Japs Press Yalu Front as Kuropatkin Falls Back
Reports from Chefoo and Tokio describe Kuropatkin moving the main Russian force across the Yalu in three columns toward Feng Wang Cheng, Kwan Tun, and Stone Sen, with heavy fighting expected near Feng Wang Cheng. Japanese strength is estimated at 75,000 with reinforcements at Taku Shan, while Russian troops around Liao Yang number about 50,900.
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Feng Wang Cheng
Liao Yang
Taku Shan
Kuroki
Port Arthur
Kinchon
Korea
Tokio
Yalu
New Fern Care By Turkish Bath Weekly Steam Method
A novel fern care method recommends a weekly Turkish bath. Place ferns in a sealed bathroom, fill a tub with scalding water, and steam for three to four hours. Cool gradually before transferring to a cooler room. The procedure replaces washing and spraying leaves and is claimed highly satisfactory.
Two Charming Features In Gown Illustrates Corset Cover
Household hints cover gelatin sweetening and egg white whip stiffening for a dessert layer. Tips include damp wiping fish, dusting with flour, breading before frying, and milk rinses for washed lace to restore freshness.
Fashion notes on spring garments and accessories
The article surveys evolving styles with silks, lace, chiffon, and chemisettes. It highlights long sleeves, valenciennes trims, floral corsages, edge gloves, novelty red silk stockings, and leather belts in varied textures and finishes.
Fashion notes on pink and red gowns for brunettes
A style tip describes blending pale pink with red for gowns. Pink foundations in soft fabrics are paired with cherry or crimson velvet garnitures, sometimes reversed with pale pink decorations. The text notes the reversed order is less satisfactory.
Historical kitchen tips on curry, cake, and laundry
A fragment lists culinary and household advice. It notes removing browned meat spots before curry, starting cake baking in a very hot oven then cooling after twenty minutes, and tying blue in clothing during laundering.
Linen batiste blouse waist with lace trimmed fronts
A May Manton pattern No. 4636 offers a blouse waist with full fronts and tucked back, finished with circular basque portions to reduce hip bulk. Fronts have three circular frills edged in Valenciennes lace. requires 14 1/2 yards of material and lace amounts for sizes 32 to 40, mailed for 10 cents.
Pattern No Bust Measure for Waist Pranks
Advertisement instructs to fill out all pranks and enclose 10. Mail to E. E Harrison & Co at 6 Plymouth Place, Chicago for pattern purchase or inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E Harrison &Co
Plymouth Place
Chicago
Henry Simmons Executed For Lula Sandberg Murder In Austin
Henry Simmons was hanged Monday morning in Austin Texas for the murder of Miss Lula Sandberg. The drop time was 11 06 and death announced at 11 19. Simmons made a final statement thanking others and urging his race to reconsider. About 250 people witnessed the execution and the body was later lowered to Bethany Cemetery.
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Henry Simmons
Austin
Texas
Lula Sandberg
Epming
Matthews
M. J. Johnson
Betheny
Japanese Hold Firm on Manchurian Yalu Front
Geoul dispatch reports after the Japanese charge and capture of the Russian fortifications at Chiu Tien Cheng the Russians retreated in confusion. Japanese forces now hold the Manchurian side of the Yalu River with a firm position.
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Tokio
Yalu
London
Central News
Geoul
Chiu Tien Cheng
Russians Fortify Liao River Area Near Sin Min Tung
A force of about two hundred Russians entrenches near the Liao river three miles from Sin Min Tung using Chinese laborers. Sin Min Tung lies two miles from Kou Pang Tse where a permanent Russian camp is established. A detachment of 180 men patrols the railroad line.
