Brushes with the foe on Rhodesian frontier report
A barrister from a Cheshire family in Col Plumer's force recounts fierce actions near Rhodes drift and Brice s store. He describes riding through heavy fire to warn pickets, heavy Boer numbers, and a night retreat to Tuli after a dreaded stand in bush and kopjes.
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England
New York Commercial Advertiser
Plumer
Fort Tull
South Africa
Tuli
Rhodes
Drift
Ping
Brice’s
Awful
Thorn
Kopjes
E Squadron
Rhodesia
Letitia Kinsman’s Secret Weds Her Daughter Instead
Tabitha reveals that Letitia’s daughter, not Letitia herself, is to marry Mr Jones. Eliza learns the town rumor shifts as Tabitha describes Letitia’s heartbreak and a concealed marriage plan that changes the wedding’s likely lead. The tale ends with Eliza promising privacy while Tabitha fears the town’s Gossip will spread.
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Tabitha Allen
Eliza
Tabitha
Letitia Kinsman
Tom Jones
Letitia
Izzard
Plainville
Tom
Sewin
Goodby
Eliza Banks
Plainville W
Dispatch contradicts Boer execution reports at Harrismith
London dispatch says the office received word denying that the Boers shot John McLachlan Jr. and Robbins for refusing to be commandeered. Berlin paper criticizes British Tugela river strategy as unfavorable.
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London
Colon
Messrs
John McLachlan, Jr
Robbins
Harrismith
Berlin
Wochenblatt
Tugela River
Lady Randolph Churchill Visits Chieveley Camp
Pietermaritzburg reports on February 10 as Lady Randolph Churchill visits Chieveley camp amid limited dispatches. The War Office says there is no further news to release at midnight.
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Pietermaritzburg
Lady Randolph Churchill
Chieveley Camp
War Office
Express
Davis
Roebuck & CO Chicaco
Searte Roebuck& Co
Moral cautionary tale on subscribing to the paper
A stingy man borrows a neighbor's tome, his son falls and breaks a leg, the father slips and dislocates a knee, tearing his pants. The wife leaves to help, a baby crawls out, falls into a well, and the house catches fire with total destruction. The Cambridge Ohio Sun notes the moral urging subscription.
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Cambridge
A Transient Population Drives Weekday Exodus from New York
The Baltimore News notes a Friday through Sunday migration as thousands of New York residents travel to Albany Utica Syracuse Rochester Buffalo Elmira Binghamton and also to Boston and Philadelphia. They work in New York City and return home Sunday night then depart again Friday evening in pursuit of earnings.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Elmira
Bingharmton
New York City
Baltimore News
Abyssinians Ready to Contest British Rule in East Africa
The article reports that King Menelek of Abyssinia, guided by Sirdar Ilg, plans a decisive action during the South African war era. Abyssinia boasts large arsenals with hundreds of thousands of public safety arms, millions of cartridges, revolvers, blades, and modern artillery. About 150,000 troops could be fielded with backing from regional chiefs, aided by European officers, and the Abyssinian army is described as well drilled and fearless in battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirdar [Lg
Menelek
Abyssinia
East Africa
Sirdar Ilg
Leyds
Winchester
Martini
Napier
Magdala
Kng
Theodore
Italy
How Are Your Kidneys Dr Hobbs Sparagus Pills
An old advertisement promises a universal kidney cure with Dr Hobbs Sparagus Pills from Sterling Remedy Co Chicago or New York. It offers a free sample and promotes quick relief from kidney issues.
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Hobbs
Add. Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
N. Y
Captain Matthews Plans a Floating Smelting Scheme
Captain J. T. Matthews, owner of the sloop Ella C, says he found gold along Chesapeake Bay within 15 miles of the sea and will mine it aboard a smelting equipped vessel. He plans to load 330 tons of gold ingots, anchor in a quiet spot, smelt ore into gold, then return to Baltimore to stun the city. This echoes an earlier Klondike fever idea he once pursued with a catamaran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
J. T. Matthews
Baltimore
Ella C
Chesapeake Bay
Chicago Inter Ocean
Alaska
New York Woods Exhibit for the Paris Exposition
New York aims to showcase 18 woods from 16 species in the Paris exposition. Each specimen measures 12 inches by 7 and a half inches by three quarters of an inch, with two samples per species. Seven species appear in more than two pieces to display curly and bird’s eye patterns and quarter sawn appearances. The display features rough and planed surfaces, oil and varnish finishes, and piano polish, arranged in three-row frames totaling 30 pieces per frame. Superintendent Fox notes the exhibit offers unique design and practical appeal for foresters and tradesmen alike.
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State of
New York
Albany
New York Times
Fox
Chicago
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Ohio
C. J. Thompson
Defiance, Ohio
King Menecek
Montgomery Ward
Michigan
Madison St
Chiongas
NEW York Woods
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Vosdaahi
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