Russians Lose Fort at Port Arthur in Bitter Siege
A Port Arthur defense report says Russians abandon the new town as Japanese guns threaten forts northward. A Nameless mess of telegrams from Tokyo and Chicago detail the fortress’s rapid fall prospects and Russian hopes dwindling after December.
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Chefu
Daily Telegraph
Port Arthur
Tokio
Navy Department
Sevastopol
Riblying
Chicago
The
Daily News
Rihlung
Etse
East Siberian
Togo
Yawning and stretching awaken lungs and circulation
The Detroit News Tribune explains that yawning expands the lungs and, with arms raised and chest forward, deep respiration aids blood return to muscles. It notes sleep lowers respiration and circulation and waking yawning and stretching restore normal blood supply and readiness for activity.
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Saya
Detroit News Tribune
Wounded Japanese Hero Courage under Fire Told by Officer
A Japanese officer recounts a comrade missing a leg continuing to advance despite heavy fire. He emphasizes the fighter’s resolve, replying that with two hands he can strike at the Russians, epitomizing perseverance amid chaos.
Damnation and longing in a New York sum tale
A dramatic monologue features a speaker lamenting lost love and personal damnation. The speaker recalls hope and betrayal, declaring eternal Hell for themselves yet wishing well for the beloved. The piece mixes religious imagery with a bleak urban mood centered in New York.
Refused to Talk in Pennsylvania Fourth of July Meeting
A summer meeting in a Pennsylvania town gathered prominent men to curb Fourth of July noise. When a reporter asked a doctor among them for views on a sane observance, the surgeon interrupted, deeming the question improper for a medical professional.
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Pennsylvania
Senator Pettus Recounts Dining Room Scrutiny Tale
Senator Pettus of Alabama joked about a noisy pen while recalling an evening in Selma. In a dining room the kitchen noise prompted a maid to explain the sound was the cook drafting a love letter, revealing local humor about domestic life.
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Senator Pettus
Alabama
Selma
Martha
Cotton Blaze Advise From Wilson On Cotton Burnout
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Wilson predicting limited burning of cotton in the South. He says farmers will hold crops to lift market prices, plant alfalfa and other cash crops next season, and that burning 2,000,000 bales would harm growers while the crop exceeds 12,000,000 bales.
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Wilson
South
Washington
Iroquois Fire Memorial Services In Chicago
Memorial services marked the first anniversary of the Iroquois Theatre fire in Wilard Hall where 575 lives were lost. The theater closed during the memorial exercises and the usual performance was canceled. The Iroquois Memorial Association aims to raise 50000 in sixty days to fund a proposed emergency hospital with donations totaling 100000 in the past year.
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Ri Shicago
Iroquois
Wilkard Hall
Reynolds
Iroquois Memorial Association
Prexy Hall Dances At Kansas Teachers Meeting
Dr. G Stanley Hall of Clark University Worcester Massachusetts danced to waltz time before the Kansas Teachers association in Topeka He urged dancing as a culture instrument saying it keeps old folks young and cited himself as an example by waltzing across the stage and back before about 1000 teachers.
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Topeka
Kan
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Kansas Teachers’ Association
Hall
New Submarine Line Opens in Boston Tunnel
Boston unveils a new submarine tunnel linking Boston and Esai Boston for travel. The double tracked 14 mile link includes 2700 feet under harbor waters, built at 3 million dollars. Boston owns the tunnel and leases 25 years to the Boston Elevated Railway, with about forty trolley cars in service and an annual expected ridership of 6 to 8 million.
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Boston
Esai
City of
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Inventor in Tarimore Creates Guard for Barbed Wire Fences
Thomas Haberdeen of Tarimore patent a guard to shield animals from barbed wire injuries. Nearly all right of way for the farmers' railroad extension from Starkweather has been secured. Marshal Markell of Williston has recovered from gunshot injuries sustained some time ago.
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Thomas Haberdeen
Tarimore
Farmers
Starkweather
Marshal Markell
Williston
Awaiting Developments in a Street Memo Memorandum Tale
William F King of the Merchants association recounts a boy known for rapid job changes. While meeting on the street a friend asks which firm he serves. The boy replies he is with John Smith & Co on memorandum, uncertain if permanent.
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William F. King
Merchants’ Association
Jack
John Smith & Co
New York Times
Explorer Captain Reaches Mar Gate After Long Voyage
Capt Wise arrived at Mar gate after a voyage of 40 000 miles from British Columbia in a two and a half ton dugout canoe named Tillikum. The journey lasted three years three months and twelve days.
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Capt. Wise
Margate
British Columbia
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