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Winnipeg letter on war and frontier life in 1900s
A mailed dispatch describes weather, land, and daily life near Belmont, Modder River, and Paardeberg. The writer notes rains, mosquitos, fruit crops, a developing electric street plant, and describes Royal Canadian Regiment movements and shell sounds during the Boers engagement. The city is small, with shade trees and growing commerce.
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Belmont
Modder River
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Winnipeg
Paardeberg