News Notes Of Current Week Highlights War Headlines
Cardinal Aristides Cavallari of Venice dies while Richard Croker to wed. Reports from Washington on General Blanco near Mexico City. Swiss protest to London over neutrality. Wheat acreage rising worldwide as 1915 forecast. German air raid captures near Plock. Hanalei wreck near San Francisco with 41 saved. Lisbon anticipates Portugal aiding the Allies. Turkish authorities bar Entente subjects from leaving. English army pay rises in officer ranks. Zeebrugge bombardment by British ships. German ships accused of violating Chilean neutrality. Black Sea naval clash claimed by both Russians and Turks. Dr. Robert J. Burdett dies in Pasadena at 60. Runcin seeks a new U.S. trade treaty for American canning. No Turkish apology to U.S. over an attack. Villa mobilizes toward Mexico City with Garrisons. Nish uprooting noted. Trenches show caste breaking. Austrian steamer Jownphine loss seen as a blow. Contraband routes between Venice and Trieste discussed. War loan totals and despatches cited. Trieste unemployment and charity. Ekbatann sunk in Persian Gulf rumour. German officers resist slaughter orders. London reports new Basel measures and Rhett death.
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Americans Withdraw From Vera Cruz After Flag Low
United States forces under Brigadier General Funston withdraw about six thousand troops and Marines from Vera Cruz after the flag salute dispute with Mexico. Detachment will remove customs money and municipal records, with Marines going to League Island Navy Yard and troops to Texas City. $1,000,000 held until a government is formed.
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Turkish Troops at Suez Canal claim British loss heavy
Constantinople via Berlin reports Turkish forces reached the Suez Canal near El Kantara with heavy British losses and flight. Amsterdam Telegram notes a nine hour battle along the Shat el Arab with substantial British casualties and a gunboat explosion.
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Amsterdam
Router
Turks Claim Victories Near Hutum in Asia Minor
Reports from Berlin state General Liman von Sanders led Turkish forces near Hutum in Asiatic Russia to victory with heavy enemy casualties. Unofficial Turkish dispatches claim Ottoman troops defeated Kurds and British units, while Russians retreated in the Cavennus region and suffered heavy losses in the Van district.
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Rusela Seeks Purchase of Steamship Minnesota
Seattle report says the Russian government is seeking to purchase the Great Northern liner Minnesota laid up at Seattle. If bought, the Minnesota would be used to move reserves and mail from the Pacific Coast to Russia, with an exporter already seeking to charter it for a grain voyage to England. Extensive boiler repairs are needed before any voyage.
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Iwoatok
England
Seemingly Odd Phrase Appears In Local Dispatch
An obscure fragment from a local newspaper hints at a peculiar phrase or intonation. Officials offer no clarification, and readers are left to interpret the cryptic wording amid limited readable context.
Odd Quips and War Briefs from a Fragmented Page
A scrambled OCR page mixes quips about tobacco cures and cheeky hypothetical questions with war brief notes. It mentions Lane-Divis Drug Co Portland Ore, a Benson-like line about a nitrite treatment, plus stray references to political figures and a caution about war preparedness.
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Curtain care and window shade tips from old times
The piece gives practical household advice on making lace curtains, folding edges, and hanging shades to improve appearance and ventilation. It mentions washing or starching methods, adjusting shades to prevent movement, and general thrift in living arrangements. It reflects period voices and includes light humor about living costs and daily chores.
One Queen Left Alive in Europe Wilhelmina Turns 53
Dutch celebrate Wilhelmina aged thirty third birthday the world’s only ruling queen. Born August 1 1880 she inherited throne at eighteen. She opposes woman suffrage and liquor. long quarrels with husband and mother in law shaped palace life. Her heir apparent is little Princess Juliana born to future stability for Holland. The queen fears Germany’s rise and a republic opposing royalist Holland.
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Hague
Holland
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Prince Henry
Mecklenburg
Schwerin
Wing
Jollunn
Tavishas
Ger
Treatment claims relief for itchy skin infections touted in ads
An old advertisement touts a skin healing treatment combining Revino soap and ointment with Doxoma patches and Fentnol water, claiming relief from itching and eruptions. It contrasts consumer choices with holiday scenes, and mixes war era drug market discussion with exotic plant discoveries and movie talk.
Majority Like New Rule Under Pennsylvania Commission Plan
A 1914 summary from Pennsylvania notes a civic body’s response to a new commission government. A. M. Waller of Allied Civic formed a questions session with 22 elites and 21 citizens weighing the central question of the new form’s success and intercity impacts. Opinions varied on efficiency and broad citizen satisfaction.
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Kaolin Imports, Domestic Use Rise in Pottery Grade
The United States Geological Survey reports that imported kaolin and allied clays from Europe and China, valued at about $2,050,000 last year, may be increasingly replaced by domestic sources due to war pressures. The Albany process for decoloring kaolin is noted as successful, with potential new deposits ready for white ware and pottery manufacture.
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Pharmacology
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Wilbert
Rupert Blue
China
Alvandy
United State Geological Survey
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