Spionkop abandonment and Boer losses reported in London dispatches
London news reports Buller’s forces abandoning Spionkop after brief siege, with 6 officers and 145 men killed or wounded and 31 missing. Durie notes heavy Boer losses around the Vaal river area. Yates inspects Yeomanry. Prince of Wales praises them as honorary colonel and greets officers and troopers in Regent's Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buller
Ladysmith
Spionkop
Buchanan
Duri
Yates
Yeomanry
Mdon
Life Guards
Regent's Park
Prince of Wales
Africa
Prince of Hes
Lord Chesham
Blacksmiths quarrel ends in murder in Sioux City
Andrew Kean of Waterloo is dead at Samaritan Hospital after a brawl with fellow blacksmith Mike Haynes, who is under arrest for murder. Kean was struck with an iron and later died of pneumonia. an autopsy was performed in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Sioux City
Andrewan
Samaritan Hastal
Mike Haynes
Kean
Haynes
Waterloo
German Press Portrays British Defeat in South Africa
A pamphlet from January 27 argues South Africa shows another setback for Britain. The Tagesblatt Zeitung notes a grim mood, citing direct mails from Cape Town and German official explanations. The piece highlights popular German bitterness and strong anti British sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girlin
South Africa
Ische 'Tagesblatt Zeitung
Transaal
Cape Town
Germany
Final Reckoning With England Pamphlet Described
A London dispatch notes a pamphlet called The final reckoning with England claiming events of 1931. It describes naval battles with Germany defeating England and Britain fragmenting, Australia declaring independence, and other colonies divided among powers. The piece links unrest to imperial collapse. The report also covers Christmas shortages in Ladysmith and troop movements near Durban with Boer dynamics and cartridge production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Australia
Moore wins tax case over Michigan land deeds
In a unanimous ruling Judge Long states that payment of 1908 taxes was not complete until Moore's checks cleared, after which deeds must be issued. The decision voids earlier applications by Sparrow, Longyear and others and directs the auditor to grant deeds to John R. Moore of Ironwood for lands in Ontonagon County.
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Lansing
Mich
John R. Moore
Ironwood
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Supreme Court
Rockland
Matchwood
Ontonagon County
Moore
Auditor General
Long
Sparrow
Longyear
Delirious student dies after typhoid and pneumonia
Ralph Bennett a 25 year old junior at Garrett Biblical Institute died in Evanston Hospital from a complication of pneumonia and typhoid fever. He rose from bed in delirium and wandered to Dr Little’s home before being admitted to hospital. He came from Omro Wisconsin and was buried there.
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Chicago
Ralph Bennett
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston Hospital
Bennett
Omro
Wis
Lawrence Uniersity
Appleton
Heck Hall
J. Little
Iis
Charles Bennett
Globe-Trotter
Manila
Racine
Fred Roe Pratt
Robert Baker
Ram
Japan
Fred Pratt
Americans report executed near Guaymas by General Torres
Mail from Guaymas reports six Americans David Cusick John Eldridge George Lunt Charles Burns Lon Webster and Henry Williams shot near the Bacatete mountains east of Guaymas by order of General Torres. American consul notified but did not intervene. Americans said to be in friendly contact with Yaquis surrounded by Mexican troops.
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el Paso
Tex
Guaymas
Sonora
Mexico
David Cusick
John Eldridge
George Lunt
Charles Burns
Lon Webster
Henry Williams
Bacatete Mountains
Torres
Bacatete Range
Goebel Contest Settlement Hangs on House Vote
In Frankfort today a House vote on the Van Meter Berry gubernatorial contest will hint at party strength before a possible Supreme Court appeal. Democrats claim 52 to 47 and Republicans 51 to 48 while Berry is unable to vote. further party shifts are anticipated. If Goebel wins, Republicans vow to take the matter to the United States Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court of
Prankfort
House of Representatives
van Meter
Berry
Payette County
House
van Meter-Berry
Grider
Finn
Yeas
Trimble
Lafferty
Rawlins
Bagby
Hinton
Cochran
Orr
Willingham
Weatherford
Griner
Yvon
Case
Supreme Court
Goebel
United States Supreme Court
Dowager Empresss Shake-Up in China Sparks Turmoil
London reports the dowager empress has removed Jung Lu as generalissimo amid a broader purge of officials after abdication rumors. Pu Chun named heir apparent, China tense as foreign ministers are urged to intervene. Local crime and accidents also noted from Wisconsin to Chicago and St Louis.
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London
China
Jung Lu
Pekin
Woman Loses Suitor in Elopement Scam on Train
Miss Lucille Chapman of Springfield travels to Chicago with Charles Wendon who poses as a jewelry salesman. He robs her of 115 dollars, deserts her on a train, and a warrant is issued for his arrest. Chicago police classify him as a confidence man with ties to Springfield.
