Proclamation to Boer Fighters Issued by Kitchener
A parliamentary paper publishes Lord Kitchener’s August 7 proclamation guiding Cape Colony and Natal policy toward remaining burghers. It bans those who do not surrender by September 15 from South Africa and makes their families’ maintenance a recoverable charge on their property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Natal
Orange Colony
Transvaal
Orange Free State
South Africa
Chamberlain
Lord Milner
Proclamations Stir Mixed Reactions Across Newspapers
Afternoon papers praise Lord Kitchener's proclamation as prudent and necessary though debate its impact on ending the war. In a separate tale, jewels are recovered as Mr Washburn forgives the thief and vows not to prosecute, while Father Murphy condemns public discussion yet confirms the reform's lasting effect.
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Lord Kitchener
Westminster Gazette
Park patrolsman shocked repairing live switch at Robison pavilion
Frank Roelle, a patrolsman at Robison park, was knocked unconscious for about fifteen minutes after a copper wire fuse touched a live 500 volt circuit while repairing burned out fuses on the external switch of the park orchestrion. He regained consciousness with two doctors present and planned to avoid repairs without disconnecting switches. The incident happened about 5 o'clock Thursday evening.
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Robison Park Pavilion
Frank Roelle
Roelle
Tally
Mr. Roelle
West Jefferson Street
Restored Stolen Jewels After Confession in Chicago
A Chicago confession led to the return of eight thousand dollars in diamonds stolen from Anderson Jewelers in Anderson Indiana. The unnamed robber, moved by repentance, returned the gems to William Washburn via Father E A Murphy. three rings remain outstanding for repayment. The July 8 theft left no clues at the scene and police offered large rewards.
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Chicago
Anderson
Ind
William Washburn
E. A. Murphy
St. Mary’s Church
Wabash Avenue
Th Coun
Robber Confesses to Chicago Priest Seeks Restitution
A well dressed man walked into St. Mary's rectory and confessed stealing diamonds from an Indiana jewelry store. He offered to return the gems and work to redeem their value, impressing Father Murphy who summoned firm president William Washburn to verify the claim. Washburn initially doubted the tale but agreed to come after urging. The man’s intent was to make restitution and prove his sincerity.
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St. Mary’s Church
Father Murphy
Indiana
William Washburn
Chicago
Washburn
Wabash Avenue
Henry of Orleans Dies During American Heiress Suitor Orbit
Prince Henry of Orleans, oldest son of the duke of Chartres and cousin to the duke of Orleans, died at 3 30 p m. He was born in 1867 and unmarried. He planned a U S visit via San Francisco and Newport this fall and had been linked to an American heiress and to the Spanish royal family.
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Prince Henry of Orleans
Duke of
Chartres
Duke of Orleans
United States
San Francisco
Newport
Spain
Infanta Maria de Las Mercedes
Charles of Bourbon
Caserta
Dispatch in New Hands Semiweekly Change of Ownership
Robert B. Davis purchased the Fort Wayne Dispatch from A. H. Bittinger & Co. who had owned it less than two weeks. Davis plans improvements and a semi weekly issue with the first under new ownership appearing next Thursday. His brother Tom J. Davis will manage the Dispatch.
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Robert B. Davis
Fort Wayne
Davis
Tom J. Davis
The
Dispatch
Pastor's Family Abandons Home in Flight to Buffalo
In Findlay Ohio on August 9 Rev J D Green pastor of First Presbyterian McComb wakes to find wife and children missing with a note. daughter Cora aged twenty plans to become an actress in Buffalo. Report says he was an actor before theology and is deeply troubled by the estrangement.
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Findlay
Ohio
J. D. Green
First Presbyterian Church
McComb
Buffalo
Cora
Chicago
Mr. Green
Hall's Catarrh Cure promises cure all patients
A 19th century advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as a constitutional treatment for catarrh. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for failures, listing F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Draguista
Tice Hall
Pilla
Nebraska school addition nears completion for September opening
Work on the Nebraska school addition continues swiftly and is on schedule for completion by the start of the September term. The project aims to expand facilities ahead of the new school year.
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Nebraska
Lehigh Valley Flyer Wreck Near North Leroy
A serious railroad wreck on the Lehigh Valley flyer near North Leroy New York injures several passengers. Two coaches left the rails and overturned. nine people are seriously hurt with two believed fatally injured. Wrecking trains and physicians rushed to the scene as rails are said to have spread after the engine passed.
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Rochester
N. Y
North Leroy
Lehigh Valley Flyer
Black Diamond
Leroy
Seven Injured in Black Diamond Express Crash Near Leroy
In New York on August 9 an official Lehigh Valley Railroad statement reported seven people injured in the Black Diamond express collision near Leroy New York. No fatalities were recorded.
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New York
The
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Leroy
N. Y
Loan Concern Closed In Cleveland After State Action
Cleveland, Aug 9. Following Attorney General Sheets action to wind up Guarantee Savings and Loan Co the offices did not open. President A L Mix and directors held a long conference. Secretary Blodt has not been found. June 15 statement showed 687835 in resources and liabilities. The firm did substantial statewide business and will use sixty day notice before deposits.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sheets
Guarantee Savings and Loan Company
A. L. Mix
Jacob A. Blodt
Diamonds Stolen in Fuller Jewelry Heist at Store
A trio of men and a boy, forming a professional gang, stole seventy two diamond solitaire rings valued between 3500 and 4000 dollars from Mrs A Seidensticker's jewelry store in Hamilton Colorado at 12 30 pm. The thieves used distraction tactics and escaped before police could obtain descriptions. Local and surrounding police are searching.
