Peace talks begin as Russia and Japan meet at Portsmouth
Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries open credentials and discuss terms in Portsmouth Navy Yard. Witte and Rosen scrutinize Japanese powers while Komura and Takahira review Russian authority. If a basis emerges, negotiations may last five weeks toward a treaty. Crowds cheer as envoys receive welcome. guards salute as dignitaries tour the city.
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Baron Komura
Takahira
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Court House
Quarantine Tightened as State Moves to Use Civil Power
New Orleans reports chaotic quarantine conditions in Louisiana with the state board of health promising to invoke civil power and seek militia support from Gov. Blanchard to restore order. The proclamation bans travel restrictions being ignored and allows entry with fresh health certificates or post detention clearance. Public transport interference is forbidden unless violating quarantine rules. The effort aligns with Gov. Blanchard and aims to raise a $250,000 fund with county and city backing. total funds in sight reach about $220,000 with combined citizen committee and governmental support.
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Louisiana
State Board of Health
Blanchard
Board of Health
Janvier
Citizens’ Committee
Citizens' Committee
Jailed junk dealer Cohen held for contempt in bankruptcy case
Jacon Cohen, wealthy junk dealer of Jacksonville Florida now jailed in Springwerg Alabama for contempt of court after failing to obey Judge Humphrey’s order to turn over 65 528 to bankruptcy receiver G. J. George. Cohen claimed to have lost the funds after depositing them in Chicago banks and cashing out.
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Jacon Cohen
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Til
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G. J. George
Cohen
Chicago
Run on a Savings Bank in Denver
A run began Tuesday at the Denver Savings Bank which owes depositors about 2000 900. Doors closed at noon and depositors were allowed inside one by one to withdraw ten percent of their deposits. An alleged bank robbery suspect was arrested in Fruitdale Mississippi after being pursued across several states.
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Aug
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Panama Canal Commission
D. W. Ross
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New York
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Panama
Canal Commission
United States
Denver
Denver Savings Bank
Fruitdale
Miss
Harry Haas
Dartington
Ind
Gypsy Bill Broomfield Pardoned by Ohio Governor
William Broomfield known as Gypsy Bill, sentenced to 16 years for manslaughter in Madisonville after shooting John F. Johnson, was pardoned yesterday by Governor Herrick. He must depart the state and stay away as recommended by the pardon board. he was imprisoned since October 1897.
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William Broomfield
Gypsy Bill
Hamilton County
Herrick
Broomfeld
John F. Johnson
Madisonville
Grocer Knight Arrested for Alcohol Sale in Dry Village
In Berea on Tuesday grocer K Knight was arrested for selling aquor within dry limits. Warrant by galoonkeeper Zad haryatz led to fines against Zad haryatz for selling Warner. Knight pleaded guilty, fined $150 plus costs, and testified against Zad haryatz who had earlier paid $50 and costs. In Columbus the Fifteenth Sixteenth senatorial district GOP convention adjourned after 106 ballots with N G Overturff near nomination. The Democratic state committee set Newark as campaign start on Sept 23 with John M Pattison and others to speak. In Bellefontaine Mrs Wealey Gros found her 2 year old dead, after the child was scalded in a tub of water.
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K. Knight
William Zadharyatz
Zadharyafz
Warner
Knight
Columbus
Olentangy Park
N. G. Overturff
Delaware
Newark
Democratic State Executive Committee
John M. Pattison
Cincinnati
Bellefontaine
Mra. Wealey Gros
Bloomfield Township
Man Opens Cranberry Gulch School With Guns
Ned, a slender inventor of chaos, arrives in Cranberry Gulch to keep school by intimidation. He belts revolvers, knives, and a bowie, then forces order with fear. The tale ends with two years of quiet, a doubled salary, and students who learn to respect him.
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Cranberry Gulch
Ouse
Harry Flores
Harry
Edo
Yuba
Harry Flotee
Whae
California
Ned
Corn tall as ten feet draws Kansas corn bragging
Kansas farmers laugh off Missouri tall corn stories as exaggerated. Lute Newton notes Neosho county corn reaches remarkable heights but says such claims are common in Kansas during good years. Early corn is laid by and growing, with farmers joking about tree climbers to reach ears.
