Port Arthur Fight Report Signals Stubborn Garrison
Telegram summaries Port Arthur details reveal a brutal battle from Nov 20 to Dec 10 with heavy Japanese losses but the Russians still holding the main forts. Reports note 11 inch and 16 inch fires and the capture of 208 Meter Hill while questioning why the fleet attack in deep water was not executed.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Mizzeneoff
Chefoo
Nicholas
Stoensel
Sroessel
Russian Valor reports Stoessel dispatches on Port Arthur defense
General Stoessel’s messages to the emperor recount prolonged Japanese bombardments and infantry assaults against Visokaya hill in Port Arthur. The 12 day offensive begun Nov. 20 was repulsed with heavy Japanese losses, aided by heroic artillery and sharpshooter actions.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Bitoessel
Visokaia
Port Arthur
New Hair Solution Promises Relief From Thinning Locks
A dramatic pitch touts Newbro's Herpicide as a scalp germicide that stops hair loss by destroying the cause of thinning hair. Advertised as a new formula and principle, it claims to restore dignity and comfort, with samples requested by mail and available through leading druggists.
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Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
D. Endefel
Special Agens
Capture of Visokaia Hill Reported by Harbor Forces
Our ships in the harbor have been shelling by Japanese flinch shells. General Teenpinesky succumbed to his wounds. The troops are in excellent spirits and maintain defense of the hill.
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Visokaia Hill
Teenpinesky
Descriptions of the Port Arthur High Hill Battle by a Participant
Commander Mizzeneoff, wounded in the leg, recalls the ferocious High hill assault during Port Arthur. He describes continuous fighting, brutal hand to hand clashes, mass casualties, and the stubborn defense by Russian forts. The Japanese losses are cited at around 12,000 with under 2,000 Russian casualties.
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Chefoo
High Hill
Port Arthur
Mizzeneoff
Poltava
St. Petersburg
Liaoti Mountain
Stoessel
Shortage Fears as Winter Hits Chinese Front
From Fusan dated December 19 reports possible fuel and food scarcities among Chinese this winter. Firewood at 40 dollars per ton and food at triple normal value reflect tightening supplies. Japanese forces continue to employ Chinese laborers for fuel and supplies as cold weather persists and the military situation remains unchanged.
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Fusan
Mrs 8 H Newson Recovers After Illness With Electric Bitters
Decatur Alabama resident Mrs 8 H Newson endured years of painful indigestion and bowel trouble. She credits Electric Bitters with immediate improvement and full recovery, claiming the remedy cured liver kidney stomach and bowel complaints. The testimonial promotes Electric Bitters as the sole treatment for these ailments.
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H. Newson
Decatur
Ala
Moscow joins Sunday demonstration in bloodless clash with police
About 5,000 protesters gathered in Moscow as crowds moved from Tverskaya to Strastnaya square and toward the governor general's palace. Police fired blank volleys and charged with sabers, many wounded or arrested. one policeman reportedly fatally struck. Demonstrators dispersed after hours of fighting and street closures.
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Moscow
Tverskaila Street
Tverskaia Street
Strastnia Square
Grand Duke
Sergius
Tverskaia
Neglina Street
Koomineski Bridge
Fire at Rinn and Co. sash and door plant endangers gas tanks
A Chicago sash and door factory fire threatened two large People's Light and Coke gas tanks filled with illuminating gas. Firefighters worked to prevent an explosion, while a wall collapsed injuring three firefighters who were directing water streams at the tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Phillip Rinn & Co
People’s Light and Coke Company
Tragic Death of Rosa White Found in Logan County
The body of Rosa White, eighteen, was discovered near Crawley’s Creek in Logan County with a crushed skull and throat cut. She is the daughter of prominent farmer Harlan White. No clues to the murderer were found.
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Huntington
W. Va
Rosa White
Crawley's Creek
Logan County
Harlan White
Bold Daylight Robbery in Marion Claims Gold Watch
Henry Bradley, an aged Grant county farmer, was held up in broad daylight near Marion on December 19 by two men who forced him to halt searched him and robbed him of a gold watch and some change during his drive through the road.