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Percy Todd
Todd
Farm Threshing Fire Destroys Barns and Stock Near Lagrange
A hot box ignited a threshing machine in a barn on Representative John J. Gillette’s farm two miles west of Lagrange Indiana on Monday. The blaze destroyed two barns 850 bushels of grain a large amount of hay a threshing machine owned by Feller two horses owned by James Boyd the tenant a horse owned by Carter and a horse owned by Peter VanOrman. The horses were inside the barn as the fire spread.
Runaway Team Strikes Calhoun Street Near Berry
A frightened team attached to John B. Reuss’s carriage bolted on Calhoun street near Berry at 2 30 last Friday. They dashed onto the sidewalk and nearly crashed into Jackson's saloon doorway injuring Mrs Reuss’s younger daughter who jumped to safety. The carriage sustained damage as other occupants escaped injury.
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John B. Reuss
Calhoun Street
Berry
Jackson's Saloon
Native Police Progress in the Philippines Report
Washington reports General MacArthur forwarded Manila findings on native police in April and May 1901. The force shows high improvement, now key to restoring order in unsafe localities. Scouts and Tugalo Scouts assist, oath of allegiance, military structure, paid in silver.
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Washington
Insular
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
P. L
Wheaton
J. P. Smith
Funston
Grant
Bates
Wade
Sumner
Islands
Scouts
Maccabebee
Batson
Lawton
Castner
Tugalo
United States
Krause's Cold Cure ad promises quick relief
Stop colds when you feel one coming on with Krause's Cold Cure capsules. Cures while you work. Price 25 cents. Sold by Dreier & Bro. at the corner of Calhoun and Columbia streets.
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Krause
Dreier & Bro
Calhoun and
Columbia Streets
Treasury denies Pole heir story of large U S credit
Washington says no truth to a report that a young Pole named Dembitzky, said to be heir of Baron Ludwig Napoleon Dembitzky, holds more than 2 000 000 in the U S treasury. The government notes it never receives private deposits.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Dembitzky
Ludwig Napoleon Dembitzky
United States Treasury
Property Transfers and Land Descriptions Include Cedarville Lots
Wm. C. and Josephine Kline transfer to Olive Stapleton lot 94 Cedarville for 20 dollars. Stapleton acquires additional Cedarville lots 80 81 82 100 101 102 103 for 48 dollars. Mary Nail et al transfer to Mary J. Rose 39.79 acres in Madison township with quarter section details and nearby rail line description.
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Wm. C
Josephine Kline
Olive Stapleton
Cedarville
Mary Nail
Steel firm orders dismantling of DeWees Wood plant at McKeesport
United States Steel Corp directs DeWees Wood plant to be torn down and moved to Kiskiminetas Valley amid local hostility. Persifer F. Smith of American Sheet Steel confirms the order from President McMurtry. The plant, aging and large, employed up to twelve hundred workers and spanned twelve to fourteen acres.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
DeWees Wood
McKeesport
Kiskiminetas
Associated Press
Persifer F. Smith
American Sheet Steel Company
McMurtry
Kiskiminetas Valley
DeWees Woodworks
Pennsylvania
Big Blaze Near Pfeiffer Farm Straws Stack Threatens Powder House
A large straw stack on the Pfeiffer farm at the city edge caught fire last Friday morning from a spark from an engine. A bucket brigade formed quickly and fire units from Bloomingdale and company No. 3 stopped the flames from reaching the Schlatter Hardware powder house. The stack was consumed, owned by Joseph Pfeiffer, with no other damage reported.
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Pfeiffer
Schlatter Hardware Company
Hilbrecht
Bloomingdale Engine Company
Company No. 3
Wells Street
Archer Avenue
Joseph Pfeiffer
Leg Isamputated After Shark Attack Aboard Annapolis
Admiral Kempf forwarded an official report of Quartermaster McKie of the gunboat Annapolis losing a leg to a shark while swimming off Iloilo on June 24. He was treated aboard the ship with amputation and may qualify for a pension as the accident occurred during authorized bathing.
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Washington
Kempf
Navy
McKie
Annapolis
Iloilo
Rohrer
Admiral Kempff
Mexican Plantation Company Files Articles of Incorporation
The Mexican Plantation company, with $200,000 capital stock, filed articles of incorporation in Indianapolis on Thursday. Principal officers include President H. E. Sprague and Secretary Treasurer J. H. Orr. About fifty prominent businessmen are stockholders, owning 600 acres in the south rubber forest. Ed J. Ritcha returns from a six week trip to Iowa and Nebraska. Miss Clara Keil visits Miss Mary Louise McGaw from Rome City.
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Indianapolis
H. E. Sprague
J. H. Orr
Mexico
South
Colombians Invade Venezuela and Panama Train Held Up
Venezuelan government reports a Colombian invasion near Colon led by the Colombian minister of war. In Panama a revolutionist band halted a Panama to Colon train at Matachin for 30 minutes, abducting four officials and guarding the line with fifty soldiers to ensure safe passenger transit.
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Willemstad
Island
Curacoa
Colon
New York
the Herald
Panama
Matachin Station
Panama Tor Colon
Steamship Finance
Sisters of Charity
Arived
Caucua
Empire Station
Aristides Arkona
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South African Republic
Globe
Mr. Washburn
Henry OF Orleans
Prince
China
Band of An
Saigon
Cochin China
R. B. Davis
Pastor
Lehigh Valley
Ippines
Castoria
Clne
Big W. Dewees Wood
Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Conneaut, O
Conneaut
National Tube Company
Ed J. Ritcha
Iowa
Corning
Sioux City
Omaha
Clara Keil
Rome City
Mary Louise McGaw
Venezuela
Colombia
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