Goodyear Lands Largest Crude Rubber Shipment Yet
Goodyear obtained a record crude rubber delivery to New York, then shipped by B and O to Akron Ohio. Forty rail cars bore banners proclaiming Finest Grade Crude Rubber for Goodyear Akron. Photos were taken for Goodyear and the railway to mark the event amid war price assurances. Factory output in early week shows rising tire casing production.
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London
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Atlanta Motorcycle Club Plans Fall Road Event Series
Motorcycle riders from the Atlanta Motorcycle Club plot a fall series of road events with a Macon round trip planned for late October. The plan includes squads, captains, and a one-day stop in Macon during the State fair, aiming for a 103 mile leg in about six hours and a return trip under similar conditions.
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Atlanta
Macon
Shark Fight Filmed in Underwater Thriller Debut
An underwater thriller from Popular Mechanics describes a West Indian man with a knife fighting a man-eating shark filmed underwater. The article notes weeks of search for a Bahaman willing to risk the peril and mentions a dead horse bait, a diver killing a shark underwater, and other scenes of submarine exploration with deep sea armor and night lighting using 400 cp lamps and rapid exposures.
Prepare for Long War War Outlook Shifts in 1914 Analysis
Military experts in Washington shifted from a three month war to a two year expectation after German victory. Some foresee a Pyrrhic gain prompting peace on easy terms, while others warn Austria’s attack and global strains could unleash long conflict. President Butler cites food shortages as a factor suggesting a shorter end, though famine across Europe would be dire.
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Springfield Republican
Washington
Fat Girls Say to Marry a Thin One Motto
Pittsburg Post quotes a witty column about marriage and body image with remarks on fat and thin spouses. It reflects era humor and social stereotypes without graphic detail.
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Pittsburg
Buick officials plan cotton action via McCutcheon trip
George D McCutcheon manager of Buick’s southern branch, based in Atlanta, will travel to Flint to discuss the cotton shortage with Buick leaders. He notes a thorough canvass and Buick’s pledge to contribute, as about twenty bales have already been bought locally by the Atlanta branch for emergency relief.
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Buick Motor Company
Atlanta
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Flint
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Peachtree
Harris Streets
Harmer
Export Fact and Fiction: Wheat Surplus and Merchant Marine Fears
The essay discusses distributing surplus wheat to foreign buyers while noting only 14 percent of neutral shipping is free and Britain’s sea dominance risks seizure. It warns against quickly authorizing belligerent vessels under the U S flag, citing prize courts and precedents, and argues reform of employment laws and registrations would be needed for any improvised merchant marine.
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Austria
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Middle States
What the War Means for the Swiss
The article notes Switzerland stays out of WWI yet mobilizes its army and militia to guard frontiers with Germany France and Austria. Tourism declines and major towns live under siege conditions with rationing and restrictions. Even with martial law in Lausanne the country seeks to preserve neutrality amid grave bereavement.
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British fleet lands at Alexandria during 1814事件
One hundred years ago today a portion of the British fleet under Admiral Cockburn ascended the Potomac, anchored in front of Alexandria, Virginia, and pressured the town. The defense was weak, Fort Washington nearby. Captain Samuel T Dyson commander, destroyed arms, abandoned the fort, was court-martialed three months later and dishonorably discharged.
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Germany's Fighting Force in the War Machine Age
A Collier's profile of the German war machine describes the General Staff as the efficient nerve center of an army of about 4.5 million, led by a War Lord and spanning top engineers, officers, and administrators. It highlights a centralized, apolitical leadership and the meticulous, technocratic hierarchy sustaining battlefield prowess.
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Armgaura Karl Graves
Collier's
Stein
German Empire
Chef Des Grossen
von Heéingen
How Kitchener Is Making Great Britain's New Army
Lord Kitchener plans a succession of volunteer armies to fill 1,000,000 British troops for a long war. He mobilizes Indians, dominions, and volunteers, with officers trained from public schools and universities. He uses aggressive recruitment, rapid training, and group postings to form 160,000-man batches and promote capable noncoms. He sleeps at the War Office to oversee the effort.
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Kitchener Praised as War Leader by London Soldier
A London reader exhorts discipline abroad and warns against looting and excess. He notes Kitchener’s visits to units leaving London, often at railway stations, and remarks that soldiers respect him in war while grumbling in peace. He is called "the duke" in some circles. John Scott.
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London
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Americanism Prompted by Registry Law for Major Firms
Pittsburg Gazette Times notes United States Steel, Standard 612, and United Fruit will put fleets under the American flag under the new registry law for foreign hulls. It laments lack of home built, American‑citizen crews and control and cautions that reliance on another flag could undermine safety and the nation’s welfare as dollars are treated as neutral since the war began.
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Standard 612 Company
United Fruit Company
Naturalization Rush Tied to War Duty Evasion
In New York the bureau of naturalization is swamped with applications as foreigners rush to obtain papers. The passage notes that the trend aims to evade military duty abroad, revealing a deepening Americanism considered valuable yet previously underappreciated.
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Filana
New York
Bureau of Naturalization
The European Military Caste
Excerpt argues that a vast officer corps forms a hereditary military caste tied to autocratic and feudal remnants. It claims the trained soldier profession is not dishonorable, but warns civil society is dominated by a military guild ethos. If Germany and France settled disputes, both nations might shed militarism sooner.
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France
Yukon plans municipal electric lighting plant at 185000
A recent government report notes farm laborers increased more than city workers over twenty years. Dawson Yukon plans to establish a municipal electric lighting and telephone plant at an estimated cost of 185000 dollars.
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