Estimated 60 000 French troops advance in three columns
Ostend dispatch reports about 60 000 men moving into France in three columns. Poincare signs decree for medical rechecks for those previously exempt due to health. Noordam captured by a British cruiser. Belgian French English reservists and cargo on board bound for Germany.
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France
Ostend
Reuter Telegram Company
Bordeaux
Poincare
London
Noordam
Rotterdam
New York
Germany
Atlantic
Queenstown
German Forces Begin Retreating From Ourcq and Marne
An official message reports German retreat gaining momentum as French troops tighten positions on the left bank of the Ourcq river with two standards captured. The British army crosses the Marne and the enemy falls back about forty kilometres, while the center and right wings show no major changes.
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Bordeaux
London
Ourcq
Marne
Forces of Austria Driven From Russia
The Russian embassy reports the Austrian army retreated in disorder after attacks on September 6 and 7 at Tomaszow and surrounding areas. Russian cavalry struck baggage trains at Frampol while pursuing the enemy, with movement in the Lublin direction noted.
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Austria
Russia
Tomaszow
Zamostie
Gubeshoss
Rawa Russka
Frampol
Lublin
Parrott to Build Cotton Warehouse on Atlanta Belt Line
George W Parrott plans a large one story cotton warehouse on the belt line just north of Ponce de Leon avenue in Atlanta. The lot fronts 200 feet with 125 feet depth and will store 41000 or more bales using federally approved design. The site adjoins M L Throws warehouses under study for the emergency currency plan by the Atlanta Real Estate Board. A Warehouse Committee led by Harris G White will investigate Thrower’s storage proposal and report at next Tuesday’s Hotel Winecoff meeting to discuss currency-backed warehouse receipts.
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Atlanta
George W Parrott
Southern Railway
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Parrott
M L
Atlanta Real Estate Board
Harris G White
Mi Throwers
Tianta
Real Estate Board
Wille
Winecof
Mr. Thrower
W Grant Charles P Glover
Andrew Calhoun
Carlos Kynes
Ten Thousand Dead Germans in One Eastern Prussia Trench
London reports from Petrograd describe vast casualties in the first six weeks of the war. Not less than ten thousand German soldiers lie dead in trenches after a September 1 engagement near Seldau as two Russian corps attacked. combined German and Russian losses total 60 000 to 70 000, most of them German.
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London
Times
Petrograd
Prussia
Seldau
Austrian Army Retreats Driven From Russian Territory
Forces retreat under bombardment from Vistula front as Austrian units fall back to the south. Russian sources say heavy fighting from Rawa Russka to the Dniester with reinforcements for Lwow. a Tyrolese corps loses a color and 500 prisoners. A German aeroplane is captured near Zamostie. East Prussia sees only skirmishing.
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Jusesow
Annopo
Mur
Vistula
Rawa Russka
Galicia
Lemberg
Dniester
Lwow
Zamostie
East Prussia
Open Revolt in Bosnia Reported as Rumanians Rally
A Bucharest telegram says Russian victories in Galicia provoked strong pro Russia sentiment among Rumanians. Reports claim Bosnia is in open revolt while Trieste fears sea attack. Austria faces bankruptcy, famine risk, rising prices, and widespread unrest involving Serbs, foreigners, and journalists.
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London
Bucharest
Rumania
Galicia
Russia
France
Bosnia
Trieste
Austria
Vienna
Russians report Austrian Army falls back on front
The Russian embassy says on September 3 Austrian forces retreated in the center near Rava Russka while heavy clashes continue. German forces evacuated Upper Alsace. Gorodok west of Lwow is under attack and Vistula crossings show favorable movement for the Russians.
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Washington
Rava Russka
Gorodok
Lwow
Vistula River
Lemberg
Japs Advance on Tsing-Tau Pekin
German telegrams report 20000 Japanese landings at Lung Kow on Shan-Tung coast and advancing toward Chao Yuan. Japanese censorship blocks Pekin contact. telegraph with Tsing-Tau cut for four weeks. Chinese labor usage denied. Tsung Tau residents flee bombardment fears and later return. spies reported near Tsing-Tau. China withdraws soldiers from Japanese area. Tokyo Diet approves war plan totaling 53 million yen. Paris dispatch notes Montenegrin actions near Sarajevo and ongoing North Albania tension.
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Pekin
Lung Kow
Shan-Tung Peninsula
Chao Yuan
Kiao-Chow
Tsing-Tau
Tsung Tau
Japan
Two German Ships Sank Parla in Atlantic Action
A Havas dispatch reports two German merchant ships sunk in the Atlantic by French cruisers Conde and Descartes with help from the British Bristol. Beijing notes Russian capitalists may build a Sakhalin Amur railroad to Harbin with a Teitsihar branch.
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Parla
Havas
Atlantic
Conde
Descartes
Bristol
Pekin
Petrograd
London
Sakhalin
Amur
Blagovieshtshevsk
Harbin
Teitsihar
Germans push into Russian Poland across the Vistula
Major Moraht of The Tageblatt notes Silesian Landwehr capturing 1,000 Russians and reports German troops occupying Radom Lodz and Petnkau. He says German forces march in a broad front into Russian Poland and threaten Ivangorod, potentially reaching the Vistula with Warsaw nearby, in coordination with Austria near Lublin.
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Poland
Berlin
Copenhagen
London
Moraht
Tageblatt
Silesian Landwehr
Vienna
Radom
Russian Poland
Lodz
Petmkau
Silesian
Posen
Kielce
Galicia
Ivangorod
Petnkau
Vistula
Warsaw
Vistula River
Lublin
Passengers Removed From Neutral Ship Ganthied
The Swedish steamer Ganthied, arriving at Gefle from Rame, was held up in the Finnish belt by a German torpedo boat. Twenty two English passengers were arrested during the incident and the balance of the crew and passengers were released.
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Copenhagen
London
Ganthied
Gefle
Gulf of Bothnia
Rame
A Quizina That Won’t Make You Hervous
Perrlina is a trademark for tasteless syrup of quinine. An improved quinine that is pleasant to take and does not cause nausea or nervousness. Children can take it and adults who cannot take ordinary quinine. Ask for a 2 ounce original package. The name Febriline is blown in the battle. 25 cents.
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Tsaxomnia
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Campania
Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd
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Central News
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Switzerland
Rome
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Alsace
J. M. High CO
Tokio
Paris
Vucollah
Sarajevo
Albania
Shanghai
China
Hong K Kong
Cornwall and Gloucestershire
Marseilles
Hong Kong
Nile
Delta
High
Moin
Hams Armour
Rumford’s Baking Powder
Dolly Varden
Cross & Blackwell
England
Newspaper
Bchlye
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