Narrow Escape Por Sotha and Boer Skirmish Reports
Hie Hat A ver and papers were abandoned in flight as Commandant Dent Pathyta eluded British pursuers near Pretoria. Major Rimington found the commander-in-chief’s quarters empty, with a few hundred yards start. Ten prisoners were captured including Commandant Hans Botha and Schutte. London reported an October 24 clash near the Great Marico river with De La Rey and Kemp repulsed after heavy fighting leaving 40 dead. British losses 28 killed 58 wounded. 37 Boer gunners and drivers killed or wounded.
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Pretoria
Dent Pathyta Ohne
Columos
Aberfrow
Rimington
Hans Botha
Schutte
Landrost
London
Fate on the Ninth Avenue Train Creates a Junior Partner
A downtown businessman recounts how a chance sighting on an elevated train led to hiring a promising man who, by Wind blown coincidence, became his junior partner. The man who nearly threw away a leaf of an advertisement later impressed enough to join and prosper in the firm.
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Ninth Avenue
Hig
New York Sun
A Cordial Reception A Book Agent Tale
A farmer near Evanston and a Leek agent in a desert town each feel wronged by fate. The farmer expects his missing nephew, but the nephew never arrives. The agent, impersonating kin, is greeted warmly at first then the misunderstanding drives a comic scene. The Chicago Tribune recounts the misadventure with a humorous twist.
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Evanston
Caleage
Se Leen
Fard
Melet
Mmele
Clark Street
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
The Bent Men and the Origins of the Best Man
A historical note traces the origin of the best man to medieval times when a groom abducted his bride with tacit consent from her guardians. A helper kept pursuers away and ensured a long start, evolving into the modern best man who safeguards the groom and retrieves his hat or ring.
Dialogue Echoes In Domestic Discourse From Titled Fragments
A brief page excerpt juxtaposes husband wife exchanges over music tastes and a child’s pride in being a bicycle cab president. It notes shifts from Italianate to Wagnerian styles and includes a light family scene with a young boy’s pride in his bicycle role.
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Hunt
Fou
Blunt
Richmond Dispatch
Two Treatments for Nasal Catarrh Reform Belief in Balm
The article states two points about nasal catarrh treatment. First the drying process is a delusion causing more harm than benefit. Second science and experience favor Ely's Cream Balm as the reliable relief. It soothes diseased membranes and stops sneezing, not causing further irritation. Price 50 cents, sold by druggists and Ky Brothers at 56 Warren Street, New York.
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Ky Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Murder at Frick Building Sparks Police Guard
Pittsburg report details John McArdle's shooting of Chas Youngberg, superintendent for George A. Fuller Co., after discharge for drunkenness. A mob of 500 protected the shooter, who claimed he acted for one day’s pay. Also covers a Hackensack shooting of Edward Post and other brief items about Wu Ying Fang, Miss Stone, and rail workers in Canada.
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Pittsburg
John McArele
New Frick
Chas
FE. Youngbeg
George A. Fuller Co
Gundiogium
McArdle
Youngberg
Brooklyn
The
Fuller Company
He Has Great Expectations in a Wealthy Marriage Plot
A dialogue ponders Miss Bullion, the season's wealthiest heiress, marrying Nada who lacks funds. The line, He has great expectations, prompts the question of what those hopes entail as the pairing unfolds.
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Miss Bullion
Nada
Bourke Cockran Injured in Sands Point Riding Accident
Bourke Cock ran was severely injured yesterday when thrown from a spirited horse at Sands Point New York. No witnesses to the accident. He was found unconscious but doctors expect no serious results.
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Bourke Cockran
New York
Sands Point
I.I
Cockran
Boston Home Market Club Pushes Trade Reciprocity
A jumble of brief items notes the Boston Home Market Club seeking broader reciprocal trade, a fire destroying a business, an American church in Berlin. Other items report a Hunt era fire in Philadelphia, the 125th Fort Washington anniversary in New York on November 16, and rising Southern California fruit shipments. Methodist bishops plan a Cincinnati session, and Manila reports the Hong Kong relocation of a 900‑worker umbrella factory due to tariff strain.
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Jobr
Berlin
Hunt, Wilkinson & Co
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
New York
California
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Manila
Hong Kong
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Papa
Bobby
Hackensack
Edward Post
Schreiber
Post
China
San Francisco
Madame Wu Ying Fang
Wu Su Ching
Miss Stone
St. Petersburg
United States
Madame T'sitka
M. Bakhmetieff
Sofia
Dickinson
Constantinople
Washington
State Department
Society of Friends
Society of Friends of
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
McKinley
Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Order of Railway Men
Canada
Sdedierce’ss
Mit
Wineberg
Jina
McDonald, Ga
Cardui
Thedford
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicis Company
Chattanooga
Tonnesen Art Studies
Frederick News
Touzesen
Frederick
Bion
Geo. A. Gilbert
N. Market St
Frederick, MD
N. B
D. & D. Institute
Harry
Isabella Gas Works
West Patrick Street
Avidit
W. Harper
Williamson’s
Carrollton Chemical Co., Sale Proprietors
Baltimore, MD
A. E. McConnell
Mad
Brish
Carty
Carty’s Furniture Store
E. Patrick St
Fred’k, Ma
JAS. E. Walker & CO
Forest Mills
James E. Walker & CO
Goodyear West
Hurley
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Sorosis
Csan
B. Rosenour & Sons
WM. S. Miller & CO
Gentral Hardware
Erick
W. H. B. Etchison
South Market Street
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