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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
3
The party glides along a wooded river path under a warm sun. Miss Peggy steers, eyes watchful, as they meet a long sequence of locks and plan luncheon, while Murdoch gathers edible greens and the group pauses at a meadow tank for the night ahead.
Onboard a canal boat a lively group debates Highland loyalties and 45 associations as Miss Rosslyn learns from In verfask about clan life. Captain Columbus reports canal delays and the party clears two dark tunnels then reaches daylight at last.
Sunday dawn over Wordestershire reveals quiet valleys and birdsong as Miss Peggy discusses Murdoch Col. Cameron and Highland loyalty. She notes Ewen Cameron's gentle soldierly nature and the wish that women could freely speak their minds amid social pretenses.
Two friends aboard a voyage share anxious reflections after a travel experience. Miss Peggy comforts a companion and imagines the tale they will tell upon returning to London.
A wandering party reaches Worcester a bustling, modern city with past echoes of castles and gardens. Peggy and Col. Cameron attract wary talk as a reflective milliner weighs Peggy’s future marriage against Inverfask’s burdens and social expectations.
The article notes a Chilean Monday lull as workers and servants fail to report, with many employers tolerating delays due to scarce labor. It describes widespread reluctance to work, households granting Sunday off, and public police notices on Mondays. Carpenters and masons often work only five days weekly, and shoeshops are said never to open on Monday.
A brief exchange notes that while many men treat women properly there are exceptions, specifically a man’s marriage to a woman can alter the rule.
Tambo and Bones joke about a short Navy term. A Tremendous discord from the orchestra is noted. A London sale fetched 1560 dollars for a large great auk egg, slightly cracked and measuring about 4.75 inches.
A vast winter storm blankets the West and Northwest from Omaha to Toledo and Milwaukee to the Gulf of Mexico. Illinois to Indiana and eastern Missouri see eight to fifteen inches of snow, with widespread disruption of transport and daily life. Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Texas report heavy accumulations, snowbound towns, and blocked roads or rails.
The Porto Rico tariff measure was adopted 172 to 161 after a late noon debate and amendments cutting the tariff to 15 percent and making the law temporary. Republicans McCall Littlefield Crumpacker Lorimer Heatvole Fletcher voted against. Warner absent. Four Democrats voted for the bill and four others were absent without pairs.
A St. Louis judge ruled in the Richard Maetzald case that a husband with rent and owned furniture has a perfect right to his homestead. If his entrance is blocked, he may use an ax to gain admission to his residence.
A historical report recalls the Feb 27 1881 Majuba Hill defeat led by Sir George Colley at the hands of Gen Joubert. The engagement ended with Colley killed and British forces routed amid heavy losses, signaling the last episode of the First Boer War and later peace on Boer terms.
Gen Cronje gave up to save his women and soldiers as Lord Roberts took the laager. Boers faced famine with trek cattle eaten and ammunition gone. Wagons burned and artillery damaged. laager littered with corpses. British troops moved to aid wounded, bury the dead, and comfort women and children. Surrendered force about 3,000, plus 1,000 women, children, and Red Cross relief workers.
Court of Claims finds facts supporting a naval bounty for Admiral Dewey tied to the Manila Bay engagement. The ruling allows $100 per enemy vessel instead of $200, reflecting a weaker Spanish fleet. Had the Spanish been superior, Dewey’s share would have reached 19001.40.
About fifty Congressmen signed a cablegram from Washington to Gen. Cronje congratulating him and his soldiers for the magnificent display of courage in their fight for human rights.
The Boer commander Gen Cronje is pronounced Cronyao with the a as in ate and the o as in old. The guidance states the syllable sounds Cronya- and the final e is silent.
Guards sworn in to protect property in Williamsburg Kentucky from strikers as labor tensions rise.
John Hays Hammond rails against Dom Paul and Boer leadership in a Chicago dinner address. He argues England carries on a just war, credits English capital and American ingenuity for Transvaal mining success, and calls for taxation with representation for Outlanders while detailing motives and conspiracies on both sides.
The article notes health issues for South African horses as troops move and seasons shift, with death rates from sickness reaching up to 90 percent locally. It highlights the native runners as telegraph-like messengers and recalls brigade feats, surrender signals, and personal losses among officers and soldiers in the Boer War.
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