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Kansas
Kansas City Star
Lute Newton
Neosho
Emporia
Red tape in buttons plagues British war office
The British War Office faces a costly button debacle with endless conferences and shifting designs. About $25,000 spent with a year of talks and 200 meetings on a single button that proved unsatisfactory. The Brodrick cap, a German import, was discarded after parliamentary debate with losses near $500,000. Rifle length changes have wasted over $1,500,000 in arms trials. The era’s costly bureaucratic missteps render even the Span ish American war emblem trivial by comparison.
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War Office
Victim of tight lacing noted on historic tombstone near Annan
A Dundee News correspondent describes a weathered tombstone in Spring Well near Annan that bears a bust of a slender woman and a mounted figure, erected to warn against tight lacing after a woman died from the fashion. The article also recounts St Brendan’s legend linked to Sinbad origins and voyage myths.
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Helen
Kirkconnel Lea
Dundee News
Fruit Used in Fishing In Malay Archipelago
A National Geographic Magazine writer describes a fruit used in fishing across the Malay archipelago and Ceylon. The fruit is made into paste, left in bags, sunk at low tide in reef channels, and fish or marine creatures drift to the surface where natives retrieve them with bands.
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National Geographical Magazine
Curious gaze and eye-glasses in literature
Mrs John Lane notes that great realists withhold eye-glasses from heroines, while many real women wear them yet still pursue dramatic careers and intense emotions. A brief aside on how authors reveal female sight gages in fiction. Russia charges an amusement tax to fund the Emperor Marie Foundation, adding price on every ticket and raising over 1,000,000 rubles.
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London
Russia
Emperor Marie
Fearless Duke Sees World From Balloon Amid Wild Escape
The duke of Abruz, described as fearless, is shot while monitoring and escapes with the frost bitten Magers. He surveys the world from his balloon after flattening ice pack, has attained points on the Alps and explored near Prince Rudolph island.
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Fearless Duke
Duke
Abruz
Prince Rudolph Island
Alps
Size of Raindrops and Twilight in Northern U S
The text describes largest raindrops about one fifth of an inch wide and a method using flour layers to compare drop sizes with known references. It also notes the northern twilight phenomenon where evening and morning light blend in extreme northern regions as the sun sits far below the horizon.
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United States
Judge Madden Uses Aggregate Sentencing in Victoria
Chief Justice Sir John Madden unveils a plan to punish old offenders by tallying their prior terms as the new sentence. Recently he imposed a nine years and one month term as the aggregate record for a single offender.
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John Madden
Victoria
Rural France allows rural postal orders and deposits
Rural inhabitants may now obtain postal orders from the postmen on their rounds and hand them money for deposit in savings banks avoiding trips to the post office. Chinese Want to Enlist in Canada. Chinese subjects claim right to serve. Twenty Chinese from Victoria BC have applied to enroll in the Fifth Regiment Canadian Artillery, Ottawa referred the matter to militia minister.
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Victoria
B. C
Fifth Regiment
Canadian Artillery
Ottawa
Vanity and Fleeting Epitaphs Across Worlds
A crop of quips and notes on fame time and memory from varied papers. A Philadelphia cemetery shows headstones fading within decades while London ads tout noble titles for the well off. Edison warns radium injures eye and stomach. college friends joke about engagements and wartime comradeship.
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Philadelphia
Opium Cargo Seized From Steamship Arrives in San Francisco
A July 11 arrival from Korea included dope cargo valued at 344 500 dollars. The article notes a French linguistic aside about adieu from to God and recounts dialogues on audience and oratory.
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Korea
San Frasetrco
Zealandia Brings Record Gold Dust Shipment to Seattle
The steamship Zealandia arrived from Nome on July 6 with a cargo valued at 1600 dollars in gold dust. This marks Nome's record shipment, signaling strong mining output and expanding trade routes to Seattle.
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Zealandia
Seattle
Nome
Just for Fun Quote on Marriage and Tea
The Chicago Record-Herald weighs in with a witty remark about couples who marry for tea and end up divorced for a small amount of the same.
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Eame
Chicago Record-Herald
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