Durand and Hay confer on far eastern neutrality
Washington March 1 after the cabinet meeting Secretary Iiny and Sir Mortimer Durand British ambassador held a long conference at the State Department on several far eastern war phases. The talk centered on contraband of war and the dual interests of the United States and Great Britain amid Russian suspicion. They affirmed a firm intention to observe complete neutrality while protecting their own interests.
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Washington
State Department
Iiny
Mortimer Durand
United States
Great Britain
Far East
London
Vladivostok Residents Say City Better Than Harbin
Russian correspondents and Vladivostok residents who returned report livability here exceeds Harbin. Trade continues, prices rise modestly, the blizzard ended, snowdrifts stretch miles from the fortress. Hospitals train nurses from wives and daughters of prominent citizens, including General Von Bsenetz’s wife. Conviction in Russian arm success grows.
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Vladivostok
Harbin
Nikolsk
von Bsenetz
Vliadivostok
Russian Countess Sends Another Son to the War
Countess Nirod bade farewell to her son newly appointed midshipman in the Russian navy. He goes to the front to replace his brother killed aboard the Variag at Chemulpo.
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ST. Petersburg
Nirod
Chemulpo
Will of Washington Targeted in Fairfax County Heist
Reports from Alexandria describe an attempted theft of George Washington's will from the Fairfax Courthouse clerk's office. Explosives shattered vault doors but the will remained untouched in its glass case, likely due to a loud blast alerting residents nearby. The document is in Washington's hand, dated the year of his death, spanning 29 pages signed by the first President.
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New York
Alexandria
George Washington
Fairfax
Washington
Tsanoff Calls Japs Monkeys in War Commentary
A Harvard attendee, Vladimir Tsanoff, labels Japan as an Asiatic and inferior to Europe. He argues Russia will win on land and sea, citing past records and superior force, predicting Japan will retreat to its island after an inevitable decisive clash.
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Russia
Japan
Vladimir Tsanoff
Harvard
United States
Russia seeks contraband cargoes in the Mediterranean
Five Russian torpedo boat destroyers arrived at Port Said Egypt and have left for Algiers. It is rumored they plan to search for vessels bearing contraband of war in the Mediterranean. The cruiser Aurora will follow them.
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Port Said
Egypt
Algiers
Mediterranean
Aurora
Mrs Lewis Home Again After Missing Rumor
Mrs Helen McKay Lewis, the bride of Augustus P Lewis, returns to the city denying any disappearance. She explains she merely accompanied her husband on a business trip to New Hampshire and has moved from 541 Massachusetts avenue to 3 Union park.
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Helen McKay Lewis
Augustus P. Lewis
Post
Lewis
New Hampshire
Massachusetts Avenue
Union Park
Pyramid Pile Cure touted as lasting relief for piles
A Cleveland reader praises Pyramid Pile Cure after ten years of distress, claiming permanent relief without surgery. The ad urges skeptical readers to write Pyramid Drug Co. for a free booklet and to buy the 50 cent remedy.
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Margaret Brady
Whitman Street
Cleveland
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Russians and Japanese Offer War Winning Schemes
Boston resident Ivan Onvitch cites a Russian plan to lure Japanese forces into Manchuria, then annihilate them with Cossacks, while Hydesaburo Ohashi counters that Japanese armies can hold Manchuria and win by driving Russia from the Yalu. He argues cavalry will struggle against modern infantry.
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Ivan Onvitch
Boston
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Napoleon
Mr. Owvitch
Moscow
Corea
Hydesaburo Ohashi
Mies
Yalu
Harvard’s oldest graduate Francis Boott dies at 125
Francis Boott, Harvard Class of 1881 and the last survivor of his class, died at his home in Cambridge. Born in 1818, he graduated at 18 and later moved with his daughter to Florence after his wife’s death, where he composed music for songs with worldwide fame.
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Francis Boott
Harvard
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
George W. Lyman
Florence
Italy
Woman's kidneys blamed for agony and Blood Wine claim
Miss A. Davis of Boston reports kidney trouble from sedentary work. She says Blood Wine restored kidney function, stopped pain and backache, and left her free of symptoms. Advertisement promises 100 Blood Wine Pills for 2 cents and constipation relief with samples available.
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A. Davis
Washington St
Boston
Davis
Takahira Defends Policy of Japan in New York
Japanese minister at Washington Mr Takahira discusses Japan's view of the Russia war in the forthcoming North American Review. He argues Russia’s eastern encroachments threaten Japan, Manchuria absorption leading to Corea. He denies war out of ambition and stresses Japan’s civilizational aims and religious freedom.
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New York
Japan
Russia
Takahira
Washington
North American Review
Far East
Manchuria
Corea
Beaulieu Delayed global lecturer Misses March Harvard Dates
Due to the serious illness of his daughter, the renowned French lecturer M. Beaulieu cannot sail on schedule and will not arrive in time to begin his Cercle Francais lectures at Harvard on March 8.
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M. Beaulieu
Cercle Francais
America
Harvard University
In This Climate Where Everybody Is Liable to Catarrh
Aubrey Hobson notes that catarrh is widespread and that Perina has become a fixture comparable to the telephone and electric light, essential to modern civilization. The piece satirically frames health and everyday life as universal concerns.
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Perina
Peruna testimonial from a mother in praise of a remedy
Mrs A Hobson reports that Peruna cured her son’s grip and catarrh after la grippe, noting rapid improvement within three weeks and ongoing use for colds cramps indigestion and indisposition. She claims the remedy keeps both mother and child in perfect health and endorses it to other mothers.
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Peruna
la Grippe
A. Hobson
Mrs Kramer Reports Child Sore Eyes After Birth
Mrs Caroline Kramer president of the Maskel el Dol Hebrew Society at 1173 FE Lom bard Street in Baltimore recounts that her four week old daughter suffered with sore eyes.
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Caroline Kramer
Maskel el Dol
Hebrew Society
Lombard St
Baltimore
Peruna Remedy Cited By Mrs Kramer for Catarrh
Mrs Caroline Kramer recounts a case where red swollen lids and catarrh improved after using Peruna. She notes quick relief and eventual recovery, praising Peruna as her family remedy and inviting readers to seek Dr Hartman for free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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Caroline Kramer
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Musicians Skeptical Over Gregorian Chant Return
Catholics in Boston debate a shift from operatic mass singing to Gregorian chant. Critics fear fewer masses, need for boy sopranos, and costly rehearsals while noting Perosi’s influence and past Boston reception of similar sacred works.
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Boston
Dom Perosi
Perosi
Holy Father
Cecilia Society
Palestrina
Victoria
Lotti
Zingarelli
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Hay
Butler's Branch
Temple PI
Butler’s
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Mrs. Lewis
Cook
Beaulieu
Peru
Aubrey Hobson
Lansing, Mich
Lottie’ Kramer
Allcock
Allicock
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