Boers Kill British and British Casualties Heavy
The Daily Express reports Boer reverses and heavy British losses in October with 167 killed in action and many dying of wounds disease or accidents. Lord Roberts to return to England. Boers well armed and a six month campaign anticipated. Commandant Botha leads move toward Cape Colony as negotiations fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpax
Lord Roberts
England
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Boera
Reddersburg
Pretoria
Koffeyfootein
Knox
Dewet
Parys
Sautias Post
Daily Express
Nogland
Botha
Cape Colony
Kendardt
Paget
Steyn
War Office
Lord Grossvenor
Bethlehem
Bigu
London
Kitchener
Behoen
Sternkampsberg
Fleeing Down Yangtse River From Chinese Boxers
Mrs Emma Upcraft and her husband Rev William Upcraft, Western China missionaries, fled 2000 miles by raft along the Yangtse to escape Boxer violence. They passed Datong and Chungking amid crowds of refugees, witnessing ships, riots, and a vast exodus of foreigners from the Yangtse valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Upcraft
Alton, Ils
William M. Upcraft
China
Yang-tse-Kiang
Fof Dutong
Yang-tse Valley
Upcraft
Emma Inyeen
A. Inyeen
Alton
Albert E. Bassett
Chungking
Fraser
Lower
Yang-tse
Klating
Sulfu
Channel
Ichang
Pioneer
Thia
Hankow
Shanghai
Thi Port
Yuchow
America
Europe
Bhanghal
Japan
Datong
Reading man carves his own idols in lonely Mount Penn temple
William Klemmer, a Reading stonemason, has spent 15 years making carved wooden idols for himself. A thief stole his collection two years ago, prompting him to recreate the figures in a woodland temple. He guards the site with a high fence and keeps most idols hidden, claiming he made them for his own satisfaction and will not sell them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Klemmer
Reading
Klemmer
Mount Penn
New York
Justic
Stephen Girard the Philadelphian Benefactor’s Early Life
Born in Bordeaux and orphaned at ten, Stephen Girard left school to work in New York, later becoming a merchant in Philadelphia. He married Polly Lam, then sailed again before settling as a successful trader. In 1794, amid yellow fever, he organized the public hospital and left a famed bequest that shapes the city’s history, including a simple room with his old knitted braces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Girard
Philadelphia
Bordeaux
America
Walker Street
New York
Polly Lam
Girard
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Hans Bros
Vial
Weiser
Idaho
Morris Summer
Ting
Karl
Welle 2 CO
Roy
N.Y
M. Harvey
Ameren
Rockman Ee
Gunther's
Vendome Block
Welser
D. J. Butcher
General Merchandise
Cambridge, Ldaho
Groveries
Sranat
The
Ingram Press
O~the Vendome
Mgat Com Veunant
Coakley Brothers
Ehrisman & Lawrence
Constanty
Ulwaye
Ripan
Mankind
Druggiate
Grocers
Reatuur
News-brande
Genera
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