French Reaches Bloemfontein in Boer City Take
Lord Roberts reports Gen. French has reached Bloemfontein after a fierce fight with the Boers and occupies two hills near the railway station commanding the town. About 321 wounded and around sixty killed or missing. A brother of President Steyn was captured. Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State, lies on a high plateau with limited defenses and Boer works extending westward.
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War Office
Lord Roberts
French
Bloemfontein
Roberts
Steyn
Orange Stree
Bivenifontein
Lord Robrte
United States Asked to Mediate Boer War Peace
President McKinley and Secretary Hay accept a Boer request to convey terms for peace to Britain via the United States. Adelbert Flay, U S consul at Pretoria, delivers the proposal asking Washington to pose peace terms and gauge Britain's willingness to negotiate. The move, treated as tentative, places the U S as mediator channel without initiating any action itself.
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Kuger
Steyn
Britain
United States
South Africa
Great Britain
Kruger
McKinley
Seretary Hay
Adelbert S Flay
Pretoria
Grain-O: A coffee substitute from pure grains
GRAIN-O is presented as a new food drink to replace coffee. It is described as safe for children and adults, with a rich seal brown color like mocha, made from pure grains, and marketed as cheaper than coffee at 15c and 25c per package, available from all grocers.
No Longing at Prison Visit Over Four Swives
A visitor asks the convict about longing for freedom, but the inmate says he was sent to prison for having four swives. The Philadelphia North American reports the exchange as a sharp, ironic remark on lingering liberty.
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Philadelphia
North American
Topeka Pastor's Christian Capital Start Draws Critique
The Topeka Capital, premiering as a Christian newspaper under Rev Charles M Sheldon, opened with a bishop’s prayer and famine appeal from India. Editors trimmed war and crime coverage, favored Christian ads, and critics doubted long term viability, noting Sheldon’s influence and untrained newsroom methods.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles M. Sheldon
John H. Vincent
India
Curmin
Ery
Sheldon
Gong
Caries A. Dans
Side Lights on the Boer War
An 1890s survey notes British and German arms purchases for the Boer War era, highlighting Krupp and Creusot guns, their specs, and deployments around Ladysmith and Pretoria. It also covers carrier pigeons aiding news, Boer encounters, native Indian troops debate, Gen Symons widow remarrying, Cronje and Buller’s hardships, and high consulting surgeon salaries for SA war service.
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Boe
Krupp
Germany
Ladysmith
Pretoria
E. Lee
Pietermaritzburg
Johannesburg
Costly Paris Visit Says Chicago Reporter
A Chicago newspaper man in Paris writes home that hotel rates rose 40 to 50 percent, meals cost about $6 daily, and shops add 10 percent. Clothing, hats, shoes, and silk goods show sharp price hikes since 1889, while drugs and medicines are outrageously priced. Only cab fares remain cheap at 20 cents to move across the city. Many Americans staying months are returning home.
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Chicago
Paris
New York
San Fimniis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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Steyn’s
Bloem
Fontein
Lord Roberta Cables
London War Office
Orange Free State
Winburg
Kimberley
General French
America
Coles Kop
Hill
Ape Colony
Dr.Bull’s
Cape Colony
Orange River
Cronje
Buller
London
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