General Buller Prepares As Tugela Skirmish Looms
Reports from the Tugela front describe General Buller massing about 80,000 troops with eight field batteries as Warren and Lyttleton move forces toward Ladysmith. Lord Wandielland scouts Boer lines while fires of engagement flare near the river and Potgieter's drift. The first stret skirmish ended with a British victory as preparations continue for a larger clash.
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Bullér
Buller
Warren
Sproenkop
Ladysmith
Lyttleton
Potgieter
Lord Wundeaald
Braanbank
Tugela
Eyelids Save Woman Believed Dead in Hospital Enquiry
Mrs Christina Herth of East St Louis was pronounced dead after a apparent collapse from illness at the county hospital. Undertaker noted eyelid twitching and a later pulse, prompting revival as doctors applied restoratives and she spoke in a whisper after hours of effort.
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Christina Herth
East St. Louis
Terial
Etmbalemin
Gyan
Rae
S Be
Moves to Amend Constitution on Uniform Marriage Laws
The Roberts case spurs proposals in Congress to submit resolutions to state legislatures for uniform marriage and divorce laws. Ray of York leads a committee driving for favorable reports and House adoption, amid debate over polygamy and miscegenation bans affecting the likely scope of a constitutional amendment.
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Roberts
Congress
Ray
York
Unis Ny
Cans
New York
Pennsylvania
Hias
Daermons
Utah
Illinois Reports Growth of United Mine Workers of America
Third day of the United Mine Workers of America session in Indianapolis chaired by John Mitchell drew about 700 delegates. Reports show Illinois locals like Pratt City Alabama with 1 280 members and Streater Illinois with 1 100, while W D Ryan serves as state secretary and treasurer amid a $132 000 cash on hand and over $300 000 raised in 1916. The union now lists 35 000 members, with 1 751 locals and 14 751 members in December. 18 387 new decals added. finances reported as strong with a $40 000 balance.
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United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
P. J. Keenon
Indiana
Pratt City
Ala
Streater
Wilavis
Secrretarys
W. D. Ryan
Illinois
Kent Mitchell
Pittsburg
Cuban census team arrives in New York from Cuba
C H Olmstead assistant director of the Cuban census and four statisticians who had worked in Cuba are in New York with twenty four boxes of records sent to Washington. Manuel Rasco non accompanying. About 1 550 enumerators were Cubans. Spanish census may be reduced by about 400 000 leaving Cuba’s population near 1 260 000. Cost to the Government estimated at 360 000 to 400 000 dollars.
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C. H. Olmstead
Cuba
New York
Washington
Manuel Rasco
Wavana
Sener Rasco
Isst
Separate schools for boys and girls proposed in Chicago
A resolution to establish separate schools for boys and girls from elementary through high school levels will be submitted to the Chicago Board of Education soon. Trustee Schwab notes concerns about boys from cosmopolitan schools not being desirable companions for girls, citing language heard on the streets.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Schwab
Tailors Seek Consolidation to Dominate Trade
Chicago tailors push to form a united trust aiming to consolidate leading establishments with capitalization of 85 million or more. The move targets control of the national fine tailoring market, Chicago as a key pioneer and factor in the effort.
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Chicago
WOU Ent
United Tailors
Witch
Roberts Seeks Clarity as Utah Representative-Elect Faces Expulsion
A special House committee voted that Roberts of Utah was ineligible to sit as a Representative. The majority found the House within its rights to remove him, while a minority urged seating him first. Findings noted multiple marriages and public knowledge of alleged plural marriage, with Roberts declining to testify.
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House
Utah
Roberts
Taylor
Ohio
Landis
Indiana
Freer
West Virginia
Iowa
Morris
Minnesota
Miers
Lanham
Texas
B. H. Roberts
Uran
United States
Celia
Shipp
Self
Sfrsmil
Missouri seeks injunction over Illinois canal at Supreme Court
The Missouri attorney general and counsel appeared before the United States Supreme Court seeking leave to file a bill of complaint against Illinois and the Chicago sanitary district to stop the drainage canal opening. No Illinois counsel appeared. drainage board representatives argued. The court ordered the bill lodged with the clerk and copies sent to defendants. motion entered and noted by Crow.
