Girl and Lover Die in Self Planned Pact in NY
In North Tonawanda New York on September 21 Mary Emery fourteen and William Galizea twenty nine of Detroit killed themselves following a mutual pact to die together. Letters reveal their vow to live and die in heaven side by side. Galizea used a pistol to end both their lives while Mary Emery’s father Joseph Emery a cabinetmaker, later learned her suitor was not yet the right age for marriage.
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North Tonawanda
Mary Emery
William Galizea
Detroit
Galizea
Joseph Emery
England
A. Wadsworth
Washington Street
America
Wadsworth
Shoreham-by-Sea
London
Newhaven
Deal
Lover
France
Ostend
Hertin
New Grammar School
Brighton
Dora
May
Wilfred
English Channel
Kitehaners
Shoreham
Slater
4Lice Palmer
Wash day humor and fall apparel sale at Globe Clothing
A playful tale opens with a missing husband query to a housemaid, then catalogs fall fashion and sleepwear prices. Washable shirts, silk fronts, night garments, bath robes, and hats are offered with modest prices. Stetson hats and parcel post service featured by Globe Clothing Company at 89 Whitehall St.
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THE
Globe Clothing Company
Whitehall St
Russians Raid and Austrian Defenses Collapsing
Petrograd dispatch reports Russians in Galicia captured 15009 Austrians including 150 officers along with cannons guns and war materiel. Austrian air force losses noted as planes over Russia were destroyed and corpses yielded battlefield notes aiding Russian positions. Vienna papers show alarm over looming bankruptcy and hospital expansions as dysentery rises, while Dankl admits offensive withdrawal. Refugees multiply and industries seek aid amid dire economic strains. General I Golejewski cites Russian military updates in New York briefings.
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Paus
Wessage
Petrograd
Havas
Galicia
Austria
Vienna
Vila Paris
Servia
Dankl
New York
I Golejewski
Austrian rear guard driven back in Baranow area fighting
A Petrograd message says Austrian rear guard delaying advance near Baranow and Rzcezow was driven back with heavy losses as troops bombard Jarozlay. Przemysl fortress artillery opened fire. garrison fighting underway and batteries abandoned by Austrians found in woods. Officer shot for disloyalty. Lt Marshal Wodianski courtmartialed and executed for alleged Russian understanding. Lemberg station master shot for providing enemy info. General Froraich removed after near annihilation and died by own action.
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Vienna
Wodianski
Lemberg
Froraich
Japanese Bombs Hit German Forts at Tsing Tau
Telegrams from Petrograd report Japanese planes dropped bombs destroying two key German forts at Tsing Tau. Transports with a British detachment, to join the assault, left Tien Tsin on Saturday. The South Wales Borderers form part of the force. German torpedo boat sinks rival vessel near Kiao Chow.
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Paria
Petrograd
Havas
Vladivostok
Tsing Tau
Tien Tsin
South Wales
Pekin
Tsimo
Kiao Chow
Germans Exhibit American Soft-Nosed Bullets At Rhine Red Cross
The Red Cross head in Rhineland reports American dum dum bullets found with English soldiers taken at Maubeuge. He describes unjacketed tips, copper cores, and 4a caliber design similar to large gun cartridges. He notes French bullets cause cleaner wounds, while English bullets spread. He recounts German wounded treated and a 19 year old German prisoner, Wolfgang Kocher, angle of capture, and a Belgian nurse safety warning about poison. He also narrates a Belgian telephone girl killed while guiding fort artillery, and Belgian firing at Battiste after kindness shown earlier.
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Aschen
Aix-la-Chapelle
Associated Press
Red Cross
Rhineland
Dumdum
Maubeuge
Wolfgang Kocher
Magdeburg
Seventy-fourth Infantry Regiment
Hanover
Gibbons Beats McKinnon in Ten Round No-Decision Fight
In Covington Ay opposite this city Gibbons and McKinnon of Pittsburg fought ten rounds with no decision. Gibbons appeared superior in six rounds and avoided engaging fully, outboxing McKinnon at times while avoiding trouble throughout the bout.
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Ceple Myecr
Saan Cad- Bong
St Paul
Sill McKinnon
Pittsburg
Covington Ay
Gibbons
McKinnon
German Atrocities Described In Letter From England
A letter received by Mrs A Wadsworth from England recounts German atrocities with vivid detail. The writer, Alice Palmer, describes wounded English and Belgian victims, severed hands, nurses harmed, and refugees in fear. She notes British civilians stockpiling supplies and prepares for harsh times ahead while urging calm.
Emden Sinks Six British Steamers in Bay of Bengal
Telegraphed from Calcutta and Rangoon reports detail the Emden's captures and sinkings of British ships in the Bay of Bengal from September 10 to 14. Survivors praise German treatment while crews are transferred to prize vessels under perilous conditions amid rough seas. The Clan Matheson, sunk off False Point, is later reported landed at Rangoon with its captain and crew.
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Calcutta
Emden
Bay of Bengal
George Read
Indus
Zmnden
Fagodas
Paris
Sand Heada
Hugh River
Trew
Hangoon
London
Evening News
Rangoon
Yard Conductor Dies Under Box Car in Local Yards
Wingard 23 year old yard conductor for West Point railroad is killed after falling between moving box cars of a French train in the local yards. He dies en route to Atlanta hospital. body at Barclay Brandon’s. Survived by wife, two children, parents Mr and Mrs James T Wingard of Aiken SC, sister Miss Eula Wingard, brothers LB Wingard, E N Wingard of Atlanta, Charlie Wingard Waynesboro and W A Wingard of Aiken. Residence was 5 Krog Street. Funeral plans pending arrival of parents.
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Wingard
West Point
Atlanta
Barclay & Brandon
James T .Wingard
Aiken
Eula Wingard
E N Wingard
Charlie Wingard
Waynesboro
W A Wingard
Atlanta Order of the Brotherhood of Trainmean
Krog Street
Austrian Reverses Caused by Treason in War Office
Vienna reports growing belief that Austrian reverses in Galicia were aided by advance Russian war office knowledge via espionage. Colonel Alfred Redl, jailed as a traitor, allegedly altered plans. though changes occurred, experts say core campaign remained intact. Refugees flood Vienna while grain prices rise as Hungary blocks grain imports.
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Vienna
Galicia
Russian War Office
Austria
Alfred Redl
Russia
Redl
Wrother
Agrarian Party
Hungary
United States
Italy
Family Narrow Escape as Lindsay Street Fire Destroys Homes
A morning blaze of unknown origin destroyed Nos 61 and 63 Lindsay Street. The Jenkins family escaped from flames and collapsing roof, with Mrs Jenkins waking others before they fled in night clothes. John Jenkins and his son joined the exit while the adjoining house also burned. all occupants unharmed. An advertisement promotes the Watermans Ideal fountain pen.
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Lindsay Street
John Jenkins
Jenkins
John
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