Mules and Gloucester Musketry in Natal Siege
Dispatch from Pieterimaritzburg Natal reports stragglers from the Gloucesters and other troops arriving at Ladysmith after a night march. General White's force attempted to recapture a hill but the Boers evacuated. mules carrying ammunition were blocked by falling rocks as the battle wore on, with surrender following after ammunition ran short. The Boers resumed shelling the British camp as artillery exchanges continued.
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London
Ladysmith
General White
Mioers
Tenth Mountain Battery
Gloucesters
Nicholson’s Nek
Meney
Wexiting
White
Joubert
Westerday
British Leaders Rally For War Resolve At Edinburgh Banquet
Edinburgh audience hears Lord Lytton, Lord George Hamilton, the Earl of Selborne, Baron Tweedmouth and others defend Britain’s South Africa campaign. They vow to endure losses, press for victory, and emphasize a mission to liberate distant territories from tyranny amid wartime trials.
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Britain
Edinburgh
Lord Losebery
Gordon Highlanders
Scots Greys
Natal
Lord George Hamilton
Isinie
India
Walingast
South Africa
Earl of
Selborne
Yak Dum
Poe
Carrington
Buckingham
Lonsdale Praises White and Predicts Pretoria Review
At a Whitehall banquet the Earl of Lonsdale, honorary colonel of the Third battalion border regiment, voiced confidence in General Sir George Stewart White and forecast a grand review in Pretoria next March. He cited Emperor William’s telegram to President Kruger as misinterpreted and aligned German aims with Britain’s, saying the dispatch was not anti-British.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
England
Britisi Losses Reported In War Office List
London Nov 2 The War Office released details on General Yule's force losses from Glencoe to joining Sir George White's corps. Four killed thirteen wounded Leicestershire one wounded nine missing artillery one killed one wounded two missing. twenty seven mounted infantry missing after being attached to the Eighteenth Hussars. Overall British losses total 916 with an expected rise to about 1,200 including Ladysmith reverse. Officers 128: 19 killed 61 wounded 63 captured. Men 788: 187 killed 492 wounded 154 captured.
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London
War Office
Yule
Glencoe
George White
King’s Rifles
Leicestershire Regiment
Eighteenth Hussars
Bears
Hussars
Monduay
Ladysmith
Short of Fonds Moves to Aid Transvaal Fight in Africa
Paris reports a society formed to assist the Transvaal government with Colonel Montiel as president and noted figures as honorary presidents. It seeks volunteers to fight for the Boers, claiming over 300 pledges, but funding shortages threaten the effort. Dr Leyds may not supply funds as the movement suffers internal divisions among nationalist and anti semite factions. Canadian contingent sails from Fame Point aboard the Sardinian toward the Transvaal war.
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Paris
Transvaal
Monteil
Francois Coppee
Jules Lemaitre
Henri Rochefort
Drumont
Libre Parole
Leyds
Europe
Bryan's carriage spill delays civic talk in Nebraska
Col Bryan was driven from Loup City to Ravenna for a speaking engagement when a carriage overturned on an embankment. Bryan and two others were bruised but not seriously. He spoke an hour in a lumber yard despite 12 degree heat and a pitcher water freezing on the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Ravenna
W. J. Bryan
Loup City
Bryan
Gloucester tragedy shocks town as girl fires musket
In Gloucester Ohio on Nov 2 an 11 year old girl from Mortonville ran home after trouble with classmates, grabbed a musket and fired into a group, fatally wounding a boy named Bebow. Police investigations begin as residents reel from the sudden deadly incident.
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Gloucester, O
Owens
Mortonville
Bebow
Germans form Christian Socialist colony in Wisconsin lands
Cumberland Wis November 2 A group of about 100 Germans calling themselves Christian Socialists have bought 4600 acres of land near the Chippewa Walls and the Northern branch of the Omaha railroad northeast of Cumberland and have set up a station named Sorona as their new settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Wis
Chippewa Walls
Omaha
Sorona
First Snow Of Season Hits Milwaukee
Milwaukee reports the season’s first snow last night with high volume, melting faster off sidewalks and wood walkways while a strong wind continued to blow throughout the day and into midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Uhis City
Stoneware Firms to Unite as National Stoneware Co
Columbus Ohio November 2 The move to consolidate all stoneware factories east of the Mississippi River into a single National Stoneware Company is anticipated within the next month The plan involves unifying production and branding under one umbrella entity across multiple eastern plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Alississippi River
National Stoneware Company
National Glass Company Begins Business Earlier Than Expected
Pittsburg Nov 2 The National Glass company a combination of glass tableware manufacturers began business yesterday a week earlier than had been expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
National Glass Company
New Blast Furnaces in Construction in U S
Pittsburg November 2 news notes that twenty four modern blast furnaces are in course of erection across the United States with Tin and Terne items highlighted in this week’s issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States
Philippines War Casualties and Corbin Report
Washington reports total army casualties from May 1898 to June 1899 reach 10,076 with 3,454 in the casualty list. Deaths total 6,619 including 224 officers. Regulars suffer 4,155 and volunteers 5,921. Corbin outlines force levels: regular 64,586 volunteers 84,574 total 99,160. future increases to about 65,725 with Philippine deployment.
