Port Arthur Cut Off as Japanese Move Inland
Reports from St Petersburg describe Japanese landings around Port Arthur and the cutting of railways and telegraph lines. Russian defenders brace as the fortress faces siege, with officials claiming capacity to resist for a year. Meanwhile other dispatches note a hurricane in Cochin China and horse disease concerns in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Port Arhur
Skydraft
Port Arthur
Far East
Ministry of War
Pflug
Pitsewo
Cape Terminal
Polandien
Red Cross
Prandullity
Yinkow
St Petersburg
Liao Tung
Gibraltar
Alxty
Purego
Kin Chow
Boris
Russians Leave Muchwang as Dalny Falls to Japan
Reports from Niuchwang and Dalny indicate Russian forces are evacuating. forts dismantled and artillery moved to trains. Troops depart, local transport seized, and fears rise of brigand looting if Japanese do not take Ninehwang promptly.
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Dalny
Che Foo
Petrarch
Niuchwang
Bone
Foo Chau Bay
Liao Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Ninehwang
Ying Kow
Luat
Alexteit
Star Hay
Lina Yang
Mukden
London
Morning Post
Shanghai
Dalay
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Dally Wee
Naily Mail
Ninchwang
Tashtichao
Idano Yang
Feng Wang Cheng
Loudon
Blockade at Port Arthur Report Details From Togo
Vice-Admiral Togo reports a Japanese attempt to block Port Arthur harbor failed initially but crews forced entry amid heavy Russian fire and minefields. Five Japanese ships jammed the channel, preventing egress while weather and repairs continued.
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Arthur Harbor
Toklo
Togo
Arthur
Faililn
Whch
Yves
Desperate Japanese Assault At Port Arthur Reported
May 6 dispatch details a five ship Japanese attack on Port Arthur. Japanese crews endured heavy Russian fire, with ships floundering and sailors dying bravely, including a man who killed himself rather than face disgrace. A rescued officer reportedly disemboweled himself rather than return home.
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Hendant
Port Arthur
Lieshore
Electric Hill
Garrenter
Qno
Shaw
Japanese Landings Press Advance Into Manchuria
Telegrams report the second Japanese army corps disembarked on the Liao Tung peninsula and landed at Takushag near Feng Wang Cheng as General Kuroki presses toward Mao Tien pass. Russians rethink Kuropatkin moves while Japanese aim to control key rail routes and port areas in Manchuria near Port Arthur and Niuchwang.
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Beoul
Korea
Jiere
Ambung
Liao Tung Peninsula
Takushag
Manchurian
Yolu - Tokio
Noan
Feng Wang Cheng
Kuroki
Yalu
St. Petersburg
War Commission
Lina Tong
Fong Wang Cheng
Feng Wang Sheng
Kuropatkin
Liao Yen
Zassalitch
Wanchuria
Mao Tien
Liao Tung
Port Arthur
Kaiping
Niuchwang
Haicheng
Mao Tien Pass
Feng Wang Chong
Bay of Korea
Lino Yang
Halcheng
Pltsewo
Line Tung
Miscellany of pasted quotes and ad copy fragments
Fragments from a satirical editorial mix with anecdotes and advertisements. Notable items include a mocked royal remark about renaming a nation, a magazine editor’s wife quip, a mention of lost soap ad copy, Horace T. Eastman on a locomotive pilot, a rail-era anecdote, and an advertisement for Dodd’s Kidney Pills claiming relief from rheumatism. The passage also notes the use of iridium and silver in gold pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid
Kirkland
Tichard R. Greenhow
Dodd
Kinney Pilla
Pills and profits mix in chaotic grandad ad copy
A jumble of 19th century ad lines mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a cure with a $100 reward, plus scattered anecdotes and theatrical chatter about John Barrymore and a theater scene. The text blends medical patent medicine, legal notices, and celebrity gossip in a garbled OCR fragment.
Infant Drinks Carbolic Acid Tragedy Sparks Grapenut Aid
In a trunk a baby found a bottle of carbolic acid and drank it causing severe throat and stomach burns. Doctors treated him and, after two months, he began to improve. the family credits Grapenut for stabilizing his condition and restoring appetite.
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Parks
Osejulug
Sam Parks
New York
Sing Sing
Sing Bing
Veliom
Bluga
Hila Grandma Aually
Tam Thaniful
Tominen
Matamoras
Klay
Nate Micha
Walt
Canadian Northwest homesteaders thrive with abundant harvests
A letter from farmer Estes Koy, newly emigrated to western Canada, details his 240 acre hay meadow and 100 bushels of potatoes, 9 acre oats, and abundant game. He describes range grass, Chinook winds, a log house, lumber from Sturgeon ton, wild fruits, berries, and thriving cattle. He notes prairie wildlife and rail movement toward St Albert and Edmonton, with guidance from a Canadian government agent.
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Nillingis
Canada
Nery
Estes Koy
Wayarn Catinds
Kost
Horat
Nog
Ubon
Pennsylvania
Edmondly
Calgary
Apsinsborg
Caw Pacific
Apple É Heany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cochin-China
Sagion
French
Indo-China
Cochin-Ching
Bal- Bon
Immor
Tes Moines
Towa
Department of
OF Ge Fount
M. Takehashi
Japan
Panama Canal
Washington, May
Treasury
J. P. Morgan & Co
Russia
Bonny
West Africa
Trencheard
Ohobe
Emo
Nigra
Nawie Goldiers
Washington
Edith Sutherland
Charley Sutherland
Itallaria
Adamein
United States
Yale
Corea
Horace T. Eastman
Ireaman
Irighman
Niener
Fenders Or Wars
Hal
Tagilres
Hall
Temaily
John
Toridas
Charley
Barrymore
Criterion Theatre
Darrymore
Ankin
Bethel
Sontiud
Ethel
Misa Barrymore
The
Hudson
Carnegie
Givar
Andrew Carnigial
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