Geopolitical Snippets and Curious Facts From Abroad
Finland loses £5500 worth of cattle to wolves yearly while Montana still holds about 30,000,000 acres of unoccupied public land. Georgian language notes reveal dada and mama meanings. Two hundred Chinese toil in Zataccas mines, Mexico, with plans for more. Dr. Gallus Ritter von Hochberg of Carlsbad is likely oldest practicing physician at 107, aiding the poor and attending theater. Austrian imperial court councillor.
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Finland
Montana
Caspian
Black Seas
Dada
Mama
Zataccas
Mexico
Gallus Ritter von Hochberg
Carlsbad
Ayer's Survival Credited to Dodd's Kidney Pills
Minneapolis man A E Ayers, aged and ill with Bright's Disease and Diabetes, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving his life after four doctors gave him days to live. He details his recovery, praises the remedy, and asserts many others benefited. the letter is dated Bath New York where he now resides.
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Minneapolis
Minn
A. E. Ayers
Bright
Bath
N. Y
Ayers
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Dodd
Englishmen Aroused Over Boer Peace Commission Report
London dispatch reports anger over the fate of three peace commission members sent to Gen De Wet. Papers label the events murder and urge swift reinforcements as Boer leaders grow desperate. Milner denounces “wholesale lies” about him while stations at Kaal, Fontaine, and Zuurfontein resist with trench fortifications.
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London
Peace Commission
de Wet
Kitchener
War Office
Daily Mail
Morning Post
Pretoria
Pretorius
South African Republic
Kaal
Fontein
Zuurfontein
Khaki
Cape Colony
Alfred Milner
England
Peace Age Flogged in Boer Attacks Repulsed
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria that about fourteen hundred Boers crossed the line to attack Zuurfontein and Kaalfontein stations but were driven off. A cavalry brigade is in pursuit amid several minor skirmishes with small British losses. Three peace commissioners' agents were captured. one British subject was flogged and shot, the other two were flogged by De Wet at his laager near Lindley.
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de Wet
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Zuurfontein
Kaalfontein
Peace Commissioners
Laager
Lindley
Gratifying Testimonial From Missionaries to Solace Crew
Secretary Long received a letter from missionaries thanking Commander Winslow of the hospital ship Solace for the voyage from San Francisco to Yokohama. They praised the ship’s management and the admirable qualities of the American sailors. Long values the sentiments and hopes more people would voyage abroad to generate similar tributes to our naval vessels.
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Washington
Long
Winslow
Solace
San Francisco
Yokohama
Blockaded by Ice Floes Threaten St Johns Port
Northern ice floes drift along the Atlantic coast and inch toward St Johns N I threatening port access. The coast steamer Virginia bound north with provisions halted by ice. Floes push toward Transatlantic steamers track likely reaching Cape Race next week. Secretary Hay reports Chinese plenipotentiaries directed to sign joint note from Pekin.
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St. Johns
N. I
Atlantie
Virginia
Cape Race
Washington
Hay
Conger
Pekin
Filipinos Convicted in Philippines for Murder and Crimes
General orders from the Philippines report many natives convicted and sentenced to hanging or long prison terms. Prado leads an outlaw band, executing prisoners without trial near Rosario. In another case Pedro Lachica and others tied, beat, robbed, and burned homes during breakins. General Grant reports bands driven from hills and Pampanga ready for civil government. Baldwin destroys insurgent arsenal and presses.
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Washington
Jun
Philippines
Guardia de Honor
Gen
MacArshur
Vincente Prado
Rosario
Union
Prado
San Jacinto
Presidente of
Outlin
Pedro Lachica
Troop A
Philippine Cavalry
Grant
Buloc Mountain
Pampanga
Frank D. Baldwin
Fourth
United States Infantry
Patung
Reward Offered for Return of Bass Fraser
Captain N H Fraser of Union Springs offers 500 reward dead or alive for his son Bass Fraser missing since January 5 from the Atlanta Technological school. Reward deposited at Union Springs Merchants and Farmers Bank. communications to N H Fraser in Union Springs. Bass is 19, 6 feet 11 inches, 145 pounds, black hair, heavy beard, scar on face and forehead, wears No 7 hat and shoes.
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Birmingham
Ala
N. H. Fraser
Union Springs
Albion Hixon
Bass Fraser
Atlanta
Bass I'wager
Atlanta Technological School
Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank of
Bass Eraser
Sisterly hardship and a remedy from Lydia E Pinkham
A photograph shows an older sister with a young woman, highlighting female ailments. The ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for menstrual irregularities, bearing down, back pain, womb issues, ovarian inflammation, and uterine tumors, claiming it aids nervous exhaustion and overall female health.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Grace Stansbury
Graci B. Sranesusy
Herington, Kansas
Towne-Newman Auto Race Result Not Long After
The Philadelphia Press notes a Townes Newman auto race result described as not long after, with mention of Brown on crutches about a month later. The ad promotes Grain-O a coffee substitute 5c to 25c per package, claiming it tastes like mocha but is grain based and stomach friendly.
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Towne
Newman
Brown
Philadelphia Press
Chilling Quinine Tonic and Lively Classified Bits
A collage of ad copy and quips with references to Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, Dr H H Green's Dropsy cures, Beeman's Pepsin Gum, and satirical lines from various papers. Includes witty exchanges about aging women, death, and appetite, plus a landlady and savage boarder moment.
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Grove
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MR. Ayers
Kovoya Brooers
Lancer
Espino
Guardians of Honors
Ampanga
RTH
Lowell
Grace
Stansby
Timues
National City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Pinkham Medicine Co
Praszling. Dickerman
Indianapolis
H. H. Green
Washington (Ja
Democrat
Beeman
Tnstead
Atchison Globe
Carter
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