Buller Foiled Yet War to Continue in South Africa
Lancor Feb 28 General Buller presses toward Ladysmith amid heavy fighting and high British casualties. A rumored armistice ends to aid wounded, while government plans reinforce with 10,000 more troops. Roberts reportedly captures 4000 Boers near the Boer capitals, weakening front lines as Buller nears Ladysmith.
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Associated Press
Independent
Lancor
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Ladysmith
Oistake
War Office
Tras
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Gerd Roberts
Duny
Gabon
Petit Gaeerain
Huber
Pretershill
Vo Thuller
Heavy Snow Storms Halt Rail Traffic Across Regions
Snow from three to seven inches fell in northern Ohio causing trunk line trains to run from half an hour to three hours late. Street cars were blocked in Gland and other cities as ice formed from rain and sleet. Central west regions reported heavy snowfall and widespread travel disruptions with lines nationwide running late.
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Gland
Associated Press
Ohio
St. Gear
I Hlu
Central West
Puerto Rican bill heads for final vote in House
Washington Feb 28 The final vote on the Puerto Rican bill is set for 2 PM this afternoon. Republicans say they have five votes to spare but fear a motion to recommit. Payne offers substitute to section three raising tariff to 15 percent from 25. The Payne amendment is adopted without division.
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Washington
Associated Presas
Payne
Wreck Victim Emma Schmidtapp Dies In Missouri City
Kansas City Feb 28 Injured in last night's wreck reporters say most are improving but Miss Emma Schmidtapp cannot live An unknown woman’s body is recovered from the wreck The weather is blamed for the crash and the father in an adjoining ward remains ignorant of both his daughter’s and his wife’s deaths.
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Kansas City
Associated Preas
Conductor Steiber Killed by Train at Crestline
George Steiber of Alliance, a Pennsylvania freight conductor, was killed when struck by a train at Crestline. The report notes multiple Pennsylvanian conductors killed or injured since January, all veteran employees. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, advertised as teething remedy, priced at 250 per bottle.
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Steiber
Alliance
Manseienn
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George Steiber
Pennsylvania
Crestline
Pittsburg
John P Robinson Satire Recalled By Lowell Poem
John P Robinson, a Lowell lawyer and wit celebrated by James Russell Lowell in Hosea Diglow. Once a Whig stump speaker around 1840, he sought Massachusetts district seat in 1842 but withdrew as antislavery forces resisted. Later aligned with Democrats supporting General Caleb Cushing. Lowell’s verses mocked his shifts with refrains praising Cushing.
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John DP. Robinson
James Russell Lowell
Hosea Diglow
Homer
Lind
Robinson
Hhis
Congre
Liberty Party
Whig
Mr. Robinson
Caleb Cushing
Demecrats
Massachusetts
General Cushing
Stage Kisses Debate on Realism in Shakespeare Rehearsals
A discussion on stage kissing argues it should feel genuine and natural, with directors guiding actors if needed. The piece notes kisses at public performances are often real, while also referencing a travelogue on Tigers Fear Men describing nocturnal wildlife behavior and cautionary lantern use in India.
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Resham
Franklin Dades
Ladies Home Journal
Shakepeare
Romeo
Juliet
Seraponjee
India
New York State
New York
Pocumopia
New York Herald
Health the Mainspring of Success in Youth
A quote from Ladies' Home Journal emphasizes health as the foundational goal for young men. It argues that good health and a sound constitution precede all else, with health enabling abilities rather than being a product of them.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Medics Refer to Debt of Gratitude and Bills
A wry exchange from the San Francisco Examiner notes that many owe doctors their lives yet relatives protest paying life-saving bills. The humor highlights the tension between gratitude and medical charges in society.
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San Francisco Examiner
When It Doesn't Turn A Woman's Ank Frock Spun By Worm
A Chicago Record item notes a woman’s ank frock caught by a worm and the shrieks that follow if the worm crawls on her garb, illustrating a curious rural or street scene with vivid action.
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Chicago
Singular Dreaming A Lawyer Solved A Knotty Case In Sleep
An Edinburgh lawyer who regularly somnambulates recounted two startling episodes. He awoke from a dinner venture to draft a full brief during sleep, then hid it in his desk, later confirming the solution upon waking. A second tale followed a young man enthralled by a moving steamer dream while aboard a train, ending with a dramatic escape and lasting illness, after which his somnambulism ceased.
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Edinburgh
Abe
Lie
Fis Ile
Washington Star
Odd Coincidence in Magginness Volume
A passage notes that on the day the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed a group of Scotch-Irish settlers gathered at Pine Creek near Williamsport and declared themselves free from British rule, without knowledge of wider events.
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John F. Magginness
Philadelphia
Pine Creek
Williamsport
Officer blamed for greatest Kansas prairie fire of 1869
A Kansas City Journal account recounts a U S Army officer from Fort Hays setting a blaze in 1860 during a hunting party. The fire scorched across Kansas into present Oklahoma, destroying homes, feed, and livestock in Rice, Reno, Kingman and other counties. The officer later expressed remorse as settlers demanded punishment.
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Kansas
United States
Fort Hays
Elays
Oklahoma
Rice
Reno
Kingman
Lkarper
Lays
Shugs
Kansas City Journal
The Man Who Works and the One Who Gets Through
A New York Sun excerpt contrasts the steady worker who pursues daily effort with the shirker who delays today for tomorrow and finds value in thorough present effort. It follows the idea that persistent, purposeful labor yields satisfaction, beyond mere timing.
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Advatnteed
Mir
Stuggeleton
Las
Nh Continental
New York Sun
Philadelphia’s Big Clock at City Hall Sets World Records
The Philadelphia city hall clock is claimed as the world’s highest, featuring the largest dials. If tracks were laid, two trains could pass through the holes. Glass on four faces is cemented with a ton of cement, and the minute hand travels 110 miles yearly weighing 250 pounds and made of phosphor bronze.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia City Hall
Where Hope Lingered and California’s high peaks
A Memphis Scimitar note jokes about race and illness on a levee with two roustabouts. It then cites that California has 40 mountains with peaks over 10 000 feet, Colorado has 50 peaks over 13 000 feet, and Paris hosts a wineshop for every three houses.
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Bill
Memphis
Scimitar
California
Colorado
Work of vandals and a legendary wedding gift tale
A chaotic collection reports vandalism on the capitol with mourning emblems torn down. It then recounts a dramatic tale of Robert Louis Stevenson's romance, Barbizon connections, and a controversial wedding gift involving Osborne and the Osborne family's dynamics. A curious anecdote about Ben Butler ends with a wooden spoon incident at Pike's Opera House, highlighting audience laughter and Butler's reaction.
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Frankfont
Associated Press
Capitol
Goebel
Ben Butler
Markets Report Wide Wheat Corn Cattle and Hogs Prices
A fragmented market page lists Wheat Corn and Oats prices, cattle and hog figures, and regional quotes from Cincinnati New York and London. Highlights include No 2 yellow corn and No 2 red wheat spot and afloat prices, sturdy cattle and rising sheep and lambs values, plus ads for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Dr King's New Life Pills.
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Elion
Ohio
New York State
New
Wisean
Pier Petine
P Birkers
New York
Norhern
Duluth
Teady
London
Grain-O Health Drink for Children Courts Wide Use
The ad notes Grain-O as a nutritious coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims Grain-O costs about the same as coffee and is widely sold by grocers. Also mentions Ely Cream Balm for nasal catarrh with quick relief and price 50 cents, available from Ely Brothers in New York.
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Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
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