Atlanta Boy With Flag Led Vera Cruz Assault
John Quincey Jett of Atlanta, a petty officer on the battleship New Hampshire, carried the U S flag at Vera Cruz during the 1914 landing. He details the fierce street fighting to take the Mexican Naval Academy and surrounding buildings, the heavy cross-fire, and the capture of key sites before the city fell to U S forces. He notes five sailors killed and describes the morale and dangers of the battle.
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Tilon Forbes
John Quincey Jett
Atlanta
E. L. Jett
HE. A. Anderson
New Hampshire
Admiral Fletcher
Ite
Anderson
Jett
the Constitution
Vera Cruz
Norfolk
Arkansas
New Jersey
Vermont
Gulf of Mexico
Vera Graz
Utah
Florida
Prairie
Naval Academy
Terminal Hotel
Chester
Harber
South Carolina
Naval
The
Academy
Pun Dattalion
Mofflett
Ster
United States
Sam
New York
Vera Crus
Atlentz
Corpse of Woman Found in Piedmont Stream
A decomposed female body was found in a Piedmont stream near Tenth Street below the park embankment. Detectives suspect murder with auto disposal from a residence, and search for clues continues as inquest proceeds. The victim’s identity remains undetermined, with early theories linking to Beatries Nelms or Elois Dennis ruled out by dental evidence.
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Piedmont
Tanth Street
the Constitution
HE. J
Nelms
Beatries Nelms
Elois Dennis
H. G. Landers
Pope
Errel Craig
Fiedmont Lake
Giew
FH. G. Landers
Hill's Park
Landers
Armour
Pollen
Starnes, Gillespie
McGill
Butler
Arens
Donehue
Tenth Street
Starnes
Piedmont Lake
Piedmont Driving Club
Piedmont Park
Nelma Sisters
John Starnes
Hurt
Hart
GetS-It Corn Cure Promises Quick Pain-Free Relief
An old advertisement extols GETS-IT as a revolutionary corn cure that removes corns without pain or trouble. It claims two drops with a glass rod cure corns, warts, calluses, or bunions, with no sticky plasters or knives, and markets at 2 cents a bottle via E. Lawrence & Co of Chicago.
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E. Lawrence, & Co
Chicago
Famous Suburbs to Be Destroyed Forts of Paris defense system described
Describes outer circle forts as the strongest in the world built of steel and masonry with heavy French artillery. Notes their hillside locations and potential need to destroy surrounding buildings to reveal the suns fire. Highlights cross fire from adjacent forts and the vast scale akin to Paris defenses.
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Paris
Est
Auanes
Fateful Summer Weeks in 1914 War Outlook
From The Chicago Herald the piece frames the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as triggering a chain of events that led to World War I. It details a sequence of mobilizations and declarations, noting Serbia's concessions, Russia and Germany's moves, Belgium's resistance, and England's reaction, predicting a looming global conflict over the next weeks. The article asks what the coming weeks will bring for France England Russia and Belgium.
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Chicago Herald
Hapeburg
Zor J
Europe
Francis Ferdinand
Balkan States
Vienna
Little Servia
Bervin
Russia
Servia
Berlin
Luxemburg
Belgium
England
Meuse
Danube
Poland
Seven Seas
France
Germany
Socialists Stand By Their Countries Amid War Strain
From The Springfield Republican, the piece notes French and German socialist stance during military crisis. It highlights French railway workers praised by the republic’s president for patriotic service, recalls 1930 railway strike, and reports German socialist leaders backing defense measures and war funding. It warns antiwar sentiment may move to America and reflects on 1871 French imperial downfall.
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Springfeld
Senat
Tmnitarium
Republic
Germany
Soctateta
Societa
Reichstag
America
France
Paris
Berlin
Napoleon the Little
Austrians Advance Into East Russia
From Manchester Massachusetts August 29 Austrian ambassador Dr Konstantin Theodor Dumba released a cable from the foreign secretary. The message says the Austrian emperor is in excellent health and a decisive battle is ongoing in the Russian theater with armies spread along about 496 kilometers from the Vistula to Ira Denlester. Austrians press toward Lubin after a victory near Krasnik and extend into eastern Galicia beyond the Dniester while facing strong Russian resistance.
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Manchester
Mass
Konstantin Theodor Dumba
Vistula
Ira Denlester
Lubin
Krasnik
Bug
Wiepens
An Artist in Several Ways Prom The Porlar Mamagzing
Marse Henry Watterson, famed for journalism, is also a top piano player. As a boy he fought hard to convince his father that journalism suited him better than music, a life calling he pursued with world wide reputation and musical talent.
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Marse
Henry Watterson
United States
Progeny at county fair prompts father's rebuke
A party strolls at a county fair as the fourth child trails behind. The youngest asks the father to buy a toy. the father replies to buy it themselves and questions where the dime given earlier went.
Belgium bears brunt in conflict of nations
A Louisvile Courier-Journal summary recalls Aix-la-Chapelle and Charlemagne’s tomb near Belgium, the Meuse river and Sedan where German forces defeated the French, and Napoleon III’s surrender to Prussia as pivotal moments in a long European conflict narrative.
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Belgium
Louisvile Courier-Journal
Aix-La-Chapetle
Hedan
Carolus Magnue
Europe
Beleion
Department of
Ardennes
Meuse
Liege
Sedan
Napoleon III
Prussia
Belgium Between Two Wars Described Amid Global Conflict
The piece portrays Belgium as a small, thrifty nation caught between Germany and France, highlighting its industrious Flemish regions and flax production while noting its precarious position in a broader European war. It reflects on Belgian endurance, its religious tolerance, and the bet between two great powers shaping its fate.
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Pire
Belgium
Kentucky
Germany
France
Flanders
Brabant
Tournay
Verviers
Liege
Lonion
Ardennes
Brobdinagtan
Great Britain
Waterloo
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East
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Dniester
Galicia
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Harry L. DIX, Inc
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Candler Bldg
Auburn Ave
Pryor Street
Peachtree
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J. W. Darsey
Macon, Ga
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