War to the Bitter End Rojestvensky to Fight on in Manchuria
In St Petersburg March 13 the Russian government announced plans to raise new troops and mobilize the far east as Vice Admiral Rojestvensky is ordered to engage Togo and the war continues to the bitter end. Kuropatkin's resignation expected. Grodekaty or Dragomiroff named as possible successors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rojestvensky
Togo—Kuropatkin
Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Mukden
Far East
Togo
Nicholas
Russia
Japan
Harbin
Vladivostok
Poland
Notices of births marriages and deaths in Washington Post
A garbled notice fragment lists birth and death announcements across major papers. It mentions Reeves, Tibbetts, Clagett, Crawford, Lucy Brown, Caleb Use, Mackey, Pine, Waters and other names with dates in March 1905 to 1908, noting funeral details and residence locations in Washington D C and surrounding areas.
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Bright
Garfied Hospital
George
A.brish
US NW
Materi
Maine
Congressional Cemetery
John Bardy Crawford
B Street
Monm
Loudon Park
Halumm Ky Md
Lucy Ramdet Brown
Weston
Church of the Covenant
Huse
Highhind
Paris
Caleb
Holy Innocents
Birchland Falls
Tuesdivarnonn
Waters
Frank A. Waters
Wiliam FL
Sarah G
St. Lou
William Cars
Undertakers Paso Jr William Lee Funeral Director
Paso Jr William Lee announces funeral services with livery, Commodious chapel and Modern Crematorium at 332 Pennsylvania Ave. Low prices, telephone 1355.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee
Pennsvania Ave
Joseph Gawler
Persod
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Seal Directors
Enmbalmers
Fourteenth Street NW
Loss of His Stores Grave Marks Kuropatkin Rout
Dispatches from Tokyo indicate Gen Kuropatkin’s defeat is a rout with severe loss of stores. Reports claim over 40,000 Russian prisoners and 26,500 dead, plus extensive matériel and transport losses, threatening any retreat and emphasizing financial factors in peace prospects.
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Tokyo
Legation
Shaho
Nachmoff
Hongking
Russia
Janan
Far East
United States
Retreat One of Horror
Paris dispatch reports a horror filled retreat during the Mukden siege. Russian troops under Kuropatkin suffer amid famine and chaos as Japanese and allied forces rout them. The Petit Journal source notes mass panics, self inflicted bayonet charges, and widespread despair among 150 000 starving, outgunned troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Paris
St. Petersburg
Petit Journal
Mukden
Mikado
Japan seeks peace with Russia after two informal talks
The Times correspondent in St. Petersburg reports Japan twice approached Russia about peace talks. In each case Japan demanded an indemnity and a 25 year pledge against keeping warships in the Pacific, causing the proposals to fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Japan
Russia
Pacific
Russia War Claims Better Terms With Shorter Conflict
A fragment states that Russia’s pecuniary resources are exhausted and that prolonging the war by only a few months would yield more favorable terms for Russia. The passage suggests strategic pressure on prolongation to gain advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Riots in South Russia Destroy Town Refineries and Land Grabs
Rioters in Central and South Russia burn another sugar refinery in Eloff province and target distilleries as government control fuels unrest. Peasants demand land as refugees report owners sent to towns if resisting. No troops seen to curb violence. Warsaw authorities plan school reopening with potential expulsions if pupils do not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
St. Petersburg
South
Russia
Eloff
Warsaw
Unknown Briton linked to Bristol Hotel bombings in St Petersburg
March 12 St Petersburg reports a hotel blast at the Bristol. A man killed by the explosion held a London issued passport but spoke little English. Police tie him to imperial family targets and agents of the terrorists with arrests spreading in St Petersburg and Baltic provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
St. Petersburg
Bristol
London
Grand Duke
Sergius
Baltic
McCullough
Capture of Kankyachien in March 2 Japanese assault
After a fierce artillery duel Japanese infantry advanced under heavy fire and captured Kankyachien two miles west of the railway. Gen Oku led the assault with a Northern Division, Japanese shells rained on the village as Russian batteries tried to repel the attack and set villages east and north ablaze. The fight continued toward nearby villages Kaukyuchien as Japanese forces pressed the advance.
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Kuropatkin
Nicholas
Mandarin Road
Tie Pass
Guerschelman
Chuchital Station
Tle Pass
Oku
Tientsin
Kankyachien
Kankyuchien
Japan
Klankyach
Stragan
Kaukyuchien
China Railway Suspends service for military stores
Tientsin reports the Chinese railway administration will suspend train service Monday between Kuopants inkow and Sin mintin due to Japanese military authorities demanding transport of military stores. A British steamer Saxon Prince bound for Vladivostok with steel rails was seized by the Japanese on March 9 in the Tsushima Straits and sent to a base for trial.
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Tientsin
Chinese Railway Administration
Kuopants
Inkow
Sinmintin
Tokyo
Vladivostok
Tsu
Kingston
Jamaica
Charles A. Forbes
Petersham
Masa
Halifax
Grafters for Tickets Play All Kinds of Tricks
Theaters face ticket grafters who supply scalpers with passes and use fake cards to obtain seats. Women lead the scams, aided by stage ties, while managers test applicants by asking past theaters and productions. Managers plan to curb both stage and newspaper grafters to protect legitimate patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Theatrical Managers’ Association
Managers’ Association
Lostie Carter
Deaths of Col Caleb Huse and others in brief notices
Highland Falls mourns Col Caleb Huse at 75 after surgery. Yale and West Point alum and Civil War figure later served as Confederate purchasing agent in Europe. Survived by wife, three sons, five daughters. Also notes Rev Lewis Grout French mission work in Natal and other short obituaries from Kingston Jamaica to Petersham Massachusetts and Mrs Rose Hart of Wuhu China.
