union Jack over municipal buildings in Johannesburg as Rundle defeats the Boers. Reported losses tally 45 killed and many wounded, with no official confirmation of Pretoria’s capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Pretoria
Trans
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Lydenburg
Laing
Nek
French
Ian Hamilton
Bennet Burisigh
Miandsfonteine
Lord, Roberts
Hamilton
Johannesburg
Roberts Occupies Johannesburg with British Flag Raised
London reports from Lord Roberts that at 2 p m on May 31 British forces have occupied Johannesburg and the British flag now flies over the government buildings in the city back under imperial control.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
General Rundle defeats Boer commando at Senekal
Cape Town dispatch reports General Rundle’s victory over Boer forces at Senekal with 45 killed and many wounded. The broader relay notes Pretoria reports of Kruger’s departure and provisional city administration, uncertainty about telegraph reach, and looming British control with looming annexation of the Transvaal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Rundle
Senekal
The Pure Ginger Ale Question in Bottling
Readers are told to beware impure or questionable ginger ales and to seek a truly pure ginger ale. The ad names a single bottler at Batterymarch Street in Boston claiming their product uses real ginger and no questionable additives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Seancaln
St. Bortling
Batterymarch &T
Bosten
Ovation for Boer Envoys at Faneuil Hall in Boston
Boston residents cheered three Boer envoys and other dignitaries at Faneuil Hall, expressing hope for liberty under international law. The crowd, moved by speakers including Gargan and Krebs, witnessed a sobering fire at a nearby building causing extensive damage and more than one injury.
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Boston
Temple of Liberty
Faneuil Hall
Friends of Liberty
Messrs
Fischer
Wolmarans
Albert EB. Pillsbury
Frans Hugo Krebs
Kiley
Common Council
M. J.o’brien
Faneuil
South African Republic
Orange Free State
Hetleath Frog
Ers
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