Innes Meet Two Nelms Girls At San Antonio Station
A Texas woman reports seeing Victor Innes and his wife with Beatrice and Elois Nelms at a Southern Pacific station in San Antonio on June 14. The account describes tears, a taxi ride, and a planned move to a hotel or house at 120 Wilkins Avenue, with tensions among the sisters and Innes party.
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Marshall Nelms
San Antonio
Texas
Victor Innes
Beatrice
Elois Nelms
Southern Pacific
Innes
Blois
Fnally
Nelms Sisters
Wilkins Avenue
Vaudeville Star Put Under Arrest As A German Spy
vaudeville star Paul Conchas, a Forsyth week feature, returns from Europe after wartime impressions. He was detained in Glasgow on a report of being a German spy tied to a suspicious cable, then released on parole with conditions to stay outside Germany. He previously served as a Kaiser regiment physical instructor before turning to the stage. this is his second Atlanta visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Conchas
Forsyth
Europe
Ameriea
Variety
Glasgow
New York
Atlanta
Conchas
Great Britain
Germany
Rehearsals Start Planned for Atlanta Music Festival Chorus
The Atlanta Music Festival chorus under Dr Edwin Arthur Kraft will begin rehearsals Monday at Cable Hall. The Music Festival association invites capable singers who can read music to join, with membership limited to those passing an examination. Examinations will be offered at Cable Hall on September 8 9 14 15 and 16 at 8 pm. The chorus aims to keep alive love and appreciation of high class music in Atlanta.
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Atlanta Music Festival Chorus
Edwin Arthur Kraft
Cabis Hall
Music Festival Association
Cable Hall
Atlanta
British Casualties and German Movements Reported
Britons reinforced, guarding center. British casualties estimated around 15,000. Open fighting on a wide front led to many officers and men separated, but many will rejoin. British army now south of the Marne, facing French lines. Germans shift toward the Marne, with their armies advancing near Rheims and the Argonne. Reports note brave actions under fire, rear-guard deeds, and parries by mounted and foot troops. Weather hot, marches hard, yet the army gains esteem and calls for more men.
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Marne
Paris
la Ferte-Sous-Jouarre
Effises Boffort
Rheims
Chateau Thierry
Argonne
Fuippes
Ville Jourve
le Chateau
Dienville
Sir John French
Petrograd
Krasnystaw
Vistula
Stryd River
Carpathian Mountains
Bug
Lemberg
Lembers
London
Marcon Company
Verdun
Faris
Lublin
Dank
Auffenberg
Krasnik
Zamora
Austria
Cracow
von Waczynsik
Warsaw
Hartlepool
Germans in Togoland and Cotton Trade Triumphs
The London Chronicle notes Germans in Togoland have pursued cotton trade since annexation thirty years ago. Elaborate experiments, model farms, seed trials, and recruitment of American Negro farmers supported a thriving industry. Germany supplied chemical manure and showcased Togoland fabrics in Düsseldorf and beyond. There is also mention of one automobile factory in Ireland employing 110 people.
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Togoland
London Chronicle
America
Germany
Dusseldorf
Contradictory Official War Reports From Petrograd and London
Two official communications from Petrograd detail Russian offensives and Austrian defeats, including the capture of 1,600 Austrian troops near Krasnystaw and Russian advances toward the Stryd and Vistula regions. London reports German claims of Allied retreat between Paris and Verdun and ongoing eastern theater developments.
Washington Revenue Legislation Dominates Congress
Washington leaders push for $200 million in extra revenue from measures to raise taxes on beer wines soft drinks and tobacco while resisting further distiller tax increases. Ways and Means aims for $75 million from these sources with additional $25 million from various items as debate resumes Tuesday.
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Washington
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Navy and Balkan Powers Hesitate in Mediterranean Crisis
In eastern Mediterranean waters the cruiser North Carolina moves on a relief mission while a Tennessee mission awaits. Britain fears uprisings against its rule in the region as Egypt's Moslem majority and native troops weigh in. Roumania shifts to align with Allies, affecting Ottoman foe dynamics. Turkey and Bulgaria may waver. Greece Syria Montenegro Italy and Roumania oppose the Ottoman empire, altering regional balance.
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Mohammedan
North Carolina
Mediterranean
Europe
Great Britain
Psyot
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Egypt
Roumania
Balkan States
Italy
France
Russia
Bulgaria
Greece
Syria
Montenesto
Ottoman Empire
The Sea Goers Echo Ocean Life and Trade Notes
A fragmentary excerpt describes a sea life romance with vivid ocean imagery and a Viking daughter. It contrasts a yearning for a life on the waves with declared admiration for the sea. It notes the Netherlands’ record oyster exports and a suggestion of Greece importing American saddles for its army.
Bordeaux Shimmer Amid Parisian Gaiety in Crisis
Bordeaux France September 6 News reports Minister of War Alexandre Millerand appointing officers for administration of extra affairs during the capital occupation. Despite chaos the minister promises truthful updates to correspondents. Bordeaux crowds fill hotels and cafes as city doubles in population amid wartime panic and festive mood. The Senate and Chamber converge in Alhambra hall while discussions focus on the ordinary session, patriotic demonstrations, and recruitment revisions for 1915. President Poincare convenes cabinet to discuss diplomacy, military needs, and food supplies.
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Bordeaux
France
Paris
Alexandre Miller
Brees
M. Millirand
Tours
Fai
Senate
Chamber
Indo-China
Poincare
Ships and Subsidies in the Marine Journal stance
A Marine Journal critique argues subsidies are essential for American shipping. It decries a bill granting foreign registry as a sham and insists on subsidies tied to ships, warning that without subsidies the nation loses ships and commerce. Belgium is noted for many rail reads in proportion to its size.
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Gabriel
Marine Journal
United States
The
Buncombe Legis
Belgium
Country
World
Fall of Lemberg Kept From German Public
Reports from Rotterdam and Rome describe censorship of news on Lemberg's fall. Vienna dispatches claim Austrian forces in Galicia collapse while German aid presses in. Official Petrograd notes say Russia delays wireless use and analysts note disrupted front. Britain reports structural security with large cooperative section and cotton goods dominate exports.
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Rotterdam
Lomiden
Lemberg
Galicia
Russian Poland
Austria
Wolff Bureau
Constantinople
Germany
Albert J D Roy, A
Rome
London
Vienna
Petrograd
Tanneberg
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Russ Victory
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