War news from around the world and Far East movements
A roundup of global wartime developments with dispatches from Paris Manila and St. Petersburg. Reports detail Russian and Japanese actions in the Far East, naval movements around Kamranh Bay Formosa and Vladivostok, neutralities in the Philippines and Cochin China, and troop movements and supply orders.
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Far East
Rojestveneey
Kamranh Bay
Paris
Manila
London Daily Mail
Togo
Formosa
London
Saigon
French Cochin
China
Diana
Train
United States
Philippine
St. Petersburg
Russia
England
Harbin
Vladivostok
Foo
Roosevelt to visit Chicago on Wednesday May 17
The article notes President Roosevelt will travel to Chicago arriving around noon on May 17. It also mentions various distant events including a Chinese commissioner mass murder report, a rail crash in New Jersey, and forest fires near Lake Superior, among other notes from the period.
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Edmund P. Capron
Department of Domestic Exploitation
St. Louis
Washington
D.C
Memphis
Mr. Dove
Chafferr William Rate
Chicago
Karl Konivak
Baden
Vienna
McDonald
Colorado
Mount Vesuvine
New York
Frank Smith
Santa Fe Failroad Hospital
Topeka
Kas
Hannah Nelson
Charles Fair
Brooklyvn
N.Y
Berlinsky
Lena
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisna
Russia
J.C. Jotason
Tacoma
Wash
George W. Deal
Talveston
Tex
Kansas City
Taft and
Merton
San Domingo
Rock Island
Lincoln
Neb
K. L. Lastter
Fret H. Wilson
New York City
West Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph Jefferson
John Panl Jones
American Church of the Holy Trinity
Paris
United States
Dunne
John Hankle
Greensburg
Kunkle
Grosecup
Col
G. Hovard
William V. Judson
Manchuria
Mukden
Judson Sare
Kuropatkin
Richard H. Little
Chinaso
Liberty
Lawton
Oklo
Cabin Creek
Rashford
Grant W. Kinney
Argentine
Montgomery Ward
Yokohama
Scout
Kingston
Ont
Roosevelt
Shanghai
Fen Chien
Thibet
Botang
Crain
Bulley & Sons
Camden
N. J
Herry Honodle
Mattoon
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Chaffeur
Dubuque
Thomas Moore
Derbyshire
Yorkshire
England
Palm Beach
Buzzard’s Bay
Mass
Mr. Jefferson
Philadelphia
Moscow
St. Anne
St. Genevieve
Quebec
Orville H. Platt
Connecticut
Silesia
Hay
Nervi
Italy
Bryan Cancelled Dates Hit Mississippi Chautauquas
William J Bryan will not appear at planned Mississippi chautauquas this summer. The Lakes College course will not host him for any Mississippi or Southern dates as all such events are allocated in the North. Springfield timber owners T BR Wright and Thomas J Wheat, already in the state, are active in Southern land interests amid persistent land fever and rising buyers arriving daily.
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William J Brran
Chautauquas
Ioceum
Chau Tanquada
Mr. Bryan
Economy Advice to Mississippi Cotton Growers in 1905 Letter
Secretary MA Fisher of the Mississippi Division cites a large Mississippi mercantile firm letter urging strict cost control and economy to prevent low cotton prices. It warns producers to curtail expenses, boost efficiency, and prepare for adverse markets while noting 1904 price volatility and the need for long term prosperity.
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MA Fisher
Mississippi
Southern Cotton Aw
Barth Mississipp
Acre
Hong
Wien
Mus
Pension applications sent to chancery clerks state wide
Auditor Henry issued blanks for new pension applications to chancery clerks statewide. Indigent or Confederate pensioners not yet on the roll may use them. those already on the roll need not reapply. Examiners will review the forms on the first Monday in September. Adj Gen Fridee and Maj Gen Keesler visit towns bidding for the State encampment to lure offers. Sunflower river and its streams transform delta transport and market access this winter and spring.
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Henry
Adj
Fridee
Keesler
Hushpackans Bayou
Sunflower County
Romero
Mississippi dairy experiment aims to cheese production gains
Experiments at the Agricultural and Mechanical College experiment station near Starkville show cheese can be produced in Mississippi at a profit. Early results indicate less milk per pound of cheese than in northern states and a richer, superior quality cheese.
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Mississippi
Agricultura and Mechanical College
Starkville
Mississipp
John Sharp Williams
Oktibbeha
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
Garrett Probes Coal near Tehola in Holme County
J Garrett a prominent coal operator of Bluefields West Virginia seeks coal near Tehola Holme county He claims hundreds of acres of coal lands exist and will conduct thorough tests to determine if profitable mining is possible.
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J Garrett
Bluefields
W. Va
Tehola
Holme County
Garrett
Summer normals to open June first at two colleges
State Superintendent Whitfield announces summer normals opening June 1 at the Industrial Institute and College in Columbus and Mississippi College in Clinton with capable faculty secured for each site. J Burt, recently confirmed by the Supreme Court, began serving a life term after killing B T Courtney at Perry County. He is housed at Rankin farm to serve the State the remainder of his life unless pardoned.
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Whitfield
Industrial Institute and College
Columbus
Mississippi College
Clinton
J. Burt
Supreme Court
Burt
Perry County
B. T. Courtney
Rankin Farm
Frost Buries Early Crops Delays Batesville Farmwork
Considerable frost hit Batesville last week causing heavy damage to early vegetables. Ongoing wet and cold weather keeps farming work later than ever seen in the area. Ghats have been very hard and many farmers have lost stock on their accounts.
