Reputed Wealthy Woman Found Dead In New York Home
The body of Mya Thehialetta Setwirts, a 40 year old coin dealer and rumored tycoon, was found in her apartment at 48 Mast 22d Street. Jewelry lay about the floor. initial police thought a burglary and fire led to death, later suggesting the fire was accidental while she attempted to extinguish the blaze.
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Thehialetta
Ani
Mast 22d Street
New York
Seloyariz Tak
Ciedius
Kentucky House Passes Day Bill On Coeducation
The Kentucky House of Representatives passed the Day bill prohibiting education of white and colored children in Berea College. The vote was 73 to 8. A bitter outburst by Mr. Proctor of Grayson caused some members to leave. An amendment delays the bill’s operation daily while Berea College officials prepare for new conditions. An amendment allows separate dormitories for white and colored students but requires a minimum twenty five mile separation.
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Kentucky House
Berea College
Kentucky House of Representatives
Kentucky
Proctor
Grayson County
Tina
Train Plunge Into River Franks Rogan Killed In WV Wreck
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed west of Piedmont West Virginia, plunging eighteen cars into a river. Fireman Franks P Rogan was killed, engineer Porter Keany injured, and debris blocked tracks. Weather and congestion hinder further movement on Chicago to New York lines, with 45 000 stalled cars reported.
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Trattle
Peevent
Chicago Grant Western
Chicago
Northwestern
New York
Japanese Landing Forces Repelled Near Port Arthur
Reported fighting near Port Arthur shows a Russian shore battery attack sinking a Japanese transport with 1,800 dead on board. A separate assault near Talionwan left 430 of 40 Japanese landings dead, while 12,000 Japanese troops attempting a night disembarkation were halted and driven back by Russian forces.
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Chwang Moils
Litotang Pedosula
Port Arthur
Tela
Shelley
Russia
Talionwan
Daley
Cossicke S
Alps
Plevdubny
Port Arthiy
Little Cave
Te Japeere
Mit
Russians Admit Japs Gain Foothold in Manchuria
The Russian government publicly acknowledged Japanese success in securing a foothold in Manchuria, sparking a shock across St Petersburg. Rumors swirled of battles at Port Arthur with Russian losses and captures as Tokyo reported a large development at the war office.
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Mold
Manchuria
St Petersburg
Port Arthur
Whiich
Tao
Tokio
War Office
Russian Cruiser Boyarin Destroyed by Mine Blast
A Russian second-class cruiser Boyarin was blown up by a mine on February 14 in the same manner as the Yenisei. The explosion left the vessel fatally damaged, with reports confirming a catastrophic rupture and loss of life.
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Boyarin
Boyarrin
Port Arthur Fight Report From Tokyo Dispatch
A Tokyo dispatch summarizes confusion over casualties in the Port Arthur engagement. It notes Japanese troops landed after the naval clash and a land assault 40 miles north failed with heavy losses for the enemy. Reports from Paris Herald and Lenian Standard add claims of torpedo boats entering the harbor and three Japanese boats sinking with substantial casualties.
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Thuty
Chemulpo
Toklo Dispatch
Port Arthur
Paris
New York Herald
Lenian Standard 1
Tokio
Japanese Military Chiefs Report Port Arthur Action
Gen Kodama and Admiral Yamamoto command Japanese forces in a night assault near Port Arthur. Japanese torpedo boats sank two battleships and a cruiser, thwarting Russian retreat. Troops landed at Chemulpo, with up to 800000 men projected. Japan plans rapid, wide mobilization across Korea and Manchuria.
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Gen
Kodama
Admiral Yamamoto
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Roon AB
Oia
Japan
Tokio
Chemulpo
Korea
Yalu
War News From Port Arthur and Surrounding Seas
Russian ships fire on British steamer Bu Ping and apologize. Japanese forces capture five Russian steamers and three transports off the Korean coast. Admiral Togo reports slight damage to his fleet after Port Arthur engagement. Hay notes on neutrality explained by a Washington official. Boyarin misreported as damaged. it is a Copenhagen built cruiser of 4200 tons finished in 1900.
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Chemulpo
Lion
Vatlog
Korotts
Vento
Veegels
Latbot
Triiger
Pascal
Eth
Talbot
Onchi
Vickeburg
Hahbor
Urin
Varlag
Koreitz
Bu Ping
Hosein
Ifa
Port Arthur
Beoni
Mausampho
Korea
Dnpanees
Lakabira
New York
Japan
Washington
Yenisei
Sha
Boyarin
Boya
Soldiers Frozen to Death on Ice in Siberia
St Petersburg correspondent reports about 600 Russian soldiers perishing on a 22 mile march across an ice bound lake near Taka Bakal eastern Siberia. It adds the temporary railroad to the lake was not finished and a snowstorm likely caused the loss.
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St Petersburg
Taka Bakal
Siberia
Fragmentary reminiscences echo Civil War era tales
The faded text recalls vivid color memories of grandfathers and boys, confessions from Confederate times, and youth achievements kept in silence, with scattered names and phrases about unshared recitals and a mysterious Uncle Bill.
Got'the Right Kin, Gainesville, Toxnd, Ire. 22n. Mira
Letter from L.R. Burton of TOF Glu street describes kidney trouble and repeated doctoring. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with relief after trying and then buying a box of a different remedy that failed. She reports eventual complete cure with Dodd's Kidney Pills and notes showing the pills to the druggist.
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Gainesville
Toxnd
Ire
Mira
L.R. Burton
Tof Glu Street
Ila Eligy
Dub
Dodd
Deng
Doild
Hungary to Farm Boost From Salzer Seeds
In a 1904 advertising piece, Salzer's seeds boast dramatic yields across crops. Claims Grand Nationals and per acre gains with seed varieties like New National Oats, Barley, Corn, Spelt, Teosinte fodder, Grass, and Potatoes. Promotions urge sending 10 cents for a big catalogue and farm seed samples.
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Salser
Salzer
Farmer
Urad
General Methuen Save Man From River Heroics
Andrew D White recounts Methuen, a British officer, saving a worker from the river in Berlin. The act earned a royal medal bestowed by the emperor, despite a diplomatic stir and awkward reception by Methuen. Also includes a fragment of a poem from Somerville Journal.
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Andrew D. White
Mireer
Century Magazine
Las Sinica
General Methuen
Mr. White
Germany
Thiergarten
Methuen
Lfe
Timely Calling How Prator Saved a Life in West Virginia
A man near Fort Guy West Virginia nearly wasted away, suspected consumption, until his minister advised Grape-Nuts. He improved drastically within weeks gaining about forty pounds and returning to health. The Postum Company cites his sworn statement that the food revived him and urges readers to consult its literature.
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Fort Guy
W. Va
L. D. Bryan
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Market and industrial outlook amid war disruptions
Reading from a crowded wartime market report, buyers rush to secure cotton goods while structural steel restarts, with widespread congestion and rising costs. The text notes diverging trends: strong retail demand for apparel and household goods, improving general trade in Chicago and the West, and a cautious industrial revival tempered by logistics bottlenecks and high raw material costs. Grain shipments climb, while foodstuffs crash dealings rise as war in the East disrupts markets.
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New York
Sendo Haya
Orient
Ani
Sitaxesta
New England
Leas
Chieag Therchand
Est
Oeraston
Far East
Multiplex Midwestern Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Freighted price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and wheat across Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo New York and other markets. Lists No 2 red and white wheat corn oats rye and hay with varying bid ranges and shipping notes for cattle and hogs in daily market reports.
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Chicago
Castle
Timothy
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Wai
Detroit
Faa
Toledo
New York
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