British Victory in South Africa Ends Long War
The British force under Lord Roberts breaks Boer resistance across Natal and the Orange Free State. Key actions include Ladysmith relief, Mafeking relief, Paardeburg surrender of Cronje, and movement toward Pretoria with Baden-Powell promoted after Mafeking. The campaign features major battles at Belmont, Magersfontein, Spion Kop, and Colenso with heavy losses on both sides.
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Britain
South African Republic
Transvaal
Great Britain
Kruger
Steyn
Orange Free State
George Stewart White
Natal
Pietermaritzburg
Ladysmith
Newcastle
Glencoe
Joubert
William Penn Symounds
Elandslaagte
Yule
Symonds
White
Gloucester Regiment
Irish Fusiliers
Kimberley
Mafeking
Bechuanaland
Alfred Milner
Rodgers Buller
South Africa
Gatacre
Lord Methuen
Stormburg
Buller
Colenso
Tugela
Spion
Spon Kop
Warren
Spion Kop
War Office
Louis Botha
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Roberts
London
Baden-Powell
Pretoria and Johannesburg in the Boer War context
The article contrasts Pretoria as a fortified but peaceful Boer town and Johannesburg as a rapidly grown, gold driven city. It notes Pretoria’s surrender without siege, the Witwatersrand gold belt, a single impregnable fort with searchlights, and Johannesburg’s 1896 census showing about 100,000 residents split roughly between whites and blacks.
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Pretoria
South African Republic
Britain
Johannesburg
Witwatersrand
Kitchener Inn School Influence on Lord Kitchener Career
Dr. Butler of Trinity Cambridge, then headmaster at Harrow, rescued a promising youth by waiving fees after learning the family could not afford continued schooling. Butler believed the boy would reflect honor on the school if he stayed, insisting no charge be made. New York Press.
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Kitchener Inn School
Butler
Trinity College
Cambridge
Lord Kitchener
Omdurman
Harrow School
New York Press
A Tramp’s Pride Offers Free Wood Yard Workout
Meandering Mike asks Lady for use of her yard to chop wood for exercise, claiming it would do him good. He refuses to enter as a paying gym, insisting on using the back yard free, a note from the Washington Star.
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Mike
Washington Star
Taxing Motor Carriages in Antwerp
The Antwerp province imposes 50 rancs on motor carriages and 20 francs on motor bicycles, followed by municipal taxes of 100 francs on motor carriages and 50 francs on motor bicycles, as noted by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Antwerp
Philadelphia Bulletin
Exposition Visitors Expected to Spend Record Sum Abroad
Bankers estimate that American visitors to the Paris exposition will spend about 40 million dollars more abroad this year than typical European travel spending during the vacation season.
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Europe
Pearl Diver’s Day’s Work and Various Remedies Ad
A short clipping promotes multiple products and notes a pearl diver’s day’s work. It advertises Allen’s Foot-Ease powder for shoes and foot care, Coke Dandruff Cure, Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer, Beemum’s Pepsin Gum, and a Neely edition of newspapers. It mentions Roosevelt signing a bill and a humorous line about finding bargains.
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Roosevelt
New York
Kline
R. He Kune
Malla Catarrh Cure Promoted in Public Notice
An promotional notice touts Malla Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy claiming antiquity and merit. It notes Carter's Ink is used exclusively by New York schools and others, urging exclusive use as part of economy-building claims.
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Carter
New York
Gaston
Great Demand for Pie Says Citizens of New York
The note attributes the increased pie demand to a belief that pies are now digestible and notes athletes eating pies in training. It cites J. W. O'Brien of Minneapolis and mentions Pigo's Cure as an effective cough remedy.
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New York
Pigo
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Dear Mrs. Pivenam Patient Seeks Lydia E Pinkham Advice
A Rockport Indiana woman in September 1898 writes for help after four years of doctoring and patent medicines. She reports back and body aches, sore stomach, shortness of breath, nervousness, and irregular menses with severe bearing down pains and cramps. She requests immediate guidance.
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Coarad Kerr
Rockport, Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Rockport Reader
A Rockport Indiana resident thanks Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after suffering female ailments. The letter endorses Mrs Pinkham's advice as uniquely understanding women's suffering and based on her vast experience.
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Lydia E. Pinkhaim
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Methuen
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Queenstown
Willing
Wauchope
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Modder-River
Magerafontein
Black Watch
Highland Brigade
Kitchener
Modder
French
Gordon
Cecil Rhodes
Magersfontein
Cronje
Paardeburg
St. Helena
Co ‘Lense
Dyndonald
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Beemum
Parken
Pairer
Peeler
Kopp
Mrs. Pinkham
Seo
Ef Feearay
Bakers Chocolate
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la Belle Chocolatiere
U. S
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
Dorchester
Mass
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