Towse and Gordon Highlanders win at Thabanchu in bold charge
An Australian correspondent for London Daily News recounts the Gordon Highlanders led by Captain Towse at Thabanchu, where a daring flank maneuver by Hamilton and Rundle pinned the Boers and a bayonet charge broke their lines. Towse is mortally wounded, and the unit earns high honors for courage as Scots fight with ferocity and resolve.
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Tufts to Enforce Attendance With Fines and Excuses
Tufts College near Boston adopts new rules to curb recitation skipping. Students must justify absences after three consecutive recitations, with written reasons and expected duration. Athletic teams may report for all members if over ten. Reporting within two hours of last pre vacation appointment and before the first after a vacation is required. $2 fines apply for failure to report. England Embraces Three Colors as Patriotic Marks
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Tufts College
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Tufts
New York Sun
England
Teaching Canaries and the Little Battery Myth in Fatherland lore
A survey of Andreasberg Harz canary breeding shows 250000 produced yearly with 80 percent exported to America and 10000 kept in Germany. notes on a “prof” bird instruction. a brief portrait of Hink and Dink the youngest battery in the world. moral reflections and folk verses on peace and honesty with notes on nursery rhymes origins and a stray verse about a telling bird.
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