Irish American Brigade Fights Under Kruger's Colors
London advices report the Irish American brigade from Lourenzo Marques fighting near Brandfort as British forces under Huton approach. Boer forces retake Brandfort while Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts arrive. Mafeking relief possible before the queen's birthday amid muttered parliamentary debates.
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London
Mounted
Lord Roberts
Vet River
Brandfort
Bloemfontein
Hutton
Lourenzo Marques
Trish
Ross
Lord Kitchener
General French
Kroonstad
Brabant
Ladybrand Road
Wepener
Free State
Zwartlapberg
Bordevere Horse
Maxwell
Hunter
Waal
Winisorton
Mafeking
Spionkop
Lord Lansdowne
War Office
General Chermside
Lord Castletown
Henry F. Lucy
Dail News
Sae
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Victoria
British Steamer Virginia Strands at Diamond Shoal
The British steamer Virginia Captain Charles Samuels from Daquiri Cuba bound for Baltimore with iron ore ran aground on Diamond shoal about 6 p m on a Wednesday in thick weather. The crew of twenty six plus one stowaway abandoned ship. One lifeboat with fifteen men escaped. another boat swamped leaving six men drowned. Five survivors were rescued.
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Cape Henry
Virginia
Charles Samuels
Daquiri
Cuba
Baltimore
Diamond Shoal
Publishers file protests memorial to Congress
Representatives of the American Publishers Association presented a memorial to the Senate Finance Committee requesting relief for publishers amid financial pressures. The memo seeks emergency measures to ease burdens facing the publishing industry.
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American Publishers’ Association
Senate Finance Committee
Fired from Statehouse in Goebel assassination hearings
Testimony in Frankfort bail hearing for the Culton case reveals pardons issued to multiple figures including Finley Powers and Oulton. Witnesses describe Goebel shooting from the executive building, mountain-man activity, and prior threats, with court ruling on telegrams as evidence. Direct from Tampa: plans for a Tampa to New York steamer line by business leaders.
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Goebel
Frankfort
Culton
J. B. Matthews
McKenzie Todd
Taylor
Oulton
Matthews
Charles Finley
John L. Powers
Harlan Whittaker
W. H. Oulton
Captain Chinn
Ed Steffee
State House
L. O. Norman
George Denny
Lexington
Igan
Denny
McKingie Todd
Dalton
Youtsey
Jim
Berry Howard
Secretary of State
George G. Fetter
Caleb Powers
John Powers
Dudley Williamson
Four Americans Killed in Panay Island Engagement
A reconnoitering party of the Twenty-sixth Infantry was surrounded at Leambanao on Panay. Four soldiers were killed and sixteen wounded. Re-enforcements arrived from Iloilo and Filipino fighters retreated.
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Manila
Iloilo
Leambanao
Panay
Twenty-sixth
Tloilo
Ieegnteen
Brooke Succeeds Merritt as Eastern Department Commander
The War Department issued two orders this Wednesday. General Wesley Merritt, commander of the Eastern department, is granted leave of absence with permission to go abroad. Major General J B Brooke is assigned to command the department of the east with headquarters at Governors Island New York.
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War Department
Wesley Merritt
Military Department of the East
J. B. Brooke
Department of the East
Governor's Island
New Y
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Broad Health Benefits
Advert says Hood's Sarsaparilla cures blood impurities and builds strength, citing Jennie Thomison of Orksville, N Y, who reports relief from a burning eruption. It claims to boost appetite and vigor and positions the medicine as America's greatest. Also notes potash for fruit color and firmness and offers free pamphlets from German Kali Works at 93 Nassau Street New York.
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Hood
Sarasparilija
Jennie Thomison
P. O. Box
Orksville
America
A Boy's Revenge at Royal Wedding
A boy heir to the German throne, watched by his uncles in Highland dress at the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, bit the Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Connaught, then later a playful exchange about marriage and duty surfaces. An advertised foot care product, Allen's Foot-Ease, promotes relief for foot discomfort.
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Princess of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of
Spectacles rights and misguided reforms flash in quip
A clipping mocks rights for Cousin Sara and public frugality with lines from the Indianapolis Journal and Puck. It also touts a tonic claiming to cure chills and fever with tasteless quinine, offering a 50 cent price with a no cure no pay promise.
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Sara
Indianapolis Journal
Compulsory Art and Local Advertisements in 1900s Chicago
A fragmented items page mentions art restoration claims by Dr Kline, a Bay State catarrh cure sold by M L Thompson and Co, and Mrs Winans Settle offering children’s products. It includes testimonial-like notes from Minneapolis about an era practice and a remark on bees' honey yield.
Thoroughly at Home and College Deaths In Focus
Jiggs and Biggs clash over Brassey without a home visit showing conflicting versions in a Philadelphia Press item. A separate note claims college death rates are very low due to strong physique, urging oatet ter's Stomach Hitters for general health and digestive issues.
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Jiggs
Brassey
Biggs
Philadelphia Press
Oatetter
Jones Promotes Global Expansion and Xenophobia
A quoted exchange labels Jones as an ardent expansionist and speculates he would annex the world to end foreign tensions, implying a fund of hostility toward outsiders. The dialogue references a figure named Puk expressing skepticism about Hisdain.
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Jones
Puk
Floating Patagonian Stones Puzzle Geology Hint
In southwest Patagonia Drs Nordenskiold and Borge observed heavy bituminous slate fragments floating on a river surface. Small dry tops became soaked and sank. bubbles and seaweed films likely aided buoyancy, suggesting currents could transport such stones and form distant strata.
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Patagonia
Drs. Nordenskiold
Borge
Ina
Boy vows unselfish nature through fireworks choice
A boy with a good memory for phrases plans to grow up unselfish. He tells his father he will let his future sons shoot their own fireworks rather than do it for them, hoping to avoid harm and teach independence.
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Harry
Philadelphia Press
Sweet Labor Fable of Bee and Grasshopper
The grasshopper asks why the busy bee is so good at work and the bee answers I love work. The tale notes the bee’s happiness in its peak season and its abundance described as being in clover.
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Grasshopper
Busy Bee
To Cure a Cold in One Day Claim
An advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold with LaxaTivs BROMO QUININE TABLETS. It claims all Orders refund the money if it fails and notes Grove's signature on each box. The price listed is 25.
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Orgeids
Grove
Marriage to settle debts cited in old Chicago confession
A fragment reflects a man marrying for money to pay creditors. The exchange notes he wed to square debts, while dismissing other romantic claims as false. The source frames the arrangement as a financial expedient tied to a woman's wealth.
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Chicago Evening Post
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A promotional note touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for uterine and ovarian disorders and related discharges. The ad claims a long record of success with letters from readers backing the product's efficacy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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