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Marion
Ind
Henry Bradley
Grant County
Farmers Resist Gas Pipeline Project
Farmers in southeastern Kansas oppose the Kansas Natural Gas Company pipeline to Missouri. Between Liberty and the Verdigris River, over a mile of the partly completed line was blown up by masked, undisclosed assailants last night. The act follows a prolonged local dispute over exporting gas to out of state markets.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Liberty
Verdigris River
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Pipe Mne Company
Missouri
Bitter Neighborhood Feud Ends in Death
Joseph Sharkey of Twelve Mile died after a dance fight in New Waverly. Charges of murder likely against assailants David Mooney and his son Charles, amid long running animosity between Twelve-Mile and Waverly youths. Witnesses say Sharkey was the aggressor. Mooney party allegedly knocked him down and threw him from a second story window.
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Logansport
Ind
Joseph Sharkey
Twelve-Mile
New Waverly
Waverly
Sharkey
David Mooney
Charles
Storm Hits Vineyard Sound Schooners Inland Damage Report
Woods Hole Mass Dec 19 The tug Suale D arrived from Vineyard Haven and said a Sunday storm drove fifteen schooners ashore at harbor and damaged others through collisions. The damage rivaled the November gale of 1898 with no lives reported lost.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Vineyard Haven
Evidence on Panama canal engineering tasks declared to Congress
John F. Wallace chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission presented his findings on the engineers tasks for building the Panama Canal to the House committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The testimony will be printed for congressional use.
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Washington
John F. Wallace
Isthmian Canal Commission
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Panama Canal
Congress
Oldest Odd Fellows Past Master James Sanders Dies in Gas Incident
James P. Sanders, eighty six, longtime grand sire of the sovereign grand lodges of Odd Fellows, suffocated by gas at his Yonkers home after failing to shut off a heater. Divers will again search Hempstead Harbor for seven crew and two passengers lost when the steamer Glen Island burned.
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New York
James P. Sanders
Order of Odd Fellows
Yonkers
Sanders
Grand Lodges of Odd Fellows
United States
Glen Island
Hempstead Harbor
L. I
Mixed global incidents mark weekend news
Snow piled two feet deep in Rhode Island. A steamer disaster on Long Island sound killed eight men and one woman. A Woodbury merchant killed attorney A J Smithson. Brooklyn pastor Dr John Reid died. Cardinal designation rumored for Monsignor Serafino in Mexico. Mrs Mary Andrews Clark, mother of Senator Clark, died at 92 in Los Angeles. Major Kuhn reassigned to observe Port Arthur fall. National dairy and food departments meet in Portland June 20 to 25. National Education Association to meet at Asbury Park Ocean Grove July 3 to 7. Moscow police dispersed a 3000-student protest. 300 arrested, 60 injured.
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Rhode Island
Long Island Sound
Serafino
Mexico
Mary Andrews Clark
William A. Clark
Los Angeles
Cal
Kuhn
Port Arthur
National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments
Portland
Ore
National Educational Association
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
N. J
Moscow
Dr Kings New Discovery Endorsed For Lung Ills
Fresh testimony reports Dr King’s New Discovery as unequaled for consumption coughs and bronchial troubles. A Bentonville Virginia reader claims three years of bronchitis improved after taking it with cures suggested for pneumonia grip and throat problems. Trial bottles offered free by C D Encefel, druggist. Regular price 600 and 1.00.
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C. D. Encefel
Long fight ends in Kentland with new county courthouse
Kentland Indiana December 19 The New tomn county council approved 25000 dollars for a new courthouse and 1000 dollars for records investigation by a 6 to 1 vote, ending a 44 year contest over county seat location. The council will seek plans and specs as commissioners plan the project.
