Japan Yields and War Is Ended at Portsmouth Peace
The Official Bulletin reports Japan and Russia reached complete accord on a treaty at Portsmouth on August 29. Witte and Komura drafted terms with Roosevelt praised for guiding a peaceful settlement. Japan yields on indemnity and gains partial Sakhalin as the deal concludes, with plans for an armistice this afternoon.
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Japan
Russia
Witte
Baron Komura
Portsmouth
de Martens
Dennison
Roosevelt
Nicholas
Meyer
Sakhalin
Peace Conference Ends War Between Russia and Japan
The session concluded with peace between Russia and Japan. Russia claimed victory in the final struggle. Japan, magnanimous, accepted the czar's ultimatum and abandoned claims for war costs and the northern half of Sakhalin, agreeing to island division and withdrawing articles ten and eleven of the conditions.
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Witte
Russia
Japan
Sakhalin
Peconic Sinks Off Florida Coast In Fatal Gale
Two survivors reach Amelia Island after the American steamer Peconic sinks in a fierce storm off Florida. The loss of twenty crew and officers, with Captain James aboard, follows the ship tipping during a cargo shift as waves crushed the vessel. Survivors describe the rapid sinking and their desperate lifeboat escape.
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Peconic
James
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Florida
Amelia Beach
Kansas Sues Bonding Companies For State Funds Loss
The state of Kansas files three district court suits in Topeka seeking 850000 from bondsmen of State Treasurer T T Kelly and a First National Bank official group. Suits target Title Guaranty and Trust Scranton Pa Fidelity and Guaranty Baltimore and Kelly plus bank officers Sims Noel Rossington Devlin over 547575.06 in state deposits lost in the bank failure. Governor Hoch says efforts to collect bonds failed and litigation is needed.
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Topeka
C. C. Coleman
State of Kansas
T. T. Kelly
First National Bank of
Guaranty and Trust Company of
Scranton
T.T. Kelly
Fidelity and Guaranty Company of
Baltimore
First National Bank
William ‘Sims
C.E. Noel
W. H. Rossington
C.J. Devlin
National
Hoch
Escapes Gallows Third Time for Hoch in Murder Case
Johann Hoch, convict in the murder of one wife and under death sentence, again escapes execution after Justice Margruder issues a supersedeas for a full supreme court review. Hoch awaits October term at Springfield II with doubt cited. He maintains innocence as jailer notes his calm reaction before the delay.
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Johann Hoch
Margruder
Supreme Court
Hoch
Springfield
Whitman
Congressmen Lead Large U S Delegation to Brussels Interparliamentary Meeting
An unusually large U S delegation led by Representative Bartholdt of Missouri attends the interparliamentary commission in Brussels at Palais de la Nac. Members Burke South Dakota Palmer Pennsylvania Boutell Fuller Illinois Goldfogle Waldo New York McNary Massachusetts Norris Nebraska William Alden-Smith Michigan Slayden Texas Wood New Jersey Littlefield Maine Former Congressman Barrows Massachusetts is also present. Burke introduces a resolution praising President Roosevelt and international arbitration, sent by cable from Oyster Bay.
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United States Congress
Brussels
Interparliamentary Commission
Palais de la Nac
Europe
Bartholdt
Missouri
Interparliamentary Union
Burke
South Dakota
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Boutell
Fuller
Illinois
Goldfogle
Waldo
New York
McNary
Massachusetts
Norris
Nebraska
William Alden - Smith
Michigan
Slayden
Texas
Wood
New Jersey
Littlefield
Maine
Barrows
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Spain Faces Vast Famine Across Outlying Districts
Reports from Osuna Almogóra and Ecija describe exhausted resources and looting of bakeries as famine spreads. Mortality among infants and elderly rises while workers survive on roots. Government public works aid 600 workers, far short of the 200000 unemployed.
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Spain
Osuna
Almogra
Ecija
Daring Daylight Robbery At Chicago Jewelry Store
Three robbers entered C. W. Johnson Jewelry at 270 Wells Street Chicago. They forced clerk F E Lindahl to reveal diamonds and uncut gems worth thousands, grabbed a tray of rings, then fled in a waiting buggy firing shots as they sped away. One thief was later captured.
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C. W. Johnson
Wells Street
Chicago
Lindahl
Cuticura and Defiance Starch Endorsements Feature
Reader letters and dental era patter about hair regrowth with Cuticura Ointment and Soap. Advertisements tout Defiance Cold Water Starch 16 oz for 10 cents, claiming no sticking and chemical-free content, plus quips and jokes from readers.
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Defiance
Lydia E Pinkham Offer Promises Help For Women
A colonial era style appeal urges women to seek advice from Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts about female weaknesses. It emphasizes comfort speaking to a woman, promises confidential letters read only by women, and endorses Vegetable Compound as a remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Porte Cochere
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Harbin
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Amelian Island
Kansas
Cuticura
A. W. Taft
Independence
Sillicus
Blobbs
Bjones
J. W. O'Brien
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