Peace envoys meet aboard the Mayflower at Oyster Bay
The Russo Japanese peace delegation, led by Baron Komura and Baron Witte, meets with President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower in Oyster Bay. A ceremonial hand shake, a stand-up buffet lunch, and formal introductions mark a historic US role in mediating terms of peace between two warring powers.
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Baron Komura
Takahira
Japanese Peace Commission
Sagamore
Hill
Russia
Japan
Mayflower
United States
Pi Anerein
Europe
Paris
Berlin
London
England
Spain
Jhin
May‘flower
Pierce
Sakahura
Rusalan
County Witte
Josen
Presi-deut
Unclear fragment hints at political and sport items
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a leak, a resignation, Tainted money demand, Peary North Pole, Chicago teamsters strike, Zemstyos, Cane, and James H Hyde Rus. Details are unreadable. no coherent event or persons can be confirmed.
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Stevens
Clelge
Peary
North Pole
Chicago Teamsters
Zemstyos
James H. Hyde
Rus
Indemnities Sought in Historic Wars and Recoveries
A fragment outlines war indemnities from 1842 to 1900, listing China, Prussia Austria Germany Russia Turkey and allies with sums. notes opium war Taiping rebellion Boxer uprising costs, and Turkey Greece demand reduction. Mentions Germany taking Alsace Lorraine in defeat and broader punitive terms.
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Ugland
China
Hnogland
Prussia
Austria
Germany
Nussia Oo
Turkey
Creeen
Greece
Brance
Alsace
Lorraine
Japan to Be Supreme Over Asia mainland empire
Washington correspondent Walter Wellman reports Japan plans a vast empire on the Asiatic mainland, including Ikoren and Manchuria, with the Sea of Japan as its heart. The article argues Japan would dominate the region, offset European powers, and potentially reshape global power by making the Sea of Japan central to a rising Nippon.
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Asia
Walter Wellman
Washington
Ikoren
Manchuria
Siberia
Japan
Sea of Japan
United States
Caribbean Sea
Russia
Japanese Sea
Asiatic
Great Britain
Sea of
Empire of
Nippon
Notable figures in world affairs and arts cited in brief
The item lists diverse figures: M Combes now practicing medicine after French prime ministership, Lord Yarmouth famed as a skirt dancer, the Shah of Persia valued at over 35 million, Taiperov of Japan donating 5000 to the YMCA, Bangbita the torero retiring with nearly 500000, Emperor William appointing Baron Karl Mayer von Tothschild as officer, Sponten Dutch sailor Cape Horn tale, and Saul Eloyse described as a famed German novelist with strong Jewish ties.
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M. Combes
France
Lord Yarmouth
Shah
Persia
Taiperov
Japan
Bangbita
Emperor William
Germany
Baron Karl Mayer von Tothschild
Sponten
Cape Horn
Thorne
Guyver Zee
Saul Eloyse
America
Nation to Fight Pest Federal control of yellow fever urged
Governor Blanchard appealed to President Roosevelt, who ordered Surgeon General Wyman to mobilize full federal action. A New Orleans mass meeting backed federal supervision to avert interstate conflict and back a scientific campaign using Marine Hospital Service resources. Refugees flee to St. Tammany as immunity there avoids outbreak. The Tip s y crew and Grace quarantine boat faced arrest and enforcement actions. Hundreds evacuate New Orleans while authorities gear up naval reserves and coastal defense.
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Louisiana
Gov. Blanchard
Roosevelt
Wyman
Blanchard
New Orleans
South
Genral Wyman
Cuba
Mexico
United States
A. Brittin
Cotton E Xchange
Marine Hospital Service
Tom
Ivy
Sheriff Nunez
St. Bernard Parish
Tipsy
English
Nunez
Parish
Lake Borgne
Mississippi
Grace
Majestic
Marie
St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany
Hailstorm kills hogs and damages farms in Iowa
A historic hail storm swept eastern Iowa between Ipton and Mechanicsville killing hogs and injuring cattle. Hailstones 12 inches across broke windows and buried in plowed fields. The area covered about a mile and a half with extensive agricultural damage. Arrests are expected in New York over a large contraband cigar seizure. President Mitchell dismissed talk of a mine workers strike as baseless.
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Iowa
Ipton
Mechanicsville
New York
St. Louis
Russian Garrison Surrenders on Sakhalin Island
Dispatches from Tokyo report the majority of the Sakhalin garrison surrendering after a Russian cavalry pursuit and a flag of truce on July 30. Col. Tolivitch accepted terms from Col. Koizumi, and Gov Liapunoff with 70 officers and 3200 men capitulated. Artillery, rifles, and supplies were taken as spoils.
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Sakhalin Island
Tokio
Paleo
Taylan
Rykoff
Onol
Liaonoff
Col. Tolivitch
Liapnoff
Koizumi
Manchuria
Worea
Kuanchoderi
Musariet
Piatsabang
Péter the Great Bay
Vladivostok
Yinkow
Pfister Indicted in Wisconsin Graft Probe
Milwaukee financier Charles I Pfister a powerful Republican figure and city booster is indicted by a grand jury along with four others in a graft inquiry. The charge alleges Pfister diverted 14000 to his own use via the Wisconsin Rendering Company to secure a city garbage contract.
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Charles I. Pfister
Milwaukee
West
First National Bank
Francis K. McGovern
Fister
Wisconsin Rendering Company
Crop conditions show mixed progress in July report
Weather Bureau weekly bulletin reports favorable conditions in most corn growing areas though cooler temps in Ohio valley hindered growth. Rain needed in Georgia Florida and parts of New Jersey. Wheat harvest advancing. oats and cotton show variable results across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Mississippi and other states with rust smut and drought noted in spots.
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Weather Bureau
The
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Missouri Valley
Texas
East Gulf
Georgia
Worida
Mississippi
Illinois
Ohio
New Jersey
Atlantic Coast District
Tennessee
Arkansas
Indiana Territory
Middle Atlantic
Michigan
New York
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
Oregon
Missouri
Oklahoma
Virginia
Louisiana
Alabama
Carolinas
Florida
South Carolina
Living Expenses Rise Noted by Labor Bureau
The latest labor bureau bulletin shows average family living costs grew 25 to 50 percent from 1890 to 1904 with big gains in beans salt beef lard butter cornmeal crackers molasses eggs and more. Prices for food and goods rose sharply while some items like nutmegs declined. Cold storage and trusts are blamed for masking true price levels with canny industry practices. An Albany veterinarian was named U S delegate to Budapest congress. A Philadelphia grand jury returned an indictment against Select Councilman Cayen for oath violations linked to city contracts.
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Bureau of Labor
New York World
Standard Oil Company
Frank Jee Cayen
Philadelphia
Government Red Tape and Post Office Notices Spark Debate
A presidential commission investigates federal methods to speed work and curb red tape. Post Office rules deter ticket distribution by carriers and rural routes enjoy limited privileges. The piece also notes fish merchants' complaints to the President, the rising revenue from picture postcards, and a Fort McHenry project to mark the key pole that inspired The Star-Spangled Banner. One miner dies per ton of coal raised.
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America
Washington
Post Office Department
War Department
Fort McHenry
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Vicksburg
Chicago
Inter Ocean
PEST
Mitchell
Scranton
Qld
William H. Kelly
Albany
N. Y
New York Department of Agriculture
State Department
International Veterinary Congress
Budapest
Hungary
Bonny
Loomis
Bowen
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Gloucester
Fish Commission
Newayages
Treasury
War
Navy
Post Office
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