British Patrol Captured in Eastern Transvaal Heavy Fighting
Kitchener reports severe fighting in the Transvaal with about 200 Boer casualties and 100 British losses. A Boer force overwhelmed a British patrol, killing an officer and two men and taking the rest. Colenbrander’s force and Kekewich’s actions produced Boer losses of 106. April 11 saw intense engagements near Rooiwal and the Boer assault repulsed.
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London
Colenbrander
Beyer
Liager
Pzelkop
Pietersburg
Transvaal
Molispoort
Poort
Murray
Lincoln
Colonbrander
Western Transvaal
Ian Hamilton
Methuen
Kekwich
Rooiwal
Potgieters
Kekewich
Thunder Mountain rush fuels warning on food and camps
A party from Thunder Mountain reports scarce supplies and high prices with robbers and lynching feared. Packing essentials on the back is favored over other transport while several camps are expected to form in Idaho County and prospecting remains widespread.
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Thunder Mt
Grangeville
Boise
Warren
Thunder Mountain
Salmon City
Ketchum
Hailey
Warning on dangerous powder sales urges correct product choice
The article warns readers about sales of unsafe house products and urges buyers to rely on trusted brands. It emphasizes that a housekeeper should insist on safe options and not risk family safety for small monetary savings.
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Ious
Eureka Road A Certainty
Sears the engineer returned to Weiser with his wife and child. He told the Signal that he is a small man whose word counts little, but he knows the road from Weiser to Eureka to be a certainty.
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BE Sears
Weiser
Sears
Eureka Ia
And Others Judge Same Way Genoove News
The Weiser Signal expands publication cadence to semi weekly as a local paper in a good town informs readers of its updated schedule and continued community coverage.
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Genoove
Weiser
Judge Heyburn Says Road Will Be Built In 100 Days
A visitor quotes Judge Heyburn asserting construction will proceed within 100 days, with three months of work for P I N then BR and HR phases. The judge, recently returning from the East, reportedly knows the road will be built, leveraging his ties to the Northern Pacific. He claims he cannot disclose reasons, but time will prove the truth.
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Br, & HR
Heyburn
Northern Pacific
Hair Care Claim Sparks Dandruff Cure Talk
A 1910s style advertise ment argues many hair preparations irritate the scalp and induce dryness. It blames dandruff as a germ disease that attacks hair roots, claiming Newbro's Herpicide kills the dandruff germ and promotes hair growth.
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Newbro
Town Renames Boise Settlement to Caswell
The Boise parties who previously founded a second town named Thunder Mt have changed the townsite name to Caswell. The rebranding reflects a unified community identity in the area.
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Boise
Thunder Mt
Caswell
Death of eminent American preacher Talmage at seventy
Obituary notes the death of Rev. Talmage, a leading American preacher, praising his commanding ability and eloquence, ranking him with Beecher. He died at age seventy in a statement reflecting his prominence in Christian principles. The rest of the text advertises silk waists, magnifying glasses, and potato sales.
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DeWitt Talmage
Beecher
200 Acres Purchase at Sommercamp's Dressings
Gilbert's celebrated dressenings feature amid Sommercamp's 200 acre purchase signal event.
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Gilbert
Sommercamp
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