War Developments From Ladysmith To Glencoe
London dispatches report Boer shelling at Glencoe and Dundee with British troops counterattacking. Despatches note 4000 Boer force at the hill, British guards pursuing and General Symons wounded. Channel Squadron ordered to Queenstown. Three hundred wounded Burghers arrive in Johannesburg as Scots Guards sail to South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Ladysmith
Symonds
Glencoe
War Offices
King’s Rifles
Dublin
Fusileers
Hastings Spruit
Leicestershire Regiment
Channel Squadron
Queenstown
Cape Town
Grahamstown
Rand
Johannesburg
Glencoe and Elandslaagte Battles Reported Across The Front
Archibald Hunter reports Boers using old tactics at Glencoe where British losses include seven officers killed and twenty three wounded. A second Glencoe attack fails as Boer artillery is silenced and British sorties continue. Reports from Cape Town and London note Kruger may favor surrender and battles near Elandslaagte with mixed casualties on both sides.
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Glencoe
Symons
Ladysmith
London
Dalzell
Cape Town
Pretoria
Kruger
Executive Council
Elandslaagte
Elandslaagt
White
War Office
Elandslaage
Viljaen
Schiel
Pretorious
New York
Journal Special
Joubert
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Relief in distressing kidney and bladder disease offered by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It claims prompt relief of bladder and back pain, with rapid reduction of water retention. Sold by E F Nadal, Druggist, Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Nadal
Wilson
B. W. Hargrave
Tin work offered by Steve or Fire Board contact
A note invites Tin work by Steve or Fire Board action and provides phone 107 for prompt service. R. E. Hagan signs the notice.
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Steve
R. E. Hagan
Hopkins predicts limited action for next Congress
Washington reports Congressman Hopkins of Illinois, a defeated Speaker candidate, says Congress will do little beyond monetary reform. He foresees scant information on Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines and expects the President to maintain military control and guide island governance as events unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hopkins
Illinois
Toss Islands
Congress
Death on the Elevated in Brooklyn Tragedy
Five men were swept from an elevated railroad to their deaths in Brooklyn after a collision attempt. A woman witnessing the fall collapsed and died. Part of the crowd had left a blockade and walked along the track toward a station.
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Brooklyn
Railway schedule fragments show mixed routes and connections
The OCR reads a condensed South region timetable outlining trains between Washington Atlanta New York and Charlotte with stops at Richmond Spartanburg Raleigh and Greensboro. It mentions sleeper cars and connections to New Orleans and Chicago, plus routes to Norfolk and Nashville, with varied daily and weekly frequencies.
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Charlotte
Dalle
New
Washicvton
Atlanta
Birmingham
Touris
San Francisco
New Orleans
Pacifc
Si Mobile
South Talleans
MinimeNeo
Libra
Sham
Washington
Aulant
Mi No. S
Ssreensboro
New York
Saha Teikzee
Richmond
Atlatitay
Te Gree Asher
al Spartanburg
Asher
City
Colue
Sacksonville
Pullmai Seener
Agwrasta
Amd O Co
Ao Liwat Staties
Points North
Halics
Eas
New 7
Sirmineum
Srisgy
New Cirkeins
Seysher
Ricksmond
Ncnie
Solibers
AnHeville
KRG Fist
Ai Ae
Nashville
Noriah
A. i
Neo
Statesville
Anc
Lecel
Asheville
Hickory Benoit
Blowing Rock
Ace
Tocal
Prink
Cannan
Astra
I. Winewiek Ass
Presa
Acen
Go. i
Nevman
Pielborgen
Filipino Commission seeks access to Otis for peace talks
Filipino Commission asks permission to visit Otis to discuss peace terms but may not be allowed at Manila. MacArthur will meet individuals if admitted and will not receive official communications from the so called republic. Reported exchange of sick Spaniards for Filipino prisoners is proposed. Distressing stomach issues cured by South American Nervine Tonic sold by E. F. Nadal in Wilson North Carolina.
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Manila
Otis
MacArthur
Republic
Died at Beaufort W H Speight and Local Deaths
Mr W H Speight of Beaufort died at that place on Friday and was buried at Fremont. He was about 60, from an influential Eastern Carolina family with many Wilson connections. Also notes a Vienna trotting race result and Charles Thomas piano tuning visit in Charlotte.
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W. H. Speight
Beaufort
Fremont
Carolina
Wilson
Charles Thomas
E. M. Andrews Furniture Company
Charlotte
Salem Academy
Peace Institute
Briggs Hotel
Jim
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Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
Rhodes
Scots Guards
Cold Stream Guards
South Africa
Archibald Hunter
Durban
Melmoth
Zululand
Viliaen Kilied
Myers
Gen. Symons
Petermaritzburg
Congressman Hopkins
McKinley
Cities Aid
Wakefield
Mass
Hathaway
Perkin
Porter
Mailone
Melrose
Reading
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Filipping
Wilson, N. C
Vienna
Berlin
Totis
Austro- Hungary
Baron Scott
Miss Benton
THE
N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
St.Llosis
Bostea
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Freicht
Burdick
America
Smyth
Sears, Roe
Chicago Tl
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Marty
Scientific American
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Sonim
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