British Troops Attack Boers at Glencoe and Ladysmith
Reports from Ladysmith detail Boer shelling of Glencoe camp with big guns as British forces advance within 850 yards. Five Boer guns captured during heavy fighting, while Ladysmith and Dundee fears persist. Spies arrested, and naval coal contracts set to speed transport to the Cape.
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Ladysmith
Glencoe
Symons
King’s Royal Rifles
Dublin
Fusileers
Hattingsprui
Leicester Regiment
Dundee
Joubert
Dannhauser
Natal
Georges Stewart White
Mafeking
Baden-Powell
Vryburg
Boerdam
George Stewart White
Natal Combiners
Bester
Admiralty
Cape
Argonaut
Furious
Pactulus
Pelorus
Equuadron
Queenstown
Mobilization Nears Completion for British Reservists
Ninety percent of British reservists reportedly rejoined colors as mobilization nears completion. German observers commend the rapid assembly of army corps. London papers note many responders are medically fit for service and veterans from India and Egypt. News also reports General Symons wounded at Glencoe and Boer movements near Ladysmith with telegraph links still open.
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London
Berlin
India
Egypt
War Office
South Africa
Excitement at War Office Over Fifth Lancers News
London on October 20 reports heightened interest at the war office as crowds, including many ladies, gathered to learn the outcome of the relief expedition to Gordon at Khartoum and the Fifth Lancers engagement.
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London
War Office
Gordon
Khartoum
Fifth Lancers
Ladysmith
Glencoe Camp Attacked as Boers Drive Siege
Ladysmith dispatch reports a dawn assault by about 4000 Boers near Glencoe. After shelling the hill fortress, British infantry attacked and captured the position. General Symons was severely wounded and losses are described as heavy. Cape Town confirms the assault.
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Symons
Cape Town
Glencoe
Columbia Wins Yacht Race Series Over Shamrock
In New York on October 20 the Columbia won three straight from Shamrock in the yacht race series. The Shamrock led early, but Columbia pulled ahead after the turn and finished first with unofficial times of 2 40 30 to 2 45 25.
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New York
Shamrock
Columbia
Largest hog in this section weighs 800 pounds
Paris Texas October 20 Eldridge Carter a farmer on Emberson prairie raises the region's largest hog part Poland China and part Berkshire. The two year old animal weighs 800 pounds and cannot stand for more than a minute or two, feeding while seated on its haunches. When it lies down it needs three or four attempts to rise.
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Paris
Tex
Eldridge Carter
Emberson Prairie
Poland
China
Berkshire
Caracas Crisis Near End as President Accepts Conditions
Caracas reports that the crisis nears resolution with General Andrade the president accepting terms proposed by the Insurgent Commander. The message notes the crisis is virtually over and signals a potential political transition.
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Caracas
General Andrade
General Castro’s Return Quietly Stabilizes Venezuela
General Cipriano Castro has entered Caracas peacefully and the presidency shifts to the vice president as the nation avoids bloodshed and potential dictatorship. Castro’s departure abroad precedes a stabilizing transition in the capital.
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Cipriano Castro
Gen. Castro
Caracas
Veteran Duff Hale Dies After Lingering Illness
Beeville Texas October 20 Duff Hale one of the county’s oldest citizens died at his home near Mineral City after several months illness He was a member of Green s famous community and his passing ends a long life of local service.
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Beeville
Tex
Two Funeral Imprisonments and Death Reported in October
In Houston, Gibson Neely received an eight year sentence in the penitentiary for second degree murder. In New York, William H. Appleton of D. Appleton & Co. died at Riverdale at age eighty five.
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Houston
Gibson Neely
New York
William H. Appleton
D. Appleton & Co
Riverdale
N. Y
Real Estate Listings Along H. and T. C. Rail Line
Realty catalog for Bryan area detailing 150 acre farm between Bryan and Benchley on Thompson creek near Jesse Taylor Well Improved. several dwellings including a five room house near a graded school site Mrs Mary Mooring place. another five room house on a lot a half. water works with a fine water well. additional dwelling with 2 acres offered cheaply at 250. eight building lots near H G Rhodes residence and more on Bryan College road. Ayers farm 290 acres with artesian well between Little and Big Brazos rivers. all properties offered by Hudson and Nall, Real Estate Agents.
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Bryan
Benchley
Thompson Creek
Jesse Taylor
Mary Mooring
H. G. Rhodes
College Road
Brazos Bottom
Little
Big Brazos
Ayers
Hudson & Nall
Real Estate Sellers Urged to Submit Homes for Sale
Notice invites owners with property to sell to submit details so a purchaser is found. It promises to handle the sale and secure a buyer at a favorable price.
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Richelieu
Glace
Hall’s Drug Store
Texas
Franklin Bros
John B. Mike
Geo. W. Higgs
Main Street
Bryan, Texas
Glancor
Elandslaagto
Stewart White
Besters Station
Bluebank
Actons
Galway
Natal Carbineers
Spencer
Elands Laagate
Beggarsberg
Greytown
Foglish
Rock
Venecvels
Purcell Mills Elevator CO
Phone 40
Brigade of Confederate Veterans
Dead
Grice & Zimmerman's
M. F. Heenan
Hudson & Nali
Battle Axe
Sauer Kraut
Heering and Mackerel
Dee Mike
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