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Chicago
Springfield
Uls
Lucille Chapman
Worth
Charles Wendon
Charles Dreadeau
Forty-seventh Street
Harrison Street
Dearborn Street
New York
Wendon
Miss Chapman
Indiana's Bill of Rights Refers To Vin de Seclo Mob Law Case
An Indiana report tells of George Mason, his wife, and six children from Kentucky who could not find work due to color. Accused of carrying smallpox, Mason received a threatening note and a burned cabin. Mason and family barely escaped and returned to Kentucky with their remaining possessions.
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Indianapolis
George Mason
Washington County
Kentucky
Mason
Uniontown
Three Boys Hurt in Merrill Bob Sled Collision
At Merrill Wisconsin on January 27 three boys were severely injured when coasting on Center street hill collided with a Second street bus after failing to see it due to a woodpile obstructing view. August Denne aged 18 and Worth Hanscom suffered arm fractures while Queran Filentreau was injured in the chest as the bus passed over him. Governor Shaw sent Colonel H H Rood of Mount Vernon to the senate to fill a vacancy on the state board of control amid opposition and postponement of confirmation.
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Merrill, Wis
Second
Center Streets
Center Street
Second Street
Merchants’ Hotel
Bob
August Denne
Worth Hanscom
Queran Filentreau
Des Moines
Shaw
Senate
H. H. Rood
Mount Vernon
State Board of Control
Dozens bid at Walter J. Main menagerie auction in Geneva
Dozens of circus men bid in the Main menagerie sold by auction at Geneva Ohio. Also reported a suicide of a husband in Arkansas lecturing wife scheme and other local notes including a Dowie preacher removal and a Erie canal funding request by Governor Roosevelt.
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Walter J. Main
Geneva
Arkansas
G. L. Mason
Bluffton
Roosevelt
New York
Italy
David M. Magee
Oxford
Stevens Point
Wis
Elizabeth ©. Atkinson
William T
Thomas H. Hodson
Galena
Ills
Apple River
Plague Scare Spreads from Honolulu to San Francisco
Reports from Honolulu reveal 20 deaths among 30 bubonic plague cases with several whites among the victims. Alarm grows in Hilo and San Francisco as house to house inspections and quarantines tighten. 150 Australian-bound passengers aboard the Miowera face quarantine and the Yorohine Maru carries about 700 emigrants from Honolulu.
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Vancouver
B.C
Newes
Honolulu
Miowera
Red Cross Society
Sheriff Andrews
United States
Pathfinder
Hilo
San Francisco
Australia
W. Irwin & Co
Yorobine Mara
Yokohama
Japan
Victoria
B. C
Sydney
Noumea
New Caledonia
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Nob Warren
Iers
Lord Casham
Genere
Chesham
Ord Chesham
Philip Percivale
Royal Yacht Squadron
Patrick Camp
OWA State News
Iowa
Grevaance
Standard
Dee
Commissariat
Steyn
Pretoria
Durban
Pertoria
Joubert
San
LaCoska Cooper
Des Moines Society
John Cooper
Cooper
Madison
Hicks
Davidson
Laura Armitage
Fort Atkinson
Fond du Lac
Rube Wilkins
Ed Secor
Menasha
Neenah
Fred Crossman
Twin City
Milwaukee Tea Company
Expressman Barlow
Auburn
Ind
St. Louis
Julius Lehman
TG Cacreine
House of Delegates
St. Louis Carriage Wood Work Company
Bemen
Fred Gebhardt
Fred Schafer
Wisconsin Fishermen's Association
Green Bay
Tolstoi
John Dav
Northwestern Gift Company
Felt ‘Ho
Indiana
Town Board of Control
Royal Baking Powder
Pire
George Borman
Board of Health
Chinatown
Prenzay
Andrews
Kinau
Tilo
Towa
Murray and Creston Railway Company
Charles 8. Glass
Chicago and Northwestern
A. G Dy
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington
Owa
Ortga
Joseph Krock
Presipent
Frank Stewart
Vick Presipent
Chas
HH. Keck, Casnner
O. M. Keck, I. M. Sproull
E. M. McConaughy
Ourion
Klein's Clothing Store
P. W. McElwain
Temple
Washington Lowa
J. R. Burroughs
Offlor
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washtgnton, TA
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's
Washington, Towa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Qofesor
Kear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Oralla
Jos. Pollard,jr
Washington, IA
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
BES’ Coffee
Qqva
Capital
Does & General Banking
W. RK. Jeperey
A. Anderson
Caughter
J.T. Anderson
Washington County Savings Bank
Gogonite
Don General
Jon. Kron
A. Warrs
Cashier
H. Keown
V. P
M. Keox
C. S. Lemmon
Rcran
L. D. Robinson
C. Lemmon
Mr. Lemmon
I. D. Robinson
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
Phiadelphia
K. G. Fox
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Joseph Keck
0. H. Keck
J. F. Henderson
E. C. Keck
Katia Bachey
P. O
J. A. McCall’s
K. H. Welch
Prop
R. F. Riley
Smouse
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