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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
8
In Mukden reports and St. Petersburg dispatches traders describe Russian attempts to retake 203 Meter hill near Port Arthur. Russian forces repulsed by Japanese defenders, while reinforcements and fortifications hint at a prolonged siege as both sides maneuver.
The map shows month by month progress in the Port Arthur siege. May 27 cut off Nanshan. May 28 outer works fought. August 7 siege operations begin with artillery. Russian force about 34 000, Japanese 60 000. Stoessel’s force under 8 000. Nipponese gains threaten Rihlung and Keokan forts. final assault reportedly ordered as Tobio and St. Petersburg watch nervously.
Report on the 203 meter hill assault against Port Arthur in early December detailing Japanese losses and expected continuations of the siege. Dispatch notes General Nogi’s telegram claiming victory and carries wider war context including conscription rallies in Tokio and Taft canal negotiations in Panama.
The Japanese fail to secure the 208 Meter Hill as Russian counterattacks push them back. Japanese reserves arrive from the southwest, but stubborn defense and heavy losses delay any decisive gain. Russians gradually yield ground on the hill’s south and north summits, with six counter-attacks repulsed overnight.
Denver reports startling developments in the supreme canal trial of six election officials from ward five precinct nine charged with contempt. George King testified that 57 ballots were written by ten people, with a maximum of 19 by one author and two ballots by the two lowest writers. Five Republican ballots were traced to a single writer, while 32 Democratic ballots showed similar handwriting. King cited two kinds of ink or writing and could not determine if ballots were written outside booths or supplied by the election commission. Lawyers expect more precinct ballots to be brought into court for contempt reviews. Six more precincts await contempt trials.
Washington reports Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis will be offered the appointment on the Dogger Bank court of inquiry. In other news Secretary Shaw plans economy, signaling a curb on planned wholesale expenditures for the next session. He will cite treasury figures showing deficits to manageable levels and urges Congress to bar pork barrel bills.
Reports from Tokyo and St Petersburg recount the first armistice at Port Arthur on December 2 for six hours to bury the dead. Russian forces claim success in a counterattack near Lidiatoun, while Japan is said to threaten a sortie as forts and hills are debated. A separate note from Albuquerque reports Colonel Francisco Chaves assassinated.
A. A. Boyce, a farmer near Trenton Massachusetts, reports back and kidney pain easing after taking Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes severe pains in the kidneys and back that prevented work, then notes gradual relief and full cessation of the ache after use. Doan's pills are sold by all dealers.
Random notes on starch advertising schemes, weather forecasts, cures, and oddities. Tales include Defiance Starch superiority claims, a cold cure pitch, a weather predictor, a Belgian mine plant, and various colorful vignettes about animals, a Fresno oil tank fire, hedge hog bounty schemes, church Sunday entertainments, and aged twins in Scotland and Bridgeport Connecticut.
A letter from Alabama describes Postum with Grapenuts as stomach friendly while coffee disagrees. It notes children from four and a half to two and a half years thrive on Postum with milk and cream, reducing medicines. Produced by Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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