Peace talks yield Russian victory on Sakhalin and armistice
The conference announced that Russia would keep the southern half of Sakhalin while Japan abandons demands for indemnity and naval limits. Witte and Te-Bei hailed the accord as a complete victory, with a formal armistice likely and celebrations erupting at the hotel.
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Portsmouth
N. 1
Russia
Japan
Hussianus
Sakhalin
Far East
Witte
Baron de Te Ben
Inncheon
Wyt
Baron Rosen
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Tussia
Sar‘bin
Chattaf
Bakhalin
Awas
Navy Yard
Japan Calls Off Indemnity in Sakhalin Deal
A Portmouth New Hampshire report says Baron Komara, under Tokyo guidance, will propose a compromise to settle indemnity questions with Russia. Japan would waive full indemnity and offer half Sakhalin to a mixed commission, aiming to end the war through a tribunal judgment while pressing Russia to yield on other terms.
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N. H
Baron Komara
Tokio
Watcrmen
Japan
M. Witten
Nicholas
Meyer
le Pal
Sakhalin
MS Witte
St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Russia
Hur Jen Back To Her Shoulders If She Does Not! ~Ynseot
Train collision near Logansport claims life and injuries
A collision between an excursion train from Cincinnati and a freight train in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards near Logansport Indiana early Monday left Fireman Walter Eversole dead and several others seriously hurt. About forty passengers rode the excursion with ten cars, four derailed, as officials investigate why the freight train occupied the main track.
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Pennsylvania
Quorinn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Logansport
Ind
Walter Eversole
Hichwood
Cincinnati
Pennnsylvania
Twenty Die? Injured in Metrapole Theater Collapse
A timber terrace sprung a sixteen foot drop above the Berlin Metrapole stage during a rehearsal, injuring twenty with panic-stricken actors fleeing in costume. Four are feared dead including Max Steiden, a popular comic singer in Devlin. most injuries are to young women.
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Metrapole Theater
Berlin
Max Steiden
Devlin
Lost in a gale Senk wreck off Florida coast
A Jacksonville special reports the American steamship Peconic struck by a giant wave off Florida. Twenty of its twenty two crew died as the vessel sank after cargo shifted. Two crewmen reached Amelia Beach in a lifeboat and told the disaster tale.
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Floridan
Jacksonville
Fla
Fllrada
Amelia Beach
Noion
Anxiety in Paris and peace hopes at Portsmouth
Distraught Paris officials weigh the Portsmouth conference fate as Grand Duke Vladimir backs peace. Reports say yellow fever cases rise in New Orleans though containment holds. International headlines cover Sakhalin’s future, Roosevelt’s Interparliamentary event, and a new gold output estimate for Nome. Harvester Trust defense advances in Chicago court, while Missouri extends a yellow fever quarantine to adjacent regions.
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Paris
Portsmouth
Vladimir
Mob kills Black youth amid Newbern mob violence
A 20 year old Black boy was killed by a mob in New Bern North Carolina after a robber shot and wounded a woman. The victim was captured after a chase through a swamp and died near the Neuse River bridge with hands tied. The mob, numbering about 100, seized the jailer’s keys and summoned naval reserves to prevent law and order breakdown. The assailants also attacked a store owner, injuring the wife with a meat ax. Moore, held on bond, faced swift condemnation from pulpits as authorities investigated the daytime incident and its link to a fatal mob surge.
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Jobo Meary
Neges
Craven County
Newberne
N.C
Neary
Neuse
Sher J. W. Biddle
Moore
Eubanks
Chirks
Te Rro
Newberry
Fourteen Feared Dead in Colorado Flood Disaster
A Colorado cloudburst swept Retwind sixteen miles north of Trinidad washing away seven lodges housing Austrian and Italian laborers and their families. A heavy torrent filled the canyon all night preventing access to the sites of the reported drownings. Rumors place losses at twelve to twenty houses and twenty five to thirty five lives.
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Colorado
Retwind
Triniad
Colu
Berwind
Iver
Demand of coal miners calls for union recognition
At Manila Park Tamaqua Pa Sunday Toba Mitchell head of United Mine Workers declared the union will seek recognition and an eight hour day when the current wage agreement ends in April. He said he hopes to meet with Philadelphia and Reading Company President G F Buer and present the miners' wage stance to about 150000 workers, stating they have fixed the price for their labor.
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Toba Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Manila Park
Tamaqua
Mitchell
G. F. Buer
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Potat
Trains Crash Near Logansport Kills Two
A Pennsylvania excursion train returning from Cincinnati to Logansport, Indiana, derailed three miles southeast of Logansport. Two men are known dead, engineer Wat Graney and his fireman, with many injured. Several hundred passengers were aboard as cars toppled into an embankment and relief trains with physicians were dispatched to the scene.
