Boer War Dispatches Mixed From Front Lines
Reports from Pretoria and Cape Town describe Boers active in several sectors with skirmishes near Louwkop and Durgeredorp, British forces pursuing and repelling attacks. A Yeomanry squadron entrapped at Britstown was later released after horses and equipment were removed. Lord Blackwood wounded in action.
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Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Koex
Pilcher
Louwkop
Aml
Colon
Nave Fom
Pricewka
Strydenturg
Evening Standard
Dbritstown
Lomdion
Lorre
Hokburg
Johannesburg
Utrechitt
Oreck
Toers
Cape Colony
Vantereadt
Strydenburg
BORRS
Lord Methuen
Winnipeg Welcomes Returned Soldiers After South African Campaign
Winnipeg crowds greet returning soldiers with enthusiastic, patriotic reception. Citizens honor their duty and the soldiers’ service in the blood stained battlefields of South Africa, marking a bright page in Canadian history and renewed community pride.
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Wintiper
South Africa
Egyptian Troops Review in Khartoum Under Wingate
Lord Cromer, British agent, reviews Egyptian Soudan troops led by Sir Francis Wingate in Khartoum on December 27. He assures a deputation from the Dinka tribe that British and Egyptian protections will prevent slave raids and safeguard their ancient customs. Chiefs express gratitude.
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Khartoum
Lord Cromer
Soudan
Francis E. Wingate
Dreadful News from Global Dispatches and Deaths
A compact roundup of fresh reports from Cork harbor drownings to notable deaths including Lord Armstrong and Ho Pierce. Also notes arrests in Mt Petersburg, political shifts in Canada, and maritime contracts in Montreal with shipping incidents and local tragedies reported across cities.
Race War in Cementville Near Jeffersonyile Ind War Looms
A racial clash flared in Cementville five miles north of Jeffersonyile as armed Black residents clashed with Whites. Lee Ranger and John Kedusood intoxicated provoked insults. Kendall’s saloon was captured, Ranger shot, and Sheriff Hove and prosecutors faced renewed threats as whites stayed indoors awaiting further outbreaks.
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Cementville
Panhandle Road
Lee Ranger
John Kedusood
Ranger
Redmond
Kendall
Montgomery
Canada and Abroad Notices from December Dated Dispatches
A digest of international and domestic brief items dated December 26 covering deaths in London and Winnipeg notes, shipping wrecks off the British coast, a grain elevator plan at Port Arthur, a Calgary fire loss, a murder confession in Los Angeles, a bank membership bid in Montreal, a St Paul marriage tragedy, and other assorted crime weather and society notes.
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Winnipeg
Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann
Port Arthur
Boudoir Dilemma Reveals Hidden Ties In Family Courtyard
After luncheon Theo questions in a playful tone while Mrs Culver’s daughters discuss gowns One brunette and one blonde receive pale green schemes Isabel argues about engagement with Harry Strathmore Iris hints a past connection with Violet Koningstein as Theo trembles at the door revealing a tense moment and possible secrets
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Theo
Isabel
A Ball Night of Longing for Theo at Strathmore
Theo, a paid companion at Strathmore Hall, secretly longs for life and love as Isabel Culver flirts with Colonel West during a grand ball. Theo slips to the gardens, listening to whispers by the moonlit lake, torn between envy and yearning.
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Irs Culver
Miss Lester
Tris
Theo
Isabel
Culver
Gayety
Strathmore Hall
Gate of
Paradise
Peri
Isabel Culver
Colonel West
Street Car Strike Paralyzes Scranton Service
Scranton Pennsylvania December 27 The strike of motormen and conductors at Scranton Railway continues with only two deserters. One of two cars was lying inoperative inside the city while the lines from Preston to Forest City and the Lackawanna valley towns remain without service.
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Scranton Railway Company
Funy
Preston
Forest City
Lackawana Valley
Abduction Report Surge in Pueblo Ghost Town Case
Maggie Novel, 18, living with Mrs. Charles Beattie three miles west of Pueblo, was abducted Saturday afternoon. Authorities fear murder as the sister returned to find Maggie missing after two hours has passed.
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Pueblo
Col
Maggie
Charles Beattie
Winnipeg markets price list and farm product quotes
A dense market rundown lists grain futures and bagged flour prices from Fort William to Lake of the Woods, with specific sacks and per bushel rates for oats, barley, corn, flax, and flour brands. Also included are mill feed rates, hay values, oatmeal, butter, cheese, eggs, vegetables, dressed meats, poultry, hides, wool, and sealants like seneca root, reflecting regional trading quotes.
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Medora
Ogilvie Milling Company
Glenora
Manitoba
Fire Fatalities in Toronto Butcher Shop Blaze
A 4 am fire gutted Robert Litheo’s Euclid avenue butcher shop. The father saved his wife who fell and injured herself, then rescued a daughter as a son escaped. A second son, J. Lithea, perished from smoke. The widow’s condition is doubtful and whisky is cited as a factor.
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Toronto
Robert Litheo
Euclid Avenue
Litheo
J. Lithea
Natural History Snippets and Arch Debates In Newspapers
A collage of natural history notes on horse aging and motion, arctic whale habits, bird plumage, and rats as swimmers. It also reports on public debates over the Dewey arch in New York, noting delays in funding and rapid deterioration of the temporary structure amid political commentary.
Ashanti royal capture reported amid colonial conflict
Kumassi reports loyal chiefs seized the Ashanti queen and the rebel king Kakafu and aim to capture remaining rebel leaders. London notes Dr E Thompson elected unopposed to the House of Commons for Monaghan North Division succeeding Daniel MacAlves. Berlin records Sternberg found guilty of grave immorality and sentenced to two and a half years in prison and five years’ citizenship loss. Vancouver reports the tramp steamer Royalist arriving from Japan after a gale that damaged steering and caused a sailor to be lost overboard.
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Kakafu
London
E. €. Thompson
House of Commons
Monaghan
Daniel MacAlves
Berlin
Sternberg
Vancouver
Royalist
Japan
New York Schools Built for Light and Ventilation
The Pedagogue notes New York’s modern school buildings emphasize light and ventilation. It compares white southern schools and Vanderbilt University, cites lack of gifts to southern schools, and mentions resignations of Professors Greenbaur and Haechsel from Veniberg in related context.
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville
South
Geeenbaur
Tien
Goerman
Haeche
Veniberg
Dr Chase's Nerve Food Promises Health For Overworked Workers
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a blood builder and nerve restorer for Canadians under strain from work. It cites Mrs D W Crowdsberry of Toronto and a factory worker who recover vitality after using four boxes, priced at 50 cents per box and sold by Edmanson Bates & Co in Toronto.
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Dr Chase
Chase
D. W. Crowsberry
Richmond Street West
Toronto
Ont
Durely
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
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