Transvaal Change at the Helm Sparks Uncertain War Tone
The acting president of the Transvaal shifts from Kruger to Schalk Burger as Kruger crosses into Portuguese territory. The British reject Burger as head, martial law is enforced, and Boers in arms are treated as rebels. Burger’s future in the war remains unknown and he appears unreconciled to British rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gakes “Oom
Paul
Transvael
Qom
Paul Kruger
Schalk Burger
Kruger
Mr. Burger
Gen. Roberts
Transvaal
Great Britain
Paris
Costly buckskin dress of elk-teeth owned by Cheyenne girl
In western Oklahoma the timid Cheyenne girl Fannie Whirlwind owns a 200 year old buckskin dress valued at about 1500 dollars. The garment is studded with 840 elk-teeth, a tribal treasure linked to elk slaughter and historic wealth, tied to her late father Chief Whirlwind. Elk-teeth once traded valued like cash among western Indians. A separate note records Justice of the Peace H Buzzell and his son H C Buzzell, admitted to the bar in Rockland, Maine.
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Oklahoma
Fannie Whirlwind
Whirlwind
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
H. Buzzell
H. C. Buzzell
Grockland
New Golf Champion Harry Vardon Wins Open at Chicago
Harry Vardon of Ganton England captured the United States Open at Chicago finishing 313 for 72 holes. His rival J H Taylor of Richmond England was runner up with 315. Taylor praised Vardon noting his consistency and acclimation to American conditions. Kentucky university curators plan a law school with ex Governor William C Bradley named president.
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Harry Vardon
Ganton
England
United States
Chicago
J. H. Taylor
Richmond
Vardon
Taylor
Harry ‘Vardon
Willie Smith
Baltimore
Kentucky University
William C. Bradley
Transylvania
Unique model home of C C Roberts in Chicago showcases automated kitchen
The Forty-ninth Street Chicago residence of C S Roberts features a breakfast stove controlled by bed side electric buttons, automatic heating and an ice cream freezer. Marble hallway, mahogany rooms, pink silk walls, and a basement billiard room imitate a log cabin. The article notes New Jersey good roads progress with 1000 miles built in eight years.
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Magele
C. S. Roberts
Forty-ninth, Street
Ellis Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Roberts
American Steel and Wire Company
C. C. Roberts
Magnolia
New Jersey
Pekin Boxer siege photos show legation defenses
Reproductions from Pekin depict photographs taken during the Boxer siege of the legations. Images include the British legation entrance, the first secretary’s residence, a battered defender wall, the British court buildings, and a corporal named Patrick Collins. Also noted is Denmark’s King Christian IX awarding Jacob A Riis the gold cross of the Order of Dannebrog and Senator Hanna’s notes freehand without prior writing.
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Pekin
Legations
Legation
Patrick Collins
Christian IX
Denmark
Jacob A. Riis
Riis
N. E. Riis
Ribe
A Quixotic Scene From a Miner’s Pennsylvania Home
A New York Herald writer visits a Hungarian miner’s home in McAdoo Pennsylvania. She describes a yard with pigs ducks and children, a mother cooking goulash and a pass book inspection at the company store, and a striking husband with a gold watch. The piece also notes various public figures and anecdotes from politics and letters.
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New York Herald
Pennsylvania
Primrose Dames of England Engaged in Artful Dodge
The Primrose Dames of England adopt a cunning tactic described as an artful dodge to maneuver through a disputed matter. Their stance centers on avoiding direct confrontation while pursuing a strategic objective.
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Primrose Dames of
England
Brooklyn Brewery Sets Unusual Credit Rule
A large Brooklyn brewery firm declares a new policy demanding a wife letter of credit for men seeking to start business with them. The rule ties financial backing to marital status as a prerequisite for gaining favorable terms.
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Brooklyn
Judge Haskell’s Mechanical Hobby Noted in Maine
The late Maine supreme court judge Haskell was a careful student of mechanics who spent leisure in his machine shop where he built several model steam engines. The Duke d Abruzzi is expected to open the British Royal Geographical Society season in November with a paper on his arctic expedition. Sometimes it is the cashier who benefits most from a bank run.
