British Gains in South Africa Report from Pilcher Campaign
London reports describe Colonel Pilcher’s miniature action near Douglass with Canadian and Australian troops driving Boer forces from Sunnyside and laager positions. Dispatches notelooted camps, prisoner status debates, and rising concerns at Ladysmith while British plans mount for a possible assault as reinforcements deploy and lines adjust along the Tugela frontier.
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London
South Africa
Colonel Pilcher
Douglass
Associated Press
Sunnyside
Laager
Laandrost
Fighting Around Colesburg and Boer Recruits Sought
Brisk fighting surrounds Colesburg with Boers retreating after stiff resistance. Sixteen wounded arrive at Arundel as British positions hold south and east of the town. In New Orleans a physician is offered free passage to South Africa with $500 monthly bonus for service. Additional items note British funds raised in Mexico, saddlery contracts reshuffled in Winnipeg, and security measures in Berlin and Brussels.
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Naauwpoort
Cape Colony
Colesburg
Colesberg
Arundel
New Orleans
South Africa
South African Republic
Marine Hospital
St. Louis
Great Western Saddlery Company of
Winnipeg
Buller
Tugela River
United States
Chicago
Cincinnati
Transvaal
London
French
Blomfontein
Tragic 1898 Jealousy Killing Reported in Local Tale
The event dated August 10, 1898 stems from jealousy. Daisy gathered herbs and was confronted by Cressinger who sought rabbits. A quarrel ensued. she fled home as Cressinger shot her in the back and slit her throat from ear to ear with a hunting knife.
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Daisy
Cressinger
Iron workers strike halts Philadelphia projects
In Philadelphia on January 3 a strike by structural iron workers Union No 14 of the National Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers began. About 400 to 500 men are affected and construction is slowed until a new wage agreement is agreed.
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Philadelphia
Structural Iron Workers
National Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Bubonic Plague Case Reported in Manila Walled City
Health officers in Manila report a native in the walled city showing bubonic plague symptoms. The patient is isolated and precautions are in place after two suspicious deaths in the same area.
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Manila
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Gunther
Geow
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Liza
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F. A. Lee
Ladysmith
Modder River
Magersfontein
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Sterkstroem
Swaneloff
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Colesbury
White
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Berlin
Korkheta
Russia
Monterey
Mex
Mexico
Brussels
de Jeune
Justice
Council of State
la Fontain
Universal League of Peace
General French
Sunbury
Edward Cressinger
Daisy Smith
Boyles Run
John B
Ike
Gryan Water, Ice, Light and Power Company
J. L. Hearne
Bryan, Texas
City Bakery For
RE. Griesser
Webb Bros
Dee Mike
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