Silent Front Holds Paris Area As War News Stalls
London reports near silence on French positions close to Paris. British trawlers suffer losses in the North Sea with fifteen sunk by German warships. The Belgian town Termonde falls as Germans advance. Belgians flood countryside to hinder artillery. Britain denies dum-dum bullet use by allies.
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London
France
Paris
North Sea
Termonde
East Flanders
Berlin
Ostend
Germans Leave Position Near Paris
Paris. An official midnight communiqué says three Maubeuge forts and a Nord fortress have fallen while the press bureau at Bordeaux relayed word that the left wing movement is checked and the center and Lorraine positions remain unchanged. Paris reports bombardment on Maubeuge continues as the city resists.
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Paris
Maubeuge
Nord
Buerau
Bordeaux
Lorraine
Vosges
Russians Defeat Austrians. 5000 Taken Prisoners
A Petrograd dispatch quotes an official statement claiming Russian forces defeated Austrian troops between Lublin and Kholm and took 5000 prisoners. The report emphasizes a decisive victory and large prisoner haul.
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Associated Press
London
Petrograd
Lublin
Kholm
Allies vow to fight to decisive end as war widens
Washington reports say an agreement by France Great Britain and Russia commits to war until mutual consent to peace and signals renewed Allied effort in every theater. Diplomats note growing colonial troop recruitment and cautious Balkan moves influencing Turkish neutrality and Romanian alignment amid shifting power relations.
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England
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Roumania
Austria
Bulgaria
Battles Widen As Armies Suffer Masses On Front
Reports from Rome and Paris indicate 35 000 wounded and dead abandoned between Tarnow Lemberg and Tarnopol due to transport shortages. Paris cites famine fear in Vienna and siege reports from Paris. Rumors of German aid to Austria and Belgian evacuations fill dispatches across Europe.
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Paris
Copenhagen
Death by Carbolic Acid Interrupted Family Crisis
Joe Burch 28 son of the late Joseph Burch died yesterday afternoon from carbolic acid taken in a personal crisis at Ed Flournoy’s home where he was eating. No cause given beyond recent unsettled condition. Funeral at Dorsey Chapel 4 30 p m with Rev Dr Hill of First Presbyterian church officiating. Interment in Oconee cemetery. Pallbearers named Henry Culp Crawford Lyle Guy Carlton P S Johnson Jeff McDuffy. Survived by two brothers James and Georgia Burch and sisters Mrs Walter Marbut and Mrs P G Smith. Father died last year mother long deceased.
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Joseph Burch
Ed Flournoy
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Dorsey
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First Presbyterian Church
Oconee Cemetery
Henry Culp
Crawford Lyle
Guy Carlton
P. S. Johnson
Jeff McDuffy
Burch
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James
Georgia Burch
Walter Marbut
P. G. Smith
Bandits Shoot Passengers On Grand Trunk Train
Two passengers on a Grand Trunk passenger train bound from Toronto were shot after two masked robbers boarded upon entering Detroit. The bandits obtained money and valuables from other passengers and then fled the scene.
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Grand Trunk Line
Associated Press
Detroit
Grand Trunk
Toronto
Nat Glogowski Buys Pinkussohn Cigar House
Natal Glogowski manager at Pinkussohn Cigar House has bought the business after two years of operation. Papers filed with the clerk record the transfer from Pinkassohn to Glogowski. Athens welcomes his decision to settle permanently in the city.
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Nat Glogowski
Pinkussohn
Pinkassohn
Glogowski
Athens
Mourning Draped St Josephs Acknowledges Papal Death
Upon Father Clark's arrival yesterday St Josephs Church was draped in mourning color for the late Pope Pius X. Today services will reference his death and the coronation of Pope Benedictus XV which occurs today.
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Father Clark
Church of St. Joseph’s
Pius X
Benedictus XV
Brass Railing Installed at County Courthouse
The county courthouse finally receives the brass railing, with significant work on the stair balustrade frame and t railing. Delays attributed to neither the commissioners nor the contractors, as the project nears completion.
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Court House
County Court House
German Army Officer Praises German War Aims and Soldiers
Curt Wiehe, a former German army commissioned officer now in the United States, argues anti German sentiment is driven by American anti German societies. He contends German troops fight for honor and country not under Kaiser blind obedience and defends German actions and atrocities as misreported.
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Europe
America
Germany
United States
Ernest August of Cumberland
Brunswick
George
England
Francis Joseph
Austria
Czar
Russia
Grand Duke of
Mecklenberg
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Servia
France
New Wholesale and Retail Millinery House for Athens
Athens gains a new millinery enterprise as N. Bordenheimer & Bro. secure a five year lease on the Hancock building on Broad street. Henry Bordenheimer will oversee the Athens operation, bring his family, and join local business circles as fixtures are installed for a retail stock expected to open by next Saturday. The chamber of commerce and local merchants welcome the venture.
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N. Bordenheimer & Bro
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Hancock
Broad Street
Henry Bordenheimer
Chamber of Commerce
Harvest Time Campaign of Evangelism Planned
The Board of Missions of the North Georgia Conference sets a September to October 11 evangelism drive titled America The Hope, endorsed by all district conferences. The First Methodist Church Athens pastor opens the campaign with a Sunday sermon The Undiscouraged God. Also a for sale notice offers a lot of dry oak plank suitable for bridge and platform flooring.
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America
Hope Georgia
First Methodist Church
Athens
Ees & Martin CO
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