War in the Orient and Baltic Fleet Movements
Front reports little change as both sides hold positions for weeks while Japanese and Russian forces redeploy. Baltic Fleet progress is logged from Cronstadt to Vladivostok, with two squadrons split around the Cape and Suez, projected to reach near Vladivostok by March at the earliest.
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A. Mukden Disputch
Ero Oie
Kuropattin
Port Arthur
Marquis Oya
Stoessel
Chicago Tribune
Marquis Oyama
Nogi
Japan
Kuropatkin
Marquis Oyatoa
Gary
Navnal
Orient
Cronstadt
Far East
Reval
Libau
Tangier
Chagos Islands
Vladivostok
Raugarn Straits
Trug
Japanese naval losses in Far East actions reported
War news brief describes the Japanese cruiser Salyen sunk by a Russian mine in front of Port Arthur as Japan prepared to meet Russia's fleet. Adauma reportedly blown up by a mine. Japanese forces blew up Bibilog Hill Fort Arthur, killing several hundred Russians and rendering twenty guns useless.
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Salyen
Port Arthur
Japan
Russia
Asiatic
Adauma
Bibilog
Fort Arthur
Plot to Kill the Czar Stirring Russian Turmoil
Secret Service claims a new plot to assassinate the Czar, linked to antiwar demonstrations in Moscow and widespread unrest. Arrests topped 300 as clashes between troops and 4000 students left four dead and sixty wounded in front of the Governor’s palace amid riots in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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Secret Service
Moscow
Agilunte Tha ‘Osar
England
London
Manchester
Liverpool
Sevret Polies
Russia
St. Petersburg
Czar
Bia
Religious sects grow with Episcopals leading in gains
A New York Herald summary reports most sects show larger growth than prior years. The Episcopal Church added 26,916 members to 807,351, while Presbyterian gains reached 27,481 to 1,004,908. Southern Presbyterians at 230,888 increased about 2 percent. Methodists total 3,064,785 with 145 percent growth. Global religious estimates total 1.43 billion adherents across major faiths. Dr. Lyman Abbott advocates a science-based religion rooted in human heart needs.
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Episcopal Church
Gavin
Last Fear
New York
Merald
Chia
Epissoon Church
Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
Northern
Abbott
Sible
Lyman Abbott
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Ald
President Roosevelts Daily Routine Revealed in Detail
The article outlines President Roosevelt's day from 7:30 am wake to 11 pm bedtime. It notes morning garden strolls, office visits starting at 9:30, nonstop mail and letters, visitors until 1:16, lunch at 1:30 with guests, library reading, and evening entertainments including dinners with prominent figures. A separate Arkansas brief promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache linked to kidney disease.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Loeb
Incheon
Washington
Hensley
Ark
America
Sue Williams
Dodd
Williams Bays
Bright
Most Tireless of Birds Albatross Legend and Flight lore
A wandering albatross described as seventeen feet from tip to tip captivates travelers. The bird, linked to Greek myth and omens of luck, has long deterred hunters yet remains hunted in Siberia where its meat is considered poor.
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Diomedes
Ny Albatross
Kunitehatku
Siberia
North Pacific
Catarrh Cure Ad Burns Through Local Gossip
An odd mix of household quarrel and a sensational patent medicine pitch appears in a Chicago News column. A husband and wife spar over propriety as a mother visits, while an adjacent ad promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a bold money-back claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Aditrast
Cheney & CO
Drugers
Hull
Americans Dominate Oxford Track Events Under Rhodes Scholarships
A group of American Rhodes scholars at Oxford are excelling in studies and athletics, winning seven of nine track and field events as they pursue both intellectual and physical prowess. The piece notes Rhodes’s aim to foster mutual regard and innovation, with potential for an American boat crew challenging the university eight and several men likely to join the varsity next year, reflecting Rhodes’s broader educational vision.
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Rhode
England
Oxford
Hugland
Cacil Rhodes
Great Britain
Rhodes
Ile
Tie
Ing
Philadelphia Taquirer
Railway Porter Story Turns On Luggage Delay
A railway porter recalls a passenger mix up at a junction where luggage was not found on the first train. The gentlemans smile and a mysterious white cloth shine through as the traveler asks about a second train and the porter notes the long wait and shared laughter.
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Roland
Oliver Fa
Tainin
Wb Express
Long-lived figures and aging notables span several lands
The piece profiles elderly or notable individuals across regions, noting ages from 64 to 117 and roles from sculptor to legislator. It mentions James W A MacDonald of New York, Stevan Zikitech of Nish, Mia Sarah McTLaugulin of Lynn, Pierre Barlow Cornwall, Capt J R Eggleston, Mr Gully, Charles Taylor, P H Leahy, and ties to Byron, the Merrimac, and political offices.
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James W. A. MacDonald
New York
Stevan Zikitech
Nish
Servia
Lord Byron
Mia
Sarah McTlaugulin
Lynn
Mass
Pierre Barlow Cornwall
California
J.R. Eggleston
Merrimac
Jackson
Miss
Gully
House of Commons
Charles Taylor
Waterbury
P. H. Leahy
Helena
Mont
Those Boston Girls and a Mock Drama of Courtship
A fragment from a Boston Transcript style exchange questions women’s use of deception in matrimony while a somber note about a railroad fatality interrupts. The piece also advertises PAZO with claims of curing piles and promises a money back guarantee if it fails in 6 to 14 days.
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Boston
Gertrude
Frances
Boston Transcript
Cured by Cuticura Promises Relief From Eczema
A testimonial from Mrs. Altin Htson of Bellevue Michigan recounts five years of severe itching and bleeding eczema ending after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She claims near-immediate improvement and invites others with doubts to write for confirmation.
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Altin Htson
Bellevue, Mich
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ST. Jacobs Oil
Rose Peterson
Parkdale Tennis Club
Chicago
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Hannah E. Mershon
Collingswood
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Dean
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