Winston Churchill's Adventurous Escape from the Boers
An old issue reprinted reports Winston Churchill, then a war correspondent for the Morning Post, escaping from a war prisoners camp in South Africa. The article chronicles his daring escape and the circumstances surrounding it as printed in The Register of February 27, 1900.
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George Neale
Review
The
Register
James Neale
Winston Churchill
South Africa
Morning Post
Jamestown Enlists List Seeks Local Volunteers
A Jamestown district notice compiles names of men living in or near Jamestown who have enlisted for military service. Readers are urged to help correct or supply omitted names and initials amid a long roster of volunteers and supporters.
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Jamestown
Churchill’s Remarkable Escape From Pretoria Revealed
The narrative recounts Mr. Churchill fleeing captivity in December after slipping from a guard wire and hiding among trees. He climbs walls, boards a moving goods train, and survives days on the run, finally reaching Delagoa Bay to claim freedom.
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Pretoria
Mr. Churchill
Middleburg
Lorenzo Marquez
Komati Poort
Delagoa Bay
Gladstone Honour Roll Names Volunteers in World War I
A list of Gladstone District men offered service for King and Country in the present conflict. The roster includes Allison, Holmes, Appleton, Hackworth, Blesing, Hughes, Botting, and many others with numerous names noted as volunteers rejected.
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Gladstone
Allison
W. Holmes
R. Appleton
M. R. Hackworth
N. Hughes
R. Botting
L. S. Jolly
E. C. Bradock
D. Knapp
J. Brown
G. Lawrie
A. J. Brown
T. S. Leesue
C. M. Builder
J. T. Magner
Jim Bath
Carpenter W. Cottle
W. D. Creber
Crawford
R. Caulfield
J. Duffy
F. Duncan A. Dunstéene
C Durick
P. Evans
R. H. Flavel
Glastonbury
Garner
E. P Growden
O. Hale
L., Levett
Ron Hobbs
H. Hobbs
T. Hillard
C. Holme
H. Harris
Dietitian Safe Fruit Cake Mix From Kellogg Biscuits
A vintage recipe suggests combining Kellogg's Whole Wheat Biscuits with sugar, dates, prunes, sultanas, raisins, candied peel, cherries, and nuts or desiccated coconut. Crumble biscuits, mix into a firm paste, roll into a log, coat with nuts or coconut, chill, then slice for servings.
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Kellogg's
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