Japs Make Rapid Strides Near Port Arthur Fort
Special dispatches report Port Arthur defenders retreating to Liatai Hill and holding out with ten large guns while Japanese forces press toward Wantai hill and the railway terminus near Port Arthur. Mukden dispatches say Russians prepare for fall of Port Arthur as trenches tighten and fortifications expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LonDon
Chefu
Tientsin
Port Arthur
Liat Hill
Tokio
Wantai Hill
Bennett Burleigh
Daily Telegraph
Riblung Mountain
Shangshu Mountain
Mukden
Berlin
Ita
Kuropatkin
Europe
Kuroki
St. Petersburg
Army Organ
Far East
Limevitch
Kaulbara
Port Arthur Falla
Engineer and Fireman Killed in Rail Wreck Near Radford
Norfolk and Western freight train derailed after hitting a switch near Radford at dawn. The engineer and fireman were killed when their locomotive overturned. In Sewall, Massachusetts, the Bis Auditorium burned, causing an estimated loss of about 75 000 dollars. The fire is believed to have started from faulty wiring and spread from the stage area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk &Western
Radford
Bis
Sewall
Mass
Two Robbery Attempts Aboard Pennsylvania Express
Philadelphia reports two unsuccessful robberies aboard the Philadelphia and New York express en route from Washington. At Havre de Grace and Perryville, a white man and a Black suspect menaced the train with an iron bar and revolver, but fled as the engineer halted the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and
New York
Pennsylvania
Washington
Havre de Grace
Perryville
Baltimore
Long Bridge
L. Herbert Carter
M Ger
School Girls Smoke 150 Pupils Named in Probe
Washington Pennsylvania records reveal 150 pupils accused of smoking cigarettes in the town schools. The board of education has ordered expulsion for any pupil found smoking, with many named among the list being girls. The report notes local pupils formed small smoking clubs amid the crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Town Board of Education
Board of Education
Beaulieu
Cavalier Athletic Association
Boy of 62 Worries Pa Released From Lockup
Jas K Brown age sixty two of Morganaville New Jersey was jailed on intoxication charges and after awakening said his father would worry. He was released to go home so as not to distress his ninety one year old father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Jas. K. Brown
Morganaville
Brown
Olympia Arrives After Collision With British Schooner
The cruiser Olympia with Rear Admiral Jewell aboard reaches Olympia harbor along with Cleveland and Des Moines. The British schooner Elizabeth, towed by the Olympia, was damaged at the stern in a November 6 collision. the Olympia itself sustained no damage.
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Gibraltar
Olympia
Cleveland
Des Moines
United States
Jewell
Elizabeth
Boy Kills His Father and Kills Family
In Detroit Edwin Howard was shot by his son aged twenty one, during a quarrel over money as his wife and daughter were pinned to the floor by their throats. The incident follows other rail job losses and deaths and a separate reported death of Maj Edward Fitzgerald in San Francisco. World’s Fair attendance tops 16.6 million. Northwestern Bank and Continental Bank named reserve agents for Rushford and Nederland banks respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Edwin Howard
San Francisco
Maj
Edward Fitzgerald
Quartermaster's Department
Washington
Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis
First National Bank of Rushford, Minn
Continental National Bank of Chicago
First National Bank of Nederland
North Dakota items show famine, fires, and fairs
A wide set of local notes from Cavalier to Minot reports shortages in Finley and Milton as butter and grain weather issues appear. incidents include bootlegger arrests at Lakets and a bear seen near Souris. railway plans, land contests, sales, and a large flax and wheat yield update accompany community happenings and accidents.
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Milton
Lakets
Hid Martin
Big Bend
Hope
Wishek
Buffalo
Souris
G. P. Johnson
Northwood
Portal
Devils Lake
Fort Totten
George W. Rutledge
Park River
Minot
Episcopal Church
W. T. Stewart
J. P. Nelson
Glover
McHenry
A. E. Genderlin
Sanborn
Nulph
Sawyer
John Mabin
Eric T. Skague
Christine
John Martin
Goodrich
G. Major of
West
J. J. Rieley
Henry Anderson
Frank Howden
Helena
Lovette
Pingree
Hankinson
Pembina
Won't Let Chinks Land in San Francisco Landings Blocked
A group of twelve Chinese merchants seeking to visit the St. Louis fair were denied landing in San Francisco by a local immigration barrier amid tightening rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinks Land
San Francisco
St. Louis Fair
Barenh
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E. R. Brownson
United
Correspondene
Williston
North Dakota
Peat
Offlo
Cary Safe CO
Buffalo, N. Y., U. S. A
Tia
Pioneer Land
Office
County
E. F. Cox
U. S. Commissi
O. Dwyer
Homesead
General Law Office Business
Mancies and Lands
Clors Noor
Jones Bros
Commission
Rom
Caldermod
C. B. Boothroyd
Calderwe
Williston Land Co
Stewart's Building
Main Street
St. Paul
Chicago
St. Louis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul Railway
the Poneer Limited
Northwest
Resassenger
Robert St. St Paul
Liati Hill
Will
Cruieer
Chickasha
Ind. T
J. F. Johnson
George F. Richards
Rock Island Railway
Here
Mangum
Finley
Court House Yard
B. Niles
Dawson
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
St. Penl, Minn
Corynants &c
Eee
UNN & Co
Missouri
Flax Edwards-Wood CO
Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis Board of Trade
Duluth
Woodley Bros
Horves
Rawog
Pep Creek
Ole Thorsen
Nelson, N. D
Cattl
John Hesfernan
Hornes
Shoulder
Ponti
Atta Renn
William
E. L. Sutton
P. P. Lee Block
Minot, N
J.C. Dwyer
Witt B.D
Dawson County
Mont
Aidrene
J.C
N. D
D. H. Belyer
Charles Brecker
Buford
Fannie A. Ackerman
Sand Creek
Willian County
Pustoffies
Wiliston, N. D
L. W. Gamo
Barrett
Gammons & Barrett, Lawyers
G. N. Bank
R. H. Copeland
North
Dakonta
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