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Logansport
Ind
Pennsylvania
Truy
Cincinnati
Wat Graney
Remarkable Four Month Sleep Study in Yonkers Child
Medical scientists report Charles Canepi an eight year old in Yonkers New York has lived in a trance like sleep for over four months. The case raises questions about epilepsy and long term coma like states and prompts ongoing medical observation.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Charlea Canepi
Eldora man Henry Shafer survives second lightning strike
Henry Shafer of Eldora endured a second lightning bolt and a cannon blast, losing an eye and three fingers of his other hand, yet he lived to tell the tale. Despite severe injuries from falls and debris, he supports his family and remains cheerful, embodying a charmed life and defying the adage that lightning never strikes twice.
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Honry Shafer
Eldora
Die Hing
Aleo
Hia
Batte Happy
Henry Shafer
Shater
Tuat
Shafer
Tay
State Fair Attendance Surges at Des Moines Show
About 30 000 people passed through the gates on Monday at the Des Moines state fair, more than four times the typical Monday turnout. The dairy and grain judging has begun with 26 youths competing for a $200 agriculture scholarship. Roy Ia of Indianola won this year’s event.
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Des Moen
Wemertient of Agriculture
Roy Ia
Indianola
Double Funeral for Metzner Sisters in Humboldt
The Metzner sisters Pauline and Ida drowned in the Des Moines River near Humboldt last week. Their funeral drew over 1,400 mourners, the largest in Thumboldt County history, with Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges participating. Their father, jailed for 25 years for killing the city marshal, was prevented from attending by a governor’s grant.
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Humboldt
Pauline
Ida Metzner
Des Moines
Mumboldt
Thumboldt County
Couny
Congregational Church
Odd Fellows and
Rebekah Lodges
Miner Blown to Pieces at Dea Muthea Mine
Robert Bartholomew, a fbet miner at Engiting Hes Moines, was blown apart Monday afternoon while returning to check a fuse that failed to explode. An inquest was held. Bartholomew belonged to the local miners union and had kin killed in the West Riverside blast.
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Robert Bartholomew
Eagle
Dea Muthea
Hes Moines
Wis
Bartholomew
West Riverside
Lamont Lad Drowns Near Farm in Deep Water
Arthur Shakespeare aged 17 drowned in a pond on his father's farm five miles southeast of Lamont. He wandered into the water in warm weather and, after a severe cramp, sank in six feet of water. He was with two friends Edwin and Albert Nelson, both decent swimmers, when the tragedy occurred.
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Lamont Lad
Arthur Shakespeare
Bile Fathers Farm
Lamon
Edeward
Albert Nelson
Alleged Thief Arrested After Pursuit and Escape Attempt
Reports detail an alleged thief, Arthur Alencore, linked to robberies around Cedar Rapids. Capt. Krowik found stolen goods with him Saturday. during transport he attempted to flee but was recaptured. The storm season brings violent weather including a lightning strike on a Catholic church in Gilmore City, fire extinguished by the fire department. A separate fatality occurs near Merrill when a pedestrian is struck and dies. another man dies after falling from a train near Merrill. Pioneer Friedrick Hohe dies at his daughter’s home. Teacher resignations surge in West Dol, with a rising tally of notices. State capital work on redecorating progresses slowly with praise for nearing completion. W. P. Munley of Securi ty National Bank accuses O. C. Predway of distributing a circular opposing the bank. A separate note cites a dawn crackdown on illicit alcohol by police.
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Arthur ¥Alencore
Fan Boen
Cledar Rapids
Krowik
Tragic Drowning of Two Sisters in Humboldtl River
In a Humboldt county tragedy, sisters Pan Hue and Edin Meisner drowned in the Dow Moines River near a riverbank picnic. Charley Nelson escaped, while others including Mr Frank Hubbard and wife faced chaos as a storm swelled the river.
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Gueldens
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Dow Moines
Pan Hue
Edin Meisner
Hinbol'a
Bopulu
Charley Nelson
Mr. Prankfubbard
Chienga
Louise Morguer
AMD
May Nelson
Ailine AL Calibe Aveon
Phree Hines Nelad
Mautine Metzier
Nelson
Uaibald
Nilson
Good Fellow in Trouble in County Jail Cashier Case
David T. Stubbs once popular and trusted in Council Diya faced downfall after being found short nearly $2,000 in his accounts as cashier of the Citizens' Gas Company. He was jailed at Potawatomi County jail as the generosity to family and friends led to financial missteps and self sacrifice to keep others’ needs.
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Council Diya
Hig Accounta
Connell Bluffs
Lkivid T. Stubbs
Fife
Pottawattante County
Citzens’ Gas Company
Shabbs
Postoffice Burglary Report Indicates Safe Tapped
Burglar(s) accessed the New Providence general store safe at night, taking cash and a large lot of stamps. Witness Sheri Miller reports a series of similar robberies in the village as police investigate the Owaan area incident and urge locals to watch for suspicious activity.
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Owaan
Sheri Miller Dias
New Providence
Wrecked Whisky Misadventures End in Pondering Death
A Des Moines carpenter attempted to drink whisky at midnight but mistook a carbolic acid bottle for liquor. He swallowed several sips, burned by acid, died before aid could come, leaving a wife and children. In another incident S J Randalls, a county leader, drank acid from a bottle behind a store counter but was saved by a physician’s swift action.
