Germans Buried in Dugouts as British Storm Loos Line
British forces in the Lens Loos area press the German line amid a mine-scarred landscape of ruined towns and deep dugouts. Reports describe German trenches, cemented dugouts with electric lights, and casualties as British infantry overrun positions, with civilians and rear-area scenes showing units, ambulances, and exhausted troops in autumn rain.
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Kaiser
Lens
France
London
Grouma
Looland
Loos
Gertons
British forces retake German prisoners on eastern front
British units report capturing about three thousand German prisoners from trench lines on the eastern front. The Germans were well clothed and in good order, but surprised by the British advance. Captured trenches were to be kept under shell fire while the prisoners were processed and moved to safety.
Missing Boys On Train Voyage Baffles Atlanta Police
Mrs Maysie Couch frantically seeks news of her sons Robert and Fever Couch who were placed on a Jacksonville Florida bound Seaboard Air Line train toward Atlanta. Officials and friends scour late hours but cannot locate the youths. Railway staff traced them briefly after departure, but the Pullman conductor later lost sight of the boys.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Robert
Fever Couch
Maysie Couch
Fair Store
Whitehall Street
Jacksonville
Mia
Atlanta
Coach
Scabbard Road
G Severel
Atlanta to Enforce Concrete Foundation Ordinance
In Atlanta a concrete foundation rule for streetcar tracks is deemed enforceable for all later paving. Judge Ellis blocked assessment against the street railway in a related case, noting the amendment could not retroactively fix the prior ordinance.
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Karl W. Brittain
Grant Street
Ite
W. D. Eilis
Glenwood
Georgia Avenues
Street Railway Company
Ellis Inpa
Atlanta
Lambdin to Convene U S Court in Macon
Judge W W Lambdin will convene the U S district court in Macon with grand jury impaneling and civil cases on the docket. Traverse jurors report October 18. Indictments linked to the American National bank case set for October 25 1915. Public work delayed due to large docket.
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Macon
Gal
W. W. Lambdin
United States District Court
Traverse
American National Bank
Mathew M. Lowrey
Emmett C. Hawkins
Prison Escape Curbed in Rome by Police Chief
Rome Ga October 4 Special Rome police chief reports that Paul Rose and Jack Waycaster, white men, were involved in an attempted prison escape as details of the incident are released.
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Rome
Paul Rose
Jack Waycaster
Georgia urged to fund Shiloh park monuments
Governor Harris cites Confederate and Union memory at Shiloh, urging Georgia to fund a monument program. He details northern states spending nearly a quarter million dollars on 112 monuments, while southern efforts lag. He argues a Georgia monument would honor soldiers and seal the enduring union of the sections.
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Harris“bag
Shiloh
North
South
Confederacy
Theutsten
Alabama
Arkanses
Bate
Hanor
Peden
Hewer
Grant 1
Appomattox
Sherman
Bea
Georgis
Feeaulet
Georgia
Peachtree to Host Giant Cattle Drive Parade
Peachtree Street will become a vast cattle drive spectacle during Agricultural Day on November 18 the Harvest Festival. The Atlanta Ad Men will organize a parade featuring half a million dollars in cattle and floats from Jackson Brooks Clarke Jasper Heban Baldwin Whitfield Floyd Mun? gozes Glynn Decatur Chatham Houston with prizes up to 1000 dollars. Corn club boys and canning girls will participate and Governor Harris may issue a state holiday proclamation.
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Atlanta Ad
Ad. Club
Jackson
Brooks
Clarke
Jasper
Heban
Beldwin
Whitfield
Floyd
Mun?gozes
Glynn
Decatur
Chatham
Houster
Corn Club
William Bradford
Georgia
Ad Club
Winder
urse_ Barrow county
Harris
Arrow Rock Dam: World’s tallest structure and Boise irrigation feat
The Arrow Rock dam near Boise Idaho rises 348.6 feet at its crest and is hailed as the highest dam in the world. Built to store flood waters for irrigation of 234,000 acres the project required blasting through 91.5 feet of rock and 600,900 yards of concrete at a cost of 5.5 million dollars begun five years ago. The Boise river channel behind the dam forms an eighteen mile reservoir with 80 billion gallons of storage aiding crops across the Boise irrigation area. Government investment totals 12 million to be repaid over twenty years. This year water storage saved crops on 100,900 acres.
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Boise
Idaho
Getober Specis
United States
Arrow
Great
Arrow Rock
Mountains
Hoive
Columbus Dope Fiends Do Prompt Federal Probe
Special inspectors from the government will arrive in Columbus Georgia to locate places selling narcotics in violation of the law. Officials say there are many drug users and evidence suggests unlawful sales, with past convictions scarce. Investigators plan to stay to uncover locations and stop the narcotic trade.
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Columbus
Palmer
Willacoochie Man Shot On Railway near Cherry
Willacoochie Georg ia October 4. The dead body of J Rowe a well known white citizen was found early Sunday morning in a ditch beside the Georgia and Florida railway near Cherry station A pistol shot wound was found just below the heart He was seen on the Willacoghes street Saturday afternoon and had gone to L Lindsay’s home for supper He started back toward his son s home after supper One negro has been arrested and a warrant sworn out for another both seem implicated in the shooting Howe leaves a widow and eight children
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Willacouchee
Spa
J. Rowe
Georgia and
Florida
Cberry
Cherry
Georgia and Florida
New York Cops to Salute Old Glory on Public Occasions
New York police will salute the national colors on all public occasions when the National Anthem is played. Uniformed officers will stand at attention, nonuniformed personnel uncover, and all will salute at the conclusion of the music.
