Incident of African History in a Transvaal Garden
A former Master of the High Court recalls a troubling era near Pretoria during the Zulu War. He notes a gossiping hunter old woman, the Isandhlwana massacre, and the difficulty of communication before telegraphs, with personal ties to officers like Coghill and Durnford amid the urgent call for volunteers.
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High Court
Transvaal
Pretoria
Heidelberg
Natal
Cetewayo
Zululand
Baas
Vrouw
Isandhlwana
Durnford
Coghill
Melville
England
The Pretoria Horse and the Zulu scare at Pretoria
A veteran recounts forming the Pretoria Horse, a sixty strong mounted unit, to defend Pretoria from a feared Zulu impi after rumors of Cetewayo’s army. The night patrols, chaotic horse mounting, and a false general’s tale sparked panic, though the threat proved illusory as the impi never appeared.
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Pretoria
Africa
Zululand
Border Horse
Weatherley
Transvaal
Theophilus Shepstone
George
Isandhlwana
George Shepstone
Inslebane
Government House
Napoleon
Chaka
Impis
Secocceni
Free State
Captain Jackson
Pretoria Horse
Orv
Market Square
Bush Veld
Cetewayo
Ferguson
Queen's Coachman Declines To Drive The Riffraff
An 1887 jubilee remark highlights the Queen's coachman refusing to drive royal guests, stating I am the Queen's coachman I don't drive the riffraff. The anecdote underscores royal dignity and the weight of service within Buckingham Palace.
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Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Late Stayers
A Washington Star humor piece features Mr. Rastus Pinkley replying to advice about comfort and prosperity. The character quips that in tired weather, chickens don’t go to bed early enough, illustrating rural dialect humor and advice-seeking in a friendly tone.
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Rastus Pinkley
Washington Star
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Recall
A letter from Mrs E Hanson of Columbus Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nervousness headaches and other female ailments during the Change of Life The advertisement asserts the product has aided thousands of women and invites sick women to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts
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E. Hanson
E. Long St
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lost Popularity of Billiards in France Dims Tables
Paris correspondent notes 95,000 billiard tables in 1894 have fallen to 89,000 this year. The treasury blames taxes misaligned with the sport while motoring and golf grow. The piece warns that golf elements may face future taxes to offset billiard decline.
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Paris
London Telegraph
And why didn't you come to school yesterday
A dialogue from the Cleveland Plain Dealer jokes about a pupil missing school due to a mother’s use of last year’s almanac and a father who works nights, highlighting confusion over school opening day.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Old Lady Reclaims Health Using Grape-Nuts Food
A New York woman reports her 71 year old grandmother, long invalid with stomach and bowel complaints, recovered after starting Grape-Nuts. The grandmother could not keep food down at first but gradually improved, gaining strength and ending stomach trouble without medicine, astonishing her doctor. The letter promotes Postum Co. products and the Road to Wellville book.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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H. Rider Haggard
Jackson
Fry
Queen’s Coachman
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