Bitter Holiday Backbiting Wracks Army in South Africa Debates
London reports a bleak Christmas week as criticism sharpens over British Army leadership. Major General Sir Henry Colville faces calls to resign amid Boer reverses. Maori contingents and Indian troops stir controversy. Navy buildup and social mobility notes mark a mixed mood. A new Oxford fellow from Oldham’s mills underlines social change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Henry
Colville
South Africa
Lindley
Coleville
War Office
New Zealand
Star Ways
Declin
Tropa
Great Britain
Ted Hand
Navy
Joseph Owen
Oxford
Owen
Oldham
Brackenburg
Milhand
Dr. Owen
Pembroke College
Oxonians
Crienhal
Gen. Washington
Washington figure with wire in new find at society
A newly found item from Samuel Folwell dated 71 and another piece in possession of the Historical Society of Philadelphia dated 1796 depict Washington wearing a wire. The text notes London streets' liquor trouble during the holiday season and mentions Ayrshire opening a drunkards' home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Folwell
Historical Society of Philadelphia
Washington
London
Ayrshire
Remarkable Finances in Year-End Stock Market
New York December closing week shows ongoing breadth and animation in stocks. Professional traders failed to derail broad action, though certain issues gained in weakness at times. Heavy profit taking persisted, yet sustained demand kept an underlying strength, with railway bonds in rising demand amidst large yearly settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Christmas generosity warms Billings with workers’ gifts
In Billings on Christmas day a spirit of mutual regard between employers and workers was evident. Yellowstone National Bank gave each employee a bright twenty dollar gold coin, while Nak, Donovan-McCormick, and A L Babcock distributed gifts. The First National Bank issued a month's salary in checks, Wegen Bros supplied wine, and Millis Wholesale Grocery gave tokens of appreciation. Geo Pirrie returned from the east with fine stallions for his Fergus county ranch, signaling rising horse values. In front of Losekamp’s clothing store 200 to 300 children, ages six to ten, gathered as gifts ranging from books to bicycles were distributed over several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Yellowstone National Bank
Dillings Mercantile Co
E. Millis
Millia Wholesale
Geo. Pirrie
Halbert, Mont
Pirrle
Fergus County
Mme
East
Tor
Year 1900 Shows Mixed Year but Not as Bad as 1899
New York dispatch notes 1900 brought gains in some sectors while overall turnover lagged 1899. Bank clearings fell, speculative activity waned except in cotton, and crop values rose despite modest yields. Industrial conflicts in Chicago and Pennsylvania coal strikes tempered trade, yet industry offered decent wages overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Huytne
Duride
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Riverside mob maltreats Chinese workers in California
In Riverside California an angry group of 15 laborers white men and Mexicans seized eight Chinese camp occupants at Casa Blanca and forced them into a wagon. They were driven to the Santa Ana river bottom where they were beaten seriously before the assailants fled. George Dunham Andrew and Adolph Selvas were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Cal
Casa Blanca
Here
Santa Anna
George Dunham
Andrew
Adolph Selvas
Spreckels Plans Gas Company in San Francisco
Claus Spreckels prepares incorporation papers for a San Francisco gas firm with $5,000,000 capital to be set up early next year. A plant site has been chosen. Spreckels recently built an electric light power system in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
Spreckels
Help for Women From Chelsea Woman Healed by Treatment
Mrs Ella Rice of Chelsea Wisconsin shares a portrait and a testimonial entry describing two years of bearing-down pains backache and miserable feelings caused by falling and inflammation of the womb. She claims relief after medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Rice
Chelsea
Wis
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Ad Promises Women Relief
An old advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for many female ailments. It claims the remedy relieves pains fainting spells low mood and fatigue and invites women to write for advice, attributing expert guidance to Mrs Pinkham at Lyon Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia K. Pinkham
Enquirer census guessing contest offers $25,000 prize
The Weekly Enquirer invites readers to guess the U S population excluding recent acquisitions, with $25,000 in cash prizes for the closest guesses. Each guess must include a year subscription, and tie shares possible. Subscriptions cost five dollars annually. multiple guesses allowed. Contest ends before census results are certified by Washington authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners of
Silver Bow County
Aida
J. K. Moran
United States
Tuy Weexey Enquirer
Enquirer
Washington, D.C
Guess
Wesxty Enquirer
Enquirer Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
R.V. Pierce
Bie
Smith & Mattingly
Dunlap Hat Agency
Ary N
Main St. Butte, Mont
Losekamp
Inter Mountain Wants
Maryland
Southern Mutual
Veatment Co
Montana
J. WH. Jackson
West Granite
Butte
Clark Co
4Th and Locust Streets
Philadelphia
B. J
Mountain
M. Wade
East Broadway
Urick
East Side
North Side
Conroy & Morley
Broadway
Belmont House
City
Missoula Hotel
Arizona Street
Quartz Street
West Park
Altham
Chood
Inter Mountain
M. M
Hazel
West Broadway
Oeschil
Weat Park
West Mercury
National Undertaking , Company
East Quarts Street
Dusold
Mrs Carson
West Granite Street
Wyoming
W. Ault
West Park Street
Madame Fay
Mazin
Palmec
West Parak Street
West Copper Street
West Quartz Street
MDE
Guy
Circles
Granite Street
North Washington
Unique Tailoring Co
Daly, Donahoe & Moyer's Bank
Bryant
W. Parkcra
Weinberg Bros. & Epstein
Owsley Block
Thompson Investment Co
W. Broadway
Colorado
South Matin
Eaat Park
West Side
Ming Street
Butte. Thompson Investment Co
Inquire Butte Lighting and Power Co
Southside
Westside
Chas. L. Smith & CO
West Granite St
A. B. Rombauer
Carney & Hand
Wyoming Street
Old Face
Placer Street
Hall Bros
McMian & Floyd
Lee Davenport
West
Montana Chattel Mortgage Co
Lizzie Block
Manila
Cato
W. Parkstrait
Postoffice
Second Judicial District
State of
Silver Bow
Willam Thompson
O. J. McConnell
William Thompson
Fleecer Mountain
Silver
Grafton
Copper Hill
Silverhow Count
Said County
A. D
John Lindsay
Tudge
Spreckles
Wma
Erna Rice
Gale
Shields
Brooklyn Mining Company
J. B. Moran
William Richards
Mast Park Street
John Pramd
Williamd Richards
Weekly Enquirer
THE
Washington Cafe
Main St
Huie Pock
China
South Main Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!