Tugela battle reports widen but Britain steadies
London dispatches describe General Buller crossing the Tugela after heavy fighting and General Methuen’s communications being out. Casualties in the Magersfontein action rise with 51 more killed. Boer guns threaten British positions near Vaal Kop. British forces withdraw under shell fire with no losses to Arundel. Reports note Roberts’s appointment mirrors Majuba Hill outcomes yet no peace soon.
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London
War Office
Magersfondein
Nauwpoort
Cape Colony
Vaar Kop
French
Arundel
Lord Roberts
Ament
Weitish
Majuba Hill
The
Daily Mail
Iffreres
Gamp
Natal
Tugela
Hart
Hildyard
Chively
Clery
Sterkstroom
Gatacre
Chamberlain Cheered in Dublin at Trinity Honor
In Dublin on December 10, Sir Joseph Chamberlain and Lady Betty Balfour received a degree from Trinity College. The cheers varied among crowds as the procession moved from the provost's residence to the examination hall. Chamberlain noted the recent difficult events in South Africa and recalled Crimea and the Indian Mutiny while addressing graduates.
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Dublin
Murt
Joseph U Chamberlain
Zuler
Trinity College
Chamberlain
Ady
Betty Balfour
T He
Chamerlain
South Africa
England
Crimea
Roberts to sail for South Africa on Dunottar Castle
London dispatch says General Lord Roberts and his staff will sail for South Africa on the Dunottar Castle on Saturday. General Kitchener will reach Cairo on Friday and begin the voyage to Cape Town as soon as possible.
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London
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Dunottar Castle
Kitchener
Cairo
Cape Town
Gilmore Rescued Reportedly Captured by Grant Forces
Manila dispatches report that General Young believes American prisoners including Lieutenant Gilmore are in U S troops hands though verification is lacking. Other items note General Lawton moving against San Mateo to engage Geronimo's 800 insurgents, with Zambales activity and a captured guerrilla band.
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Manila
Young
Gilmore
Howsee
Hunter
Ilocos Province
Lawton
Eleventh Cavalry
Lockett
Twenty-ninth
Twenty-seventh
Sargent
San Mateo
Geronimo
Grant
Zambeles
Subig Bay
Aguinaldo
Layson
Thirty
Zambales
Major Smith
Barge No. 115 Is Lost in Lake Superior
A missing whaleback barge No. 115 is declared lost on Lake Superior after nine crewmen, with only Captain Arthur A. Boyce, Mate Michael Stynop, and Cook William Buckner named among the deceased. Colgate Hoyt tugboat had the barge in tow and later terminated its search, while Vigilant also gave up. Chicago dispatch notes Duluth tugs dispatched to continue the hunt if afloat.
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Colgate
Port
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
Arthur A. Boyce
Michael Stynop
William Buckner
Colgate Hoyt
Lake Irie
Vigilant
Chicago
Lake Marine News Bureau
Duluth
Hoyt
Teresno Cal Dee 19 Sterman Church Dies in City
Sterman Church dies in this city at 73 after a complication of ailments. She was a Chicago attorney before moving west and partnered with Lyman Trumbull. He lived in Indiana before moving to Los Angeles in 1885 and then Fresno. Surviving are his widow, a son, and daughters Mrs C A Harding of Chicago and Mrs Sarah A Fisher of Lansing Michigan.
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Teresno
Cal
Dee
Sterman Church
Chicago
Lyman Trumbull
la Porte
Valparaiso
Ind
Los Angeles
Fresno
C. A. Harding
Sarah Aa, Lisher
Lansing, Mich
National Live Stock Gathering in Fort Worth Jan 14
Last national live stock convention of the nineteenth century and third annual meeting of the National Live Stock Association will convene in Fort Worth on January 14. seen as a major gathering for stock men and related industries in the United States.
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Fort Worth
National Live Stock Association
United States
Unseat Mr Roberts of Utah Questioned
A dialogue questions Congress' chances to unseat Utah figure Mr Roberts. The exchange depicts strong opinions on political risk and self-protection, noting his alleged resourcefulness for managing multiple wives amid possible legislative control concerns.
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Congress
Roberts
Utah
Question Answered August Flower Ad
Question Answered. Yes, August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in the civilized world. Your mothers and grandmothers used August Flower for indigestion and biliousness to cleanse the system and regulate liver action. Sample bottles at Emmert & Burrell's. The 426 colleges and universities teaching 175,000 American students represent an invested capital of $250,000,000 and employ 25,000 people.
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Emmert & Burrell’s
Allen's Foot Ease powder for tired throbbing feet
Try Allen's Foot Ease a powder shaken into shoes to cool swollen nervous hot feet and ease tired walking It relieves smarting tight shoes swollen sweating feet blisters callouses and bunions and offers rest and comfort Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25c Trial package free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
The Burden of Motherhood and a Woman's Health
A historical critique argues that marriage often overburdens women with the man’s joys and sorrows. It notes mothers endure strain, becoming worn and nervous, and cites Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a restorative that helps restore health and happiness to women, claiming high cure rates for female diseases.
London Second Hand Book Auctions Net £125000
Auction sales of second hand books in London last year totaled about £125,000. A notable feature was the large number of rare books offered and the exceptionally high prices achieved for them.
