British cabinet defends China's neutrality and Knight Commander note
London reports the final cabinet council stresses keeping China’s neutrality by belligerents, pledges earnest efforts to observe it, and states Britain cannot accept the sinking of the Knight Commander as justified. Ambassador Hardinge will be instructed that no international law justification exists for the action.
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London
Foreign Office
China
Great Britain
Hardinge
Notice of Marriage and Death Notices Distribution
Inverted notices will appear upon application in The Washington Post and may be published simultaneously the next morning in several distant newspapers including New York Times Baltimore Herald Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record-Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Byracuse Post Standard St Paul Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Baltimore Herald
Boston Glock
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
T Louts Republic
Byracue Post-Standard
ST Paul
Fionerr Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Licensed to Marry and Notices From 1904-1905
Multiple marriage banns and obituaries listed from August 1904. Includes marriages of Mary Candee to Harry A Candee at 438 Tenth Street Northeast, Helen Clark to Francis Humme, and many other unions. Obituaries note deaths of Harris Atchison, Dr Charles H Blumer, Neat De Neal, Durant, Walter Hamacher, Mary Meedy, Frank Radelfinger, John Schofield Jr, George Smith, and others with funeral details and residence notes.
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Candee—Benham
Tenth Street
Father Smythe
Mary M. Benhant
Harry A Candee
Huaimel—Clark
Church of the Ascension
Jesse R. Bick
Helen Clark
Francis Martin Humme
Atchison
Harris IL
Eliza A .Atchison
Twelfth Street
Bluumer
Charles H Blumer
Adam
Blumer
Nes Holmes
John
Chastian Blumer
Christ's Episcopal Church
Congressional Cemetery
de Neat
FY de Neal
Edward M Bateler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Durand
Keimar NJ
Cyrus Berwick Durant
St James' Episcopal Church
Newark
N. J
St. James’ Church
Hamacher
Walter D. Hamecher
Thirteenth Street
Chapel of Glenwood Cemetery
Moat Markleton Pa
Mary ‘Cely
Thomas Meedy
Radelfinger
Columbian University Hospital
Frank Gustave Radelfinger
Blanche Radelfinger
Peterson
Chapin Street
Schofield
Twenty-eighth Street
John D Schofield, Jr
Smtth
George Smith
Annie Stephan Smith
Grant Street
Mount Pleasant
Russia, China and Japan negotiate over Ryeshitemi incident
Russia demands satisfaction from China after the Ryeshitemi destroyer was captured in a neutral harbor near Chefoo. Britain seeks a cautious path, endorsing an indemnity while preserving China's neutrality. Tokyo insists on belligerent rights if Russia seeks refuge in Chinese territory. Washington relies on moral influence to keep China neutral.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Peking
Japan
I S
Times
Washington
Tokyo
Chefoo
China
Russia arraigns China over Chefoo affair in Tokyo talks
American Minister Mr. Conger reports Russia accused China of complicity in the Chefoo incident and demanded full explanation, the destroyer’s restoration, and punishment of the commodore. Japan’s Takahira visits the White House and State Department as discussions continue on the Ryeshitelni torpedo boat.
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Chefoo
Conger
Pekin
State Department
Takahira
White House
Roosevelt
Hay
Chefoo_ harbor
Askold Requires Repairs in Shanghai Harbor
Shanghai reports say Japanese consul demands Russian warships leave or disarm. Askold and Grosovoi in dock or being dismantled with repairs needed. Russian officials in talks, 48 hour deadline from Japan. Grosovoi likely seaworthy. Askold needs two weeks of work.
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Longon
Washington Post
Shanghai
Askold
Grosovol
Commissioner of Customs
Associated Press
London
Lloyds
Grosovel
St. Petersburg
Foeign
M. Pavloff
Seoul
Korea
Reittenstein
Proposals to keep woolen mills busy for months
A wartime note praises woolen mills producing winter uniforms for the army. A separate dispatch from St Petersburg reports a Russian naval expert describing Japanese stratagems at sea, including mine sowing and torpedo boat superiority that crippled Russian ships and altered the battle balance near the Yalu.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremye
Togo
Cliet Islands
Talleman
Withoft
Withert
Czarevitch
Poltava
Sevastopol
Rets ' Vizan
Russian Vessels Held by Germany at Tsingtau Amid War
News dispatches report the Czarevitch and three destroyers seized at Tsingtau by German authorities. Vessels to be disarmed and crews kept under German control until hostilities end. Russian flags lowered. repairs allowed under strict limits. no work to enhance fighting power permitted. Reports also note Allied and Russian movements and a new French loan arrangement.
