Japanese advance pushes Mukden fall in Liao River corridor
Reports from Newchwang dated March 5 say Japanese envelop the Mukden road city and strike toward Fukumen with General Nogi moving north along the Liao River. Europatkin’s center yields as 4000 left wing troops are said killed and the Mikado’s toll climbs. Railroad north of Mukden is threatened, trapping Muscovites.
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Tien Tsin
Mukden Road
Fukumen
Nogi
Tthe Liao River
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Russian forces retreat as Mukden battle rages
Reports from St Petersburg and Berlin describe Kuropatkin evacuating Gaota Pass and facing a dangerous Mukden position. Japanese forces press from Sinmintin with heavy losses on both sides as Russian lines bend and a possible retreat to Tie Pass is discussed.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Gaota Pass
Berlin
The
Tageblatt
Mukden
Tie Pass
Associated Press
Desperate Love Affair Ends in Belle Sommers Death
Miss Belle Sommers of Ritchie County ends her life in a Weston West Virginia Monticello Hotel room after a troubled romance. She traveled from her home to seek access to a bedridden hotel proprietor she knew, despondent after being denied admission. She ingested strychnine and died within minutes after informing a hotel attache.
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Commercial Tribune
Weston
W. Va
Belle Sommers
Monticello
Inaugural Ball Opens Roosevelt Day in Grand Pension Building
Washington March 4 Inauguration festivities ended with a spectacular ball at the Pension Building. Thousands of attendees from all states and many nations filled the illuminated court as President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt arrived with Vice President Fairbanks. The scene featured lavish color, flowers, lights, and a band performing national melodies in a crowded, staged finale.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Dent
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Earl
Marine Band
Itten
Wilson
Husband sought by wife as two count marriages surface
Mrs. Harold Robinson arrives in Springfield to search for her husband alleged to have two prior marriages. She says he wed Miss Jessie Linn in this city on January 18 and later married Miss Alice Stevens of Piqua two years ago. She reports the first wife died by suicide in Cincinnati and that the husband’s whereabouts are unknown after a December trip to St Louis.
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Speeda Diepatch
Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Harold Robinson
Jessie Linn
Miss Linn
St. Louis
Sties Robi
Ps Tras Travelsa
Ridder Mumber ‘Company
Electrocution at a private line hooks Detroit worker
Charles Holton aged 28 a night foreman at the Woodward avenue carhouse of Detroit United Railway was electrocuted while using the companys private telephone line. Officials say the telephone current crossed with the power line used to operate the cars.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
Charles Holton
Woodward Avenue
Detroit, United Railway
Inaugural Address of President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt delivers a hopeful reflection on gratitude for national growth and the duties of free government. He emphasizes courage, justice, and responsibility, warning that wealth and power bring perils while urging steadfast devotion to liberty and national unity.
Acclaimed by Thousands He Repeats in the Capital
In the nation’s capital a crowd gathers as a speaker repeats praise for those who honored a man and his office. The scene is described as riotous by onlookers and commentators.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Capitol
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