Togo tactical triumph sinks Russian fleet at Tsushima
Tokio reports that Rojestvensky's squadron has been practically annihilated off the Tsushima straits. Twelve Russian warships sunk or captured. two transports and two destroyers also lost. Japanese fleet suffered no major damage as Togo anticipated the Russian plans and struck decisively.
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Tokio
Rojestvensky
Tsushima
Mesambo
Togo
Mesampo
Rojestvesky
Saigon
Admiralty
Togo’s Valiant Tactics Halt Russian Breakthrough
The Russian fleet under Rozestvensky encounters mine dangers as Japanese torpedo boats attack flanks. Mines damage Russian ships including Borodino and Orel while Kamchatka is torpedoed. Togo rapidly redeploys destroyers to strike slower Russian vessels and supply ships, hampering the heavier battleships.
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Rojestvensky
Togo
Russian fleet annihilated as ships sunk or captured
The Russian squadron suffered a decisive defeat with the battleships Borodino and Alexander III sunk along with several cruisers and support vessels. Orel and Nicholas II were captured while other ships faded toward neutral ports. Over 2,000 prisoners taken amid rumors of further losses as Tokyo rejoices.
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Dmitri Donhkoi
Vladimer Monomach
Oushakoff
Svietiiana
Jemtchug
Kamchatka
Artessim
Orel
Nicholas IT
Seniavin
Apraxine
Rumored Russian Fleet Evades Japan Circles Vladivostok
Rumor claims part of the Russian fleet slipped past the eastern coast of Japan and is in contact with Vladivostok. No official confirmation or evidence is provided.
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Japan
Vladivostock
Free Doorstep Mail Service For Elkhart Farmers
Congressman Brick and Goshen Postmaster Sherwin pledged soon D the entire Elkhart county will receive free home delivery. After months of effort, countywide routes will be added so farmers no longer must travel to post offices to fetch mail.
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Sherwin
Goshen
South Bend
Elkhart County
Morphine contamination of flour shocks Amoy region
A Chinese newspaper reports that more than forty deaths occurred near Amoy from morphine poisoning. The drug was smuggled into port and hidden in a flour shipment. Some packages broke, mixing drug with flour, which reached customers and poisoned many users.
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Amoy
Whistler Portrait Left Unfinished Amid Odd Sittings
The text notes Whistler had numerous sittings for a single portrait with three sisters in succession posing. He worked on the picture and intended to continue in sequence, but the work remained unfinished at the end of the last session.
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Whistler
Nelson backs model tenements to upgrade old St. Louis houses
Nelson O Nelson, president of a St. Louis manufacturing firm, proposes turning two forty to fifty year old Third Ward houses into improved tenements with new floors stairs baths plumbing and painting. He argues such upgrades will raise rents yet reduce misery, spur block-wide improvements, and push better street upkeep through owner initiative.
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St. Louis
Nelson
O. Nelson
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Naples
Ghistow
New York
Leclair
Iil
Joy in Springtime Echoes From Local Verse
A fragmentary dialect poem speaks of spring joy as robins and larks sing and a narrator anticipates Chief Joyner's men playing baseball in the park. The speaker declares the season’s sweetness and inner praise in a rhythmic, hopeful mood.
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Chief Joyner
Love of outdoor Japan hallmarked by flowers and cities
A Hartford talk by Tatsu Tanaka describes Japanese affection for outdoor beauty. Yokohama, Osaka, and Tokyo are highlighted with notes on iris ponds, the Venice of Japan image for Osaka, and the prolific chrysanthemum festival with its unique dress and customs.
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Venice
Japan
Workingmen’s Club
Hartford
Yokohama
Tokyo
Emperor's Palace
Yodogawa
Imperial Garden
Harmless toy cannon devised by Lehigh professor
Professor William Stoddard Franklin of Lehigh University and a Wilkes Barre dispatch describe a gas engine based toy cannon that makes a loud explosion with an electric spark igniting gas and air. It fires a cork shell with a flame that does not scorch tissue paper and costs about five cents for five thousand shots.
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William Stoddard Franklin
Lehigh University
Wilkesbarre
New York World
I’rankiln
Biggest Grass Steer on Record Shipped to Kansas City
Adam Thomas of Montrose Colorado shipped the largest hay and grass steer to Kansas City marking a record. The steer weighed 2400 pounds full, with the shipment averaging 2000 pounds. The animal stood high in the pen at the Kansas City yards as it crossed the scales.
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Adam Thomas
Montrose
Colo
Kansas City
Ouray
Hutchinson Youths Form Onion Raising Company
Eleven young men from Hutchinson Missouri have organized to raise onions. They leased a ten acre tract on Cow Creek and will plant onions for recreation from their other jobs. They expect to do the work themselves.
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Hutchinson
The
Kansas City Journal
Cow Creek
I heard a robin yesterday in dusty lumber rooms
A fragmented poem image recalls a robin’s song and a seasonal transition as windows are opened to let in warm rain and honest winds. The speaker notes dust from winter being swept away by busy brooms and recalls summer hopes shed.
Fruit Growers Trip Promises East Texas Harvest Tour
A Cotton Belt Route special train will run from St. Louis on June 20 to study East Texas fruit and truck growing during harvest. Experts and editors from northern states will join Texas growers visiting big orchards and packing houses. Texas Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association invites northern growers to the State meeting June 23 while offering a low round trip rate and brief travel.
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Cotton Belt
East Texas
St. Louis
Texas Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association
Texas
Great East Texas
L. O. Schaefer
Cincinnati
Ganley & Son 431 Main Street Ad
Local notice shows a partial listing for Ganley and Son at 431 Main Street with unclear loan statement and incomplete contact details.
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Ganley. . .& Son
Main’ ‘Street
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