The Great Battle of Liaoyang Ends After Nine Days of Fighting
Desperate combat on the Shoushanpao hills near Liaoyang ends with Japanese forces under Gen Oku capturing the Russian position after a prolonged artillery duel and brutal hand to hand fighting. The fall secures Liaoyang as Russian lines collapse, with heavy casualties on both sides and large-scale Russian retreat toward the north.
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Shoushanpao
Liao-yang
Anshanshan
Shoushanpao Hills
Liaoyang
Ince
Nan¢han Hill
Inchem
Moor
Nanshan Hill
Oku
An Liaoyang
Hetying~ Tai
Hil
Kuroki's Part in Battle at Liao-yaung War
Reports from Tientsin describe Gen. Kuroki’s forces in the Liao-yaung engagement during early September. Japanese units advanced through rugged terrain, cut toward the railroad, and helped pin back Gen. Kuropatkin’s retreating Russian corps after six days of heavy fighting. Casualty estimates run into thousands, with rapid artillery actions near Kwangtung and Newantung as the turning point neared.
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Tifea
Heiyingtai
Nem
Sykwantun
Helsingtal
Taitse
Kuroki
Liao-yang
Kuropatkin
Anping
Sylkwantun
Yental
Pujl
Kurok
Meyingtai Hill
Hefyingtai Hill
Heiyingtai Hill
Tientsin
Liao-yaung
Lianoyang
Lisoyang
W Kuropatkin
Hue
Kwangtung
Taitae
Newantung
Coal Mine Hill
Sukwantung
Kurdki
Nervous Prostration Warning Prompts Remedy Search
The passage describes severe nerves, inability to rest or sleep, melancholy, headaches, and bilious weakness. It urges seeking a nerve remedy to strengthen and renew the frazzled system, implying a tonic or tonic-like treatment is needed to restore vitality.
Nervine Te uses praised by CHAS LANDRUM
Dr Miles Nervine touted as a safe remedy that soothes and rebuilds nerves and claims it helps stomach kidney and liver troubles. The testimonial from CHAS LANDRUM of Carthage Missouri says Nervine enabled him to return to normal work and that druggists will refund if the first bottle fails to benefit.
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Miles
Nervine
Chas Landrum
Mnervine
Souvorin Sees China Rise Threatening Japan
In a leading article Souvorin of Novoe Vremya argues that a Chinese renaissance would threaten Japan more than any other power. He says Japan could outpace Britain in China, foresees a Russia Britain clash if Russia loses, and notes Western powers may share Western interests in the crisis. He doubts France will intervene and suggests Germany might handle peace efforts.
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St. Petersburg
M. Souvorin
Novoe Vremya
China
Japan
Great Britain
India
M. Souverin
Russia
M. Louverin
France
Germany
World War Outlook Cited By Foreign Press
The piece notes that while France and the United States have vested material interests, Germany is less affected. It mentions Russia may see no major power intervening as America focuses on its national election, leaving the war’s end uncertain.
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Germany
France
United States
America
Russia
Orloff Blamed For Defeat In Russian Far East Battle
St Petersburg report blames Maj. Gen. Orloff for failing to hold Gen Kuroki’s forces during the Hattse River action. Orloff was wounded early, his staff chief’s horse bolted, and his division retreated. Kuropatkin’s offensive stalled as Japanese flanking pressure grew, though Stackelberg helped check the turn before Yemtai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Orloff
Kuroki
Kurokis
Hattse
Onloft
Russia
Japan
Stackelberg
Yemtai
Kurokin
German Plan to Expand Army Circulates in Reichstag
Berlin reports the government will ask the Reichstag to raise army strength by thirty to forty thousand men this year, hoping to train many youths rejected annually. A prior 1903 bill was delayed by finances as naval programs shift to next fall, with potential 1866 timing. In Havana, Alma has ordered veterans’ payments begin October 1, prioritizing local claimants, while the 335 million loan funds half the recorded claims. Treasury receipts show mixed revenues and expenditures, including customs and other fees.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Havana
Sept. Is
Presidentralma
Germany's Learned Horse Hans Passes Exam
Berlin report says Hans the horse completed an examination before a scientific commission including physiologists psychologists pedagogues naturalists and others. It notes evidence of handwriting comprehension musical color discrimination and mathematical work performed without trickery. The owner Herr von Osten is described as a pedagogue.
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Aulmange
Berlin
Hans
Herr von Osten
German Army Maneuvers Start in Two Days Near Schwerin
Berlin observers report the Emperor and Empress with Crown Prince Frederick William and Duchess Cecilia watching the autumn maneuvers near Schwerin at dawn. About 50,000 troops participate, with American Captains Smiley and Biddle among foreign officers present as U S military attaches.
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Berlin
Frederick William
Cecilia of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Schwerin
Samuel B. Smiley
Fifteenth United States Infantry
William 8. Biddle
Fourteenth Infantry
United States
Colon Faces Malaria Threats Amid Canal Labor Boom
A Public Health Service report from Colon estimates a population of 7,500 to 8,000 as arrivals from Jamaica and West Indies mount. Immigrants seek Isthmus canal work, but fever and filth-laden conditions persist in a swampy town. Culebra is highlighted as a high risk area with larvae in pools. The piece notes major urban construction will take years and calls attention to sanitation crusades. Also notes Lawrence Townsend aboard Vinland en route from Antwerp.
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Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Gorgas
Colon
Jamaica
Central American
Panama
Canal
Culebra
Gen Cyrus Bussey Burial Move At Arlington
Gen Cyrus Bussey late Assistant Secretary of the Interior brought the remains of his wife Ellen Kiser Bussey from Keokuk cemetery to be buried at Arlington on Wednesday. Mrs Bussey died in February 1831. the family lived in New Orleans. The monuments describe a tall marble statue once standing twenty feet high and weighing twenty tons, placed beside Gen Bussey’s grave.
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Cyrus Bussey
Ellen Kiser Buse
Keokuk
Arlington
New Orleans
Towa
Buerey
Ty Vt
Aringu
Sind
Busey
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Gen. Kuroki
Tokyo
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Miles’ 'Nervine
General Furniture Department
Massachusetts Avenue N. W
Oxuk
San Domingo
Mer
Treasury
National Bank
Castoria
Bengit
Beara
Commission of Experts
Thompson
New York
Lawrence Townsend
Belgium
Antwerp
Healthtone
Louis W. Stayart
Vhitago
Stagart
Chicago
Stayart Drug Co
Ostox
Sawyer Ave
Stayact Drug Company
Chicago, Ill
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Affleck
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