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Kentland
Ind
Newtomn County Council
Willard
Morocco
Supreme Court
Hope now abandoned as auditor uncovers embezzlement scheme
County Auditor Gard reports that E. F. Obenchain the county treasurer in default has a shortage of 75 343 66 after accounting for 62 500. Bondsmen believe Obenchain took the remaining cash. He is said to have left for Indianapolis carrying heavy grips. In a separate incident George Rungsell was held up at a railroad crossing and robbed of 75 dollars with no clue to the culprits.
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Logansport
Ind
Gard
E. F. Obenchain
Obenchain
Bondamen
Indianapolis
Hillsdale
George Rungsell
Montesuma
Monezuma
Russell
Jealousy Tragedy Ends in Miner Slaying Near Burnett
Terre Haute Indiana December 19 John Dennis a coal miner who had been boarding with William Baxton killed him at Baxton's home near Burnett in a jealousy sparked quarrel. Dennis then surrendered to Constable Roberts and was taken to Terre Haute and placed in gaol.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Dennis
William Baxton
Burnett
Dennis
Baxton
Buxton Dennis
Constable Roberts
Gall
Will Appeal Gipe Case In Indiana Manslaughter Trial
New Castle Indiana December 19 Judge Morris overruled the motion for a new trial in the Haley Gipe manslaughter case involving Mollie Starbuck and her baby Gipe was sentenced to two to fourteen years in the Jeffersonville reformatory His attorney says an appeal will be filed once the transcript is ready.
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Gipe
New Castle
Ind
Morris
Haley Gipe
Mollie Starbuck
Jeffersonville
Prince Pleads Poverty in Indian Jurisdiction Case
Fort Wayne Indiana December 19 Prince John Godfrey oldest living descendant of Chief Francis Godfrey held in jail for alleged murder of his father John Godfrey says the tribe’s vast reservation funds have been used to pay debts and he asks a pauper appropriation be made for his defense next January.
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Prince
Fort Wayne
Ind
Prince John Godfrey
Francis Godfrey
John Godfrey
Deadly Mine Accident In Tell City Coal Mine
Tell City Indiana December 19 William Shephard aged forty eight was instantly killed in a cave in at a coal mine near here. The accident occurred about a block from the entrance and it took several men hours to recover the body. Shephard leaves a widow and several children.
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Tell City
Ind
William Shephard
Here
Shephard
Glaring Election Frauds Highlight Colorado Turmoil
In Denver and across Colorado the fight over governor and legislature outcomes intensifies as the supreme court orders precincts removed and party control shifts. An expert reports 240 fraudulent ballots in Precinct 3 Ward 4, while witnesses discuss voter and watcher influence without general interference.
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Denver
Nec
Alva Adams
Supreme Court
Election Commission
Peabody
Appellate Court
M. M. Hanna
William J. Kindel
William Green
Mrs Chadwick Denies All Charges In Federal Arraignment
Mrs Chadwick pleaded not guilty before Judge Wing to all charges and was remanded to jail without bail. President Beckwith and Cashier Spear of Citizens National Bank Oberlin posted bonds of $26,000 each, $15,000 higher than prior bonds. Her bankruptcy examination is set before Referee Remington, with her attorney seeking a continuance and no testimony expected.
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Cleveland
Chadwick
Wing
United States District Court
Beckwith
Spear
Citizens’ National Bank of Oberlin
Remington
J. P. Dawley
Explorer Mrs French Sheldon Claims Congo Cruelty Claims Misleading
Mrs P French Sheldon returns from the Congo Free State asserting she witnessed more atrocities in London than in the Congo and says mal administration allegations are groundless. She travelled widely with King Leopold’s sanction and found natives treated with kindness and notable improvements in the land and its people.
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London
P. French Sheldon
Congo Free State
Congo
Leopold
Former Town Marshal Killed by Fast Freight in Pierceton
George Meredith aged fifty formerly marshal of Pierceton Ind was killed instantly just west of town by a fast freight. He worked on the section gang of the Pennsylvania and was gathering tools along the south track when he was struck.
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Pierceton
Ind
George Meredith
Here
Pennsylvania
Congress Adjourns For Christmas Holidays
Washington December 19 Congress will adjourn on Wednesday for the Christmas holidays with no business planned before then. A large number of members have already departed to spend the holidays.