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London
Foley's Kidney Cure Offered As Guaranteed Remedy
Lost confidence and hope and health as told kidney disease was incurable. Foley's Kidney Cure presented as a guaranteed remedy for the discouraged and disconsolate. 4H. Moogk, W. F. Jungkunz & Co.
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Foley
Moogk
W. F. Jungkunz
House approves currency bill with bipartisan support
The currency bill passed the House 190 to 150 after a week of debate, with all Republicans and 11 Democrats voting yes. The Speaker announced committee appointments, preserving many incumbencies, and created a new insular affairs panel while naming new chairmen in banking, merchant marine, and coinage. A blank remained for Gen. Wheeler on Ways and Means, and a postscript address endorsing a Silver Republican split was issued by Towne, Teller, and others.
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New York
House
Isaue
Bailey
General Wheeler
Committee On
Senderson
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Banking
Grosvenor
Ohio
Southard
Coinage
Cooper
Wisconsin
Committee
Ways and Means
McCall
Long
Newlands
Silver
Appropriations
Foreign Affairs
Insular
Commerce
Gen
Wheeler
Alabama
Texas
Silver Republicans Confer Rally Call to Rally Silver Men
Silver Republican leaders in Washington after passing a gold standard bill issued an address urging Republicans to abandon the party’s current course. The text denounces 1890s bank interests and argues the party has drifted from bimetallic principles, urging silver men to resist the rising influence of gold and creditors. The message cites past platforms and accuses leadership of insincerity in 1896 and 1900 era pledges.
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Washington
House
House of Representatives
Republican Party
ISG
St. Louis
Goeston
ISVU
Supreme Court ruling blocks colored high school closure case
The U S Supreme Court under Justice Harlan rejects an injunction bid from A W Cumming and others against Richmond County Georgia school taxes. It holds the Georgia court did not err and allows closing the colored high school while white high schools continue. The decision notes no 14th Amendment violation.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Harlan
A. W. Cumming
Board of Education
Richmond County
Ilarlan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Philippine islands fate debated in Senate resolutions
Washington December 19 in opposition to U S retention of the Philippine islands two resolutions were introduced in the senate one by Tillman the other by Bacon both propose to yield the islands to a government to be established by the Filipinos themselves Morgan spoke on the need to regulate trusts and his joint resolution against them was sent to the judiciary committee petitions supporting the Boers were presented by Mason of Illinois Allen's credentials were read the house passed the currency bill by 190 to 150 with thirteen Democrats voting yes eight from New York were from the adjournment in memory of the late Representative Bland speaker named the committees
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Washington
Dee
United States
Philippine Islands
Senate
Tillman
Bacon
Morgan
Judiciary Committee
Mason
Ilinois
Allen
House
New York
Bland
Pettigrew Seeks Congress Thanks for Schley Victory
In Washington on December 19 Pettigrew introduced a senate joint resolution to tender thanks of Congress to Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and the officers and men under his command for highly distinguished conduct in conflict with the enemy.
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Washington
Pettigrew
Senate
Winfield Scott Schley
Congress
Treasury to raise cash deposits in banks to 30 million
The secretary of the treasury plans increasing national bank deposits to 30 million dollars with possible extra security from United States bonds. In Michigan a chemist defended eating ground glass claiming no harm to himself or his dogs, as judges limited testimony. A Chicago rail sale was postponed to January 8 to accommodate bidders from Illinois Central and Chicago and Alton lines.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Marshall, Mich
Smith
I. F. Stevenson
Entroit
Sanderson
Stevenson
Springfield
Chicago
Peoria and St. Louis
St. Louis
Fire damages William Isruse farm near San Prairie Wis
A fire at William Isruse's farm house near San Prairie Wisconsin caused about 4000 dollars in damage. Other items note diverse events including treasonable letters among Filipino captured documents and various local incidents.
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Abel
Dydun
Ida Oh
Maberts
Africa
Chain- Bortain
Gus Hs
General Buller
Tugela River
General Methuen
Bie
College Green
Mansion House
Green Corporation
Melbourne
New South Wales
Ottawa
Ont
Imperial
Dominion
Transvaal
Minneapolis
Winnepeg
Canada
Aguinsldo
StedAmer
Fierman Church
Muncie
Sonny Sharf
Andy Bezenah
Covington
Franklin’s
Gurrnia
Clayton
Driggs
Fitzgerald
Levy
Ruppert
Scudder
Underhill
Wilson
McAler
Denny
Maryland
Thayer
Massachusetts
John Walter Smith
Stallings
Philippines
Silver Republican Party
Frank J. Cannon
Edgar Wilson
Charles S. Hartman
John Shafroth
Fred I. Dubois
Aresult
Ann
Admiral Schley
William Isruse
San Prairie
Wis
New York Herald
Lewis Isbell
Illinois
Quinn Chapel
Willian Charles Reay
Antigo
Aa. Pessenden
Western University ofPennsylvania
Marconi’s
New England
Mme. de Falbe
Prince and Princess of Wales
Bournemouth
Robert Ingersoll
Cora L. V. Richmond
Church of the Soul
Uneeda Junior
Uneeda Biscuit National Biscuit Company
Uneeda Biscuit
Ryagin
E. Bengston
M. V. B. Elson
Stephenson Bt
A. L. Newton
Jennie Newton
Galena Avenue
Freeport
Ill
California
Oregon
Union Pacific and
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
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