Peace negotiations in Far East reach impasse amid demands
A condensed World War I era column reports the near-break in Russian Japan peace talks over indemnity Sakhalin and naval limits. Diplomatic efforts linger as Kaiser influence and public pressure push for concessions. Also noted are unrelated incidents and obituaries from the United States, Europe, and ships collisions.
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Europe
America
Sakhalin
Russia
Japan
England
Far East
Manchuria
China
Peking
London Times
Yellow Fever Situation Expands Across Regions
New Orleans records 176 deaths and 1146 cases to date as yellow fever spreads to Mississippi City with 11 new cases. Suspected cases appear in Crawfordsville Indiana and near Michigan City. Quarantine fears may delay oyster season and a grain export slowdown looms amid growing concerns. Dr Egan of Illinois urges extraordinary precautions to keep the south safe.
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New Orleans
Mississippi City
Miss
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Michigan City
Egan
Illinois Board of Health
South
Russian Autocracy Faces Popular Assembly Call
Czar Nicholas issues a manifesto for a popular assembly while retaining autocratic power. Roosevelt and insurance officials discuss federal supervision, with expected legislation in the president next address.多人
Long list of 1904 world and national news items
Navy reports James EB Smith drowned diving without suit at torpedo station. Reverend C Lindell dies in Vasa Minnesota drug store. California citrus crop to break records with 35000 to 40000 carloads expected. Hana Kailua Chinese wife of Kailua gives birth to five children in Hawaii. all die. Wisconsin Postmasters call for post office protections. Walter Stimpson dies in Cambridge after long illness. Mrs Media Wells shoots fiance then kills self in Hutchinson Kansas. Pittsburgh steel boom in full swing. Enos Adkins children drown in flood near Ranger West Virginia. John Jebeles shoots miss Lela McBride in Alabama then kills self. Attempt on Chinese empress thwarted. Train and streetcar collision in Cincinnati kills two, injures many. Bielostok riot death toll 40. Sicilian police shoot strikers. Severe storm hits St Louis. Agriculture secretary seeks 28 hour stock unloading law. US birth rate declines since 1860. United Verde mine earnings surge. Alpine climbing deaths total four. Booker T Washington speaks on southern black advancement. Ethan Allen monument dedication in Burlington Vermont. Biddle stable fire. horses saved. Bjornson calls for republic. Mentor Ohio telegraph switch blamed for Lake Shore wreck. Chicago trade delegates back reciprocity plan. 1904 railway disaster toll and injuries tallied. Mrs Harvey Null and H C Kelley arrest in alleged murder. Roosevelt endorses self-help for black advancement. China trade boycotts limited to Shanghai Canton showing uneven success.
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Navy Department
James EB. Smith
Rev. C. Lindell
Swedish Lutheran Church
Vasa
Minn
California
Honolulu
Hilo
Hana
Kailua
Congress
Wisconsin Postmasters’ Association
Walter Stimpson
Cambridge
Mass
New England Association of
Media Wells
William Burch
Hutchinson
Kan
Pittsburg
Monongahela Valley
Enos Adkins
Guyan River
Ranger
W. Va
John Jebeles
Lela McBride
Austen
Ala
China
Summer Palace
Baltimore & Ohio Southeastern
Winton Place
Cincinnati
Bielostok
Poland
Granmichele
Sicily
St. Louis
Wilson
W. F. Wilcox
Cornell
United States
United Verde
Jerome
Ariz
Clark
Montana
Booker T. Washington
Washington
South
Fairbanks
Ethan Allen
Burlington
Craig Biddle
Radnor
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Cleveland
Mentor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harvey McPherson Null
H. C. Kelley
Pra Kantt
Roosevelt
National Negro Business League
New York
State Department
Shanghai
Canton
Peace Prospects Very Gloomy at Portsmouth Talks
The Portsmouth peace conference faces a grim outlook as President Roosevelt, Baron Rosen, and allies press Russia and Japan. Reports say Roosevelt proposed concessions on Sakhalin and indemnity to win Moscow’s assent while Japan hints at yielding on two points if Russia accepts others.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
N. H
Baron Rosen
Great Britain
France
Germany
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Peirce
Russia
Sakhalin
Japan
Pacific
Kaneko
Far East
M. de Witte
Baron Komura
Takahira
Czar
Bitration
Rosen
Two More Bodies Found After Norfolk River Wreck
Norfolk Va Aug 21 two more victims of the Kinston and Greenville excursion railway wreck were found Sunday in the Elizabeth river near the accident site. The total recovered rises to fourteen with two more deaths at St Vincent's hospital, sixteen known dead to date.
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Norfolk
Kinston
One Night Treatment for Sore Hands and Feet
Advertises Cuticura Soap for a hot lather soak at night followed by Cuticura Ointment and loose gloves or light bandages. Claims relief for red rough chapped hands with nails and finger pains and promotes the products as a permanent economical cure.
Lost and Found Style Ad Recreated for Paper
A quotation from the Philadelphia Press shows a playful lost and found ad about a wallet, money, and papers. It features dialogue between a finder, a clerk, and a man suggesting varying no questions statements. The piece mirrors era newspaper humor on reader notices.
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Philadelphia Press
Woman's Riddle Provokes Quiet Credit in Tribune Feature
The New York Tribune notes a playful moment where a woman asks a riddle about why a woman exits a car backward. The gag remains unanswered, restoring her social standing in the scene.
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N. Y. Tribune
Egg-O-See Wheat Cereal Promises Healthful Digestion
A nostalgic advertisement touts Egg-O-See made from whole wheat. It claims the cereal uses perfect grains of wheat providing all vital elements for buoyant health and digestion. The ad notes air tight inner-lined packaging to preserve purity and freshness.
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Frederick Churchill
Mississippi River
Stella McMullen
Festus
Churchill
Anne Woodall
Newport
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Philadelphia
Jefferson County
Charles H. Cross
Chauncey Welch
Chicago
Leon Jacerwitz
Dayton, C., State Hospital
Jacerwitz
Milwaukee
Trust
McGovern
Hugh Watt
Baker
Indianapolis
Public Service Corporation
New York Park
Arizona
New Mexico
R. G. Dun & Co
Jacob H. Schiff
M. Guggenheim
Webb Jay
Buffalo
Joseph A. Thompson
Thaw
Thomas W. Lawson
Uintah
Utah
Provo
Shonts
Panama Canal
Walter P. Kraft
Equitable Trust Company
Norway
John P. Mockler
Cairo
Ill
Charles A. Stevens & Brothers
Gus Bobbs
E. H. Conger
Mexico
Order of Knights of Khorassan
Detroit
Colorado Springs
Civil Service Commission
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Rambong
Nicholas
Sagamore Hill
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Ormrod
Elizabeth River
Wellfleet
Neb
Frank Ward
Pueblo
Col
Frances
Henry D. Davis
Order of Eagles
Grand Aerie
Denver
Chicasso
Plymouth
George L. Marsh
William Bate
Alaska
Russian Littoral
Witte
Harbin
M. Witte
Egg-O-See Co
Quincy
Colorado
Union Pacific
North-Western
The
East
Kniskernsenger Traffic
Mgr
Vintnel Pacific
K.W. By
Cartersittle Iver
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