Storming of Fortress Port Arthur Seen As Japanese Final Assault
Che Foo reports from Tai Yuan and Vien Tsin that the August 20 battle along the fortress lines is Japan s supreme effort with all defenses being probed. The Japanese consul general states Port Arthur will soon fall as Bruessel refuses to surrender and prepares for a grand assault along the entire line.
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Che Foo
H. Tjuen
Vien Tsin
Japan
Port Arthur S
Bruessel
Rumor of Tap Repulse and Mobilization Telegrams
Ohe Foo reports a rumor of Japanese repulse at Port Arthur. In St Petersburg the emperor issues a ukase to summon reserve officers to duty. Official Messenger notes mobilization of reserves in four districts of the Poltava government and additional regiments in other provinces.
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St. Petersburg
Empire
Poltava
Barber Charged $7 After Grooming Session Ends In Arrest
Jefferson Thomas of Winchester Ind arrived in St Louis and visited Union Station barber Joseph White. After a lengthy grooming including haircut, shave and shampoo, White charged seven dollars. Thomas protested the price and was assaulted. the barber was arrested after the incident. The case heads to police court Monday.
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St. Louis
Jefferson Thomas
Winchester
Ind
Joseph White
Union Station
Thomas
White
Davis to stump Indiana for Davis vice presidency
Te rome Herff of Peru Indiana member of the democratic vice presidential nomination committee arrived from White Sulphur Springs West Virginia with the news that Senator Henry G Davis will stump Indiana He plans several speeches in the state but dates and details are not yet decided
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Indianapolis
Ind
Terome Herff
Peru
Indiana
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Henry G. Davis
Hoosier State
Herff
Taps Occupy Anshan Shan and Far East Naval Moves
Military dispatches report Japanese troops occupying Anshan Shan with Russian forces retreating toward Murkden. Other items note cruiser movements from Saigon to Korsakovsk, and possible disarmament orders affecting Russian ships at Shanghai, as well as a portrait of Senator Davis praised for vigor and memory by Mr. Horif.
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Patersburg
Admiralty
Dinna
Saigon
French Indochina
Korsakovsk
Sakhalin
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Motai
Grozoval
NATO
Askold Hna
Counterfeiters Held by Atlanta Secret Officers
In Atlanta three white men were arrested today on counterfeiting charges. Reports say plates for bills of various denominations were seized and the arrests are considered highly significant.
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Atlanta
Doctor Praises Foley's Kidney Cure Prescription
Dr Geo Ewing of Smiths Grove Kentucky a physician for over thirty years describes his experience with Foley's Kidney Cure He had kidney bladder and enlarged prostrate issues and after three bottles was completely cured He now prescribes it in his practice and recommends it to other physicians Sold by Dreier and Bro
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Geo. Ewing
Smith's Grove
Foley
Dreier & Bro
A. BR. Boss
Morgantown
Ind
Live Wire Killer Brews Star Brewer at Terre Haute
August Reichert, master brewer for the Terre Haute Brewing Company, was killed by an electrical accident in Terre Haute Indiana. A new collapsible tube remedy claims instant relief for piles and is marketed by Meyer Bros Co and AOC Gocke.
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Terre Haute
Ind
August Reichert
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Na Live Wire
Meyer Bros, Co
Gocke
Windstorm Damages St Vincent Church in Progress
A windstorm Friday night severely damages St Vincent’s Catholic church under construction at Academie. No exact reconstruction cost yet. hundreds of dollars needed to repair walls, girders, rafters, belfry, and minor damages. Electrical storm and heavy rain preceded it. corn crop injuries noted countywide. trees, wires, and awnings affected. city police communications disrupted. Allen county wide damage reported.
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St. Vincents Catholic
Academie
Wayne Street
Bloomingdale
Allen County
Indiana Mar Dies in Burning Cambridge Hotel
Lima Ohio August 20 The Hotel Cambridge burned down. Thirty five guests escaped except one, traveling man George Burlage from Lawrenceburg Indiana died of suffocation after falling in the hallway while fleeing. A B R Boss Morgantown Indiana suffered back and kidney pain. Foley's Kidney Cure from Dreier and Bro was recommended.
