Far East warfare roils with sieges and naval losses
Reports from the East describe Japanese assaults on Port Arthur defenses and attacks on Linuti Mountain. Details list forts, elevations, and unclear outcomes. Russian ships, damaged or scuttled, face attrition as battleships and cruisers retreat to Vladivostok for repairs amid ongoing war in Manchuria and the Korea straits.
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Port Arthur
Takushan
Linuti Mountain
Linutishan
Nand Mor
Palleliwang
Suciszeying
Mort Achtur
Atart
Kouropatkin
NOVIK
Korsakovsk
Sakhalien
Rurtk
Kamimura
Petropavlovask
Makaroff
Ozarevituh
Withoft
Tsingchou
Boyarin
Eaunk
Dalny
Varlag
Riesinus
Uhemalpo
Shanghai
Yoneset
Yoneset, Sunk By A Ming At Danny Feh, 11. Sevoutch
Newchwang
Korieta
Chewulpo Feh
Ite
Bogatye
Vindiyostok Muay
Askold
Russia
Vindivostok
Cromobol
Vindivontalk
Ndshitelni
Chefon
Grozovot
Hatsush
Yoshino
Kasuga
Miyaka
Kerr Bay
Kailmon
Talieuwan Bay
Iye
Vladivostok
Arthur
Hessia
Gronobol
Diana
Fogu
Pallada
Czarevitch
Klaochou
Wireless links expand from Key West to far regions
Rear Admiral Manney signed last month a contract for wireless telegraph stations to link Key West with Panama Porto Rico southern Cuba Pensacola and Alaska later. The system aims to enable Japan talks via the Aleutians and Kamchatka as stations go up. Also notes immigration and public land sales, plus pension data and a czarist manifesto offering broad amnesty and reforms for Finland and exiles.
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Manney
Key West
Panama
Porto Rico
Cuba
Pensacola
Tensnacola
Morto Rico
Pangina
Alaska
Wireless Aystem
Aleutian Islands
Kamehatka
Japan
Cnampania
Jyne
Peldin
Wales
Cape Breton
Canada
Cape Coed
Massachusetts
Remarkable feats of the wind in High Bridge area
Winds tore pillars from High Bridge and stored glass like snow. Roofs twisted and skylights blew inside offices. Trees and signs were uprooted or carried to nearby stores. Rain water packed into a solid mass flooded upper floors while electric wires tangled around trees. A conflagration of light brightened two cities by noonlike glow.
Rains Improve Corn and Cotton Outlook Across States
The weekly weather bureau crop report notes rains easing drought in central valleys and parts of Texas while drought persists in central and western Tennessee and portions of the middle gulf states. Corn shows favorable progress in Missouri valley and central Mississippi and Ohio valleys. some stands in Ohio valley damaged beyond recovery. Cotton outlook improved though shedding and rust persist. boll weevils remain destructive in Texas and other divisions. Tobacco in middle Atlantic and New England advances. apples scarce in parts of the middle Atlantic and central valleys. Potatoes expected to yield well in major producing states as soil preparation for fall plowing proceeds.
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The
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Middle Gulf States
Texas
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific Coast
Idaho
Montana
Lake Region
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountains
Corn
Ohio
Wehbaska
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
North Dakota
Minnesota
Middle Atlantic
New England
Wisconsin
New York
Pennsylvania
Exposition Japan’s board of strategy shows results
The text discusses Japan’s strategic approach with apparent success, a British mission in Tibet planning retirement, the Hague tribunal still inactive, and Krupp gun works operating constantly. It notes confusion in international law and a Colorado outbreak blamed on public power, plus a Constantinople humorist mocking Turk evasion of a provision.
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St. Louis
Japan
Board of Strategy
Tibet
Hague
Colorado
Constantinople
Going Back to Russia Exiles from Pittsburg District
A slow exodus of Russians and Sussian Slava workers in the Pittsburg area sees men moving from the wills, wines and coke fields. Special cars and trains operated twice weekly to transport them to New York for onward travel home. The Russian government is reportedly recalling citizens to serve in the army and may pay ocean passage in some cases. Russians in the United States who remain subjects of the czar must register with Russian consuls for potential conscription.
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Mor Iasis
Finland
Ural Mountains
Iberia
Alexander II
Pittsburg
Las Setin T Hese
New York
Pennsylvania
Lila
Monroe says Britain will not take unfriendly U.S. measures
Dispatches indicate Guadaloupe governor asked if American citizens trading with Hispaniola brigands could arm vessels. James Monroe, U.S. minister to England, met the British foreign secretary to discuss the capture of American ships and was assured no unfriendly action would be taken by Britain.
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Guadaloupe
Hespaniola
James Monroe
England
Monroe
United States
Seventy Five Years Ago Copper Found at Galend NL
Seventy five years ago copper discovery at Galend stirred reader interest. Reports recount Wall Street excitement over eleven drays of specie totaling 300000 arriving from Philadelphia to banks. Other items note President Jackson’s Washington departure, Delaware abolishing militia, and a series of international and domestic events of the era.
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Galend
Wall Street
Philadelphia
Jackson
Washington
Old Point Comfort
Delaware
Ireland
France Stipulates China Indemnity at 10 Million
A fragmented item notes France reducing the Chinese indemnity to ten million dollars with a two day reply window. Abbe Franz Slatt denied blindness in a public letter from Bak. Chicago saw John A. Logan receive a large welcome with over fifty thousand in the parade. Upper Burm reports heavy penalties and robber captures on the Mandalay road. Mentions William H. Vanderbilt and Robert Bonner in a brief, scattered fashion.
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France
China
Franz Slatt
Bak
John A. Logan
Rce
Chicago
Upper
Burm
Mandalay
William H. Vanderbilt
Maud
Robert Bonner
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Manchuria
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Straits of Korea
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Gromobot
Kainimura
Togo
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Sthasiini
Wei-Kai-Wei
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Weat Port
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Europe
Italy
New York State
New York City
Public Land Office
Land Office
Oregon
Treasury
National Museum
Capitol
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Denslon
Congress
Freedom For
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Nicholas Jr
Lusakoff
Czar Nicholas
America
London
Paris
Turkey
Black Sea
Baletle
John Brough
Sherman House
Cook County
William J. Livingston
A.apy
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