Germany says England must be crushed to win war
Berlin reports a proclamation by an extreme German peace group declaring England the special and dangerous enemy. It asserts Entente plots and demands German domination, with Russia and Belgium set to fall within a German sphere and warns that force must secure peace despite consequences.
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Berlin
Germany
Independent Committee For
England
Baltic
Volhynia
Frace
Belgium
Peter Spahn
Catholic Center Party
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Typhus Epidemic Reported From Mexico
El Paso arrivals brought news of a typhus fever outbreak in the Mexican state of Aguas Calientes where over 100 deaths were reported in the capital city. Other reports cited deaths from flour-tainted bread in Guanajuato and ongoing famine in central states.
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el Paso
Texas
Aguas Calientes
Guanajuato
Central States
Epidemic Under Control In New York
Health department officials say infantile paralysis appears to be under control as daily gains continue. They warn total cases may exceed 10,000 before eradication, with 2,500 children left crippled, and over 3,000 hovering between health and permanent disability. Death toll could reach 2,200 to 2,600. current figures show 7,624 cases and 1,784 deaths.
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New York
Health Department
American Mall Confiscated in Kiel Bay Action
Overseas News reports the United States steamer was seized by British authorities at Kirkwall after docking in Copenhagen on August 1. The incident involved the loss of the entire cargo described as an American mall.
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Berlin
United States
Kirkwall
Heckey
Copenhagen
New York
Notable Guard Officer Killed at State Camp Tort
A captain of Company F of the Wilth regiment National Guard of Georgia was killed at the state publication camp near here. Mrs H Adium of Atlanta is involved in the incident.
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Acon
Aptain
Edgar J. Spraing
Wilth Regiment
National Guard of Georgia
Ehol
Mre. H
Adium
Atlanta
Icee wagon drivers vote to end strike and return to work
Memphis workers who struck to gain union recognition and a shorter day voted to abandon the strike and resume duties in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
Proposals Expand National Banks to Foreign Branches
Amendments to the federal reserve law would let national banks establish foreign branches and accept foreign drafts under board rules. Larger banks could act as U S fiscal agents, invest parts of capital, and expand discounting of foreign papers. Smaller banks in towns under 5 000 population would become agents for insurance companies.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Law
Senate
House
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Plans to Buy Election Sparks Senate Clash
Senator Owen accused Republicans of blocking action on the corrupt practices bill to affect the November election. He vowed to press the measure despite adjournment plans. He said the current campaign law is a fraud and charged the lumber trust sent 40000 to Oklahoma to defeat his renomination amid a bitter debate over election buying.
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Washington
Owen
Oklahoma
Lumber Trust
William Lorimer
Senate
Mexican Problems: Commission to Meet on New England Coast
Washington reports two developments in the Mexican dispute. Secretary Lansing and Eliseo Arredondo have tentatively agreed the joint commission to discuss border issues will meet on the New England coast in early September. Pershing says Villa's prestige is gone and he cannot again be a serious factor in Mexican affairs.
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Washington
Lansing
Eliseo Arredondo
Joint Commission
New England
Pershing
Villa
Death in Forest Fire Reported in North Bay
Six children and three adults are believed dead in brush fires near Mackenzie in North Bay Ontario. Heavy losses of farm property and lumber are reported in other areas as fires rage through the countryside.
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North Bay
Ont
Mackenzie
Lane Named Mediator in Mexican Border Troubles
Secretary Franklin K. Lane has been named by President Wilson as one of the mediators handling the Mexican border troubles.
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Lane
Wilson
Reorganization of Bt. Loula and San Francisco Railroad
Articles of incorporation for the reorganized Bt. Loula and San Francisco Railroad Company were filed in the secretary of state office Thursday and a charter was issued immediately.
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Jefferson City
Bt. Loula & San Francisco Railroad Company
Secretary of State
Commission endorses Torrens land registration system
The twenty sixth annual conference of uniform state law commissioners in Chicago voted unanimously to approve the Torrens system of land registration.
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Chicago
Brothers in Idaho murder case confess after arrest
Twin Falls Idaho two Lovelace boys aged 11 and 12 confessed to murdering Professor Hamill after a robbery spree that started at his Carson Nevada home. They fled with his horse and wagon, traveled 120 miles to Lebanon Oregon planned, then hid in sagebrush and camped while family ties and a missing stepfather timeline emerged.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Lynn
Harold Lovelace
Thomas Hamill
Carson
Nev
Buhl
Hamill
Professor Hamill
Harold
Lebanon
Ore
Colorado
Congress May Be Asked To End Rail Strike
President Wilson appealed to Congress for action on an eight hour day to avert a nationwide railway strike. Rail executives Hale Holden Daniel Willard and Lovett met Wilson at the White House to seek guaranteed freight-rate increases and legal protection, amid hopes Congress can compel a settlement and avoid disruption.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Hale Holden
Daniel Willard
Judge Lovett
White House
Illinois Manufacturers Call Convention in Chicago
The Illinois Manufacturers association has summoned a conference of similar groups from many states to meet in Chicago on August 29 to uphold arbitration and secure united action among industries regarding the railroad and railway workers dispute.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Rowe to Act as Secretary for Pan American Talks
Leo W Howe of the University of Pennsylvania and former secretary of the Pan American financial congress will be secretary of the American group of the joint commission. The commission will seek a solution of Mexican differences.
