Thorn in England’s Flesh and Transvaal Clash Looms
A historical analysis warns that tensions between the British and the Dutch Boers in the Transvaal could explode into a major war over wealth from gold and diamonds. It contrasts Anglo and Dutch colonization, recalls Majuba Hill, and notes Uitlanders’ vote restrictions under Kruger.
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Transvaal
East India
Cape Colony
England
Kruger
George
Washington
British Foreign Office
Africa
Limpopo River
Bvritain
Majuba Hill
Gladstone
Iis
Volksraad
Balot
Vaal
Mrs Sewall elected president of International Council of Women
Mrs May Wright Sewall of Wisconsin and Northwestern University fame becomes president of the International Council of Women meeting in London. Her career spans leadership of the National Council of Women, teaching, and running a girls' classical school in Indianapolis. She has spoken across Europe and earned praise from French writers and figures like Empress Frederick.
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Sewah
Wisconsin
Northwestern University
Yale University
Theodore Sewall
Indianapolis
Sewall
National Council
Hamburg
Frederick
Brussels
France
Russia
Italy
England
Woman’s Congress of
Paris
M. Jules Simon
Reindeer Moss in Lapland and Reindeer Habits
In Sweden reindeer feed on reindeer moss a lichen common in Arctic areas. Domesticated reindeer are smaller than wild ones and Siberian stock are larger than Lapland deer. They roam freely with little care and moss is even eaten by humans though taste is slightly acrid. Attempts to feed hay roots or grain have failed.
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Sweden
Arctic
Lapland
Secret Orders and Hidden Lodges Across the United States
The piece notes more than fifty secret orders with over 70 000 lodges and 5 000 000 members in the United States. It mentions a cake baker who gains appreciation amid a house full of boys and hints at surprise parties as a means of invitation.
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United States
Insect Census Splits Species By Benefit To Crops
The London Mail reports a scientific insect census classifying 300 families as good bad or indifferent. It finds 116 good, 113 bad, and 72 doubtful. Among the bad, 112 feed on crops, while 13 parasitize animals. Of the good, 79 destroy pests, 32 are scavengers, 2 aid pollination, and 3 feed fishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
France
Try
Vaal
Wile
Niger
London Mail
Rich Yet Starving Patients In Need Of Bitters Cure
Doctors often treat wealthy patients who are starving though they can pay for food. Their stomachs lack strength to digest, forming a heavy mass causing dyspepsia nervousness and biliousness. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is promoted as the sure remedy.
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Africa
Republic
Bismarck’s Duelsendurance through Twenty-Eight Conflicts
Bismarck fought twenty eight duels and endured with a single wound.
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Bismarck
Actions of the Just Smell Sweet
The fragrance of life is vigor and strength, neither of which can be found in a person whose blood is impure, and whose every breath speaks of internal troubles. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and makes the weak strong.
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Hood
An Excellent Combination of a Gentle Liquid Laxative
The California Fig Syrup Co markets a pleasant laxative syrup made from senna and aromatic plants. It cleanses the system without irritating kidneys or bowels and helps relieve colds headaches and fevers while addressing habitual constipation. Each package bears the company name to avoid imitations and is sold for six cents per bottle.
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Callifornia Fig Syrup Co
California
Fie Ssyrub Co
California Fig Syrup. CO
San Francisco
Cal
Nea
Louisville
New York
N.Y
All Druggiets
Price Sc
Bottla
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Rockies
Grante
Uitlanders
Outr Uders
South Africa
Prac
Britain
Great Britain
Cape
Capetown
Natal
Gold Coast
Holland
President Kruger
Hfe
Paul Kruger
Abyssinia
Menelek
Albert Josias
Irance
Josias
Pajl Mall
Kistlers Exchange
Stroudsburg
Mrs. Sewall
South African Republic
Johannesberg
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