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Washington
Missouri
Edward and
B. Schnurtacher
United States Supreme Court
Wa m
Illnois
Sam M. Burdett
Drainage Board
Senator Lindsay
Kentucky
William M. Springer
Illinois
Crow
Dy Crow
Policy outline for Philippine governance proposed by Philippine Commission
President Schurman presents a plan after peace to govern the Philippines with an American governor appointed by the President, an advisory body of Americans and natives, and a partly elective legislative body. Governors and island divisions would be led by Americans or educated natives to balance good government with Filipino self-government aspirations.
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Schurman
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Congress
Commission
Scottish churchmen seek candidates as revival spreads
Scottish churchmen complain of a lack of suitable candidates for the ministry. Glasgow evangelistic efforts aim to sweep Britain while English churchmen defend high church views. Funds for soldiers families rise in London and a non sectarian club house is funded in Jenkintown.
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Greenland
Congregational International Council
Boston
London
Jenkintown
Philadelphia
William W. Frazer
Glasgow
Glasgow Evangelistic Association
Great Britain
8. D. McConnell
Holy Trinity Church
Brooklyn
Episcopal Church
George Adam Smith
Scotland
Americ
E . Us
Old English watchmaking lore touches a collector’s cabinets
The article recounts a New York jeweler's interest in antique movements. It notes the craft’s decline in common practice, describes bridgework and movements from 100 years ago, and highlights Tompion and Graham as pivotal figures.
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Nuimae Smith
Ollage
Syis Nigde
London
Thomas Tompion
Westminster Abbey
Tompion
Abbey
Hes George Graham
Greatness Not Simply Learning in Eminent Men
Essay argues greatness as a distinct trait beyond knowledge. It contrasts modern scholars and inventors with historic figures like Bunyan and Bunyan’s era with Morse Bell and Newton, noting individual genius and leadership in the Senate with figures such as Webster and Clay.
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Dr. Abernethy
Socrates
Lord Nelson
John Bunyan
Bunyan
Jenner
Watts
Sir Isaac Newton
Hot
Morse
Bell
Abernethy
United States
Webster
Clay
Calhoun
Senate
Undisputed Greatness Across Walks of Life
A brief, unfinished reflection notes many men in the United States capable of real achievement across diverse walks of life. It asserts some individuals hold an unquestioned place in history, while acknowledging broader opinions remain diverse.
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United States
Hair on the Carriage Ride Sparks Rude Exchange
In a Glasgow carriage a group of gentlemen discuss a young woman with red hair. A sharp exchange arises as one man mocks her hair, while an older passenger insists the hair was all red and unsuitable, leaving others in uneasy silence during the journey.
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Glasgow
Diverse Global Notes on Infrastructure and Law
A survey of varied topics includes canal shipping limits in Canada, Minnesota Supreme Court ruling on state anti gaming laws on reservation lands, German landowner Skorzewski hiring camels for plowing, Syracuse housing for workers tied to street work, and a clockwork device to cut gas or electricity. Additional items cover Natal pronunciation, Natal coast discovery, English newspaper quips, the Kashmir railway, Mobile fish railcar tests, kaolin clay losses, and a Brown County farmer’s daughter growing wealth from poultry.
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Erie
Minnesota Supreme Court
Skorzewski
Posen
Germany
Syracuse
N. Y
Royal Gardens
Kew
Enghird
Bank of England
Napoleon III
England
Eugenie
Natal
Portug
Vasco da Gama
Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
Stilluan C. Cash
B. F. Pitman
Kashmir
India
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Lawn Swartz
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Mobile
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