Boer Generals Honored in South Africa Tour to America
The article reviews the reception of Boer leaders Louis Botha Delarey and De Wet, praised for their military skill and personal presence. It details Botha’s youth and calm leadership, Delarey’s imposing stature and strategic shift to guerrilla warfare, and De Wet’s unmatched guerrilla campaigns and endurance. The trio, famed for their wartime roles, are said to travel to America bearing a message of reconciliation and support for Afrikaner families.
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Botha
Delarey
de Wet
Cape
South Africa
Gretval
Kolin
Daoland
Natal
Jacob Hendrick ‘Delarey
de la Rey
Totha
Hoora
Panoldiera
Duke of Wellington
Methuen
Delaney
X Christian de Wet
America
Pianist Banda Guts Forty-Eour Hours at Venice
Milan correspondent reports Banda, a doughty pianist, aimed to break the forty hour piano sitting record in Venice. He hammered the keys for fifty consecutive hours, with only three ten minute rests, in the presence of a committee of doctors and musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Banda
Venice
Rival Railroads Face Vast Consolidation Clash in U S
A caustic overview of the Gould and Pennsylvania systems dominance and expansion threats, detailing mergers, routes, and projected transcontinental ties from Pittsburgh to the Atlantic coast. Contends a fierce rivalry with Morgan and Vanderbilts shaping a national railroad reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Pennsylvania System
Pacific Coast
Wich
Maryland
Baliveen le Pennsylvania
Goulds
Western Union
Fiems
Penneylyants
New York City
Mieawe
Brave young man saves a drowning woman at Tynemouth
A youth strolling the sands of Tynemouth rescues a lady from drowning and is met by a gentleman who declines medals and offers guidance instead. The man, a pork butcher, advises the rescuer to avoid eating sage in summer and to value good advice over rewards.
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Jetter
Egbert L. Manton
Tynemouth
England
Beard
Ocean liners face gambling ring on Atlantic voyage
A report details a sophisticated gambling operation aboard ocean liners where professional sharps target passengers. They recruit, stack cards, and run up losses, with a $11 000 pot on one voyage. A detective halted the game, warning passengers and arrest risks for the remaining journey.
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Hitle
Cardy
Merons the Pond
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Erie
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Gocz
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Darack
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