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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
1
The C M and St P railway offers reduced price second class tickets to western points via connections with Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Details and figures available at the local ticket office. Agent J B Swerv notes sale terms and dates.
Property owners Adams Carroll Williams on exchange street N Galena avenue and Clark avenue are notified their special tax is due. If unpaid by January 2 1900 a six percent penalty will be added. A ten percent rebate applies to Clark avenue and N Galena avenue. Special Tax Collector M Bavaianrren signs the notice.
London dispatches report General Methuen halted near Modder river with heavy British losses. Magersfontein engagement sees Highlanders and Gordon Highlanders under brutal Boer fire at 200 yards, many killed or wounded including Major Downham and General Wauchope, as trenches and barbed wire hinder British advances. Contingents plan to mobilize Eighth division and send Seventh division to the Cape. Also notes Irish volunteers leaving Cleveland to join Boers via Paris.
London dispatch reports both sides holding pre battle positions this morning with notable bravery by officers and men. Wounded include Lieutenant Colonel A S Codrington and Captain Sterling of the first battalion. Boers in thick bushes harassed the British right while trenches extended beyond the kopje into open plain. armored train engagement occurred as Meyersfontein continued.
Senate session brief with routine business. House currency debate stretches from 11 to 130, with time for dinner. Divided votes and objections block adjournment for Washington memorials and Daniel Webster unveiling. Various officials urge committees and express views on honoring historic figures. Fire losses and bankruptcies reported in Des Moines and Sioux City.
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