Japs Back Down On Main Issue In War Peace Talks
Portsmouth August 29. Baron Komura to submit a new basis of compromise to M Witte after a cabinet elder statesmen meeting. Japan ready to forgo indemnity and let a mixed commission price settle Sakhalin, shifting the burden to Russia if peace is to be achieved. Public doubt lingers, but success hinges on Japan renouncing all war costs.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Baron Komura
Tokio
Japan
M. Witte
Nicholas
Jasen
Sakhalin
St. Petersburg
Nicholas M. White
Russia
Peterhof
Great Britain
Union
Winfield
Louisiana
Texas
Texas Farmer
Union Farmer
Texas Union
Labor Day Proclamation by Governor Lanham of Texas
The Texas governor proclaims Labor Day on September 4 1905 a legal holiday honoring labor. Governor I S W T Lanham urges suspension of work and public celebration, with the seal of the state affixed in Austin on August 28 1905, and Secretary O K Shannon noted.
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I. S. W. T. Lanham
Texas
Austin
A. D
W. T. Lanham
O. K. Shannon
Secretary of State
Mexican Central Acquires Lines Pur chased from Construction Co
The Mexican Central Railway will soon take over lines bought from the Mexican National Construction company. The key segment runs from Port of Manzanillo to Colima, a 59 mile route to be integrated into the Pacific coast extension after broad gauge work starts. An imperial ukase from St. Petersburg dated Aug. 19 orders troop mobilization to reinforce the Far East army across listed districts and Don Cossacks.
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City of Mexico
Mexican Central Railway
Mexican National Construction Company
Manzanillo
Pacific Coast
Colima
Central
St. Petersburg
Far East
Vilna
Grodno
Kiva
Courtland
Tivonia
Perma
Vattka
Simbirsk
Saratova
Orendburg
Astakhan
Ufa
Don Cossacks
Prominent Statesman Says Togo Will End War
A influential zemstvoist statesman in St. Petersburg argues that Togo initiated the war and will finish it. He predicts Oyama cannot force a Russian Sedan, Linovitch will not admit defeat, and that dynastic factors prevent indemnity or ceding land. He asserts only a Japanese fleet blockade could decide the war.
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St. Petersburg
Togo
Oyama
Linovitch
Russia
Baltic
Bubonic Plague Case Reported in Panama Harbor District
In La Boca one bubonic plague case is confirmed. The dwelling’s 130 residents were quarantined in detention with 60 under observation for slight fevers, suspected to be malaria. No quarantine declared yet, and doctors do not foresee wider spread.
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Panama
la Boca
Chinese Boycott on American Piece Goods Eases
Washington reports that Master Rockhill says the Chinese boycott on American piece goods is about to be lifted. Pekin cables indicate the anti American boycott is subsiding, while Shanghai merchants dealing in piece goods oppose the move and may break the boycott for those goods.
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Washington, D. C
Rockhill
Pekin
Shanghai
Picture That Draws Wanderer From Gold Mine In Welsh Home
Robert Fowler in Beautiful Wales paints a Welsh home scene with sanded slate flags a long table oak settle and Chippendale chairs. Clocks tick with effort as memory of the dead is kept in Spurgeon verses and family photographs. Outside, west wind, flooded stream, otter, owl and a sentinel mountain loom.
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Robert Fowler
Wales
Spurgeon
The Patient Waiter
Bishop Ellison Capers praises patience in a Columbia sermon. A street corner anecdote features a patient young man joking that he has waited since last evening for a date, highlighting humor around waiting and expectations.
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Ellison Capers
Columbia, S. C
Clyde Fitch on French wit in a mistaken transplant
Clyde Fitch comments on the wit of France saying it cannot be transplanted here as it is too subtle delicate and wicked. He cites a French wit example where a clubman learns his governess kissed his wife, twisting the gag to reveal a reversal.
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France
Wealthy man buys two nickels with plan to church
A Kansas City druggist recalls a Sunday morning visit by a wealthy West Side man who, tossing a dime on the showcase, asked for two nickels and said he was going to church. The druggist noted the polite remark and the unusual exchange.
