Britons Enter Kroonstad as War Narrative Signals End
London dispatches claim the war is practically over as British forces under Lord Roberts advance swiftly into Kroonstad. The Daily Telegraph notes the union jack raised in the market, while President Kruger denounces the turn of events. Boers retreat to protect guns and stores, with disintegration spreading through the Free State and Lindley likely to see renewed resistance.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Kroonstad
Lord Roberts
Daily Telegraph
Baschrand
Steyn
South Africa
Orange Free State
Lord Robert
Lindley
Zand River
Mafeking
Pretoria
Lourenzo Marques
Baptists Declare War on Liquor Traffic at Hot Springs
Southern Baptist convention in Hot Springs Ark begins hostilities against liquor traffic. Rev J B Cranfill of Texas introduces a strong resolution denouncing the traffic as a barrier to missions. Congress blamed for nullifying prohibition and Army canteen policies criticized as blots on civilization. Protest noted against licensing in prohibition areas.
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Southern Convention
Hot Springs
Southern Baptist Convention
Ark
J. B. Cranfill
Texas
Congress
Forty-Third Regiment Seizes Three Towns in Leyte Campaign
A Manila dispatch reports the Forty-Third Regiment occupying Hilongos Maasin and Leyte after a landing met with heavy resistance. The action caused American casualties totaling three.
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Manila
Hilongos
Maasin
Leyte
British Capture German Prisoner at Zand River
Among foreign legion prisoners taken at Zand river is a German named Trick man from Erfurt. He claimed to be a journalist but was found hiding in a cactus bush with a rifle.
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Foreign Legion
Zand River
Trickman
Erfurt
Virginia Judge Rules Corporate Exemption From Bankruptcy
U S district judge Edmund Waddell Jr in Richmond Virginia rules that the Commercial Building and Loan Association is not a corporation subject to bankruptcy under the 1888 act. The proceedings continue as the case opens a series of similar questions.
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Virginia
Edmund Waddell, Jr
U0 States District Court
Richmond
Commercial Building and Loan Association
Peceptant
Street Car Tragedy: Whitney Killed on Augusta Car
Aleck Whitney a prominent Augusta graduate shot and killed on a Summerville electric car after refusing to yield a seat to a Black man and woman. Lieutenant Pinckney Steiner was wounded in the leg as the assailant was seized and lynched by a mob after a rapid police response. Citizens vow to press enforcement of segregated seating.
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Summerville
Aleck Whitney
Augusta
Technological Institute
Atlanta
William B. Willis
Whitney
Pinckney Steiner
Willis
Hattie Wade
Steiner
T. A. Plunkett
Central of Georgia
Savannah
Georgia
Grovetown
Rumors of Uprising Engage Officials in Manila
Rumors of a native uprising in Manila circulated last week and drew attention from American officials. Many Filipinos reportedly left American employers with aims to join such a movement. Arrests for concealed weapons and dispersal of gatherings added color to the reports, though officials doubt an uprising will be attempted.
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Manila
St. Louis Folk Walk Meets Rail Strike Pressure
District Attorney threatens injunction as Saturday arbitration attempts fail to end the St. Louis street railway strike. Officials and union workers cannot agree on recognizing the union. No streetcars operated on Sunday except mail routes in the city.
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St. Louis
W. H. Woodward
Waterworks Embezzlement Case Tangles Chicago
Detectives unearth a scheme defrauding Chicago of about $200,000 tied to the Water Department. Two men, Clarence M. Wolfe and George W. Pigott, are jailed on conspiracy charges with seven more under surveillance for a five year-long scheme. Chief Detective Coleran leads the case.
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Chicago
Coleran
Clarence M. Wolfe
Geo. W. Pigott
Brooke Succeeds Merritt in East Command
The War Department issued two orders. General Wesley Merritt received leave of absence to go abroad, transferring command of the eastern department to Major General J. B. Brooke whose headquarters will be at Governor's 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 Yor
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Vitality Restored
An advertisement touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a cure for tired, low vitality blood. It claims to nourish nerves and organs, improve sleep, and renew energy, with a testimonial from B. Sonebleii of Brooklyn praising better health after use.
