Pretoria Affair Sparks Hidden Love in Camp
In a besieged Pretoria, Jess and John Niel bolster morale by forming a private home in a cottage near camp. Jess mourns risk and fate, while John contemplates a new life with Bessie’s sister as the Boers loom. They set up a daytime refuge at The Palatal and begin housekeeping, planning a deeper bond.
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Bessie
John
Pretoria
Job
John Nil
Lim
Hermilf
Mr Fant
Jos
John Nel
Jes
Mooifontein
Niel
Leo
South Africa
Capt
Mel
Tam
Monti
Jess
George Colley
Mrs. Neville
England
Jol
Havn
Shang
Altue
Jon
Jim
Bessia
Marty
Pretogia
Camp Stopxs
Fluit
Boera
Doctor Albert Offers Kind Aid for Delicate Ailments
A local medical advertisement invites patients to consult Dr Albert for discreet treatment of sensitive conditions. The ad emphasizes his compassionate approach and gentlemanly conduct to ease embarrassment and encourage patients to seek care.
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Albert
Nervous Debility Affects Modern Life And Medicine
A medical notice outlines Nervous Debility as a rising issue in modern life. It lists symptoms including dull mind, ringing ears, vision dimness, fatigue, solitude, melancholy thoughts, and nervous twitches. The text praises Doctor Alberg as undefeated in nervous debility treatments.
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Alber EG
Organal Weakness and Dr Albert’s Open Advice
A column promoting treatment for sexual weakness urges men and women to seek help from Dr Albert. It condemns fear of offending patients and touts his methods as restoring vigor and health. The piece emphasizes moral implications and urges timely treatment.
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Albert
Lts
Samson
Alberd
Dr Albert’s Cure for Epilepsy Promises Permanent Relief
The article extols Dr Albert's method as unrivaled and capable of thorough, permanent cures for epilepsy. It asserts prior treatment offered only temporary relief and warns of dire outcomes if untreated, while claiming thousands of cured patients across the state.
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Albert
Bishop's Chaplain Evades Boers in Night Ride to Pretoria
John Niel, posing as a bishop’s chaplain, threads through Heidelberg with a Cape cart and four gray horses. Sentries, a broken truce, and a bag of meat aside, he fights fatigue and danger, reaching Pretoria amidst gunfire and pursuit, finally entering the town to safety as Boers close in.
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Heidelberg
Africa
Earth
Heaven
Jobn
Bronker
John
Inshop
Dishup
Grably
Julia
Tamm
Pretoria
Frank Muller
Om’ Kruger
Jan
Kruger
Tam
Bonker’s Spint Lord
John Niel
Transvaal
Ton Johesas Joen
Ceetfca
Srthem
Inkoos
Mouti
Horsea
Monti
Ferguson
Tom
Red
Christmas in Pretoria Amid Siege and Personal Turmoil
In Pretoria before a Boer republic proclamation, Jess endures a grim siege with martial law and a crowded laager. She hides from temptation as family letters reveal engagement news and the strain of separation shadows her days and dreams.
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Jess Id Het
Pretoria
Jess
Mooifontein
Bessie
Capt. Niel
Inager
Egerton
Bronker’s Spruit
Ninety-fourth
John
A Lady's Perfect Companion Promises Painless Childbirth
A pamphlet promotes a book titled A Lady's Perfect Companion Painless Childbirth claiming that any woman can become a mother without pain and can overcome morning sickness and pregnancy symptoms. Endorsed by physicians, it offers a circular for two-cent stamps and requests mailing address in Baltimore. Also notes fashionable moire fabrics for summer dress trimming.
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Thomas & Co., Publishers
Baltimore
Iron Tonic Promises Vitality Restoration
A fragment reports Dr Hart ers Iron Tonic promoted to restore vitality after dissipations. The notice mentions a Wash society lady asked by a prince to visit and attend dances, with claims of renewed energy for Americans.
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Wash
Prince of
Wooster Citizens Praise Dr Nings New Discovery
Residents in Wooster express great excitement over a claimed cure for throat and lung diseases by Dr Nings New Discovery for Constant Constitution. The ad touts cures for consumption and other ailments with a promise of complete relief, available at Laubach Leyd's Drug Store in large bottles for $1.
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Wooster
Dr. Nings
Laubach & Leyd
Dr King’s New Discovery and Electric Bitters Sold in Rome Ga
Wot Hoyt A Co a Rome draggists report two years of selling Dr King’s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with strong patient outcomes. Local cases show notable cures and relief from ailments after small bottle courses. Laubach & Baya sell these medicines.
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Wot Hoyt A Co
Rome
Laubach & Baya
Poofed Claims of Cures and Patent Remedies
A garbled ad dense with dubious cures promises relief from colds pains and fevers. It touts Golden Specific Co blood tonics Livs Cream Balm Darbys prophylactic fluid and tooth wash as universal cures, claims dramatic effects and offers circulars on demand. A stray line mentions a cable railroad fatality.
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Liv
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