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New York
Wilson urged to close Panama Canal in private message
Panama Canal engineer Colonel Harding urges President Wilson to issue an executive order closing the canal by November 1. He cites channel clearance difficulty, proposes refunding tolls and trans shipping vessels to their destinations. Dredging progress remains heavy, with 1,000,000 cubic yards moved in September as dockside work continues. The steamship Finland is redirected to New Orleans for rail transfer to San Francisco.
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Panama
Chester Harding
Panama Canal
Garrison
Washington
Wilson
Harding
Finland
Colon
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Belcher Quits City Executive Committee Amid Resignation
James E. Belcher, park commissioner from the third ward and secretary of the city executive committee, resigns to avoid being fired and to address alleged mismanagement of the primary funds. The subcommittee planned to audit accounts, with several candidates filing notices for reruns. among them are John D. Sisson and Willem Beane for the third ward and Carl Colvin for the tenth ward.
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James E. Belcher
Eyi Belcher
Charles A.allen
Belcher
Gari Colvin
John DB. Sisson
Willem i Beane
Woodall
T. Camp
Carl Colvin
A.T. Peacock
Mare
Von Papen Dines With Dumba In New York Event
Captain Frans von Papen military attache of the German embassy attended a New York dinner for Dr Constantin Theodor Dumba the recalled Austro Hungarian ambassador who will sail tomorrow Also present were Count von Bernatorf Captain Boy Ed and Prince Alfred Zu Hohenlohe Schillings furst all tied to German and Austrian diplomatic posts.
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New York
Frans von Papen
Pacific
Mexico
Constantin Theodor Dumba
Dumba
Count von Bernatorf
Boy-Ed
Prince Alfred Zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst
Carranza Claims Presented to Secretary Lansing
General Carranza presented the claims of the Mexican government to Secretary Lansing in Washington as the United States considers recognition. Informal talks will continue with revolutionary factions ahead of a Pan American conference, with no verdict rendered until after the gathering. American troops in Brownsville reinforce patrols against suspected bandits along the Rio Grande amid investigations into the death of U S cavalryman Patrick Sullivan near Fort Brown.
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Lansing
Enseo -Artedondo
Washington
Carranza
Mexico
United States
PantAmerica
Arredondo
Carranza Delating
Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
Capote
Charles Demar
Patrick J. Sullivan
Fort Brown
Sullivan
Officers Hunt Fleeing Negro Slayer Nero in Georgia
Albany dispatch says officers from Dougherty Calhoun and Lee counties pursue a negro named Nero who killed William Price near Williamsburg Calhoun county and wounded two others after opening fire in a church area late Saturday. The suspect, described as crazed, fled as authorities intensified the manhunt across three counties.
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Albany
Nero
Willam Price
Shire
Williamsburg
Calhoun County
Prices
Flea
Turner County Town Votes Bonds For School Building
Rebecca Ga October 4 by a large majority the town approved the issuance of 38000 school building bonds. Proceeds from sale to fund a new school building in keeping with the progressive spirit of the thriving little city.
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Rebecca
Medal Presented to Wilson by American School League
WashingtonOctober 4The American School League awarded a medal to Wilson in recognition of his preeminent services in the calls of peace The medal was presented by Mrs Fannie Fern Andrews of Washington The event marks a notable honor for Wilson and reflects the league's esteem for his peace efforts.
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Wilson
Washington
American School League
Fannie Fern ~Andrews
Blount Carriage and Buggy Co. Praised for Car Beating Factory Finish
Local resident L. H. Huntley commends Blount Carriage and Buggy Company for repainting his passenger automobile. He says the finished look surpasses the original factory appearance, making the car look as good or better than when first received.
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Blount Carriage and Buggy Company
Huntley
Sea
Attractions Secured for Troup County Fair
LaGrange Georgia October 4 Special Judge W L Cleveland president of the Troup County Fair Association has returned from Tennessee with 36 points worth of attractions for the fair to be held October 19 for five days Contracts closed with southern carnival companies and other attractions promise a bigger and better amusement program J C Roper of West Point will supervise races featuring fine horses from several states and Indiana The fair will feature a masked street dancer and an automobile parade with about 200 cars entered A professional decorator has been hired to assist participants in decorating their cars
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LaGrange
W. Li’ Clevelan
Troup. County, Fair Association
Tennessee
South
Fea
J. C. Roper
West Point
Indiana
Dodgson’s Liver Tone Promises Safe Calomel Alternative
A testimonial style warning against calomel as a liver cleanse urges readers to try Dodson’s Liver Tone. The ad claims the product is harmless, non salivating, and suitable for children, promising quick relief from biliousness, sluggishness, and stomach upset with a single dose tonight and a refreshed morning. The copy uses fear of sickness and lost work to push the vegetable tonic as a gentle remedy.
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Son
Jacobs
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