Firing at Two Points Pullers Army Eager to Move
Reporting from Frere Camp Natal on January 5 the dispatch notes British reconnaissance toward Springfield with 2,000 horses and two guns needing to locate Boer positions. Brigadier Dundonald orders retirement as a mounting force circles a hill south of Sangwano. Casualties include officers and troops, while morale remains high amid talk of provisions shortages and Buller’s anticipated advance.
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Frere
Natal
Mevely
Sangwano Hill
Hiandonald
Ealiey
Dominant Topic in Germany Seizure of German Steamers
The German press fixates on the seizure of the Stundesrath and hints at an anti British coalition with Russian support. Anti British demonstrations organize across cities by the Pan Germanic League. A German official notes no final position on Britain’s sea actions while Dundesrath sails for a Portuguese port. Reports claim German arms shipments to the Fransvaal via Cher apany. 49000 German rides of new craft reach Pre Korenzo Marques by routes through Chile and China. A Papenburg dispatch notes the Hans Wagner seizure by a British war vessel at Delagoa Bay. Boland Reed rests comfortably in St Luke's hospital.
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Berliner Tageblatt
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
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Foreign Office
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Great Britain
Germany
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Tanover
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Pre- Korenzo Marques
Chita
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China
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Tallover
Muddingan
Hans Wagner
Pumburg
Delagoa Bay
Karnak hall collapse and indigo output in 1807
Nine columns in the Karnak great hall have fallen. The Philippine Islands now yield substantial indigo with 1807 exports reaching 446,800 pounds. A Yarmouth auction will auction Peegotty's hut famous from Dickens. Surrey houses a large poultry fattening establishment sending about 80,000 fowls to London annually. A London burglar wore multiple coats and trousers. Elisha Berry praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatic relief, as distributed by B. F. Baker and Emmert & Burrell, Druggists.
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Thebes
Philippine Islands
Peegotty
Yarmouth
Dickens
David Copperfield
Surrey
England
London
Elisha Berry
Chamberlain
B. F. Baker
St. Paris
Ohio
Emmert & Burrell
Stage career questioned over secondhand book store idea
In a brief dialogue the actor dismisses the notion of quitting the stage to open a secondhand book shop. Various old ad snippets follow, touting Banner Salve for chapped hands, Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs and colds, and a note on historical British soldier uniforms from different reigns.
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Cincinnati Tribune
Banner
H. J. Moogh
W. F
Foley's Kidney Cure Offered by Kunz & Co
An advertisement promises Foley's Kidney Cure as a reliable remedy for various ailments. The note mentions a refund policy and lists White H. J. Moogk and Kunz & Co as proprietors. Price cited as 50 cents with a claim of curing diseases.
Southern Railway cheap tickets to Southern states advertised
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month through October Southern Railway offers homeseekers low one way and round trip fares to Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Florida Tickets sold at one fare plus 32.00 for round trip good twenty one days from sale to return Southeast territory offers advantages to prospectors and settlers Rates and details available from Ws H Taytorz A G P A Louisville or J C Beam Jr NW P A 80 Adams St Chicago IL
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Southern Railway
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Southeastern Territory
United States
H Taytorz
Louisville
J. C. Beam, Jr
Adams St
Chicago
Ils
Canal Plans to Restore Water Flow to Illinois Valley
Chicago dispatch details drainage trustees plan to keep Lockport works closed to raise water to Chicago river level within days. Widening a collateral channel, dredging to remove a dam, and final canal-river connection to supply 300 000 cubic feet of water as required by law. Governor and commission actions noted amid Missouri threats.
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Chicago
Dainage
Lockport
Campbell Avenue
Special Commission
Fanner
Boldenneck
Boldenweek
Ilinois
United States Supreme Court
Illinois Valley
Missouri
St. Louis
Dynamite Explosion Injures Ten on Springfield Street Car
A dynamite stick exploded under a Springfield Missouri street car’s wheels near the state capitol, severely shaking the vehicle. Ten passengers, including six women and three men plus a child, were involved but only minor injuries occurred. police investigated but found nothing conclusive.
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Springfield
Ims
Ono
State Capitol
Wormen
Deed of an Assassin Stuns Jerseyville Farm Family
A young farmer, G Phomies Durney, shot his sweetheart Lenore Kirehner at her home, wounding her twice. Durney was arrested for examination as others face legal troubles from a series of violent events. Authorities discuss planned tests and prosecutions while political moves unfold in Springfield.
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Jerseyville
Dua. G
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