Peace Negotiations Shan't End War New York Summary
The Far East war news highlights a possible peace approach between Russia and Japan. President Roosevelt reportedly advised the czar that Japan's demands are reasonable and Russia, defeated, should accept them. Russian and Japanese envoys discussed cash payments for Sakhalin rather than indemnity, while M. Witte rejected the plan. Baron Rosen met Roosevelt at Oyster Bay to review negotiation status and sticking points. The President reportedly urged arbitration on unresolved questions.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Sakhalin
M. Witte
Portsmouth
N. H
Sakhalin Island
The
Baron Komura
He Eng
Far East
Ambass
de. Meyer
Peterhof Wemsday
Oyster Bay
Meyer
Witte
Peirce
Peterhof
St. Petersburg
Reuter
Count Lamsdorff
Nicholas
Earthquake Rocks Midwest and Seaboard Regions
Wide area tremor impacts Southern Illinois Indiana Missouri Kentucky and Tennessee. Indictments in a cotton crop report leak case include Edwin S Holmes Jr Moses Haas and Frederick A Peckham with one arrestee jailed in Saratoga New York. Municipal and industrial fires cause millions in losses across several states.
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Indiana
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Edwins. Holmes Jr
Moses Haas
Frederick A. Peckham
Saratoga County
New York
Johann Hoch
Chicago
Magruder
Illinois Supreme Court
France
Morocco
Beuzian
United States
Hungary
Canada Machinery Company
Point Edward
Ontario
Stevenville
Mont
First National Bank of
Collinsville
Bartlesville
I. T
San Francisco
New York City
Paul Milyoukov
University of Chicago
Russia
Wall Street
Peace at stake as Roosevelt pressure tests Russia Japan
Reports from Portsmouth indicate headway in the Sakhalin talks but mood remains fragile. M. Witte rejects the modified terms offered by Baron Komura while Roosevelt presses for a settlement and Emperors of Russia and Japan weigh tradeoffs.
Yellow fever spreads amid alarming totals in New Orleans
The New Orleans yellow fever record shows 226 deaths and 1,600 total cases. A case was found in Crockery township Michigan as Godfrey Limburg, a telephone lineman, had left New Orleans recently. Declared beyond control at Bayou La Fourche with over a thousand Louisiana cases. Illinois reports a Louisiana native near Brownsville ill. Arkansas imposes strict Louisiana quarantine as New Orleans conducts fumigation with many mosquitoes destroyed.
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Crockery Township
Ottawa County
Grand Rapids
Mich
Godfrey Limburg
Con“Trol
Bayou la Fourche
Louisiana
Illinois
Brownsville
Rkansas State Board of Health
Explosion Kills Two on Steamer Lakona
Montreal August 25 A Jackson a fireman and Alexander Smith third engineer were killed in an explosion in the Lakona engine room of the Donaldson line.
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Montreal
A. Jackson
Alexander Smith
Lakona
Donaldson Line
Miners Ambush in Tracy City Kills Two
At Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company mines in Tracy City, gunmen opened fire during a restart after a long shutdown. J B Rust and Dick Henley died, John McGovern likely mortally wounded, others injured. Union disputes and coal mine tensions cited as underlying cause. Also reported Costa Rica presidential vote ends amid bloodshed with Panfilo Valverde leading clerical party, liberals foresee turmoil.
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George
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Gov. Pardee
California
National Irrigation Congress
Philadelphia
Chicago
James McKinney
Aledo
B. F. Marsh
Illinois Distri
Bush Terminal Warehouse Company
Forty-fourth Street
Brooklyn
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New York
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Prince Charles
Stockholm
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Dunne
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William Traverse Jerome
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Portland
Ore
Michigan
John Paul Jones
Washington
Continental Finance Company
Harper
University of Chicago
United States
D. P. Morgan
Morristown
N. J
General Corbin
Philippines
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Gaye Earle Howett
Norfolk
Jacob L. Greene
Hartford
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Atlanta
James McDaniel
Ben F. Elbert
Iowa
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Elbert
Buenos Ayres
Bidston Hill
Oroville
John Preston
David T. Stubbs
Citizens’ Gas & Electric Company
Council Bluffs, In
Thomas Curtis
American Bowling Congress
America
Be Trust
Tracy City
Tenn
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company
J. B. Rust
Dick Henley
John McGovern
Rust
Henley
McGovern
Miners’ Union
San Jose
Costa Rica
Panfilo J. Valverde
A Few of the Best Cartoon Dialogue
Comic panel captures Jenners and guests trading witticisms about money and dinner. Truthful Tommy quips that they have more to eat but he gets less, while Jenners jokes about being on the water wagon.
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Jenners
Tommy
Razor Loan Sparks Tomato Can Confidence
Mrs P jokes about Mr Pinkey's affection as a razor loan to open a tomato can becomes a humorous gauge of love. The line carries a playful domestic tone typical of local society notes.
Ambiguous dialogue signals rural election chat
A fragmented conversation shows a young man discussing family opposition and a romantic interest. An athletic girl asks about floating alone while they paddle out to sea. The financier contemplates the size of a job as the scene shifts between private ambitions and social pressure.
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Boy makes bold claim after baking powder incident
A three year old boy upset a Los of baking powder. His sister set him a chair and told him to be good. After sitting there awhile he said: "Are you satisfied? I am."
Parrot and Leg Joke Lingers in Boston Cartoon
A New Yorker in Boston asks Polly if she wants a cracker. The parrot replies I require no sustenance. A girl complains of limb pain prompting a pun about losing a leg. Senator Sorghum jokes about debt and mortgages.
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Senator Sorghum
Boston
Polly
Back Bay
Kipling crafts mine ships and luxe editions in arts note
Literature and art mention Kipling as skilled in carpentering and building mine ships. Mrs. Ogden Goelet orders a costly deluxe edition of Hyperion. Annie Laurie’s heroine is linked to Sir Walter Laurie of Maxwelntown. Andreyev emerges alongside Gorky as a rising Russian writer born in 1871.
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Rudyard Kipling
Ogden Goelet
Hyperion
Annie Laurie
Walter Laurie
Maxwelltown
William Douglas
England
Stewartry
Kirkcudbright
Leonid Andreyev
Gorky
Prof. White
Ithaca
N. Y
Berlin
Florence
Italy
Cornell University
D. W. Fiske
Harold Speed
London
Dleman
Mr. Speed
Everyday Life Wisdom Cards
A collection of aphorisms on marriage finance health trust and honesty. The statements urge paying debts before legal actions finding time to practice virtue and warning about bad habits and overconfident truthfulness. The tone is moralistic and practical with concise maxims.
Wrong Sort Afood Change Helps Sick Bed Recovery
A Welden Illinois woman recalls severe stomach trouble and sickness until her husband brought home Grape-Nuts. She credits the food with digestion ease, rapid weight gain, renewed health, and the return to work, praising Postum Co, Battle Creek.
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Welden
Postum Co
Battle Creek Wick
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