British Press Dispatches From the Boer War Front
Telegraphic updates report Spion Kop censures and plans to clear the Free State. Mafeking to hold for a month as Plumer advances. Roberts aims to establish British posts. Thaba N'Chu rugged terrain remains. Private Barr dies of fever. coffee supplies reach Lorenzo Marques for the Boers.
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Amsterdam
Mafeking
Plumer
Lord Roberts
Free State
Thaba N’chu
Dickson
Barr
B. Co
Lorenzo Marques
Simonstown
Hague
America
Kimberley
Hamilton
Thalia N’chu
Fiset
Father O'Leary
Binscart Hometown Updates and Local Changes
Local notes report frost and scarce potatoes while a tennis court and barber shop are under construction. Immigrants settle in, harvests look green, and a chemical engine fought a fire at Thacker and Northumberland Streets amid various repairs.
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Bob
H. Mullins
F. Rice
Birtle
J. Pearson
Minnedosa
W. G. Williams
Thacker and
Northumberland Strs
Fire destroyed property as fire brigade halts spread
The blaze consumed the premises in spontaneous combustion but was brought under control by the fire brigade. There was no insurance since the policy had lapsed about six weeks earlier.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Dudley
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F. H. Mayheew
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