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Lima
Ohio
Cambridge
George Burlage
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Deposit Your Money at Citizens' Trust Co Post Office Opposite
A notice cites $400,000 security for damages and reports Clyde Greiger, 13, shot himself in the hand while fooling with a revolver at Dunlaps in Elk Hart County. The incident appears in a local warning style urging financial caution.
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Citizens’ Trust Co
Opp
Danacsitane
Clyde Greiger
Dunlaps
Elkhart County
Wild Times in the Wheat Pits
Chicago and New York wheat markets saw sharp advances as May futures jumped 2 cents to $1.04, aided by reports of bank rust in northern fields. Sept and Dec futures rose, with Minneapolis weather and Northwest storm losses fueling the rally, followed by profit takers and renewed buying as rail and export reports churned the trading day.
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Chicago
Frash Rav Agen
Minneapolia
de Eomber
Carberry
Manitoba
Wyandotte
Band Concert Tragedy Endsin Double Death in Sullivan
In Sullivan Indiana Brinton Creager shot his wife during a crowded band concert then killed himself with a thirty eight caliber revolver. The wife died instantly and Creager died at the scene as police and the coroner moved the bodies to the morgue. Concertgoers fled in panic and the program was canceled.
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Sullivan
Ind
Brinton Creager
Bagum
Creager
Domestic tragedy ends in murder suicide at concert
Mrs. Creager, separated from her husband, believed him away from town. He reentered unseen and killed her before she could cry out, then took his own life, in a tragic murder suicide linked to domestic unhappiness.
Ended His Life After Attempted Family Tragedy in Indianapolis
Henry Y. Foxhall of 1708 Yondes street, after failing to murder his wife and 11 year old Edith, shot himself in a wood shed. He worked at the Big Four shops in Brightwood and was a machinists union member. He had returned from shopping for a gas range, appeared intoxicated, and after demanding the deed to property and life insurance papers, his wife and daughter fled before he killed himself.
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Indianapolis
Edith
Henry Y. Foxhall
Yondes Street
Foxhall
Brightwood
Machinists’ Union
Pinaules Offered as Cure All for Kidney and Rheumatic Ailments
Advertisement extolling Pinaules as a new discovery and cure for kidney and bladder troubles, rheumatic and lumbago pains. Claims origin from pines. Invites readers to visit Moyur Bros. Co. and A. O. Gorka to learn more.
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Moyur ‘Bros. Co
A. O. Gorka
Packing House Strike Leaders Gauge Legal Tactics
President Donnelly of the packing house strikers warns of a political phase as union forces hold trump cards. Packers plan to seek injunctions against city orders to remove strikebreakers from stockyard housing. Donnelly canvasses in Kansas City and Indianapolis, promising aid to workers and hinting at court battles over living quarters and plant housing.
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Donnelly
Packing House Strikers
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Harrison
Federation of Labor
Schmidt
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Tolman
Swift & Co
Fairbanks Offered War Service Letter Reveals Mount's View
Indianapolis August 20. Governor Mount rejected Senator Fairbanks offer to enlist in the Spanish American War stating the senator could best serve the nation in the United States Senate. The reply praised Fairbanks for his Cuban speech and loyalty while preserving the senator’s seat in the Senate. The letter, dated May 3, 1898, is in the possession of historian W H Smith who is preparing a biography for party officials.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Governor Mount
Fairbanks
Fairbank
United States Senate
Senate
J. A. Mount
W. H. Smith
Republican National Committee
Indiana
William HB. Smith
Eairbanks
Senator Fairbanks Letter Offered Services to Indiana Troops
The speaker never saw the letter from Senator Fairbanks but described it as a straightforward earnest offer of the senator’s services to go to the front and serve with Indiana troops.
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Fairbanks
Indiana
Regulars and militiamen clash in Athens violence leaves one dead
In Athens Ohio regular army troops tied to Camp Armitage clashed with a provost guard drawn from Company D Ohio National Guard Cleveland. Corporal Charles Clark, 21, was killed. Albert Heald Sergt. William Blessing and Watson Ohl were wounded. Martial law was declared, hundreds of regulars patrolled streets as provosts and guardsmen exchanged gunfire and arrests.
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Athens
Ohio
Camp Armitage
Sth
Ohio National Guard
Cleveland
Charles Clark
Warren
Ora Watson HF. Ohl
Albert Heald
Sergt
William Blessing
Camp Herrick
United States
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