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Tien Tsin
Liao River
Sin Min Tung
Koupang Tse
Fire devastates Union Stock Yards stock sheds in Indianapolis
A large fire at the Union Stock Yards in Indianapolis destroyed forty acres of live stock sheds and pens, with two cattle cars burned. Estimated loss runs to $200,000, and officials have not yet determined the fire’s origin, though no immediate threat to nearby plants remains.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Union
Suicide at Coburne Texas Claims Local Man
J B Parsons 45 killed himself in Coburne Texas around 8 am Monday after several days illness. A watch was kept on him to prevent such acts following a permanent injury from a railroad accident at Marshall where a fireman on the Texas and Pacific railway was involved.
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Coburne
Texas
J. B. Parsons
Marshall
Texas and Pacific Railway
Rumors Circulate Over Helsingfors Squadron and Spies
The Fin land Gazette reports wild rumors of a British squadron off Helsingfors and Japanese spies at Uleaiborg, reflecting heightened wartime speculation in St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Finland
Helsingfors
Uleaiborg
State Board buys district bonds for school fund
The Texas state board of education on Monday purchased for the school fund bonds totaling 10,000 from Arlington Independent School District 23,000 Caldwell County refunding bonds and 8,900 Waples Morris County Independent School District bonds.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Arlington Independent School District
Caldwell County
Waples
Morris County
Lightning strikes church in Bono Texas damage reported
James Cooper of Bono said a storm sparked lightning that wrecked the Methodist church in Bono on Monday. The end of the church was knocked out during the Sunday storm. no injuries were reported.
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Cleburne
Texas
James Cooper
Bono
Panama Banker Henry Uhrman Dies at 75
Henry Uhrman a longtime foreign resident and banker among the 1849 Panama pioneers died of pneumonia at about 75. His funeral was well attended Monday evening and burial followed Jewish rites.
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Panama
Henry Uhrman
Shanghai Reports Yalu River Skirmish Casualties
Reports place Russian losses at 800 with twenty one officers and eighteen machine guns captured. Japanese casualties are listed at 700.
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Yalu
Kashtalinsky
East Siberian
Zasealitch
Shanghai
Yalu River
Governor Requisition Sought for Teofilo Campos
Secretary of State John Hay informs Austin that Mexico has granted the Texas governor's request for Teofilo Campos, wanted in El Paso for murder, under an official requisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
John Hay
Teofilo Campos
el Paso
Russian battleship Orel runs aground on Neva sandbank
The new Russian battleship Orel, nearing completion, ran aground on a Neva sandbank Sunday. An ice breaker from Cronstadt was dispatched to assist tugs in refloating her amid anticipated difficulty.
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St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Laredo Farms Near Harvest Full Onion Crop
In Laredo Texas the irrigated onion crop is nearly gathered except for about eight acres. The total yield is expected to reach 3 780 000 pounds sold for 75 000 dollars. Average yield per acre runs a little over 3 000 pounds.
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Laredo
Texas
Privates In West End Scrape Result In Knife Injury
Laredo Texas report says Privates Andrew Canada and James Smith at Fort Mcintosh engaged in a cutting scrape in the West End. Smith sustained a serious stab wound during the incident.
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Laredo
Texas
Andrew Canada
James Smith
Fort Mcintosh
West End
Smith
Sawmill Fire Destroys Olive Sternenberg Co Mill in Texas
The 1882 Olive Sternenberg & Co sawmill in Olive Hardin County Texas burned at 3 am causing about 40000 dollars in losses. Insurance covered part of the damage. Built by J A Sternenberg and S T Oliver, it operated by B A Petit and T A Sternenberg with modern equipment and a 75000 foot daily capacity.
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Olive
Hardin Co
Texas
J. A. Sternemberg
S. T. Oliver
B. A. Petit
T. A. Sternenberg
Hailstorm Hits Northrup Texas Destroys Few Crops
Saturday evening reports say a heavy hail storm passed through Northrup Texas with stones as large as small fowl eggs covering the ground. Little rain or wind accompanied the hail and crops sustained minimal damage. Other notices describe Rear Admiral Yes zen’s near capture by Japanese warships in fog near Vladivostok and a goldfish jar focus fire injuring Mrs Julian Filbert in Elkhart Indiana.
