Impatient London and Cape Town News in January
Reports from London and Southampton describe growing impatience over the Cape Town campaign. Rumors of ammunition shortages and a shell famine circulate while Roberts and Kitchener delay movement toward Comfornten. A separate Washington briefing covers Senator Clark of Montana testifying about bribery in the 1899 election, detailing a $10,000 payment and conditions to vote for Clark.
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London
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Cape Town
Buller
Oine
Roberts d Kitchener
Mely
Comfontein
Tugela
War Office
United States
Umbria
Fish Government
Uthampton
South Africa
Lourenzo Marques
Frontier Police
Nody
Washington
Clark
Montana
W. A. Clark
Madison County
Helena
Senate
Mr. Wellcome
Wellcome
Foster
Park
Marcus Daly
Daly
Governor Taylor alleges fraud in contest case
Governor Taylor through his attorney filed with the contest committee a motion to remove six Democratic members. An affidavit claims the names were fraudulently owned by the clerk and that current members are disqualified for partiality toward a contestant. The motion challenges the committee rules and the trial as biased. the affidavit and motion were announced as under advisement.
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Iman Hickman
Bullard's Troops Score Victory On Santa Tomas Road
Manila January 11. Col Bullard with the Thirty-ninth Infantry advances in three columns from a flank attack on ten insurgent companies on the Santa Tomas road. The rebels resisted but were overwhelmed with 24 killed and 60 captured. Filipinos retreated toward Lake Taal with their casualties and materiel.
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Manila
Coles Bullard
Intry
Samba
Santa Thomas
Lake Taal
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxativ Quinine Tablets Ad
A vintage ad promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxativ Quinine Tablets. It notes refunds if the remedy fails and features E. W. Grove's signature on each box.
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E. W. Grove
Zéc
Anemia remedy promised to restore strength and color
An old advertisement claims pale lips and weak nerves signal anemia and offers a patent medicine to enrich the blood. It asserts the product will quickly restore strength and activity. The price is $1.08, available at druggists. Scott & Bowne, New York, are named chemists.
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Scott & Bowne, Chemists
New York
Storms and battles headlined in late wires flash
News brief from Victoria reports a December storm off the Japanese coast cost 171 lives and 35 junks lost while towed from Osaka to Kobe, with a tidal wave killing 411 souls. Congo troops clash with Batalola rebels near Baraka. ninety rebels die. Senate favors free homesteads on Indian lands and ratifies part of Fort Hall cession. Cuban vessel rights bills pass Senate committee with retroactivity stripped. Jefferson County election case and Paris Foreign Office stance on US France treaty noted. Also ads for blankets and Chamberlain cough remedy.
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Empress of Japan
Osaka
Kobe
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs Today
Senator Pettigrew
Senator Shoup
Fort Hall
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad with Robins Flannelettes
An advertisement touts special cuts on flannelettes from F. C. Robins and offers Hood's Sarsaparilla as a proven remedy. It emphasizes visible results and urges belief in the product's benefits for others and the reader.
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F. C. Robins
What Is Shiloh A Grand Old Remedy
An advertisement touts Shiloh as a world widely used coughs colds and consumption remedy for half a century claiming it cures incipient consumption and relieves advanced cases. A money back guarantee is offered and prices are 25 50 cents and one dollar. Eagle Drug Store also notes a furnished house for rent with further particulars at the office.
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Brown Bros
Eagle Drug Store
Britain Replies to Choate on Seized American Goods
Washington reports the British government issued a partial, largely satisfactory reply to Mr Choates representations over the seizure of American flour and goods on Beatrice Mashona and Maria. Foodstuffs in transit are contraband only if supplied for the enemy by destination. Maria and Mashona goods not contraband. Beatrice under investigation.
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Washington
Choate
Beatrice
Maria
State Department
Mr. Choate
Foreign Office
British Foreign Office
Naval Commander Takes His Own Life
Navy dispatch from Admiral Schley reports Commander F. E. Greene committed death by own action in Montevideo on Wednesday evening. A burial ashore was arranged and a board was appointed to examine the case. Friends at the department are puzzled by the act given his excellent record and lack of bad habits.
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Washington
Navy Department
Schley
South Atlantic
Montevideo
Secretary of the Navy
F. E. Greene
Department
Goebel to Marry Blackburn’s Daughter
At Lexington Kentucky a special dispatch says Senator William Goebel who is contesting Governor Taylor’s seat is engaged to marry Corinne Blackburn the only daughter of U S Senator J C Blackburn The wedding is planned soon after the contest is decided in Frankfort Kentucky
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Cincinnati
Lexington
William Goebel
W. S. Taylor
Corinne Blackburn
United States
J. C
Blackburn
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Mpatience
England
Moreator
Taylor
Bullard
Brussels
Congo Free State
Baron Dhanis
Baraka
Roland B.molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Florence Rogers
Adams
Berry
Committee On Commerce
Walter Evans
Oscar Turner
Putth
Kentucky
Evans
Paris
Associated Press
United States Senate
French Chamber of Deputies
France
F.C. Robins & Co
Hood
Shiloh
Great Britain
Gobel
Nin
Winnemucca, Nevada
Shilohs
Canada
Epstead
Sole Proprietors
S.c.wells & Co
Leroy, N.Y
Toronto
Can
Beagle Drug Store
Dal
W. J. Bell
Prop
Winnemucca
Jersee
G. W. Summerfield
Castle Gate
N. Owen
Tower
Winnemneca
A. Ruckteschler
B. D. Santina & CO
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