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Washington
Leo 8. Howe
The
University of Pennsylvania
Pan-American Financial Congress
Joint Commission
Eight Die in Plant Boiler Explosion at Jackson
Three boilers exploded at the Harlan Morris Stave Manufacturing plant in Jackson killing eight workers and injuring sixteen as the building was wrecked. Firemen battled the blaze and investigators began work on the scene.
J P Morgan’s War Money Surges Beyond Father’s Estate
J P Morgan profited massively from war munition purchases and loans for the allies. His share of the late J Pierpont Morgan’s estate stood at 53 684 918 dollars, and in the past two years he more than doubled this fortune.
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J. P. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
King Constantine Guarded in Athens as Greece Prepares Vote
Royalist forces around King Constantine increase guards in Athens amid heightened security ahead of the upcoming election. The king visits the capital only on rare occasions as precautions mount.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Bandit Chief's Prestige Gone
Washington Brigadier General Pershing reports a general view that Villa has lost prestige and can no longer be a serious factor in Mexican affairs.
Hughes in Nevada Claiming U S Prestige Halved
Charlies Byvans Hughes told an address in Reno Nevada on Wednesday that the United States prestige has been cut practically in half due to its dealings with Mexico.
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Reno
Nevada
Charlies Byvans Hughes
United States
Mexico
Frontline gains and Balkan tensions prompt war brief
British and French forces advance on the Somme with French troops moving over 200 yards and British pushing 300 yards south of Thiepval. French aim to extend 30 miles south, with heavy bombardment reported. In Armenia, Mush reoccupied and 2,300 prisoners taken at Racha as Greek volunteers move toward Seres amid uncertain clashes with Bulgaria. Italian north Austro-Italian advances claim seven captured positions as Isonzo artillery activity rises.
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London
Somme
Paris
Manrepas
Thiepval
Estrees
Lassigny
Armenia
Petrograd
Mush
Rachta
Saloniki
Roumania
Greece
Athens
Seres
Isonzo
Hughes Talks to Utahns in Campaign Swing
Charles Evans Hughes Republican presidential nominee visited Utah on August 24. He entered from Nevada at 8 pm, met by Utah Republicans at Lakeside, spoke in Ogden at 2 pm, addressed the tabernacle in Salt Lake at 6 pm, then departed for the east at midnight.
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Salt Lake
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Utah
Nevada
Lakeside
Ogden
Tabernacle
Kaiser Commends Deutschland Sub Crew Return
Emperor William sent a telegram to the Deutschland owners and builders praising the safe return of the submarine and its crew under Koenig. He intends to award decorations to personnel.
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Berlin
William
Hner Deutschland
Koenig
Commission to Meet September 4 in New York City
James Linn Rodgers announced to the foreign office that a preliminary conference between the United States and Mexico is set for Monday September 4 at the Biltmore in New York City to settle international difficulties.
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Mexico City
James Linn Rodgers
Carranza
Foreign Office
United States
Mexico
Biltmore
New York City
Absconding Official Captured in Reno
Alva McFarland former clerk in Livingston Illinois post office was arrested in Reno on embezzlement charges. He admitted his identity and will be taken back to Illinois city for trial.
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Reno
Nev
Alva McFarland
Livingston, Il
Livingston
McFarland
Ilinola City
British Steamer Whitgift Sunk by Torpedo in April
Lloyds reports the British steamer Whitgift, long listed as missing, was torpedoed and sunk on April 20. Only survivor is a Japanese crewman, the sole known survivor among the wreck.
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London
Whitgift
Lloyd's
Famous Pacer Hal Chafin Dies at Stermann Farm
Hal Chafin, holder of the world pacing record for three half mile heats, died of old age at the Stermann farm in Milwaukee on Thursday. His 1910 state fair track record of 1:02, 1:02, 1:03% was achieved in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Hal Chafin
Stermann Farm
King Ludwig III of Bavaria Stricken in Grave Condition
A Rome dispatch to Petit Parisien reports King Ludwig III of Bavaria has apoplexy and is gravely ill, with Swiss sources noting the monarch’s critical state.
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Ludwig
Paris
Ludwig III of
Bavaria
Switzerland
Rome
Petit Parisien
Paul the Hero and His Sufferings for Christ
A lesson explores Paul the apostle's heroism through his numerous sufferings. It weighs moral versus physical courage and asks whether war or adversity shapes true bravery, highlighting Paul’s trials, beatings, shipwrecks, hunger, and perils in service to the gospel.
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Paul
Rome
Asia Minor
Torti Bea
Desus
Jesus
Antioch
Teachera
Naebor
Christ
Gloryius
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Fricourt
King
Hughes
Salt Lake and
Kaiser
Deutschland
Pacer
International Sunday School
Ned Opiebeett
Nda
T Y Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Paul, the
Hero
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