Boer Army Taken as Dutch Patriot Surrenders to British
An official dispatch from Lord Roberts reports Prinsloo with 5,000 Boers surrendering unconditionally. MacDonald’s rear-guard actions near Naauwwpoort blocked Boer wagons. Prisoners say 17,200 burghers would surrender if promised prisoner of war status. Prinsloo seeks armistice for peace talks. Kitchener insists on unconditional surrender and continuation of operations until defeat or surrender.
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En. Prinsloo
Lord Roberts
MacDonald
Naauwgpoort
Bethlehem Hills
Naauwwpoort
Royal Irish
Wiltshire
Leinster
Naatwpoort
Prinsloo
Prinstoo
Lunter
New York Trade Reports Signal Cautious Demand
The New York trade scene shows tentative cautiousness with quick delivery purchases dominating while longer term demand appears weak. Dry goods markets remain backward and speculative activity is limited to select specialties amid uncertain autumn prospects for crops and grain.
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New York
Reading
Plans To Buy Two Islands In Philippine Archipelago
United States may pay Spain about 100000 for the islands of Cibitu and Cagayen. The isles, part of the Philippine archipelago, were left out of a treaty boundary and discovered as an oversight a year later. The two islands are small and sparsely populated, with pearl and shell fisheries. Also noted: Toboken Board of Health requires a 1 license for crowing roosters to keep peace and quiet. Bangor, Me resident Mary Cunningham, age 100, celebrated July 4 by visiting a newspaper office with a life sketch. Puddlers in iron works face wage reductions of 124 ½ cents per wage, affecting about fifteen thousand workers.
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United States
Spain
Cibitu
Cagayen
Paris
Philippine Archipelago
Board of Health of
Toboken
Afra
Mary Cunningham
Bangor
Kansas
Nemaha County
Millie Daniels
Board of Trusters
Diniots
Wilson
Taniels
Uwinvis
Schoohmiram
Edo
China at a Glance in a Paragraphic Encyclopedia
A New York Evening World writer surveys China’s rulers and generals as a primer for the coming weeks. It lists Dowager Empress Tze Hsi, Kang-Yu-Kei, Emperor Kwangsu, Yung Lu, anti foreign leaders such as Kang-i, and various viceroys, ministers, and officials linked to foreign relations.
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New York Evening World
Tze Hsi
Kang-Yu-Kei
Reform Party
Kwangsu
Prince Chun
Yung Lu
Kang-¥i
Board of War
Tung Fu
Nieh
Kang Fu
Tsung-Li-¥amen
Liu-Kun-Yi
Nankin
Prince Li
Li-Hung-Chang
Canton
Prince Tuan
Pu Chun
Prince Ching
Pekin
Chang-Chi-Tung
Hankow
China
Hsu-Ching-Chien
Board of Works
Russia
Chinese Eastern Railway
Chang-Yi
Northern Railways
Dowager Ban Press
China Treaty Ports and Coastal Defenses Summarized
A historical list details Chinese ports and geography including Tien-Tsin and Nankin on the Pei River, Che-Foa on the Shan-Tung peninsula, New Chang in Manchuria, and Shanghai as key treaty port. It notes Taku forts, Wei-He mouth defenses, and navigable reaches to Pekin, with populations and British bases such as Wei-lTai-Win and Port Arthur.
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Luaserk
Russia
Far East
Hoang-Ho
China
Tien-Tsin
Pei
Wei- He River
Dejin
Milien
Canton
Che-Foa
Shan-Tung Peninsula
New Chang
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Tain-Un-Tao
Shanghai
Pei-Tso
Great Wall
Pekin
TV Bosin
Gulf of Liao-Fung
China War Readiness and Armament Snapshot
Resources at treaty ports include Goode newspapers. China fields thirty field batteries with 180 Krupp and Armstrong guns. Navy comprises four cruisers and a few ineffective vessels. Armaments include Mauser rifles and Nordenfeldt Hotchkiss and Maxim guns. No organized medical corps or transport. Ching could raise 1,700,000 troops but undisciplined and largely unarmed. Eight million cartridges at Pekin two years ago, with ongoing additions. New colleges train engineers navigators and military tactics with European professors.
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China
Commissariat
Ching
Pekin
Everyday Nemes and Chinese Social Customs Summary
A fragmented 19th century text describes Chinese terms for places and roles, public attitudes, and moral judgments. It notes the People’s age range of soldiers, English bankers labeling natives, and a purported population claim. It discusses crime, family ties, soldier status, magistrates, literacy, gossip, and religion with dubious generalizations.
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China
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Japan
Libe
Controlling Horace: New Harness for Runaway Horses
A historic inventor describes an advanced control device for vicious horses. The apparatus uses two straps threaded through guiding devices on the vehicle, connecting to the bit in the horse’s mouth to improve control when animals tend to take the bit. The design targets horses that resist standard reins.
