The Judgment of the Iron Voice at Canute and Edmund Duel
In a royal duel on the riverbank Canute and Edmund clash as Norse observers watch the tense clash of blades and fate. Frodo’s daughter is pressed by crowds while Edric Jarl and others weigh a hidden truce behind the spectacle. As Canute and Edmund pause, a sudden quiet hints at a deeper plan.
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Iron Voice
Severn
Frodo
Edrice
Edric Jarl
Canute
Edmund
Contraband Tobacco in England and Public Waste
The article chronicles early methods of disposing seized contraband tobacco in England. It notes burial, distribution to troopships, smoking in the "Queen's pipe," use by criminal lunatics in asylums, and occasional attempts to sell slightly damaged stock, all described as a tribute to public service administration.
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England
Macmillan’s
No New Yorkers In New York
A New York physician recounts a social gathering where eight prominent city figures in politics finance law medicine journalism and railroads all were non natives. All except one were born in rural hamlets or on farms, while the sole native hailed from an incorporated village of about 1,000 residents.
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New York
New York Sun
Switched Brides Case In Allpore Magistrate
Madhu Sudan Datt charged with murderously assaulting Nobogopala Chatterjee a local matchmaker after a betrothal for the accuseds son. The ceremony was held privately and gifts promised but the bride shown differed from the real bride Aljatabad Pioneer.
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Allpore
Madhu Sudan Datt
Nobogopala Chatterjee
Aljatabad
Front In No Hurry to Close With Europatkin
Russian front dispatches report Kuropatkin maintaining continuous outpost skirmishes with Japanese forces. Oyama’s advance remains deliberate with no clear overtake. Cossacks strike at Bensihu, reporting disruption to Japanese communications. Reinforcements flow to Mukden as Russians fortify positions along the front.
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London
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Iield
Oyama
Rennenkampf
Gil Cossacks
Bensihu
Mukden
Liao Yang
Che Foo
Itz
Anahu
Miaotao Islands
Bryan becomes grandfather as daughter bears child
Newport Rhode Island September 29 reports Willam Jennings Bryan now a grandfather after his daughter Mrs William H Leavitt gave birth in New Orleans Ruth Bryan Bryan’s daughter married in Lincoln Nebraska last October Leavitt is the son of Aaron L Leavitt of Newport. In Cincinnati a Scotch collie named Prince owned by Dr Wills F Moore is to receive an artificial leg after an accident with a trolley car.
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Newport
R. I
Willam Jennings Bryan
William H. Leavitt
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Japan Moves Left Wing as Front Expands to Sixty Miles
St Petersburg report dated September 28 notes Field Marshal Oyama has begun advancing his left flank. Japanese forces reach Davan on the Liao river and mass at Sianchan near the Hun river, with cavalry in Pu river valley. Front now about sixty miles, wings extended north east and west toward Malden, Mukden's fate looming.
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St. Petersburg
Oyama
Kuropatkin
Davan
Liao River
Sianchan
Hun River
Mukden
Pu River
Tie Pass
Malden
Hne
Tolstoi’s son opposes his father on Russia’s war goals
Count Tolstoi's son Leo writes from Tambouff about the front and the war's purpose. He says peasants unite to fight until Janan is subdues and predicts Russia will triumph. He envisions Slavs absorbing neighbors and Russia becoming the world’s greatest nation, surpassing England.
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St. Petersburg
Tolstoi
Leo
Novoe Vremya
Tambouff
Far East
Janan
Russia
Peter the Great
Peter the Great I
Sweden
Narva
Poltava
Japan
Young Tolstoi
England
Crimea
Caucasus
Siberia
Des Moines Man Charged in Postal Fraud Case
Frank P. Anderson of Des Moines and W. N. Crouch of Minneapolis were arrested by U S postal authorities in Jacksonville on charges they conspired to use the mails for fraudulent purposes. A subscriber accused the Equitable Realty company of failing to deliver promised home after monthly payments. Preliminary hearing slated. Crouch’s guilt doubtful, Anderson possibly tied to remittances.
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Des Moines
Jacksonville
Fla
Frank P. Anderson
W. N. Crouch
Minneapolis
Equitable Realty Company
United States Postal Authorities
United States
Crouch
Anderson
Washington Wheat to Move East by Duluth Lakes
Three million bushels of wheat will pass through Duluth from Washington and travel down the lakes before navigation closes. Three thousand cars will be needed to move the cereal tying up rolling stock never before used, little Washington wheat having previously gone east.
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Duluth
Minn
Washington
Peoria to Hold 1906 Exposition for Agriculture and Industry
Peoria Illinois plans a 1906 exposition uniting agricultural and manufacturing interests. At a Merchants and Manufacturers Association meeting a stock company of 250000 capital was formed to fund races a horse show a river carnival and regatta and permanent display buildings for stock fruits cereals and an art exhibit. The plan includes an interdependent elements and a steady exhibition program for visitors.
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Peoria
Lll
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Japs Push Through Da Pass Near Mukden Onward In War
From Niuchwang and St Petersburg reports the Japanese have captured Da pass and press General Kuropatkin's left flank near Mukden. Russians retreat to northern lines as mining widens, with further passes east of Bentsiaputze in Japanese hands and decisive battle expected southeast of Mukden.
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da Pass
Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Mukden
War Office
Associated Press
da Range
Bentsiaputze
Divorce Foes Backed by Bishop in New York Diocese
In a fiery report at the annual Protestant Episcopal convention in New York Bishop Henry Potter attacked divorce. He warned the church must oppose it or face barbarism and called divorce a godless license that breaks sacred vows. Bishop Maes of Covington chaired the Eucharistic Congress session and to form resolutions criticizing France over Catholic orders, per Father Dougherty.
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New York
Henry ©. Potter
Maes
Covington
Father Dougherty
Cyclone Juggles Train On Burlington Line
A western Kansas cyclone lifted four cars of a train into the air before placing them undamaged in a ditch near the Burlington branch from Orleans Nebraska. It also tossed a passenger coach and its freight, landing it safely several yards away. The locomotive remained untouched.
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Omaha
Burlington
Orleans
Foster Calls Navy Too Big at Hague Congress
Former Secretary of State John W. Foster urged international arbitration to settle disputes at The Hague. Speaking before the international congress of lawyers and jurists in St. Louis, he said the United States is peaceful, warned the navy is too large, and noted last year’s military spend around 100 million dollars with costs doubling if proposed upgrades are adopted.
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St. Louiss
Hauge
John W. Foster
International Congress of Lawyers and Jurists
Exposition Festival Hall
Open air prayer service in Moscow for victory
In Moscow on Sept 23 a large outdoor prayer gathering filled Soukhoroust tower square with devout crowds kneeling in prayer for Russian army victory as clergy clad in vestments led intercession and a chorus blessed the event. Nevada: C F Shaw sues John Harper for 5000 damages after a collision on the Short Line tracks injuring him.
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Soukhoroust Tower
Nevada
C. F. Shaw
Iowa Falls
Des Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern Railway Company
This County
John Harper
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