Russian Center and Right Flank Heavily Engaged at Port Arthur
Descriptions from General Kuropatkin report continued ferocious fighting on October 18 with heavy Russian and Japanese losses. The Russian center and right flank faced repeated Japanese assaults as reconnoiters, with posts retaken by bayonet and little evidence of a simultaneous enemy breakthrough. Russian aims included seizing the Ia pass near Bensihu to threaten Liao Yang, while Rennenkampf was said to advance toward Beusihu in cooperation with broader operations.
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Port Arthur
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Biao Yang
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Japanese Advance Report From Front Telegram
A front telegram reports continued Japanese success with General Oku’s army capturing 25 guns. Russians launch two desperate attacks on the Japanese left but are repulsed with heavy losses. Manchurian HQ notes vigorous pursuit toward the fort and ongoing central army attacks between Tungshankao and Haekiakachiatzu.
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Dapatise
Oku
Lyenty
Tomy
Shilichina Ten
Bonside
Tungshankoa
Haekiakachiatzu
Russians Resume General War Activity Across Far East Fronts
Reports from Tokia say major combat continues with a large engagement likely between Liza Yang and Mukden. Field Marshal Oyama counters Kuropatkin as Russians push along a broad front near Hun River. Japanese rear-cutting threatens isolated Russian forces near Liao Yang.
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Liza Yang
Mukden
Oyama
Kuropatkin
Worreat
Hun
Taltsa River
Liao Yang
Exultant Japanese Press Gain in War News and Casualties
Reports from October describe Japanese forces gaining a great victory as Russian lines withdraw northward with heavy losses. Accounts note Russian guns captured and Japanese maneuver pushing Russians toward Mukden, while siege conditions and brutal fighting continue. The scene includes urgent battlefield scenes and a separate report on U S mails opened in Vladivostok and a fatal New York house fire with multiple escapes.
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London
Minden
Papis
Daily Chronicle
Gi Yeonlai
Fisun
Mukden
U. S
Episcopalian Divorce Canon Vote Fails to Ban Remarriage
The Episcopalian general convention's house of deputies rejected an amendment to the divorce canon aimed at forbidding remarriage by divorced persons for clergy. Final diocesan votes favored no change. clerical for 30, against 21, lay for 25, against 24, with regional split influences. The reformers lost despite Western support.
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Nigh Church
Pacific
Retreat Ordered as Russians face mounting losses in Manchuria
Russian forces retreat from Inpu Village after heavy losses and stiff Japanese attacks on the entire front. By October 13 east columns pull back beyond passes, flank detachments retreat, while artillery fire and hospital shortages persist despite rough weather.
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Liano Yang
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Russians Beaten But Kuropatkin Fights To Avoid Rout
Reports from the Far East say Kuropatkin's southern advance is halted with his army retreating though fighting. Oyama's forces push Russians north along the Sha River, pursuing with probable heavy losses. In Illinois, Peoria County wins trial location for a theater manslaughter case amid prejudice concerns. Also a Tokyo dispatch notes Fu Ping II captured by destroyer Shiratake while carrying munitions near Port Arthur.
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Ceneral Kuropatkin
Oyama
Peoria
Chicago
Jurge Kersien
Fu Ping II
Dape
Tosuya
Fu Ping
Shiratake
Port Arthur
Russians Endure Major Retreat Near Mukden
Reports from Mukden and surrounding fronts describe a massive clash as Russian forces retreat ten miles southwest toward Mukden. Casualties run into tens of thousands with both sides exchanging heavy artillery fire and fortifications at Shakhe river facing renewed assaults.
Whistler, Peabody, and Tales of Kings and Counsels
Excerpts recount anecdotes about Whistler meeting Paris during a royal coronation, Susan B Anthony’s Europe reflections, a Virginia ferry captain and pedigrees, Justice Leanned A. Giegevich’s courtroom exchange, and George Foster Peabody’s Lake George summer. The piece mixes humor, social commentary, and literary reminiscences with varied voices.
Nighttime whispers spark Senate theft fears
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press reports a wife whispering about robbers inside the house and in the Senate, reflecting political anxiety amid alleged intrusions and security concerns.
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Senate
Philadelphia Press
Relieved Kidney Pain Prompted Freeborn Man to Praise
R B Goward of Freeborn Minnesota reports relief from kidney trouble after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He states the treatment ended nightly suffering, left him feeling like a new man or woman, and he urges others with kidney issues to try the pills.
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Usiog Dodd
Mr. Gowacd
Dodd
Eminent Vienna Physician Links Rheumatism to Fruit Diet
An eminent Vienna physician declares rheumatism can be eradicated by plentiful ripe fruit. A humorous aside questions a wife’s thrift, noting she can fix a worn item for less than the cost of a new one.
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Vienna
Serta
Advertising sunshine for business growth and Postum example
An advertising-focused talk likens successful business to growing apples with sun light. It cites Postum coffee as a case where effort and broad publicity built a thriving factory and global distribution. The speaker urges sustained advertising budgets and warns rivals will steal unadvertised success.
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