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London Timea
Washington Post
Berlin
Czarevitch
Tsingtau
Cologne
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
Germany
Russia
Peking
Japan
Chef Co
Truppel
Kiau-chau
Truppal
Pallada
Diana
Viadivostok
Admiralty
Matousevitch
Sale of Floor Coverings Promises Bargain Prices Now
The sale offers carpets rugs mattings and linoleums priced on a bargain scale. A small deposit reserves goods. W B Moses and Sons at F Street corner Eleventh promote a profitable investment now rather than waiting for fall. The text notes to curtail influence of the Dowager Empress.
Togo Reports Sinking of Pallada Type Cruiser Novik
Tokyo reports Admiral Togo’s vessels of Pallada type torpedoed and sunk on August 10. Novik possibly left Kinochau after ten hours, with unknown destination. Pallada and Novik believed near Yangtze mouth. Other ships damaged or at Shanghai and Kinochau. Port Arthur whereabouts remain a mystery with conflicting reports from Chefoo and Tsingtau.
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Novik
Tokyo
Togo
Pallada
Kinochau
Yangtsze
Askold
Tsingtau
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Newton A. McCulley
United States Navy
Lieut
de Cuverville
Far East
Vladivostok
Withart
Shanghai
Kiusiu
Japan
Czarevitch
Tsingtao
Saddle Islands
Diana
Shanghai-Nagasaki
Baddle Islands
Korean
Chefoo
Tsingtan
Third Payment By The Fair
A $600000 check was sent to the United States Treasury by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company as the third of four bi monthly payments on the $4600000 World’s Fair loan. Scotch Day featured Burns cottage replica, Highland parade, and flag unfurling. Francis welcomed guests as Booth Day followed with music and addresses at Festival Hall and a Missouri State Building reception.
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St. Louis
United States Treasury
Burns’ Cottage
Stuart
King’s Own
Hussars
Burns Cottage
Col. Watson
Highland Infantry
Francis
J. W. Dick
Burns Cottage Association
Festival Hall
Missouri State
Royalty Invitation Policy For St Louis World Fair
Government scrutiny finds no invitations issued to kings princes or potentates for the St Louis World Fair. Congress has not appropriated funds for royal entertainment and no discrimination in invitations is desirable. The President will host courtesy if distinguished visitors come unaided, but no invitations will be extended by the executive branch.
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State Department
St. Louis
Congress
Europe
St Louis
Veterans at Boston Opens Grand Army Encampment
Boston hosts the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic with a 6000-strong parade of Union ex-prisoners and veterans. Confederates attend a banquet at Faneuil Hall as North and South pledge unity. events include camp fires, receptions, and a large citywide crowd.
