Japs Capture Six Forts At Port Arthur In Siege
Tokio reports on September 26 that Japanese forces have captured six forts on the Port Arthur line since September 19. Russian defenders suffered heavy losses as the assault targeted Kuropatkin Fort and water-supply defenses, with continued bombardment and hand to hand fighting described.
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Port Arthur
Chefoo
T O
Fort Kuropatkin
Itz Mountains
Rihlung
Kik‘wan
Shushlyen
Ribhlung
Shushigen
Kuropatkin
Kuroopatkin
Palichueng
Itz Mountain
Itz
Anshu
Jenath
Hera
Kikwan
Ansha
Port Artitur
Associated Press
Port Danny
Lady Curzon In Grave Condition At Kecheston
London Sept 26 Lady Curzon of Kecheston passed a quiet night but remains in grave condition. A bulletin says her strength is fairly maintained though overall status is unchanged. Dispatches vary with hopes of recovery if strength endures, while doctors note focal peritonitis as a key factor.
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London
Lady Curzon
Kecheston
Dulletin
Walmer
Judge Gray mails decision in weighman dispute
Judge George Gray, arbitrator in the Pennsyl vania miners weighman dispute, has mailed his decision to W. L. Connell, Scranton, and will not release the text or its possible effects. Also in brief items a man identifying as John R. Blaney surrenders in San Francisco for embezzling 370000 from Holyoke, Senator Hoar’s health declines in Worcester, and General W P Chadwick drowns off Barnstable while bathing. body not recovered.
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Wilmington
Del
George Gray
Pennsylvania
W. L. Connell
Miners’ Conciliation Board
Scranton
Gray
San Francisco
John R. Blaney
Holyoke
Mass
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Union of
Red
Gran Jury
Senator Hoar
Worcester
George F. Hoar
Wera
Hoar
Chadwick
Barnstable
W. P. Chadwick
Exeter
N. H
Philips Exeter Academy
Harbor Heights
General Chadwick
Creadwick
Tragic Mining Family Shooting In Aurora
Aurora Missouri September 28. J A Palmer a mine laborer shot and mortally wounded W J Tuttle another miner and three of Palmer s own children before killing himself. The motive remains unknown.
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Aurora
J. A. Palmer
W. J. Tuttle
Rot Kno
Wreck Toll Mounts From Southern Railway Crash Near Hodnes
The Southern railway disaster near Hodnes causes the death toll to rise to 62 with 114 injured. Investigators cite possible misread orders as the two trains failed to meet as planned, leaving engines and cars demolished and crews trapped beneath wreckage. Reports include a Rogersville editor’s account of a woman and child killed amid the mangled remains.
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Southern Railway
Hodnes
M. P. Gant
Shamby
N. C
Hodges
Chattanooga
Goth
John B. Brown
Rogersville
Tenn
Mr. Brown
Janille Conner
Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany to Wed
Crown Prince William, to marry Princess Cecilia Slater, is twenty two and an accomplished horseman. The bride to be is eighteen and speaks four languages.
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Prince Frederick William OF
Germany
William
Ecilia, Slater
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Endowment Gift Reported For University Of Penn
A $500000 contribution to the University of Pennsylvania is reported to form the nucleus of an endowment to meet current expenses. The donor's identity and the exact amount will be announced next Friday at opening exercises. Provost Harrison and faculty would not disclose further details.
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U. of P
Philadelphia
University of Pennnsylvania
Harrison
Scattered 19th century calamities hit towns across the region
Reports describe a lynching at Laurens after an attempted assault on a young girl, a suicide near Pettsville, Pa, a deadly elevator accident at Cohen Printing in Cincinnati, a Kentucky child fire death, and a Bethlehem Steel Works blaze causing substantial property loss.
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Laurens
Austria
Aidran Scaleo
Anicdde
Pettsville
Cohen Printing Company
Cincinnat
George Cooper
Winchester
Bethlehem Steel Works
Bethlehem, Pa
James
Rev Steinhaeuser Dies After Third Paralytic Stroke
Allentown Pennsylvania September 26 Ray Jacob Sreinhaeuser D D pastor of St Michael s Lutheran Church and Hebrew professor at Muhlenberg College died a few hours after suffering his third stroke while delivering a German sermon He was 54 and taught at Muhlenberg College before serving in Allentown He was ordained in 1875 and held pulpits in Boonville Cohocton and Rondout Kingston New York later becoming president of Wayne College Rochester before moving to Allentown in 1894 He also served as German secretary for the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania Muhlenberg College awarded him the D D in 1903.
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Allentown
Jacob Sreinhaeuser
BL Michael's Lutheran Church
Muhlenberg College
Rochester
Boonville
Cohoaton
Rondout
Kingston
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Vesuvius erupts with violent blasts and lava rains
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius increasing in force with red hot stones hurled 1600 feet high and lava melting railway metal. Observatory says 1844 violent explosions by 18 hours, with widespread destruction within a mile of the crater and villagers seeking open air camps as guards deter tourists.
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Naples
Mount
Vesuvius
Turn It Into Cash through Taz News Ads
A guide to selling unwanted items by placing ads in Taz News. It emphasizes finding buyers quickly and using classified sections to reach interested people who will pay fair cash.
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Taz News
Open air appeal for Christian unity at Mount St. Albans
Archbishop of Canterbury leads large Washington crowd at Mount St. Albans Cathedral grounds in a unity service with 20 000 to 25 000 attendees. Mrs. Roosevelt Sir Henry Durand and other dignitaries attend as bishops, clergy, and officers read prayers and deliver sermons. The event emphasizes liberty in Christ and universal fellowship amid national life.
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Washington
Thoms Randall Davidson
Canterbury
Mount St. Albans
Amykinney
Spain
Roosevelt
Henry Mortimer Durand
Gergy
Nelson
Georgia
Brent
Philippines
Ferguson
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Doane
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Satterlee
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