Roberts Meets Joubert in Fierce Boer War Battle
London reports describe ongoing heavy fighting as General Roberts pursues Joubert with cavalry and infantry. Officers including General Hector MacDonald are wounded. Cronje may have regrouped while Buller advances toward Ladysmith amid dispersed Boer resistance and renewed Kruger mobilization.
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London
War Office
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Cronje
Ladysmith
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Bloemfontein
Pretoria
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Joubert
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Roberts
Two Generals Wounded In Lord Roberts’s Move
London reports 49 killed and wounded in engagements up to Sunday evening with two generals among the fallen.Observers fear gaps in casualty details and doubt the immediate outcome of the forward British thrust amid Boer reports of standstills and reinforcements.
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War Office
Cronje
Ladysmith
Cape Colony
Kimberley
Paardeberg
Koodoos Rand
Dewet
General Buller
House of Commons
DeBeers ‘Company
Courted by Mail Kentucky Farmer Weds Michigan Widow in Evansville
Martin Gahagen of Weston Kentucky, 70, marries Amelia Sabin, 50, widow of Coldwater Michigan, in Evansville Indiana after a yearlong mail courtship sparked by a matrimonial ad. Neither had met before arriving at the station this morning.
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Kentucky
Michigan
Evansville
Ind
Commercial Tribune
Martin Gahagen
Weston
Amelia Sabin
Coldwater
Mich
Convict Penrose Missing From Columbus Penitentiary
William Penrose a twenty year old prisoner from Clark County vanished at Columbus penitentiary this morning after being sent for a bucket of water. Guards watched as he disappeared and efforts to locate him have been futile. Officials suspect he hid in the warerooms and may have suffered an earlier attack during the escape attempt.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
William Penrose
Clark County
Penrose
Judge Lot Wright Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Lebanon Colorado February 21 Judge Lot Wright former United States Marshal in the Cincinnati riots of 1884 lies in critical condition after an appendicitis operation at 10 this morning. Dr Walton of Cincinnati assisted by Dr Hough and Drs Mardice and Brown report grave condition though some favorable symptoms appeared this evening.
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Commercial Tribune
Lebanon, CO
Lot Wright
Cincinnati
Walton
Hough
Mardice
Brown
Girl Shot Self in Mayfield Home
Nine year old Dommie May, daughter of P M Coplen, died after unintentionally shooting herself with a revolver left on the mantel in the family room. The child was alone when the pistol discharged and died within minutes.
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Commercial Tribune
Mayfield
Dommie May
P. M. Coplen
Patti Sings Today at Soldier's Widow Benefit
Patti will perform at a soldier's widow benefit today. The event supports Army families and honors fallen servicemen with a charity concert and donations. Proceeds go to widow relief and commemoration activities.
Keeley of Gold Cure Dies at 64 in California
Dr Leslie E Keeley inventor of the gold cure died suddenly at his winter home near Los Angeles. He founded the Dwight Illinois institution for chronic inebriety about twenty years ago and built a large fortune from his cure. He left his estate to his widow and sister, both of Dwight.
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Cal
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Here
Dwight
Ill
Dwight Institution
Dr. Keeley
New York
Michigan
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Keeley
Dwight, Il
Philippine Commission named Taft to lead reforms
Washington reports the new Philippine Commission with William H Taft as chairman and Dean C Wooster, L E Wright, H C Ide, and Benjamin I Wheeler as members. The group aligns with the administration on Philippine policy and faces a looming finance bill conference on gold standard reform and currency measures.
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Cincinnati
Dean C. Wooster
Michigan
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Tennes
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Wooster
Far East
First
Philippine Commission
Wheeler
University of California
General Wright
Judge Ide
Samoa
Cleveland
Dick and Garry back Cox bill delay case in Ohio
State Chairman Dick presses letters urging votes for the Cox measure as Garry Herrmann appears on the scene. The final hearing is postponed to Wednesday night amid lobbying, with Hoffheimer seeking to move the ripper hearing to Wednesday evening. Governor Nash in Detroit sends influence elsewhere.
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Ripper
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Avon Lodge
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Gattion
Dayton Glenn
Plague Expected to Reach Indianapolis in Years
Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, said bubonic plague will reach Indianapolis within two to three years. He cautioned it is coming and can be controlled by strict quarantine to limit its impact.
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Shoup
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Indianapolis
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Alonzo Walker
Court of Appeals
Liverpool's Mayor Louis Cohen Becomes City Leader
Photograph shows Louis Cohen, Hebrew, newly elected mayor of Liverpool, taking office amid celebrations. The image captures Cohen in formal attire as the city welcomes its first Jewish mayor.
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Mrs Lawton Appreciates Home Fund Gift to General Corbin
Mary C. Lawton from Pewee Valley Kentucky writes February 18 1900 thanking General Corbin for the home fund gift. She says such kindness cannot be repaid and expresses deep gratitude that relieves Henry’s anxious thought and reflects the Nation's generosity.
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Lawton
Pewee Valley
General Corbin
Henry
Mary C. Lawton
Bold thieves rob Whitehouse postoffice in Bowling Green
Three men forced open the postoffice safe at Whitehouse near Bowling Green around 2 30 in the morning taking 200 in stamps and money plus checks. Postmaster’s son Samuel Epler was confronted and forced back inside before the robbers fled in a rig. A posse and bloodhounds pursued the trail into a nearby woods, with investigators hoping the cash is hidden there.
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Tribune
Bowling Green
Whitehouse
Samuel Epler
Epler
Temperance Clash Sparks Shootout and Legal Pact
Belle Center in turmoil after saloon keeper Robert Young is shot by James Pergrin amid a decades long temperance feud. The case spurred a complex conference among Republicans and Democrats to consolidate three suits in Jefferson circuit court with unified evidence and accelerated appeal paths.
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Bellefontaine
Robert
Young
Belle Center
James Pergrin
Logan County
Robert Young
Fannie Brown
Danforth
Brown
Lizzie Weimer
Temperance People
Weimer
Dismi
Temperance
Pergrin
Jefferson Circuit
Franklin
Yost
Helm Bruce
Taylor
Marshall
Messrs. Hendrick and
McQuown
Beckham
Carter
Castleman
Batavia Jury Returns Second Degree Murder Verdict
In Batavia Ohio on February 21 the jury convicts baseball player Clay Larkin of murder in the second degree for killing Charles Shock with a bat. The penalty is life imprisonment.
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Batavia, O
Clay Larkin
Charles Shock
Ohio Rep Lentz Seeks U S Map Distribution to Schools
Representative Lentz of Ohio introduced in the House a bill to provide for the public distribution of a United States map to all schools in the United States.
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Lentz
Ohio
United States
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