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Hood
B. Sonebleii
Bushwick Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Abundant Proof at Hand About a Small Family Budget
Dialogue shows Mr Gilley asking if a married couple can live on 750 dollars yearly Julia cites a Ladies Home Journal account of a man supporting himself his wife and two children on 350 dollars a year The Free Press notes invitations were issued the following week.
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Julia
Tetterine for Tetter and Eczema Sale Request
A Miss Emma Plummer of Waynesboro Mississippi asks the recipient to quote price for 1 dozen boxes of Tetterine. She praises its cure and urges keeping it for sale. She offers to send 500 to J T Shuptrine in Savannah Georgia if a local druggist does not stock it.
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Emma Plummer
Waynesboro
Miss
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Ingenious Nets Stop Hawk Robbery In Talbot County
Henry Seymour, a veteran fisher in Talbot County, trapped persistent fish hawks preying on early roe herring. He drove stakes along his nets and set wooden decoy fists with barbed spears to lure and pierce four diving hawks, ending the losses.
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Henry Seymour
Talbot County
Baltimore Sun
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised cure for foot discomfort
Advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for aching burning feet and corns. Claims to ease tight shoes, cure bunions, swollen aching feet, sweating, and ingrown nails. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free sample, address Allen Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Cts
Alen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Hat and chatter mix in a playful scene
A whimsical exchange features Willie Washington displaying a flashy hat while Miss Cayenne compliments it. The dialogue blends satire on freedom of expression with humorous snippets from various 1900 era ads and quips, including product pitches and light comic dialogue.
Even Senators Do It in a Ridiculous Fare Moment
A well dressed gentleman sits aboard a crowded 2nd Street car on Pennsylvania Avenue. He cannot pay his fare, claims to be a senator, and asks for an exception. The conductor and passengers laugh as a rider buys his ticket with the Washington Evening Star.
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Capitol
Pasenger
Washington Evening Star
The Donkey In The Suburbs Child Adjectives Delight
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece notes a suburban girl first hearing a donkey and praising it as a good and beautiful animal. She repeats her admiration to her father at night, rubbing the child’s language in a humorous way. The tale ends with a tender pun on donkeys.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Proposed Alliance With England For Strength And Health
The piece argues that a US England alliance would deter enemies and compares it to using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to prevent disease. It claims the tonic enriches the blood builds muscle steadies nerves and increases appetite and ends with a call to try it.
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England
United States
Would Not Sugarcoat the Pill Puck Quote
A satirical dialogue excerpt features Mrs. Young and Mrs. Strong debating marital management as a man is made to feel his interiority, reflecting a humorous exchange from the period.
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Mrs. Young
Strong
Puck
Health of Young Women Helped by Mrs Pinkham Letters
Readers report relief from menstrual irregularities and cramps after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Correspondence from Miss Many Games Aptos California and Miss Maricpa June gx Ogdensburg Wisconsin praises the remedies for regular cycles, pain relief, and reduced dizziness.
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Lydia
Lydia B. Pinkham
Miss Maricpa Junegx
Ogdensburg
Wis
Isaac Barrow reportedly blown down by organs during sermon
A Longman's tale recalls Isaac Barrow, famed for long sermons, preaching in an Abbey turned show place. Vergeres allegedly caused the organs to play until they blew him down, possibly due to an asleep organist.
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Isaac Barrow
Barrow
Big man ignores gossip as woman pleads for headlines
On a South Side streetcar a tall man reads a newspaper while a stylish woman with a candy box and opera libretto reads headlines. She hurries over stories of burglars and a typewriter girl rescue, but he asks to switch to stock reports and society news.
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South Side
Society News
Chicago News
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Brooke
Merritt
Tetter
Willie Washington
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Carter
Fredy
W. Gnove
Jonn F. Borst
Trinity Springs
Ind
J.C. Simpson
Marquess
W. Va
Hall
Cock of the Walk
Tommy
Philadelphia Press
Mitchell
New York
Hall & Ruckel
Norris
Cincinnati
Dewan
Ayer
Eva N. Hart
Buffalo, N. Y
Rock Hill
Stant Soo
Putnam
All Druggis
Philadelphia Bulletin
Grrous
DR. Kline
Gate City Societ
Greeh
Atlanta Ga
Nassau St
W. L. Yehoes
Ist
Malsby & & Company
Cora
Brdel
Birdeall
Avest
China
Sato
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