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Dea
George Co Meline
Des Moines
Dent
S.J. Randalls
Auluban
Randalls
Fife
Thunder Strikes Near Burlington Killing Woman
Mrs Helvia Hattsenclever of nearby Burlington died after a shock described as lightning or thunder strike impact. The incident occurred on a Friday morning during high tides near a fertile area with reports of related electrical disturbances in Harlington.
Lightning Strikes Farms and Fatalities Across Iowa Towns
A flood of damaged text details a series of calamities from lightning destroying a barn near Cindy Pada Moria to a state fair policeman killed in Clarion and multiple shooting and suicide attempts. Reports mention a Des Moines train fatality, Ottumwa shooting gallery death, and property losses from a severe storm. Several individuals including Fred Shotlefield and Samuel Jolie are named in grim incidents amid broad storm damage to buildings, crops, and trees.
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Ightand Center
Weights Park
Ottumwa
Fever Crisis Prompts New Orleans Quarantine Push
The city tightens borders as yellow fever fears mount and Dr. Joln Aulterns reports control measures. A statewide campaign led by Governor Blanchard and officials from Baton Rouge includes detainment changes and intensified surveillance at infection points along the bayous and sugar regions.
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Yellow Foyer
Marine
Capital Service
New Orleans
Tam
Behrman
J. T. White
Edmond Souchou
State Board
Beverley Warner
Leeville
Bayouffourche
Errs Aux Boeufs
St. Bernard Parish
Miss
Minaisalpp
Vardaman
Vaerdaman
Foster Creak Lumber Company
Dayton
Nias
Jailed for Cotton Leak Involving Federal Indictments
Frederick A. Veckhans was arrested at Saratoga and held in default of $12,000 bail after a hearing before U S Commissioner Charles M M Davison. Three indictments by a federal grand jury in Washington accuse conspirators in a plot to defraud the government through manipulated cotton crop reports. Included are Edwin Holmes Jr and Moses Llans. Holmes was dismissed from government service in July over related charges.
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Baratoga
Mali
Morgan St
Department of Agriculture
Federal Grand Jury
Washington
Saratoga
Ile
Frederick A. Peckham
New York
United States
Charles MM. Davison
Peckham
Dallston
Edwin Hfohnes, Jr
Department of Agrientury
Moses Llans
Bett Now
Holmes
Government Service
Minde Lg
Southern
All Around the Olola New York Pollen Raid and Alarming Crimes
Fragmented tidbits describe a raid on a New York swindling ring with Nina arrested, a Jealousy led murder in Alabama by John Jebales, and Miss Lela Are mHde killed. Other items note escape from Jeffersonville reformatory captured in Akron, a scaffold collapse in Grownsburg injuring bricklayers, near drowning near Molina, Mrs. Wu returning to China, a Canadian pastor resigning in Louisville, and Gov. Wilkins delaying a requisition for Touge in Pittsburg.
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New York
Nina
John Jebales Tn
Tolly
Miss Lela Are mHde
Annis _ton
Ala
Wallara Moose
Allon
Nrk
McQaffney
Jeffersonville
Ind
Har Boon
Akron
Ohile
Court Houe
Grownsburg
Charles II
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H. S. Pouk
Chilengo
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Mra
Wu ‘Thig Mang
United States
Line
China
Louisville
J. Prager
Canada
Aliance Presbyterian Church
Gov. Wilkins
Principal theatrically rebukes class with George Washington display
A New Jersey high school principal ordered all classes to assemble in the auditorium and, in a dramatic rebuke, proclaimed George Washington the path to the country’s glory. The seized statue on the pedestal was moved to the floor as teachers and students stood in stunned silence. He then threatened a public confession from the culprit and dismissed the school, declaring no other punishment would be imposed.
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Ore Koy
Ceorge Washington
New York
George
George Washlinge
Pli
Runi
Kantraet
Mintor Waahta
Little Love Tape and a Washington Tea Party
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century column recounts a White House reception scene with a boastful aristocratic parent and a wry wife of a Western congressman. The piece also advertises Allen's Foot-Hose remedies, noting foot care products and prices.
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White House
Mippincott
Washington
Amusing tale of a charitable woman and a convalescent boy
The piece recounts an elderly Almaecon Ford like figure describing a charitable act toward a slum boy. The boy’s mother responds by saying he ate the fruit but prefers meat or something substantial, even noting the boy’s disregard for frills. It closes with a note about chestnuts as a profitable crop and fast-growing trees bearing fruit by age five in St. Nichoinw.
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Almaecon Ford
Jong Winess
Boya
Nichoinw
Park Bench Confession Sparks Doctor Visit Hint
In a gloaming scene a couple sits on a park bench with little space for speech. The maid urges visiting a doctor for an arm injury while the young man remains confident it will all work out.
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George
Sohd George
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