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Washington
Congress
Settlement Sought in Fall River Cotton Strike Arbitration
The textile council votes to submit an arbitration plan to individual unions and seeks Civic Federation to name a board of arbitration if unions approve on Tuesday.
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Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
Civic Federation
Bride's Nervous Nods Spark Lighthearted Advice
In a Town Topics snippet a bride expresses nerves while a friend jokes that a first marriage need not be forever. The playful banter reflects wedding day nerves and social commentary on marital expectations.
Scribners Magazine January opens new volume with Wharton novel
Scribners Magazine begins a new volume for January featuring Edith Wharton’s first long contemporary American life novel The House of Mirth. The story follows a young woman of birth and privilege claiming her place while satirizing society and probing deep emotions amid luxury and changing amusement.
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Scribner's Magazine
Edith Wharton
Retired Daisy bridge line conductor noted in local notices
William Stewart, longtime conductor on the Daisy bridge line, has retired. The Sunday school at Second Presbyterian plans a Christmas program next Friday. Court continued the Moore horse theft case. Henry Sawyer of White Cloud is ill with blood poisoning and lockjaw feared. A 2 AM loiterer, Dave Roberts, was fined 7.80 and jailed. Public schools will close Friday for Christmas vacation with charity drives by teachers and students. Roscoe Miller of Corydon signs with Seattle for next season. previously with Pittsburgh. William Goldsberry sues Louisville City Railway for 5,000 over a peddler’s wagon injury. Funeral of Mrs. Sallie Luckett held at Salem. Albert Smith injured at J. Gardner’s foundry. fracture treated. Richard Owens convicted of simple assault. 90 days jail and 30 fine. James B. Stewart sues Monon for 8,000 over Pekin collision injuries. Local candy ad closes.
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Henry Sawyer
White Cloud
Local Society Notes and Visits Highlight Holiday Season
A roundup of visitors and residents in St. Paul including Mr Edward Reineking and Mrs T W Taylor Guests and moves Mrs Kate Sils ill in Indianapolis and Miss Claudia Peters off to Chicago for training Local weddings and anniversaries include George P Krenning and Alice Hutchings Scott married in Jeffersonville Prohibition candidate Rev T J Shrode to Indianapolis for a rally Christmas visitors plan trips Capt Barnum and family to the Philippines Fortnightly Club meeting at Mrs James W Danbar's home and a laundry advertising line rounds out the column
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Kate Sils
Indianapolis
Mis
McIntosh
Kate McIntosh
Livonia
Bertha Scott
East Main Street
William T. Zenor
Corydon
Harry R. King
East Third Street
John Callihaw
Gypsy Jack
Claudia Peters
Chicago
Chicago University
George P. Krenning
Alice Hutchings Scott
Jeffersonville
Justice Nixon
August Knoefel
Linton
Ind
Brono Knoefel
East Spring Street
George M Boardman
Northwest
R. M. Boardman
T. J. Shrode
Prohibition
Congress
Prohibitionista
T.G. Beharrell
Beharrell Arenas
Silver Grove
Morgan K. Barnum
M. H. Barenum
E. A. Maginoness
Capt Barnum
Philippines
James W. Danbar
Bank Street
Mre Dunbar
Miss Brooke
Friabie
St. Nicholas
O. A. Schan
Notice to Floyd County Taxpayers Delinquents Facing Sale
Floyd County Indiana taxpayers are warned by County Auditor Thomas Hanon that all delinquents must pay or face legal sale of their state and county taxes by January 10, 1905. The notice urges prompt payment to avoid forced advertisement and sale as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd County
Indiana
Indianapolis
Thomas Hanon
Finyd County
Floyd County Council Sets December 24 1904 Meeting
Notice that Floyd County Council will convene at the Auditor's office on December 24 1904 to pass additional appropriations for 1904 current expenses. Claimants must file with the Auditor by December 24 1904 or claims won’t be considered.
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Floyd County
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