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Kansas City
West Side
Kansas_ City Times
Farmers Co operative Union of America meeting remarks
The document lists officers and executive committee members in various locales and recalls a talk by iron masters on pricing and markets. It emphasizes farmers using common sense business methods and avoiding overreliance on government principles to focus on daily work.
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Farmers Co-operative Union of America
National meeting postponed and union facts reported
The Texas Farmers Union reports large local memberships across states, discusses postposed Texarkana meeting due to yellow fever, and stresses education and cooperation. It cites 3500 local unions and 225000 members in Texas plus 60000 in adjoining states, urging unity, nonpartisanship, and gradual cultural shift toward cooperation.
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Texas
Texas State Union
Louisiana
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
GresHem
National Farmers Union
Texarkana
Greenville
Farmers Should Grow Diversified Crops Before Cotton
The Dallas News argues farmers cannot rely on cotton as the sole family sustenance. It urges growing hogs, corn and other staples first so the cotton crop can be held for better prices. The Henderson Times supports selling cotton in a businesslike way and timing marketing over twelve months.
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Henderson Times
Texas
South
the Times
Dallas News
Damaged Texas Cotton Bales Prompt Weather Prep
Reports from Hillsboro Sherman and Campbell Texas describe cotton bales badly damaged by exposure. Poor handling and slow marketing led to losses of about 100 pounds per bale at Sherman and similar degradation noted with 250 bales at Campbell. The incidents underline the need for weather ready storage.
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Hillsboro
Texas
West
Sherman
Campbell
Seed age and vegetable germination tips from expert growers
The article explains how cucumber seeds three years old yield earlier market crops, while one year old seed delays. It notes parsnip eight month seeds perform best, melon seeds germinate after up to thirty years, and celery seeds reproduce after ten years. It warns freshness is not universal and lists seed lifespans for corn, peas, beans, and vine seeds.
Texas Headlines Parade Through Athens Reunion and Local News
The telegraphic jumble reports a Confederate reunion in Athens with about 400 attendees, a new Breckenridge school to cost 94000, and a Batson shooting where Robert Wilson was killed and Robert Maxwell surrendered. It notes bank charters, pardons petitions, and industry moves from Temple yard wreck to Paris Mexia rail plans.
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Confederate and Old Settlers
Athens
Breckenridge
Robert Wilson
Batson
Robert I. Maewell
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Devoe and
Masury
Moulton, Texas
Tex
Mexican Central
Construction Co
Waring
Clyde Fitch
Charles
Officers OF State Union
BE. A. Calvin
Presid Wales
J. A. Wheeler
Presid
Belton
B. F. Chapman
Wilmer
J.D. I
Gordon
D. Neal
J.P. Lane
Gallatin
J. T. Mahon
Door’ Er
A. C. Neece
Fruitla
F. W. Day
Woodbine
J. Dy Tam
G. M. Garner
Snyder
N. A. Clifton
Clift
Grapeland
Board of Help
May
Dublin
Co-Operative
Co-operative Journal
Dmerson
National Horsethief Detentive Association
Henry Biggers
Dimmitt County State Bank
Capital Stock
Ballinger State Bank
Ballinger
First State Bank of
Ector
Jeff Roberts
Territory
United States Penitentiary
Levameworth
Kan
Thomas D. Scott
Jimes-Herald Printing Company
Dallas
Carl Drake
Internal Revenue Collector
Webster Flanagan
Flanagan
Temple
Strawn Coal Mining Company
I Vra
Money An
Paris
Mexia
Trinity and Brazos Valley
Houston
Ennis
Texas Midland
Waxahachie
The
Elks
Woodmen
Whitney
Cokquilt
Waco
J. J. McHale
Texas Central East
Fisher
Nolan
John Ross
Guthrie
J. B. Marbell
St. Louis
Chickasha, S T
Muskogee
Tulsa
Knox City
Jesse Jones
Haskell
First National
J. R. McCombs
McCombs
Corpus Christi
Refugio Garcia
Gavine Trujillo
Dem Ton
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