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Neve
Quebec
Simon Napoleon Parent
Province of
Marchand
Parent
Charles Fitzpatrick
Canada
x-Speaker -Reed
Judge Haskell
Maine Supreme Court
Duke d’Abruzzi
British
Royal Geographical Society
Great Enterprise to Span Andes From Guayaquil to Quito
James P. McDonald, a New York contractor, is named head of a vast railroad project across the Andes from Guayaquil to Quito. The 300 mile route demands heavy stonework and 25 million dollars, with 1,500 current workers rising to 6,500 including 5,000 Jamaicans. Twenty American engineers accompany McDonald, and the venture reflects Yankee industrial vigor amid rugged mountain labor and high wages.
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James P. McDonald
New York
Andees
Guyaquil
Quito
McDonald
University of Tennessee
Richard Harding Davis
Soldiers of Fortune
Mr. McDonald
Insurance plot ties Chicago death to life policy fraud
Dr August M Unger F Wayland Brown and Frank H Smiley were arrested in Chicago amid an investigation into the death of 23 year old Marie Defenbach. Prosecutors allege a conspiracy to defraud insurers with policies totaling 12000 dollars and that Unger and Brown persuaded Smiley to be the beneficiary as a planned husband. Each suspect is held on 15000 dollars bail awaiting trial. A separate note mentions Natal subscribers planning to present Major General Baden Powell with a shield made of Transvaal sovereigns.
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Daring Insurance
Chicago
August M. Unger
F. Wayland Brown
Frank H. Smiley
Unger
Marie Defenbach
Miss Defenbach
Edward Maher
Mooney & Boland Detective Agency
Brown
Smiley
New York Life Insurance Company
Canadian Order of Foresters
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Maher
Natal
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Transvaal
Women in Four States Gain Presidential Vote
Women over 21 in Colorado Utah Wyoming and Idaho can vote for president this year. In 1896 Colorado Utah and Wyoming first granted this right and Idaho joins now. Colorado shows the strongest organizing effort led by Mrs I G Clarke of the Denver Women’s Democratic club.
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Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
I. G. Clarke
Women’s Democratic Club of
Denver
Professor Baldwin Spencer Granted Year-Long Leave of Absence
Professor Baldwin Spencer of the University of Melbourne, holding the biology chair, receives twelve months leave at the request of the Royal Geographical Society and other scientific bodies to pursue field research among surviving tribes in the far interior of South Australia.
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Baldwin Spencer
University of Melbourne
Royal Geographical Society
South Australia
End of a Romance Ends in Public Marriage Plan
Mrs Vita Passo daughter of a former Illinois Chief Justice asks dissolution of her marriage to Edward Passo a ranchman of San Angelo Texas They wed in Pandcah Kentucky after a secret meeting and a growing rift led to a plan for a public Catholic ceremony October 3 Also mentioned is populist vice presidential candidate Thomas Watson buying a larger Georgia farm for business investment.
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Vita Passo
Mulkey
Illinois Supreme Court
Edward Passo
San Angelo
Tex
Metropolis
Passo
Pandcah
Thomas ©. Watson
France
Georgia
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Callaway
Neb
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Hanna
Educa
Margo
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
Eitheer
Montana
Europe
McAdoo
John “McIntosh Kell
Sunnyside
California
Perry
Japan
Alabama
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Dominion of Canada
London
South Africa
Forres
Scotland
Tories
Thady
Salisbury
Liberal Party
Otterville
Sedalia
John Burroughs
Riverly
Hudson River
Lattimer
James P. M'Donald
von Moltke
Blucher
Germany
Tecumseh Sherman
Blumenthal
Sherman
Dowie
John Alexander’ Dowle
Canterbury
Church of England
Thomas
Francis EB. Clark
The
Christian Endeavor Society
Boston
Hart
J. Alex. Dowie
Dr. Unger
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