BULLER AT WORK DRIVES BOERS FROM STRONG POSITIONS
General Buller reports success as his forces push the Boers from Laing’s Neck area and seize key positions on Van Wyke hill. The advance, led by Hildyard, threatens to make Laing’s Neck untenable, with minimal British casualties and sharp sniping noted at Van Wyke.
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London
War Office
Buller
Boom Farm
Talbot Coke
South African Light Horse
van Wyke Hill
Inkewelo
Hildyard
Botha
Laing
Aék
Roberts
Lord Roberts
Elandsfontein
Daily Express
Pretoria
Waterval
Nooit Gedache
Louis, Botha
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Spring Blood Purification
Purported tonic claims to purify blood and cure eruptions and tiredness. Includes testimonial blurbs from Miss Pearle Griffin and others praising improved health after using Hood's Sarsaparilla, with references to scrofula sores and children’s skin eruptions.
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Hood
Sarsaparilla
C. Bowley
Dewey Captures Detroit with Welcoming as Admiral Tours
Admiral Dewey and his wife arrive in Detroit to a warm, largely spontaneous welcome. A daytime parade of crowds follows clear skies after morning rain, with greetings at the Fellows Craft Club and a dinner for 200 men. Mrs. Dewey attends a separate ladies event at the Detroit Club.
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Detroit
Admiral Deavey
Fellowcraft Club
William Livingston
Maybury
Dewey
Campau Proposes Nationwide Fourth of July Democratic Rally Plan
Detroit Democrat Daniel J. Campau urges making Fourth of July a nationwide political ratification and patriotic event. He envisions county conventions held in the evening or party leaders organizing celebrations where none exist. Campau argues Republicans drift from the Declaration of Independence toward imperialism while Democrats uphold it and the Constitution. He thinks Independence Day is the best time to persuade the public.
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Detroit
Daniel J. Campau
Michigan
National Democratic Committee
United States
Campau
Burglars Hit Two Janesville Businesses In Early Hours
In Janesville Wisconsin thieves blew open safes at Knipp Co. Brewers and Spooner & Co. offices around 3 am Thursday. They took $300 cash, a gold watch, life insurance policies and deeds from Knipp Co. Some $20 in cash and papers were stolen from Spooner & Co. Police suspect Chicago professionals. A separate federal case in Madison in 1930 addresses land ownership within Superior city limits valued around $250 000 despite government claims against Stinson involved in town site.
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Janesville
Wis
Knipp Co
Spooner & Co
Chicago
Madison
Judy Bunn
Superior
Stinson
Warden Chambers Foremost in Prison Dispute and Naval News
Report covers Jackson prison investigation into Warden Chambers with Governor Pingree and Lehman failing to intervene, and military academy commissions for Miles and Corbin. Berlin discusses stamp tax hikes tied to navy growth, while Indiana and Massachusetts battleships sail to Hampton Roads for sea duty.
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Lansiig
Mich
Jne
Ree
Jackson
Pingree
M. J. Lehman
Washington
Military Academy
Nelson A. Miles
Army
H. C. Corbin
Senate
Lewis
Indiana
Massachusetts
Hampton Roads
Mixed World News and Local Incidents Flash Across Briefs
Brief items report women hold large sums in banks, price cuts at New York ice trust, a deadly cyclone in Miami and property losses in Kaukauna. A Madison lineman survived a 40 foot fall, a Chetek home was robbed, a Chicago child swallowed poison, and two Chicago men rode the Erie viaduct. London crisis reports rise, US rail miles exceed roads, and Oscar II visited Paris. Berlin youths use drugs, a duke dies to avoid service, and a distant garbled note ends the list.
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New York Ice Trust
Miami
Northwestern Road
Kaukauna
Wis
David Robson
Madison
Chicago
Erie Viaduct
Lanesboro
N. Y
London
United States
Oscar
Norway
Sweden
Paris
Berlin
Henry Wellesley
Duke of Wellington
Starthfieldsaye House
Tsps
Dallawinghire
Panbrak T. P. Leathers
Five Thousand Ashantis In Arms and Hodgson Rumor
A Daily Mail dispatch reports a rumor that Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, governor of Gold Coast, sortieed from Kumassi under siege by the Ashantis, was forced to retire and surrender. Accra advices claim fifty thousand Ashantis in arms and insurrection spreading, with white entry into the interior hindered by the rainy season.
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London
Daily Mail
Acerm
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
Gold Coast
Kumassi
Accra
Markets report shows mixed cattle hogs and grain trends
Chicago markets note light native steers and steady stockers with declines seen in common cattle. Hog receipts reach 25000 with top butcher prices around 3.23 and 5.25 for various cuts. Sheep around 4000 head. corn oats and rye futures listed with July wheat at 77 1/2 cents.
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Chicago
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George E. Feagans
Jeweler
Joliet
van ‘Buren Sts
Chicago Telephone Company
C. L. Lowall
Tht
News Store
Inal Praper
North Bluff Street
Telephone
Laing’s Nek
China
Blowery Kingdom
Yyand
Admiral Kempff
Tien- Tsin
Tien-Tsin
Conger
Peking
Hay
Tien- Tin
Lofa
Yong-Tsun
Sam
the Times
Far East
England
Russia
Times
the Spectator
Spectator
Court of Pekin
Wallenstein
Europe
Jyne
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Kansas City
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
McCormick's
McCormick Harvesting Company
Marquette
Marquette, Mich
London Graphic
Yilla
Dr. Price
D. J. Campau
Bunn
Chamberlain
Miles
Corbin
Reichstag
Hodgson
Chicago Grain and Produce
Grad
Chicago Board of Trade
Turkey
Illinois
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