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Highland Falls
Caleb Huse
Huse
United States Military Academy
Weat Point
Jefferson Davis
Europe
University of Alabama
Col
Newburyport
Mass
Reginald M
Cedar Croft School
Plainfield, N. J
Harry P
Naval Academy
Robins
New York City
Baltimore
Rose Hart
B. C. Hart
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Wuhu
China
Hart
Hamilton
Ontario
War on Indiana saloons spreads temperance drive
Special to The Washington Post Indianapolis March 12 temperance campaign moves to enforce a law allowing remonstrances against liquor sales in wards or townships Two year prohibition follows if a majority signs Remonstrances target traffic as well as individual saloonkeepers and bonus measures tighten penalties for illegal sale Strong push with meetings across counties to mobilize signatures and broaden remonstrance scope nationwide interest in expanding to counties and state limits on licenses increase odds of wave against saloons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Indianapolis
Indiana
League
Wells and Poets Shape Forecasts of Human Future
A survey of writers from Wells to Poe shaping ideas about humanity future. predictions include legless bodies memory selective sex, perpetual growth via electricity, and delaying death. scientists like Loeffler, Loab, and de Springer cited. Goethe Emerson Hamlet cited as precedent for foresight in art and science.
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Wells
Poe
Young
Butler Gnd University
Babbage
Loeb
Albert de Springer
Paris Academy of Medicine
Loeffier
Berlin University
H. G. Wells
Goethe
Emmerson
Darwin
Hamiet
Emerson
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Maudsley
Jules Verne
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Wilkie Collins
Count Fosco
Mr. Wells
Easy Way to Stay Well With Simple Daily Rules
An article promoting Sturart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe daily aid for digestion. It cites Prof. Wiebold's advice on stomach health, endorses taking one or two tablets after meals, and claims wide availability in the U S and Britain. The piece targets readers over fifty, urging regular use to improve digestion and prevent disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiebold
Stuart
Stuert
Maine
California
Great Britain
Australia
Rugeis
Paine's Celery Compound Praised by Rheumatism Patient
John C. Rowan of St Paul recounts a decade of relief from rheumatism using Paine's Celery Compound. He credits the product with curing symptoms, notes the janitor William Garlow’s improved health after trying a dozen bottles, and cites Prof E E Phelps of Dartmouth endorsing the formula. The ad touts nerve health as the key to bodily function and urges readers to consult Wells Richardson & Co Burlington Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Phelps
Dartmouth University
Paine
John C. Rowan
Rowan
William Garlow
Oakdale Avenue
Humboldt High School
East Winifred Street
St. Paul, Minn
Radium Rays in War of the Worlds Destruction
A French scientist who aided radium discoverers says its rays can melt stone fortifications and steel ships, validating the Mars invasion fiction. He notes that within a year or two science may fully grasp the writer’s prediction and immense destructive power.
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Mars
Potomac River Falling Against Ice Dams Near Point of Rocks
The Potomac River at Point of Rocks is dropping ten inches an hour, easing fears of damage from ice downriver to Seneca. The river rose nine feet near low-water at Seneca before beginning to fall, with ice breaking up and moving downstream without causing harm. Ice jams at Monocacy near Dickersons and at Catoctin aqueduct broke and passed safely.
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Point of Rocks
Washington Post
Boyds
Potomac River
Seneca
Dickersons
Catoctin
Miser Robbed and Murdered Near Port Byron Cabin
The body of Robert Kidney, an aged miser, was found murdered in his woodland cabin six miles from Port Byron, with his home robbed. Detectives believe the killer secured several thousand dollars in gold, silver, and bills, while $1800 in gold and other currency remained unrecovered.
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Port Byron
Robert Kidney
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War Office
Kuroki
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Grodekati
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Dragomiroff
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Buffalo
Col Rier
Cincinnati Enquirer
CHI Suo Record-Herald
Fill
Adelphia Plblic Ledger
Pittsbl
RG Dispatch
Providence
Jolrall
Rochester Herald
Lolis Republic
Ree
Owen Thorinter “Reeves
D. Inee
Lillian Fbellens
Fiuregit Squeare
Tibbetts
Jim
Milton Tibbetts
Avice Reville
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Paso
John R. Wricht
Tenth Street
North 47
George P. Zarhorst
Capitol Store
Saat
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London Times
Garrick
Belasco
Miss Smythe
Maude Adams
Kalon ON
Union
Confederacy
Brattleboro
Lewis Grout
Natal
South Africa
Yale
Temperance League
Liverpool
Bovis
Etruria
Queenstown
Bologne
Statendam
Rottendam
Bremen
Barbarossa
Cherbourg
Dover
Pretoria
Hambare
Tom
Jusenstown
Ecania
Liverpool Fe
Loxtegaie
Miser
Kh W. Grove
Er Jowney
Lowney
Walter M. Lowney
Boston
MABE
Dhchlye
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