Three Times the British Defeated by the Boers in 1881
A summary of the Transvaal War of 1881 describing three British defeats at Laing's Nek Ingogo and Majuba Hill. It notes Boer bravery and endurance, British overconfidence, and the eventual independence of the Transvaal under Piet Joubert and Kruger. The piece compares Boers to American settlers and underscores their rugged outdoor life and fighting prowess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
American Press Association
South Africa
America
Europe
Grenadier Guards
England
South African Republic
Laing
Piet Joubert
Natal
Drakenburg
George Colley
Manever
Joubert
Majuba Hill
Laing’s Nek
Deane
Colley
Nek
Ingogo River
Ingogo
Kruger
Laing's Nek
Covey
Highty-fifth Regiment
Gzorce L
Kitue
Vintage dabble in manners cited in Indianapolis Journal
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal quotes a sociable remark about how women greet each other. The passage notes a lingering sense of apology about future impressions and what may be implied when people part ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Bear in Canon City sparks coinflicting bets on a shot
A station agent keeps a chained cinnamon bear as a curiosity while passengers gaze. A young man offers twenty dollars for six shots asking to shoot the bear, but the animal remains unharmed as the crowd disperses and the tale reflects on luck, pranks, and a New York tramp’s misadventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
New York
Onco
Lost on the Edge of Hope in a Shanty Frontier
A drifting man, left with no crops or livestock, recounts poverty and a foreclosed mortgage as he clings to a bleak daily routine. Nearby, a New York stumble finds a carefree traveler swept into urban chaos and comic misadventure.
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Noap
Dauno
Pervisions
Theo
Waal
Third Avenue
Twentythird Street
New York
Comprehensive list of diseases treated by self abuse cure
A retired medical advertisement lists numerous ailments including blood poisoning syphilis gonorrhoea kidney bladder disorders Brights disease diabetes and impotence caused by self abuse. It also notes urinary symptoms nervous disorders tumors and chronic diseases with a claim of cures when others fail and a separate section on women’s diseases and sterility remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. Quad
Feller
Fourteenth Street
Akule
Cyrus
Reuben
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Jersey
Jersey City
Faran
Darsey
Elizabeth
New Jerey
Standard Medical and Surgical Institute
N. R. Wenger
Calhoun Street
Fort
Wayne, Ind
Kaiser Boh Shemian
Telephone
Centlivre
PH Heyman & CO
Calhoun ST
W.A. Meyer
Cor. Broadway and
Jefferson Sts
Hamilton National Bank
Bamilton National Bank
Savoni
Charles Lloch
Jobn
More Jr
Onahier
Brient Home
Evenina Post
L. Jaktheimer & Son
Tailors
Tri-State Building
J. Haverly
Bradley & Son
East Wayne
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