28 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1901
Page
1
Field report describes a clash between British forces led by Sir Redvers Buller and Boer commander De Villiers. Casualties listed as small while trudging through trenches. Reinforcements and field movements noted in dispatches.
Lord Kitchener and Cape Colony dispatches reveal Dewet accusing the British of barbarous warfare. Capetown reports claim English mistreat doctors and wounded Boers while arming Kaffirs. Brakpan laager and Disselfontein actions yield prisoners and matériel as Dewet allegedly escapes. Also local notices and ads follow.
Bucklen Arnica Salve has worldwide fame for cures of cuts burns boils sores felons ulcers tetter salt rheum fever sores chapped hands skin eruptions and piles. Guaranteed to work. Only 25 cents at R W Smith's.
The traveling library bill received approval in both legislative chambers and goes to Governor Hunt for signature, allocating 6000 dollars to sustain traveling libraries. Meanwhile Adams and Kilborn push property rights and tax and road measures as other bills advance in the same session.
Industrial barons and executives received vast salaries and bonuses during the period, highlighting soaring compensation in major industries. The piece profiles top earners and notes substantial disparities with wage scales across sectors, underscoring economic power concentrated among corporate leaders.
In a Chicago American column W R Hearst argues for reducing or regulating top executive pay in U S enterprises. He cites railroad and oil magnates and promotes government ownership of railways telegraphs post offices and telephones to curb vast fortunes and ensure public service.
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