Little progress starvation at hand in South Africa
March 26 dispatches from London report slow relief efforts around Mafeking and Kimberley as Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener clash over strategy. British forces suffer heavy casualties, with Boer trenches tightening and communications improving only slowly. Winston Churchill urges continuous troop shipments, warning against complacency as Allied momentum wavers.
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Engiard
London
Winston Churchill
Morning Post
South Africa
Great Britain
Reoccupied Kimberley Outpost Reported by March
Berry West reports Griqua town reoccupied by 400 Boers on March 25. A column has left Kimberley to drive them out. It is feared loyalists there including two men have been imprisoned.
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London
Lord Roberts
Lygon
Crabbe
Codrington
Troter
Oikopje
Kimberley
Mafdking
Bir Forrestier
Walker
Prince “Alexander
Teck
Ape Town
Bloemfontein
Ladysmith
Cronje
Magersfontein
Lord Kitchéner
Paatdebérg
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener
Berry West
Griquatown
Golden's exam testimony stirs suspicions at Beattyville trial
The article notes Golden’s testimony and forces suspicion on Tal Tow Dick Combs as he faces custody disputes. Troops guard Powell Galton and Davis at the state house and courthouse while a courtroom standoff unfolds.
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Golden
Taltow
Beattyville
Combs
State House
Waylor
Theope
Court House
Powell
Galton
Davis
Beckham
Suaday
Powers
Walve
Disturbing Notes From An Agitated Era And Labor Tensions
Scattered clippings describe a grim discovery in New Jersey with a body and degraded casket. Reports mention Yaqui rebels near Torin and a looming strike by 80 000 machinists and engineers in New York and New Jersey, signaling widespread unrest and labor conflict.
Aged Couple In Fire Tragedy Near Cheyenne
An elderly couple, Paul Plemiry and Mrs Flemry, are involved in a deadly house fire. Police arrived as flames consumed the residence and Mrs Flemry was found severely burned. the man was arrested as the woman was rescued.
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Cheyenne
Wic
Marel
Afes
Paul Plemiry
Flemry
Sealing Fleet Progress and Local Incidents Reported
The Leopard steamship arrived at St Johns with seals from the season’s fleet rising toward a potential 60,000 total as four weeks remain. In Washington a 15 year old girl was wounded by a gun accident at a dance. In Mexico 100 Mormon colonies report population gains from Utah migrants amid continued movement.
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St Johns
Leopard
Mexico
Tesh
Utah
Alaskan Code Bill Dominates Washington Legislation
Washington dispatch notes a sweeping Alaska code debate tied to the Porto Rican question. The measure faces caucus delays as Republicans weigh free trade and territorial policy amid naval and army funding debates.
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Waebhington
Porto Rico
Carter
Alaska
Seaucus
Jone
Jarzo
Nyen
IDHS
Clark
Houstand
Gaspe ‘of
Agriculure
Foss
Army
Philippolis Occupied as Boers Surrender Arms to Gen. Clements
Gen. Clements entered Philippolis at noon on Saturday and addressed the burghers after reading Lord Roberts’ proclamation. He urged obedience to military and appointed authorities and noted the reappointment of landdrost and sheriffs under the queen. Burghers began taking the oath of allegiance and surrendering arms. Reports also describe Boers dressing and sending wounded to the British camp while Ladysmith relief news raises further concern over the Mafeking siege and starving natives amid Boer pressure.
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Philippolis
Clements
Norvals Pont
Lord Roberts
Free State
Otis cracks down as extreme Filipino paper is banned
In Manila Gen Otis suppresses the extreme Filipino party paper Patria and imprisons its editor for sedition while warning party members to show restraint. In Greensville Virginia a new murder follows a double lynching, and a separate case reports a man dying from a shooting wound after traveling from Vicksburg. In Kentucky an Arsenal mine scare is debunked as an unfounded pretense.
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Virginia
Petersburg
Vaa
Emporia
Greesville
Greensville
Ben Owens
Becaue
Cashier's Quandary and Fire Strike Two Towns
March 20 Rutland Vermont authorities closed the Merchants National Bank for an examination of its books. The cashier Charles W Mussty will be asked to explain discrepancies as assets are impaired. Fort Plain New York a fire destroyed the Clinton Liberal Institute building a six story college prep military academy owned by Universalists of the state with a loss of 95000 dollars.
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Rutland
Merchants
National, Bank of
Charles W. Mussty
College
Fort Plain
Clinton: Liberal Institute
Universalists
Penicillin? Tang Be Tried Dr Bings New Medicine
An old advertisement touts a patent medicine claiming cures for coughs throat and lung issues. It promotes a trial bottle and mentions authorized collectors, grocery sellers, and druggists selling the product for 1.09 dollars. It also advertises chocolate cathartics as a perfect dietary aid and laxative.
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Bings
Talquffer
Chester
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Kirmishing
Fring
Herve
Ladybrand
Times
Bourville
Clitter
Basttoland
Clochlan
Bidemfontein
Daily’ ‘Telegraph
Clujp
Brnivep Jauival
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Philadelphia
N. J
Smitzer
Torres
Torin
Vaijuis
Ax Worma
New York
Mare
Howard
Lea
George I Wge
Ludsure
New Yorks
International Association of Machinists
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
New. York
Washington
Clariesey Emu
Will Ide
Ek Gaeta
William Rath
Hartford
Idala
Vesta Eatoh
Aioe
Pike
Theater Branch
Congress
Walter Cotton
Richmond
O'Grady
Cotton
Smith
Liverpool
John
Colombia
Kingston
Jamaica
Roesville
Gulyet & No
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Grenadier ‘Guards
Col. Crabbe
Sarah Wilson
Detroit
Charles “H.: Prebton
Vicksburg
Miss
Diamond Match Company
Preston
Harper Hospital
Frankfort
Collier Lyesterday
Arsenal
Capitol
Murray
Collier
Notica
Wasimeroy
Mats Wa
Warren Wa Desire
Sions
All Crocey
Pulpit
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Atvied
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Royal Medicine
Coeeaern
JON
Jonrget
Fis
Fenanses
Tormentara
Cole
Schoal
Richard
Shirley
Uae
Murphy - Bldek
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