Smallpox, deaths and weather notes from Manitoba and Illinois
Reported 2 000 smallpox cases in Illinois and deaths in Winnipeg. Manitoba man Silas Lamb commits suicide along Red River. Chicago cricket marks Manitoba beating Minnesota. crop prospects favorable in North America and Europe. UK can move 9 000 troops daily. American athletes excel at Paris exposition. Smokers barred from employment on Chicago Rock Island road. Vernon Struatt killed by lightning near Crystal City. Manitoba newcomer from Athens Ontario. US lightning injuries peak in 1899. 5 000 visitors at Winnipeg Orange parade. Summer study urged to develop literacy and math. Professor Clark of Chicago University may lead Manitoba institute work. Mennonites near Bergfelt hit by diphtheria. health board sends doctor. quarantine cited.
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Jas A. Moore
Winnipeg
Silas Lamb
Minnedosa
Red River
Chicago
Manitoba
Minnsotas
Europe
Roumania
Rock Island
Pacifica
Vernon Sturatt
Greenways Farm
Crystal City
Athens
War News From The South African Front
Lord Minto reports wounded Strathcona’s Horse at Standeston. Scringer and Isbester missing. Boers gain ground around Pretoria while British forces fight hard at Nitral’s Nek and Reitfontein. Loyal troops reach Ladysmith. Canadians returned and celebrated. Consul Hay heads back to Washington as De Wet’s grip tightens.
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Lord Minto
McDougall Dougall McArthur
Spa ‘Sparks
Strathcona
Standeston
Sergt. Scringer
Isbester
Orange Free State
Steyn
Nitral
Nek
Col. Roberts
Col. Mahon
French
Reitfontein
Clery
Standerton
Heidelberg
Consul Hay
Washington
Pekin legations end as Chinese army gains ground final
The governor of Shentung sends a cable signaling the end of Pekin legations while London correspondents describe brutal attacks. Fresh Chinese troops tip the scales as foreigners falter, with victors near at hand in the capital.
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Shentung
Pekin
London
St Petersburg
M. de Giers
Tien Tsin
Situation in China reports allied defeat at Tier Tsin
A London dispatch says allied forces at Tier Tsin were badly defeated by Gen. Mahas who occupies the astern arsenal. Li Hung Chang is summoned to Pekin to convey to the powers news of recent massacres. Russia sends large troops into Manchuria to quell the rebellion. It is 18 days since European contact from Pekin. The outlook is ominous.
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Tien Tsin
China
Pekin
Shanghai
Che Foe
London
Tier Tsin
Mahas
Astern
Li Hung Chang
Russia
Manchuria
No news from Pekin Murk over foreign ers hints troops moved
Gloom spreads as silence from Chinese observers is read as tense. Neonat San reportedly hurries troops toward the scene, but all accounts say the forces are greatly outmatched and control remains uncertain.
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Pekin
Neonat” San
Eto
Exam Papers Read in Nor mal School Winnipeg
The examination papers will begin at the Normal School in Winnipeg on Wednesday next. About forty examiners will oversee. Papers cover the entrance commercial and first, second, and third class teachers examinations.
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Normal School
Winnipeg
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Ilinois
United States
Iven
Ladies’ Home Journal
S. H. Clark
University of Chicago
Reading
Bergfelt
Man
Provincial Board of Health
Secree
Lord Roberts
Nitral’s Nek
Pretoria
Durdeport
Krugersdorp
Ladysmith
Ottawa
Sanderton
Merde
Johannesburg
Col. Hughes
Otter
Bloemfontein
Paardeburg
Quebec
South Africa
van Reenan
Kuller
de Wet
Strathconas
Pealkp
Thorneycroft
Dewet
Prince Chwing
Kately
Niagara
Rapid
Oak Lake
Denver
Salt Lake
Central States
Wabigoon
Glass Reef
Rainy Lake
Montreal
Prince of Wales
Brussels
Belgium
Neepawa
Mr. Trimble
Lawther & Co
Russell
T. A. Tmoynes
Gutsy
Scientific
Aimerican
Visco
Waghorn
Guid
New York
Banner
McMillan Fur & Wool CO
First Ave
Noth
Minneapolis
Mani
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