War Correspondents and Churchill’s South Africa Feats
A 1900 account details wartime correspondence under censorship, rationing hardships for reporters, and the dangers faced by journalists with the British army. It highlights figures like Villiers, Lyne, and Winston Churchill, describing stormberg actions and Churchill’s perilous rescue attempts after a derailed armored train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
South Africa
Frere
London Post
Churchil
Churchill
Frery
Frere Churehill
Taldene
Levis
Vanderbilt Heirs Begin Working Lives at NY Central
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Avery Roskeféller start as clerks in the New York Central Treasury, earning about 25 a week with potential annual incomes around 60,000. Both, despite vast fortunes, choose labor over idle wealth, with Vanderbilt intent on learning the railroad business from the bottom up. Elsie French is noted as a fiancée of Percy Rockefeller, linking prominent families to the enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Thie
Villiers
Breevens
Ladyamith
A. G. Males
Ste
Winston Boeuser
Pach Bros
New York
Alfred Gwynne Vandedbult
Alfred Vanderbilt
Igsie
Hhis House
Millona
Cornelius
Fils
Belog
New York Central
Treasurera
Vanderbilt
William Rockefeller
John D
Biisé Wan 'Sren
Mra. N. Shiret
la Plate
Lonwell
Swift
Atlanta
Woman Popularizes Cave Animals In American Homes
Mrs Edith Kingman Poyer of Woodstock Indiana originated the cave craze bringing prized cavies and Belgian hares to America. Her importations from England sparked a fashion as the creatures mimic birds and even whistle. As more women follow her example they join a growing hobby in stylish households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elie
Animeal Fanciers Cay
America
Edith’ Ringman Poyet
Tripp
Woodstock
MRE
Edith Kingman Poyer
England
Pennsylvania Militia Fares Well Under Army Methods
Pennsylvania militia, summoned for disturbances in coal regions, has shown soldierly qualities and growth since 1878 reorganization. The force is now fit for active service, built to acclimate men to armed life and proven by Spanish American War and prior strikes. Colonel S Gobin leads the unit with a long honorable record and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Ita
Gobin
Elevates in Church Parade in Hyde Park
A new ruse has bicycles and motors joining the Hyde Park church parade. Promenaders can view cyclists in bright attire and cheer as motors move with shorting and backing and forth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Parade
Hyde Park
London
Dean's Kidney Pills Promises Prominent Endorsement
A citizen, Adam A. Hach of 55 North Madison Street, testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved loin and kidney pains after other remedies failed. Sold for 50c per box by Hin derach's drug store. FeaterMilburo Co., Buffalo, NY, sole US agents. Also notes Sir Claude MacDonald, British minister to China, served with the Seventy-fourth Highlanders and the Black Watch in the Egyptian campaign and battles El Teb and Tamai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conan
Adam A. Hach
North
Madison Street
Dean
Hinderach
Feater-Milburo Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Little Colds cures and bird protection efforts noted
A column highlights Dr Wood s Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy for colds and mentions efforts by the Missouri Valley Horticultural Society to stop bird slaughter by deterring women from wearing bird wings on hats. It also references Kelloge s Columbian Oil for bronchial inflammation and a quirky American society note about a stepfamily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Missouri Valley Horticultural Society
Business Proposition Offers Stock For Speculative Sale
An offer to sell stock as a purely speculative investment states no mines are paying currently but expects future development to reach dividend paying status. Inquiries or subscriptions are directed to directors James W. Hine P E box 814 Detroit Mich C Thayer V Pres Colorado Springs H A Sunderlin State Savings Bank Detroit Mich John A May Lansing Mich B A Sunderlin Jr Secy treas Giddings Bldg Colorado Springs CO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hine
Pres. P
Box
Detroit
Mich
Colorado
H. A. Sunderlin
State Savings Bank
John A. May
Lansing
Miah
B. A. Sunderlin, Jr. Secy-Treas
Giddings Bldy
Colorado Springs
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Rnngland
Russell
Regimtijaas
Sof
Lla Lefargh
Atiny
Boneh Africa
Garin
Benner Burligt
Cas Wilbfu
Halliwick
Brooklyn
Endyamith
Counta
Robert
Atte Etgus
Richard E Ing- Davin
Stormberg
T. Oonttnesas
Gotucre
Boer Min
Emup
Molteno
Lanr
Gataerm
An & Targe
Gatacre
GO. W. Steevens
Pas Avery Roskeféller
Altred Fie Vanderbilt
Mae Fealt
Thia
Ria
Marshall
Guy Seminol
Florida
Robin
Sparrow
Quayle
The
Cimarron Gold Mining and Development Company
Colfax
New Mexico
International Trust Company
Royval
Royal Tiger Brand
Peart
Gescomgu
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