Horrors of the Boer War Revealed in Tommy Atkins Letters
London letter recounts privates’ families’ fears as war grows close to home. Poignant letters from Sergeant Archer and others depict bayonet charges, brutal encounters, and the emotional toll on wives and children left behind. Riders describe Germans and Boers clashing, mercy denied at times, and the stark, personal horror of combat.
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London
Zant
Archer
Elandalangte
Pritchard
Mounted Infantry
King’s Liverpool Regiment
Tady
Elgnda- Inagro
Blandslaagte
Doorkeepers, letters from the war front reveal grim scenes
Readers glimpse the human cost behind the Transvaal war reports through doorkeepers at Pall Mall bulletin rooms and private letters. Narratives describe mothers, widows, and children, the horrors of fire, and bayonet charges. Soldiers recount brutal cavalry clashes, mercy sought in moments of death, and the emotional toll of battle.
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Ter Lian
Geo
Pall Mall
Cremation Benefit for Cigarmakers Union Members in New York
A branch of the Cigarmakers union in New York for ten years has paid for cremation of deceased members. Each member may be cremated at union expense and their ashes placed in a jar. There are fourteen jars currently. Cremations are conducted by the Workingmen's Cremation Society, formed by socialist trades union members.
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Ton
Cigarmakers’ Union
New York
Workingmen’s Cremation Society
Socialist Trades Unions
Chinese scholars trace 4000 year old sword use
Aged four millennia ago Chinese researchers claim swords were used in their region. The study cites ancient artifacts and scholarly analysis suggesting early blade technology and metalworking skills existed in China around 2000 BCE.
Outlaw Yeager and Pitts Kill U S Marshal on Texas Train
Long report recounts the 1884 Texas train ambush by robbers Rose Yerger and Henry L. Goaring against U S Marshal Henry Gosling and deputies Manning and Lang. Gosling is killed, Manning is wounded but rifle reloads mid fight, Pitts and Yerger flee. Yerger later captured, Pitts dead, Manning survives, with Yerger sent to Chester prison.
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Mthester, I
Robert ‘Vorger
Yorger
Austin
Texas
United States
Jim McDaniels
Chester
Henry L. Goaring
Colorado River
San Antonio
H. §. Canfield
Chicago
Mra
Pitts
Gosling
Rose Verger
Teara
Rose Yerger
New Braunfels
Manning
Lang
Yerger
Canfield
Abella
Wau
Crown
Rose Yerser
Marshal Gosling
Tlmeelt
Comal County
Cheater, Til
Rio Grande
Faint Heart Never Won Love In Old Man’s Test
An upper city residence visit ends with a young suitor in distress after the daughter refuses him. The wary father urges bracing, offers brandy, and insists the girl will be brought to time. The old man’s firm guidance contrasts with the girl’s laughter and the youth’s regular calls.
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Wea
Ls Point
Detroit Free Press
Hours
Gluck in Queen Marie Antoinette Necklace Scene
The fragment recalls a 1787 death of composer Christoph Willibald Gluck after a Philharmonic London appearance. A dramatic moment in Hanover Square rooms shows the queen’s jeweled necklace unsettling Gluck as he clutched his eyes and cried blood.
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Murie Antoinette
Mey= jerbeer
London
Philharmonie
Hanover Square
Saga
Cornhill Magazine
Gluck
Marie Antoinette
Poisoning From Canned Fish: Outbreaks and Opiate Risks
A summary from Popular Science Monthly notes that in the United States most fish poisoning stems from canned fish decay. Two outbreaks tied to canned salmon are discussed, with vomiting and nausea as primary symptoms. The article cautions against morphine use to control symptoms as it can hinder poison elimination, which can be fatal.
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Popular Science Monthly
United States
Longest Span of Telegraph Wire in India
The longest span of telegraph wire in the world is in India over the River Kista. It stretches more than 6,000 feet in length.
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India
Kista
Hoston's Second Church marks 250th anniversary
The old Second Church in Boston celebrated its two hundred fiftieth anniversary recently, highlighting its long history and community role.
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Hoston
Boston
A King's Helge Browne-A king in storm
A fragmented line level report hints at a kingly figure Browne in a storm rising from the murky text. It mentions a traveler named Boxton and a sense of travel peril without clear details or outcomes.
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Helge
Browne
Boxton Traveler
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Malon
Transvaal
Hlandstaagte
Gordons
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Wimsalt
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