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Northrup
Texas
Elkhart
Indiana
Julian Filbert
Guthrie Jury Convicts Ed Lyle in Deputy Jones Murder
In Pawnee county federal court Ed Lyle was found guilty of murdering Deputy Marshal John B. Jones in Osage Indian County last July. Lyle pleaded insanity and received a life sentence.
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Guthrie
Ed Lyle
Pawnee County
John B. Jones
Lyle
Austin dam rebuild proposal eyed by city officials
In Austin a plan to rebuild the dam hinges on revenues from the water and light plant for several years. R. H. Ingersoll, a millionaire watchmaker, visited with the city water and light committee and may submit a proposal soon. He has interests in water power plants in other states.
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Austin
Texas
R. H. Ingersoll
City Water and Light Committee
Irish embezzlement case shocks Lipton store network
John Sheey, reportedly manager for Lipton in Limerick, was arrested in SirHadelphia after stepping from the Friesland at Liverpool. He faces charges of embezzling several hundred pounds from the Yachteman's establishment. He claimed innocence and said he was bound for the St Louis exposition. He will be held for a hearing Monday.
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SirHadelphia
John Sheey
Sir Thomas Lipton
Limerick
Ireland
Liverpool
St. Louis Exposition
Irish Emigration from Ireland Reaches Nearly Four Million
A parliamentary report shows that from 1851 to 1903 about 3,961,011 Irish emigrated, equaling 74 percent of Ireland’s average population. In 1903, 40,659 Irish left, with 33,501 going to the United States.
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London
Ireland
United States
Rain Ends Six Month Drought in Gonzales Texas
The town of Gonzales Texas enjoyed a heavy rain Saturday evening described as the best rainfall in over six months. Rejoicing followed as cisterns and tanks revived and gardens and crops benefited after a long dry spell.
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Gonzales
Texas
Scottish Rite Reunion Opens in Dallas at Turner Hall
Dallas Masons from across Texas gather for the first semi annual Scottish Rite reunion at Turner Hall. The event runs from tomorrow morning at 10 until Thursday night with about 100 members advancing from the fourth to the thirty second degree. Degree teams from Galveston and Orange assist locally.
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Dallas
Texas
Turner Hall
Galveston
Orange
Snow and cold grip Knoxville mountains and city
Knoxville Tennessee reports eighteen inches in the mountains and three inches in the city with freezing temperatures. Cattlemen fear heavy losses as stock on ranges face the unusual midwinter cold. Panama cables note Peruvian Minister Ghecano’s recent San Jose arrival en route to Nicaragua and satisfaction with Peru’s Colombia mission.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Panama
Costa Rica
Ghecano
San Jose
Nicaragua
Colombia
Eskimos in McKinzie Basin Hit by Measles Toll
Dawson City News reports an outbreak decimating Eskimo families living on the McKinzie Basin near Winnipeg Ontario. It says ten families remain alive while earlier totals reached forty to fifty families and 150 to 200 people.
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Winnipeg
Ont
McKinzie Basin
Dawson City
Mayors say danger from high water easing on Mississippi
East St. Louis Mayor Cook and Granite City Mayor Judé state the danger from rising Mississippi waters has largely passed as the gradual flood crest nears its end.
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St. Louis
Cook
East St. Louis
Judé
Granite City
Mississippi
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Kuropatkin
Bastrop
Ollie Bennett
Bennett
Estherwood
Crowley
Ned Hayes
Whitecaps
Thorte Titeee
Caten
Wiju
Imperial Guards
Antung
Feng Huan Chang
Gen. Kuroki
Lumber Yard
Agehon
Hammar Tut
Dan Gerearr
Hothe
Hamuat Paint CO
St Ine Louis
Dandy Windmills
F. T. Fehrenkamp
Moulton, Texas
E. E. Harrison & Co
Niss
Henry Ehrman
Campos
Which Was Owned
Olive, Sternenberg & Co
Olive, Texas
Yeszen
Austin Dam
Emigration of Irish
Drouth Broken
Tennessee
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