Tinker Mountain and Botetourt College in Verse
A poem honors Tinker Mountain and the College of Botetourt at Botetourt, praising their enduring presence and storied past. It celebrates the landscape, the creek, and the bell tower, asking how long these symbols will stand as the meadow smiles before them.
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Tinker Creek
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British advance on Pretoria and Boer resistance shifts
London dispatches report Lord Roberts poised to push toward Pretoria as railway links to the Cape stay intact Boers abandon Bloemfontein area and evacuate supplies while a relief column partly includes regulars. Proclamations and diplomatic reactions, with Kruger’s annexation claim and prisoner handling, color the evolving war scene.
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Leyds
Leopold
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Steyn
Bethuelie
Gatacre
Dewet
Springfontein
Kruger
Cape Town
Basutoland
Allwal
Kroonstadt
Jamestown
Cremontein
Daily Telegraph
Lisbon
the Standard
Lorenzo “Marques
Rhodes interview criticizes British command and Boer numbers
In a Daily Mail interview published today Cecil Rhodes denounces General Buller’s orders to relieve Kimberley and retreat to the Orange River, calling the plan monstrous. He claims about 30,000 Boers faced the Brits and asserts foreign mercenaries totaled around 15,000, disputing higher Boer strength.
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Cecil Rhodes
Julian Ralph
Secretary Long Sends Warship to Taku for Missionary Safety
Secretary Long cabled Admiral Watson at Cavite directing a warship to Taku China to safeguard American missionary interests under threat. The choice of ship is left to Admiral Watson.
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Honor Roll of Graded School A for week ending March 16 1900
The Honor Roll lists top students by grade including Srd Grammar Moses Stewart Bri c Johnson and Della Patterson Willie A ers. st Grammar Mary J. Campbell Jas Saunders Lillie P. Willis Bowyer Stewart Ida Linsey Charles Joyner. Std Pomary Grade Anna B. Anderson Laura Dudley Jas Coleman Charles Jones Bessie Anderson. 4th Primary Ludwell Braxton Maud Hunt Edward Burkes. 3rd Primary Selma Campbell. 2nd Primary Lelia Bowe Beatrice Joyner Janie Jones Robert Robinson Willie Dudley Amos Foreman. 1st Primary Sarah Stewart Selma Aile George Harrison.
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Jas, Saunders
Lillie P. Willis
Bowyer Stewart
Ida Linsey
Charles Joyner
Anna B. Anderson
Laura Dudley
Jas. Coleman
Charles Jones
Bessie Anderson
Ludwell Braxton
Maud Hunt
Edward Burkes
Selma Campbell
Lelia Bowe
Beatrice Joyner
Janie Jones
Robert Robinson
Willie Dudley
Amos Foreman
Sarah Stewart
Selma Aile
George Harrison
Tribute to Sallie Heywood old time Mammy of Elmington Manor
Reverend Thomas Dixon Jr writes from Wave Neck Virginia praising Sallie S Heywood, a loyal Raleigh and Boston area nurse and housekeeper who served two generations of children. He honors her aristocracy of character born into slavery yet loyal to both races, noting her faith, cultural refinement, and devotion to church and schools. Her memory endures as a noble Southern matriarch.
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Thomas Dixon, Jr
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Wave Neck
Chesapeake
Sallie S. Heywood
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Raleigh
Boston
New York
Sallie
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