Military minister urged as Natal war drags on
London dispatches report calls for a military minister and army control to speed the war. Correspon dents describe Boer strength at Colenso with fortified hills and trench networks. Delagoa Bay tensions and Port Port’s consul role feature in front page summaries. Boston shows Boer sympathy. death notes for Steve Taylor.
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London
Henry Spencer Wilkinson
Urom
Pietermaritzburg
Colenso
Map Drawing Machine On Willets Point Attracts Surveyors
Brooklyns and others study topography at Willets Point as the U S army engineers in Cuba prepare a unique map drawing machine valued around 325000. The device resembles a bicycle with two 10 foot circumference wheels and a mercury filled lever system. It creates quick maps by being pushed along terrain, marking altitude with a pen inch per 50 feet of elevation.
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Wilkes Petes
Cube
Brooklyn
Willets Point
Engineer Corps
United States Army
Cuba
New York Times
United States Engineer Department
Boers as Marksmen and Their Superb Confidence
A Chicago caller praises Boer marksmanship and claims younger Boers maintain old skill. He recounts a Transvaal hunter tale where a Boer, armed with a simple rifle, defeats a British officer’s plan with minimal ammunition. The story highlights Boer patience, calm, and precision as the war’s enduring skills.
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Wallace A. Kortwright
Chicago
Hottman House
New York
Altf Kortwright
New York Tribune
Transvaal
Linda Steamer Burns and Sinks on Red River
News item reports the Linda steamer from Shreveport burned to the water’s edge and sank off Vanceville on the Red River, forcing officers and crew to swim to shore. It also notes a Chicago suit to sell timberland in Oconto County for creditor profits and a New Year reception plan for the president.
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Shreveport
Linda
Vanceville
Red River
Chicago
Oconto County
Wis
J. E. Stevens
Distress Signals As German Steamer Goes Aground
Reports from London and New York describe a large German mail steamer driven ashore at Dungeness in heavy seas. Lifeboats fail to reach the vessel, precision of the ship’s name uncertain, with fears for passengers. Tugs and lifeboats struggled amid gale conditions as signals were seen from Sand Head lightship. Nearby schedules show no Hamburg American or North German Lloyd liners expected there. In Norfolk, the storm toll rises with about 10 more lives lost, while a British ship reports a wreck near Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras. Strong anxieties persist for the overdue French bark Pasteur sailing from Limerick to Astoria, possibly sighted ashore Terra del Fuego.
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London
East Bay
Kert
Dover
Folkestone
Sandhead
New York
Maritime Register
Lloyd Lines
Dungeness
Hamburg
Bremen
Norfolk
Hatteras
Ashlands
Lewis
Galveston
Marseilles
Diamond Shoals
Cape Watteras
San Francisco
Louis Pasteur
Limerick
Astoria
Pasteur
Terra del Fuego
Mrs R Churchill Berlin Vermont Notice
Fragmentary kennel of a US newspaper brief mentions Mrs R Churchill of Berlin Vermont and a medical remedy for piles and skin issues. It references De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve and a drug store or bank store context with Drig Bonk Store and CE Anderson.
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Ammmes
Natal
Teele Delemses
Buller
Mie
Standard
Ac Lourenzo Marques
Delanea Bay
Err Port
Netherlands
Pretoria
Leeds
Europe
Weansvaal Customs
Te Dutch East Africa Company
Goveror
the Times
Washington
Delagoa Bay
South Africa
The
Times
Gatacre
Stormberg
Ladismith
Chievcies
Bulswinaca
Ladysmith
Seller
Terre
Gahisinizy
Portugal
Great Britain
Boston
Common Council of
Steve Taylor
Mee & Famous
Larceaeut
Harmiess
Eubie
Allvremes
Andersons Dreack Boos
James
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Miles
Dewey
Wall
William Campbell
East Twentyfourth Street
Joseph Shaughnessy
John Degnan
Joseph Hessinger
Bellevue Hospital
Morgan
Birmingham
Ala
Servator Morgan
Johnston
Treasury Statement
Treasury
Indiana State Penitentiary
Kent
Kir Vie
Lewtiadsedliye School OF
Sevd Fur Atalac
Zanesville Business College
Zanesville
Ana
Sler
Gle
Ceher
SikEpp
Georg
Pavel Uh
Sangerines
N.Y
Enzo
Fairport
N. V
Dragrists
Iil
Aweltas
Cefery King
Nellie Gould
Medina
Ohio
Bacon
Rochester
Ry i
Ceher Tae
FLK
Fasebank Company
Chicegs Silmis
the Age and
Tribone
the Age
Ohio Farmer
Age
Pittsburgh Stockman
Pittsburgh
Toledo Blade
Agricultural Press of America
Cleveland
Cosnoctron
DR. France & CO
France Medical Institute
Coshocton
Sorees AG
IPE Skeen
Latwest
United States
Forties
Gm Jong
Une
Ea-ape
Bloch i
MD. Boses
Bseas
Wealos
Atazia
Sas
Meaasche
Jessness
Phonics
FRANCE @& CO
Esmegre Secore
Ty “Resimen
West Gay St
Columbus, O
Burns & Gosser
Deshocten
P. Beer
Petey
Ai Earey
Drery Wether
Momia
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