Battle Line Sways Before Fierce Attack of Germans
London dispatch reports a German general offensive from the Yser mouth to the Meuse, with heavy fighting in the west. Both sides claim gains, no decisive battle yet, as British, French, and German forces clash along a shifting front amid naval actions and heavy artillery.
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London
Yser
North Sea
Meuse
Duxmuds
LaBaseé Canal
Paris
Samsonoff
Tannenberg
East Prussia
Vistula
Warsaw
Pilica
Atune
France
Ivangoroad
San
Jaroslia
Augustowo
Suwalk
Qesowetz
Grodno
Suwalki
Karlsruhe
Atlantic
Las Palmas
Atlantic Ocean
Chambers of Commerce
Emden
Indian
Parla
Reuter
Russians Break German Front on Vistula Front
Petrograd dispatches report a Russian offensive across a large Vistula front forcing German retreat. Cavalry press, prisoners taken, and German outposts abandoned stores as Austrians fight near Przemysl. Food losses mount with Warsaw retreat. Grand M querry of the King of Saxony captured. Russians seize Radymov heights and twenty-two officers.
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Przemysl
East Prussia
Petrograd
Poland
Saxony
Radymov
San River
Przemsyl
British Troops Sent to Left Wing on Franco Belgian Front
London reports additional British troops have been dispatched to the Franco Belgian border. An eye witness account says the Aisne sector remains under pressure on the right wing while the left wing has advanced despite heavy opposition. Descriptions depict ruined homesteads and trenches, with rifle pits and gun emplacements still defending positions as progress is traced through the terrain.
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London
Alliea
Official Information Bureau
Aisne
Lighters Built for German Invasion Aims
Copenhagen reports two Kiel yards Germania and Howard building thirty armored lighters each carrying 500 men at speed to Scheldt for possible coast invasion. Three lighters are said completed and en route. Also noted are plans for an airship shed in Schleswig for two Zeppelins and Rackums shipyards in Malmo building two submarines with unapproved Swedish funding suspected as German ordered.
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Copenhagen
London
Kiel
Scheldt
England
Schleswig
Rackum
Malmo
Sweden
Germa
Fragmented Baltimore Sun item on suffragette attack joke
Passage cites a Baltimore Sun fragment with a jest about an English statesman confronted by a suffragette using a horse whip. It mentions a Colonial Buffet opening and Union shop at Gresham and Sebastian, 4 North Broad, with sarcastic dialogue about halting the attacker and escaping while makeup is applied.
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The
Baltimore Sun
Colonial Buffet
Union Shop
Come
Gresham & Sebastian
North Broad
Ground Lost and Won By Allies Says Paris
Paris reports the war office action on the left wing noting heavy fighting around Arras La Bassée and Arras ar Mét, with both losses and gains in different sectors. Artillery destroyed three German batteries north of the Aisne. Russia reports German holds on the Vistula while Austrians fail to cross and Russians counterattack. English firms advertise exemptions for unmarried men of military age with enlistment bonuses offered to offset small pay.
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Paris
Arras
la Bassee
Armentheres
Armenteres
Aisne
War Office
Arrag
Somme
Rosseres
Santerre
Verdun
Pont-A
North Sea
Osse
Russia
Pllica
Vistula
Ivangorod
Kozilelice
Atlanta Saturday Night Enjoined From Publishing Story
The Atlanta Saturday Night was halted from publishing a story about William D. Parkhurst, former advertising manager. Hearing set for November 2, suit led by J C Simmons of Simmons & Simmons. order signed by Judge Bell. Parkhurst claimed the story concerned him and he objected to its publication. He also said publishers advised his advertising role was terminated.
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Atlanta
William DP. Parkhurst
J. ¢. Simmons
Simmons & Simmons
Bell
Glove listings with varied colors and prices
The ad details several glove options in shades of yellow natural and white with self or black stitching. Kayser's 16 button chamoisette and The Montfort two clasp styles range from $1.00 to $1.25, while Phylics Fownes kid gloves offer white options at $1.50 and La Tosca prints in multiple colors with embroidered detail.
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Kayser
Montfort
P.K
Fownes
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Califor
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Nieuport
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Germany
Channel
Perce von
la’ Bassee
Belgium
Beacon
ML Hoyt Shoe CO
Maters
Beacon Shoe Store
Peachtree Street
Almont
Post
Barriend
Kezienica
How
Eperor William
Ban
Jaroslav
Parkhurst
Hen Aman
Velvet
I. Ve
Kentucky
New York
Kayseris
Sorosts Service
Cape Cod
Cape Good Hope
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