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Horace
Honest Farmer Advice From Barnum and The Chinch Bug
The article argues for honest farming and warns against deceitful methods. It discusses the chinch bug as a major pest, stressing cleanliness and field cleanup as the key control, including burning stalks and rubbish in spring. It cites costs of production insights from Carnegie and notes national dairy statistics on cows, milk, butter, and cheese production and consumption. It ends with observations on cow peas and bee navigation.
Salting stock and humane medicine methods on farms
An 1880s farming column discusses animal handling devices including head collars with graspable rings on carriages and straps that leverage the driver. It describes saltbox designs for cattle and sheep, winter and summer arrangements, and a pig medicine method using a cut toe of an old shot to direct dose delivery. It ends with reflections on farm honesty and the farmer’s integrity in business.
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Joseph II
National Stockham
Queer Kaffir Nicknames Across South Africa
A note on native nicknames given to colonial figures in South Africa, detailing sobriquets such as Thlala Pansi for Baden-Powell and others like M-soutsa the mighty hunter, Msabautu father of the people, and Umtwasa the goodly sapling, reflecting traits or roles. The piece cites Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Bishop Colenso, and Joly W. Shepstone among those bearing such names.
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Borie
Baden. Powell
Thlala Pansi
South Africa
Kattirs
Theophi- Tug Shepstone
Port Peddle
Cape Colony
M-soutsa
Colenso
Msabautu
Joly W. Shepstone
Theophilus
Natal
John
Maritzburg
Neel
Remarkable American Inspector on Russian Tunnel Aversion
An American railway inspector describes Russia’s reluctance to tunnel through the Urals, noting few tunnels and many curves. He observes engines would rather blast than bore, predicting vast future rail expansion with costly tunnel building, yet Russia’s early experiences show persistent aversion to tunneling.
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Urals
Ural
Pyta
Tolstoi
Gair
Russia
Cassier
Canada’s area and regional land masses total
Canada’s seven provinces cover about 1,078,000 square miles while nine territories total QSSLQ) square miles. The St Lawrence system great lakes add roughly 47,000 square miles to the region’s land area.
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Canada
Nine Territories
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Plax Industry Sees Renewed Growth in New Zealand
New Zealand’s fax industry has rebounded sharply as wartime supply disruptions in the Philippines reduce Manila fiber output. Industry observers note renewed investment and higher demand for communication hardware and related materials amid postwar recovery.
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New Zealand
Philippines
Soup Myth and Prejudice in Famine Story
A biographical tale about William Stokes during the great famine recalls a Dublin soup distribution. When asked why a starving beggar did not take soup, she replies that what’s offered is not soup but water boiled down to a pint to make it seem stronger.
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William Stokes
Stokes
Dublin
Jeffersons Ten Rules of Self Discipline
A compact moral list attributes practical wisdom to self control and thrift. It urges taking things calmly by a steady hand and highlights that pride can exceed hunger, with guidance to avoid waste, prefer action today, and count to ten before speaking when angry. The cautions frame a prudent, reflective lifetime approach.
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Jefferson
Best for the Bowels Patent Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a universal cure for ailments from headaches to cancer claiming they will restore health with no pain. The copy promotes Cabcarets Candy Cathartic in metal boxes with C. C. C. stamped on each tablet and warns against imitations.
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Cascarets
Cabcarets
Mot Worth Mentioning In A Short Dialogue About a Horse
A Philadelphia North American excerpt features a buyer declining to discuss the price of a horse, the owner interrupting. The piece references Allen's Foot-Ease and a Washington Star quip about men’s neckwear. Mentions Carter's Ink and Gunner Was Cool with a midshipman’s action. Includes a Bluish note of Piso's Cure for consumption. A dated item from 1900 is hinted.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted for women's ills
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing female ailments, toning health, easing nerves, relieving backaches, and regulating menstruation.
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Pheoncra
Epp
Yamwen
Kiang
Ar Ho
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Saneeze
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Wei
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Tung
Ada
Shui
Sheng
Sien
Hig
Barnum
W. Marble
Carnegie
Tie
Henry
Chinect
Robert C. Morris
Olney
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Leftoy
N. Y
Washington Star
Carter
Willie Werk
Ragson
Wille
Halls
Tugele
N. W. Sauuel
Ocean Grove
N. J. Beb
Copenhagen
Lydia E. Pinkham
Libby
McNeill S+ Libby
Chicago
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's
A. Morrissey
Cataogue
Tower
Boston
Massa
Ayer
S. Ayer
Joan Goon
Washington House
Washington
Newline
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Fore
Dubuque
Rockford
Farmers Daughters
Nonth
Incluse
Suuap Turbariculars Farestual Association
W. Vas
Karen St
Fay Om
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