Miss Sannie Kruger Watches War News From Abroad
The piece follows Miss Sannie Kruger, grandniece of Kruger and Piet Joubert, as she and her Boer relatives in the United States monitor dispatches about the Natal and Bechuanaland campaigns. It contrasts Boer city fashions with rural dress and notes her ties to Amer ican life while recounting Boer and Anglo ties before the great trek.
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Kruger
Piet Joubert
Natal
British Bechuanaland
United States
Arizona
Lannie Kruger
Dom Paul Kruger
Transvaal
Gen
la Mode
Harper’s Bazar
London
Mother Hubbard
la Porte
Texas
Galveston Bay
Mexico
Houston
U.S
AMBS
Madison St
Coteacen
Denver to Chicago Union Pacific Rail Service Ad
The ad touts the Chicago Union Pacific route from Denver leaving at 8 p m and arriving in Chicago at 8 15 the next evening claiming fastest service. It promotes tickets at 1 lth street and features other ads for tobacco, piano gifts, and remedies. It mentions a joke and various local business messages, with promotions for Dr Khaws Greeting Merwe Kesterer and a child’s Christmas piano offer.
Boers Defy English Rule In Transvaal Home Front Tale
Chicago Daily News sketches Lannie Kruger the niece of President Kruger, educated in Europe and now in San Francisco, describing Boer identity and culture. The piece recounts Boer views on race, kinship, and self defense, emphasizing women’s roles in warfare and defense against the English invader.
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West Virginia
Kentucky
Lannie Kruger
Euope
France
Belgium
Kruer
America
San Francisco
Trains Offer Quick Through Routes and City Tickets
Avery Known Maoner promotes Union trains as the fastest option with three daily through services east and west via Kansas City and two through trains to San Francisco or the Pacific Northwest. Ticket office listed at 117 17th Street. Also note on Chicago grand opera remark and London Balm advertisement promising refund if relief fails.
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Denver
Avery
Maoner
Union
Points
Ray Beaver
Cage
Mate
Kansas City
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
17Th Street
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Sonen
Knight-Campbell Music CO
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Central City
St. Lenavitin
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Madison
40Th Ave
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Tobacco CO
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