News From Front and Capitol Feb 22 US Tariff Debate
Boers defend Ladysmith as Buller presses toward Bloemfontein with 40 000 troops. Cronje’s fate unclear while transport shortages threaten Boer invasion. Washington tariff debate stalls as Republicans fear bill defeat and new party caucus considered. Chicago confirms Monmouth telegraph purchase. Wartime casualty toll advances as reports capsize.
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Paardeberg
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War Office
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Britten
Cronje Besieged as Boer Forces Fight to the Death
London reports General Cronje encircled by British shells and inflicting no surrender. Cronje asks for armistice, miscommunications follow, Kitchener says fight to the death. Roberts disperses reinforcements, British losses listed, Büller notes Boer reinforcement north of Tugela.
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South Africa
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Cheveley
Tugela
War Office
Koedoe
Canadian Battalion Losses Reported in South African Campaign
A Montreal dispatch says a Canadian battalion suffered heavy casualties while pursuing Cronje’s army on the Modder River near Jacobdal. Eight companies were engaged. 20 killed and 59 wounded, with 9 missing, no officers killed but two wounded. Public reaction highlights a Canadian impulse to support the empire.
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Tribune
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Dominion
Cronje
Modder
Jacobedal
Killet
Tee
Cecil
South Africa
Canada
Tuberculosis Congress Opens at Hotel Andrew
New York February 14 The Congress of Tuberculosis held under the Medico-Legal Society opened with a small attendance at the Hotel Andrew A permanent was effected and several papers on tuberculosis and its treatment were submitted but not read as they had appeared in the Congress Bulletin A renewal vote decided to sculpt the paper prepared for the afternoon session and adjourn further business of the congress.
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Medico-Legal Society
Congress Bulletin
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Forest conservation and Alaska improvements headline Northwest notes
Government efforts to promote conservative lumbering spark legal questions as a circular on forest laws is prepared. Supreme court rulings refine timber value reasoning for trespass and contractor removals. Alaska expansion includes a 2400 mile telegraph plan and a military road from Port Valdes to Tanana. Ballard National Bank gains approval with Seattle National ties. Northwest Notes cover Hillsboro milk factory talks, Crater Lake visitors, Eugene water company sale, and local telegraph line costs.
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Michael
Walidea
Henry Villard
Mining News from Alaska Camp Shows Rich Prospects
December letter from Rampart City Alaska by O H Knapp reports mild weather, early test results, and pay on Nos 6 8 19 20 with 705 on two holes. Jack Welch strike on No 13 yields 100, plus 14 to the pan in others. New Ethel copper ledge at 440 feet boosts district value and interest grows.
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Seattle
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Rampart City
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Bedrock
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Carr
Little Manook, Jr
Hunter
Loos Fer
Idaho
Index
Wash
John D
Lamereaux
Elk City
Dewey
Bradstreet Reports Satisfactory Trade Expansion Amid Mixed Weather
Bradstreet notes steady growth in dry wood and related sectors with higher in trade and improved railroad earnings. Mild weather boosts footwear and rubber industries while lumber and ice trade falters. snow scarcity may limit Northwest log cutting, with foreign demand for iron and steel shaping domestic prices. Weekly U S business failures total 199, down from prior weeks and years.
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Northwest
United States
Pacific Coast Trade Prices For Produce and Provisions
Beattie Marketa lists fresh onions at 93.25 dollars per hundredweight and 9.50 per sack, hot house lettuce at 40 cents per dozen, potatoes at 18 20 per sack, cabbage at 1.00 per 100 pounds, apples at 1.95 per box, butter 0.17 to 0.33 per pound, and various meats and grains with multiple unit prices across dairy, poultry, hay, flour, and feed.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Market Prices for Wheat to Veal at Foertland Market
The Foertland Market lists Wheat from Walla Walla to Bluestem at 580 and 670 per bushel with various flour and millstuff prices. Livestock and produce include Butter at 60 to 80 cents per pound, Eggs at 1454 to 160 per dozen, Cheese at Oregon full cream, Poultry prices for chickens and turkeys, Potatoes and vegetables with mixed per unit costs, Wool and mohair at regional rates, and meats with per pound prices for mutton, veal, and beef, reflecting a broad range of commodity values.
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Valley
Graham
Oatea
Oregon
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