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Batesville
Ghats
Delays Hit Duck Hill Farms After Heavy Rains
Heavy rains at Duck Hill delay farming with half the corn unplanted and little cotton preparation. A heavy frost last week left temperatures around 35 degrees, impacting the area’s crops.
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Duck Hill
Jackson Plans $90,000 Bond Issue for Debt and Improvements
Jackson intends to issue bonds totaling 90000 to cover floating debt and fund necessary improvements. City officials say the bonds will finance overdue projects and stabilize finances after the shortfall.
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Jackson
Tennessee mill planned at Greenwood with large capacity
Tennessee parties arrange a large saw mill at Greenwood with leased ground for years and plans to begin construction soon. On the first Monday in May the Jones county Board of Supervisors will issue bonds totaling $50,000 to build a courthouse at Ellisville.
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Tennessee
Greenwood
Tones County Board of Supervisors
Ellisville
Branch Bank to Open in West with New Cashier
The Merchants and Farmers' Bank of Lexington announces a West branch. L. P. Bell will serve as cashier after arrangements and site bargaining are completed.
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West
Merchants and Farmers’ Bank
Lexington
L. P. Bell
Revenue agent settles Leake county back taxes
The state revenue agent completed settlements with parties in Leake county for back taxes assessed by his deputies some time ago. No liquidation has followed these settlements.
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State Revenue
Leake County
Convicts Gamble Sunday Gambling at Western Prison
Reports from Carson City describe Nevada's state penitentiary convicts gathering in a cinema dining room to play poker, monte, faro and other betting games for cash on Sundays. Warden-led observers note the activity as serious, with guards watching and no objections on Sunday under state law.
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Carson City
Nevada
Tom Gardiner
Chicaso
Washington Post
State Penitentiary
Monte Faro
Mirrors in Rich Man's House Promote Self Improvement
A wealthy owner covers walls with mirrors to allow every view of himself in many profiles. He claims the mirrors aid self study and urge his children to notice and correct flaws. He argues mirrors reveal ugliness to inspire daily improvement rather than vanity.
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Fim
Chitcase
Hite
Uni
Frank Enone
Old-Time French Fort Chambly Long Ruins and River Rapids
The Four Tract News writer Mary Catherine Crowley notes Fort Chambly now lies in ruins with a protective line by a restorer. Lichen covers the powder house kitchen and chapel while parades give way to tall grass and wildflowers. The Richilien river rapids flow below as the fort’s history includes 1763 Paris Treaty transfer to Britain, 1775 Congress forces under Montgomery, and 1776 American burning retreat to Lake Champlain shores.
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Fort Chambly
Mary Catherine Crowley
Richijen
Paris
Canada
Congress
Montgomery
Montreal
Lake Champlain
Sudden Darkness Describes Egyptian Sundown Phenomenon
The article notes that in Egypt during certain seasons the sun sets and darkness lasts about 20 to 30 minutes. Then the hills pale and brighten as if a crescent rises from the west, revealing a swift change in the landscape.
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Egypt
Apa
Gladstone Calls Vanderbilt A Peril To American Republic
A dinner in England included the oldest Van derbilt. Rumor spread that the American guest had a hundred million dollars. Gladstone, after a curious glance at Vanderbilt, remarked that such wealth could be a peril to the American republic.
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Mr. Gladstone
England
Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
London police court disclosures on bailer profits
The court revealed that individuals raise income by acting as bailers-out for arrestees on drunkenness charges. Fees vary with charges: ten percent for drunkenness, three percent for assaults on police, and nine and a half percent in larceny cases.
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London
Secret Chinese detective force admired worldwide
The passage describes a covert Chinese detective force as the best organized globally. It notes members monitor every person in China including foreigners and natives, and that they also watch each other to maintain security.
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China
General Meeting Call by Southern Cotton Association
The Southern Cotton Association calls a mass meeting of farmers merchants and business leaders on the first Tuesday in May to discuss a target 25 percent reduction in cotton acreage for 1905 and to report progress through state and territorial divisions. Leaders urge broad attendance and coordinated action to support price stability and a shift to other crops if needed.
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Flariie Joram
Southern Cotton Association
Jordan
Central Association
Southern Cotten Association
South
Bose
Sovento
Cotton Planters’ Commission
Holdins Company
Cotton Belt
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Ascociaton
Oklahoma
Daniel Sally Says to the Cotton Growers of the South
An advisory urging Southern cotton growers to reduce acreage to stabilize prices. The author argues three factors lift prices but warns that a large crop would depress value. Emphasizes government reports, buyer concessions, and avoiding late planting of other crops to prevent low price periods.
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South
Daniel
Sally
Proclamation Appeals Louisiana Cotton Planters to Reduce Acreage
Gov Blanchard urges Louisiana cotton planters bankers merchants and business leaders to cut cotton plantings by one fourth to one fifth this season to restore profitability. Oklahoma reports unfavorable weather delaying farming while Mississippi rallies for cotton acreage cuts with speeches planned by John Sharp Williams at Starkville and Pascagoula.
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Blanchard
Lowhmana
Gov
Newton
Logisiana
Louisiana
Gov. Blanchard
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