War News From South African Campaign Dispatch
London reports detail Warren's Spion Kop retreat and Buller's dispatches as British forces face heavy Boer resistance. Casualties rise with 24 killed and 154 wounded, while Boer losses total 212 killed and 1,000 wounded. Public pressure grows as Ladysmith relief prospects fade.
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Buller
Warren
London
Paris
Brussels
Leyds
England
War Office
Spearman’s Camp
Spion Kop
Spion
Kop
Ladysmith
Dr. Leyds
Early Mopping Blaze Destroys Cottage on East Hill Street
Firefighters rushed to 409 East Hill Street at 1 30 am to combat a blaze in a three room home owned by Fred Ely. A five minute delay from a freight train hindered water reach. The cottage suffered about 500 dollars in losses, partly insured, with Ely's furniture destroyed and two men sheltering inside as a ceiling fell. Water froze on contact and firefighters finished amid icy conditions with 105 pounds pressure.
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St Hum Street
East Hill Street
University Avenue
Fred Ely
Death of Mrs Bennett Gqecours This Afternoon
Mrs. Bennett wife of H S Bennett Illinois Central agent in this city died at the family residence on West Church street at 1 15 this afternoon after a long illness. G A Wiseman burned by the explosion of a gasoline can he was soldering in Sycamore Ill. Jan 26. The can was partly full of oil. Bradley Westefice Robbed In Bradley Ill post office $1358 in stamps and $51 in money were taken Wednesday night the safe blown with nitroglycerin. The office was robbed of $1400 September 12. W E Cooper of Peoria killed by a Rock Island train in LaSalle Ill yesterday.
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London
Warren
Spion Kop
Rand
Buller
Methuen
Olean
Sycamore
Ill
G. A. Wiseman
Bradley Westefice
Kankakee
Bradley
Rock Island
LaSalle, Ll
W. E. Cooper
Peoria
Springfield High preliminary for interscholastic track meets
Springfield High School in Illinois gears up for interscholastic meets in Jacksonville and Champaign this April and May. Notable athletes include Lewis Skiles attempting pole vault and high kick records, Ray Hieronymus vying for bicycle trophies, Ford Morgan and Charles Kenny in sprints, Gaffney and Kenny in broad jumps, and Entzell leading shot put and hammer.
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Springfield High School
Springfield
Jackonville
Champaign
Lewis Skiles
Virginia
Ray Hieronymus
Ford Morgan
Charles Kenny
Morgan
Kenney
Gaffney
Entzell
Organized Charity Seeks Nursing Help for Destitute
The White Cross Visiting Nurse Association based in Chicago offers trained medical surgical nurses to aid the sick poor in homes and communities under local committee supervision. Applicants contact President Dr. S Sherin at 1017 West Van Buren St. Chicago. Donors asked to prepay express on delicacies due to lack of funds.
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White Cross Visiting Nurse Association
Chicago
Diphtheria Strikes Oakland After Health Declares None
Two new diphtheria cases appeared in Oakland NL on January 26, Miss Lutie Norton and Miss Dave Loveland are ill. Loveland is very ill and exposed while caring for the Bailes girl who died Monday. Schools may close again as alarm spreads after earlier claims no diphtheria.
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Oakland
Board of Health
Lutie Norton
Dave Loveland
Board of Education
Memorial Oak Altar Gift Funds Rites in Warsaw
The article notes a memorial carved oak altar donated by John Hay secretary of state in memory of loved ones. Warsaw residents, proud of their boyhood son the American diplomat, honor his memory with the memorial near the Mississippi River. A separate report says Jacob Anheuser was found injured near Trenton on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern track and died after being taken to City Hall.
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Mississippi River
John Hay
Warsaw
Carlyle
Jacob Anheuser
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Trenton
Union Prayer Service for Higher Institutions of Learning
Last night a strong congregation gathered at First M E church for union prayer in support of colleges and universities. Rev Graff led prayers, Dr Wilder spoke on the service's significance, Dillon praised Christian associations, Aldrich read a paper on the college man's worth, and Dr Stedman closed with prayer. Revival services follow tonight on Power of the Human Will with all invited.
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M. E
Franklin L. Graff
C. N. Wilder
Dillon
Aldrich
Stedman
Woman sues brothers in alienation of affection case
Mrs. Nellie M. Foulks of Clinton Illinois sues Wilbur L. Foulks and Milton R. Foulks for five thousand dollars in damages alleging they alienated her husband Hilbert Foulks from her. The suit follows a prior action for separate maintenance decided by Judge Cochran with Master in Chancery to fix alimony.
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Clinton
Nellie M. Foulk
Herrick & Herrick
Ingham
Wilbur L. Foulks
Milton R. Foulks
Foulks
Hilbert Foulks
Cochran
Farmer City
Central Illinois Fair Association Forms Mutual Benefit Circuit
Central Illinois fair groups meet at Le Roy to organize a mutual benefit circuit with six associations represented Clinton Monticello Le Roy Saybrook Delavan Fairbury and letters from Champaign and Atlanta expressing interest. Officers elected include John Barmore president J O Jones vice president George Burgess secretary treasurer. Next meeting set for Clinton February 21. A separate item reports a mortgage foreclosure suit by Central Trust company of New York on the St Louis Peoria and Northern railroad for 2 million dollars in bonds with six months interest. A local farmer in Clinton notes peach buds remain alive with a twig eighteen inches long bearing eighteen buds on his farm near Hallsville.
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Central
Inois Fair Association
le Roy
Delavan
George Burgess
Monticello
Clinton
Springfield
St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railroad
United States Circuit Court
Central Trust Company of New York
Train Loads Coffee En Route to St Louis
A train delivered twenty cars of coffee to Peoria en route to St Louis. Each car carried 30,000 pounds for a total of 600,000 pounds, enough coffee for every American to have breakfast.
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Peoria
St. Louis
United States
Mountaineers Return Home After Kentucky Demonstration
Frankfort Kentucky January 26 All is quiet after a mob of mountaineers fired over 100 shots in a demonstration causing a semi panic but no injuries were reported and most intruders have departed.
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Frankfort
Rebellion Breaks Out in Shantung Province China
Berlin reports a rebellion has broken out in Shantung province following the edict announcing the emperor's abdication. Government sources advise the unrest began amidst political upheaval and national crisis.
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China
Berlin
Shantung Province
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Moreton Frewen
America
Delagon Bay
Havre
Jan
Zeehond
Delagoa Bay
Bennett
Knights Templars
A. Mesore
Cunningham, Collins and Clark
Urbana Commandery No. 16
Urbana
C. A
Mr. Besore
G. W. Bright
Decatur
J. O. Cunningham
G. L. Collins
D. W. Clark
THE
Lewistown
George W. Dick
May Lewistown
St. Paul
Illinois
Union Prayer Service
E. H. Robb
W. Lewis
Neil Street
Champaign, Ill
Marshall Field & Co
Choice
Chater
Pure Linen
Lee
Walker & Mulliken
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