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Washington
Aarmies
Adjutant General of the Army
Corbin
United States
Porto Rico
Guba
Philippines
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Philippine Army
United States Volunteers
Philippine Islands
Spain
Cuba
Gibraltar
Lawton
Wisconsin coeds vow boycott after theft at university
Madison, November 2. A majority of University of Wisconsin women pledged to shun parties and social contact with male students until items stolen from the women's hall are returned. The theft involved forcible entry, laundry items stamped with names, and other personal goods carried home as trophies. Police dispersed the crowd and the faculty plans expulsion for those involved.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Lome
Wallace’s Idea of Brevity
David Christie Murray tells how Robert Wallace a Perth QC and theologian sent a long essay that filled nearly fifty columns. A small country paper printed it in chunks as a filler, using start and end excerpts to bridge gaps, a practice Murray says continues today.
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Wallace
David Christie Murray
Robert Wallace
Perth
Queen’s Counsel
Murray
Does it Pay to Buy Cheap German Syrup Claim
An ad promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for severe threat and lung troubles, claiming it heals tissues destroys germs, relieves inflammation, aids expectoration, and improves sleep. It advises trying one bottle and notes sample bottles are available at Emmert & Burrell.
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Boschee
Emmert & Burrell
Bethesda Mineral Spring Water Cure Claim
Bethesda Mineral Spring Water is nature's own cure for kidney diseases says the Bethesda Mineral Spring Co. in Wisconsin. The ad claims many cases cured after other remedies failed and notes endorsement by eminent physicians. Sold in sealed half gallon bottles. Waukesha Wisconsin.
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Bethesda
Nature
Untitled cycle parade dialogue in a tense crowd
A bystander questions a rider about club membership while an officer notes details in a notebook. The rider replies he is not sure which group he belongs to, and the exchange ends with a blush as a girl on the tandem is observed.
Gave up by Four Doctors and Foley’s Kidney Cure
A letter from Mrs. J. M. Bainey and associates credits Foley’s Kidney Cure for saving a daughter after four doctors had given up. The patient can walk miles again, with neighbor urging the remedy and the writers expressing gratitude to W. F. Jungkunz & Co. for supplying the medicine.
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Foley
J. M. Bainey
H. J. Moogk
W. F. Jungkunz
Distressing accidents and debt report from 1899 era
News from Joplin Missouri reports a mother and two children burned to death near Tiff in McDonald county after a baby fell into a cauldron of hot apple bitter during a rescue attempt. Another item notes a Clyde steamer Navahoe sailor recounting the wreck of the Schooner J. L. Colwell off Cape Romain with eight believed dead. A Washington monthly public debt statement shows total debt at end October 31, 1899, of 1 146 629 581 with a month decrease from cash increases and note redemptions.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Joplin
Charleston
S. C
Navahoe
Boston
J. L. Colwell
Cape Romain
Fernandina
New York
Washington
Wagons Bring Broom Corn to Casey From Johnson Township
A procession of forty two wagons hauling over sixty tons of broom corn arrived in Casey from Johnson township south of town led by a music band. The Mikle Wiley company paid $100 per ton for the load with a higher price of $115 per ton noted on Tuesday. In New York, Slosson beat Schaefer by 900 points in a billiards match at Madison Square Garden, then edged him by 800 points to 262.
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Casey, Lils
Johnson Township
Here
Mikle-Wiley Company
New York
Bishop McLaren Convalescent
In Chicago on November 2, at his residence 1825 Roscoe street Rev William B B McLaren bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Chicago is recovering from an illness that kept him indoors for several weeks.
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Bishop McLaren
Chicago
William BB. McLaren
Episcopal Diocese of
Roscoe Street
Fox Governor Alvin Saunders Dies in Omaha
Fox reports Governor Alvin Saunders died yesterday in Omaha. Other items note the Brooklyn sailing from Gibraltar toward Port Said en route to Manila, Spooner returning to Madison from New York, and several incidents including a fatal Chicago accident, a boiler explosion in Shofield, and various organizational and diplomatic moves across the era.
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Alvin Saunders
Omaha
Brooklyn
Gibraltar
Port Said
Manila
Spooner
Madison
Wis
New York
John Rodgers
Chicago
Pacific Coast Biscuit Company
Wisconsin Dairymen’s Association
Fort Atkinson
Southern & Richardson
Shofield
G. B
John 2. Long
Republican
Florida
Cairo
Egypt
Story & Clark Piano Compiuby
de. Wolward J. James
University of Chicago
Europe
William G. Deale
Deale
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Fame Point
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Allan Line
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Quebec
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Mankato
Iran
North Branch
Postiminster
Boise
Idaho
Coeur d’Alene
Ohio
Hass Combine
Germany
Weston
Otis Tella
Philippine
Navy
Otis
War Department
Ganton
Allaga
Talavera
Cabanatuan
Philippine Archipelago
Sulu
Engelskjon
Norweg
Vuindanas
ViIndanne
Lugon
Philippine Commission
Samoan Islands
Wisconsin
Tly
Jacko
Jie
Slosson
William TL. Moore
Great Trust
William LL & J
Moore
New York City
Colon
Colombia
Count de Almenas
Batanes
Calayan
Sherwin-Williams
S.W. P
Sherwin-Williams CO
Stewart Ave
Cleveland
J. Schwarz & Sons
Galen Street
Freeport, Ill
GAS House
Freeport
Freeporthight &FuelGo
Stover Engine CO
California
Oregon
Chicago, Union Pacific and
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Southern Railway
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
H Tayzor
G. P
Louisville
Os J. Cc
Beau, Jp
Adams St
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