Japanese Flanking Drive Aims At Kuropatkin Left
Dispatch from Gen Kuropatkin describes Oyama assembling fresh forces at Bentsiapaléé and Haio Yang as Japan plans a large flank against Mukden. Kuroki crosses Hun river to cooperate. Oku and Nodzu skirmish with Cossacks near Inpu. Dragomiroff’s health may stop Far East duty.
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Bentsiapaléé
Iao Yang
Japan
Sianchan
Kuropatkin
Sintsintin
da Pass
San Lungku
Hun River
Mukden
Routon Pass
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Oku
Nodzu
Inpu
Bentsiaputze
Odesea
Kishineff
Danube
Dragomiroff
Far East
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Roosevelt eyes second Hague peace conference soon
President Roosevelt told Interparliamentary Union delegates that he will invite nations to send delegates to a second peace conference supplementing The Hague work. He plans to consult world powers in about six weeks, with a formal call likely early next year. In Philadelphia a $500000 endowment gift to the University of Pennsylvania is announced, donor unnamed. In Berelaire Texas rain persists aiding farmers, with 95 percent of cotton marketed and 250 bales ginned to date.
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Roosevelt
Interparliamentary Union
The
Hague
Japan
Russia
Department of State
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Berelair
Texas
Chinese Immigration Inquiry by U S Bureau Chief Sargent
El Paso reports Frank B. Sargent, head of the U S bureau of immigration, arrives to probe claims of many Chinese on the Mexican side and entry into the United States by stealth. He previously worked as a locomotive fireman on the Southern Pacific route to Tucson. Temple records show 51 civil cases filed in Bell county court since June 1, including 27 divorces, amid 51 lawyers in the county.
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el Paso
Texas
Frank B. Sargent
United States Bureau of Immigration
United States
Sargent
Southern Pacific
Tucson
Temple
Bell County
Belton
Austin Killing Near Buda Sparks Accidental Shot Claim
Claude Duncan died Monday afternoon three miles from Buda from a gunshot wound. Tom Martin Jr. fired the charge through Duncan's stomach. Scott Porter, the sole witness, says the death was accidental. All involved are Austin residents with family ties.
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Austin
Texas
Claude Duncan
Buda
Tom Martin, Jr
Scott Porter
Hopkins v Dean case draws crowd over $25 cost
In Madisonville Texas in county court Friday the suit Mrs L Hopkins vs Bug Dean was decided for the plaintiff. A contested cost of $25 drew wide attention with about 200 witnesses in attendance. The county clerk estimates total costs around $200 to the prevailing side.
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Madisonville
Texas
Diaz and Corral Named President and Vice President
In Mexico City Congress on Monday night converted the electoral college, ratified the general election, and declared Diaz and Corral duly elected for a six year term beginning December 1.
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City of
Mexico
Congress
Diaz
Corral
Set Him to Work Lawn Trimming Reveals Good Health
Mrs Delicate fears for Fred's health and worries about mowing the lawn. After she voices concern her husband insists he is strong and capable and proceeds to mow the front lawn himself, restoring daily routine.
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Fred
Femto
Mrs. Delicate
Mr. Delicate
Day by Day Poem Excerpt by Julia Harris May
A reflective verse urges living day by day and handling duties step by step. It counsels leaving yesterday’s burdens behind and moving onward with a hopeful, steady conscience. The speaker, Julia Harris May, invites resilience and forward motion.
Wealthy Neighbor Notion Causes Laughter
An East Baltimore tale shows wealth through a simple doorbell. A longtime washerwoman quits and jokes that a neighbor is rich because she has a doorbell, illustrating how wealth is viewed by those with modest means.
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East
Baltimore
Darkey
Baltimore ‘Sun
Sudden Bosworth Death Highlights New Britain Police Shortage
The Hartford Courant notes Bosworth's sudden death in New Britain and points out the city’s daytime police force counts only two officers, with one on duty during the chief’s lunch hour, underscoring an unusually sparse police presence for a 30,000 population.
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Bosworth
New Britain
Hartford Courant
Tariff Reform and Democracy Rally in Parker Letter
Esopus, N Y September 6 Judge Parker publishes a letter endorsing tariff reform reciprocity and independent government. He argues for restraint on imperial powers, calls for cutting the Dingley tariff, supports reciprocity with Canada and other nations, and urges unity to curb trusts and protect Filipinos. He pledges to revoke Pension Order No 78 and to push a full veterans pension law.
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William McKinley
Canada
Federal
Senate
Blaine
McKinley
Congress
Interior Department
National Democracy
Justice of Congressional Action
Philippines
Gaye
Abe Ore
Union
National Democratic
Postoffice Department
Guiene
Country showman schemes vaudeville tour for summer towns
A former theater manager, exiled to the woods, puts on short vaudeville shows in three nearby towns near his country house. He hires a musical team and pianist, pays salaries, and pockets about 150 to 200 dollars per week, enjoying the role among rural neighbors.
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New York
Rialto
Rialtontes
Pine
Monkey Steals Crow in Indian Dinner Prank
An Englishman in India watches his mischievous monkey imitate the cook by swapping a plucked crow for the prepared fowl. The crow is eaten by the monkey while the cook returns to find the dish altered and suspicious. The tale ends with the monkey feasting as the cook is alarmed.
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India
Detroit News Tribune
Goodwin’s Peaches Joke Surfaces From Utica Senator
The late Senator Alexander T. Goodwin of Utica New York was famed for his humor. A relative sent brandied peaches to his sick room and he quipped that he appreciated both the peaches and the spirit in which they were sent.
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Louise
Alexander
Puck
One Hog Was Enough
A Cass county man sought to trade a sewing machine for two hogs and asked an editor to publish the notice. The editor replied that the man ought to stay home, as he already hogs the paper with his presence.
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Cass County
Kansas City Star
Vermont Berry Patch Yields Record Strawberries
Earl W. Peterson of East Berkshire tended a Brandywine patch 111 feet by 43 feet. He picked fourteen or fifteen bushes, then gathered eighty seven baskets in one morning. The day prior the patch was picked clean. berries measured up to five inches circumference, with about thirty berries per basket. St Johnsbury Republican.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Pontle
Republican Party
Democrats In
Congress
Vermont
Earl W. Peterson
East Berkshire
St. Johnsbury
To a Lady's Eyebrow and Edges of a Poem
Poem fragment laments a beloved woman's eyebrows and gaze with archaic imagery. The speaker pleads for attention while imagining fairy brushes and moon shadows. Scattered lines evoke romantic longing and playful monsters in a whimsical New Orleans mood.
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