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Boston
Mass
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Woman’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the
G. A.R
Sons and Daughters of Veterans
Faneuil Hall
Edward W. Kinsley Post
Poston
Lafayette Post
New York
League of Spanish War Veterans
Collins
City Hall
Bates
Senator Lodge
John D. Long
State House
Commonwealth
Woman's Relief Corps
Clara Barton
Red Crogs Society
O. Howard
Massachusetts Woman's Relef
Grand Army and Friends
National Association of Union
Tremont Temple
Association
J. D. Walker
Pittsburg
John A. Read
United States Navy
Read
Bate
J. Little
Rev
E. A. Horton
Kinsley Post
Taylor
Philippine Islands
Gov. Bates
Massachusetts
Col. J. Anderson
Kinsley
Black
John F. Castleman
Louisville
Edward S. Gay
Atlanta
Gay
Ingley Post
Don Read
Commonwealth Avenue
Arlington Street
John L. Bates
Boston Common
Patrick A. Collins
Marshal Read
Beacon
Charles Streets
Denver
Colo
the Lambs
Philadelphia
Maryland
Hotel Vendome
Mechanics’ Building
Jack Adams
Algonquin Club
Point Shirley
Detroit
New England
Capt
Edward & Gay
Edward W. Kinsley
Himsel
Pierce Hall
John Adams Chapter
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sarah Winang
Woman’s Belief Corps
Belinda Bailey
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Floretta Vining
Floretta Vining, Gen. Black
Winans
Bailey
Curtis Guild
Greenleaf Simpson
Ellen Massey
Department of Maryland
Wilson and Duchesney
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Promises Relief
An advertisement urges readers to try Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root claiming it cures kidney bladder liver and urinary tract issues. It offers samples and a free book by mail and asks readers to mention the Washington Daily Post. It notes 50 cent and one dollar bottle sizes and includes the address Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Washton Daily Post
Dr. Kilmer
Mississippi Governor Vardaman letter denial fuels post office name row
Anderson special dispatch recounts Postmaster General Payne releasing Gov. J K Vardaman’s letter denying any insult to Mrs Roosevelt. Vardaman asserts the Muselllpi editorial mocked Teddy Roosevelt’s views, not Mrs Roosevelt, and defends his ancestors’ responsibility for the remarks.
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Postoffice Department
Mississippi
Gov. Vardaman
Payne
Charleston
9. C
News and Courier
Post-office Department
Roosevelt
Anderson
Anderson Daily Mail
Lgev
K. Vardaman
Gav. Vardaman
Musélasippi
Mra Roosevalt
Teddy
J. K. Vardaman
Indianola Post Office Downgraded to Fourth Class
The Indianola Mississippi post office, once at the center of political dispute over former postmaster Minnie Cox, has been reduced from a presidential to a fourth class office. The department cites last fiscal year receipts falling below the presidential threshold and notes the action should not be seen as punishment for past events. Officials debated whether to credit two quarters of closure in calculating annual receipts.
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Indianola
Minnie Cox
Post-office Department
Volney W Foster Dies After Apoplexy In Chicago
Volney W Foster a Chicago Evanston business leader and former Union League Club president died of apoplexy at St Luke's Hospital after leaving the Chicago Stock Exchange restaurant with Howard H Gross He helped promote trade with Mexico Born in Astalan Wisconsin he moved to Chicago in 1872 and later ran a lumber yard in Chatham Ontario before returning to Chicago and settling in Evanston.
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Chicago
Volney W Foster
Evanston
Western Paving
Union League Club of
Mexico
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago Stock Exchange
Howard H Gross
Foster
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Hila Estelle Taylor
Curtis Oliver F Plummer
Beatrice Lee
Marie Sutton
Daisy Matthews
George F Sadner
Eliza Y Poore
Edward Beasley
Mary J. Furtrell
Ferry Jenkins
Jennie M Dunesath
Thomas Jones
Lavenia Fox
James F Burn
Vary T Thompson
George Ford
Mary Shelton
Claudius W Oliver
Alexandria
Ang
Frances Spicer
Midland
John J Flannagan
Florence A Ferry
Norvai E Ball
Lillian V Koenig
Jesse Gray
Ida Mary
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
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Joseph Gawler
R. F. Harvey's Sons
cestTous Chapel
John R. Wricht
J. William Lee
Gga Embalmer
Lansdowne
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Gensen
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Kyenegseng
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Song-ching
Hambeung
Moscow
the Standard
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St Petersburg
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Czar
Ausia
W. B. Moses & Sons
Corner Eleventh
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Gulia
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Samuel Chamberlain
Barre Plains
J. C. Ierguson
Keokuk
Iowa
ex-Prisoners’ Association
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New Hampshire
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J. B. Walker
Joan Kiszain
Cincinnati
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Lynn
Rav. J. & Ferguson
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New York City
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Joseph
Lexington Green
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First Parish Unitarian
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Lexington Common
National Army Nurses’ Association
Addie Ballou
San Francisco
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Gettysburg
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Eden
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Kansas City
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Southampton
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Bears
Gastoria
Newbrd
Edward Stevens
Ninth and
Newhero
Dresing
Vardaman
President Roosevelt
Coohs
Comptroller of the Treasury
Post Office Department
Volney W. Foster
Count Kawamura
Sumner Dowel
Rachiyes
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