Great Siege Guns and Allied Frontline Actions Across Europe
Reports describe siege guns bombarding towns near Nancy as German forces push into France while battles rage near Namur between German and Allied forces. Russians clash with Germans on the border as Serbs and Montenegrins invade Bosnia and Dalmatia amid the broader Anglo Austrian war and fighting along a 200 mile French Belgian front. Sir John French leads English troops on the continent with heavy losses reported by German defenses.
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Army of the Moselle
Nancy
France
Namur
John French
Bosnia
Dalmatia
England
Austria
Belgium
Germans Close On Brussels As Cavalry Push Advance
The German army is within about twenty miles of Brussels as cavalry moves toward a Belgian town city not heavily guarded. Reports note intensified censorship and delays in cable service from London and Paris. The Post relies on English and French versions while awaiting German details.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
London
Paris
London War Office
Belgium
France
Berlin
Post
London Standard
Germany
War prices on food may trigger AG probe
War prices on food prompt Attorney General Boynton to announce an immediate investigation. A prominent Boston grocer warns that retail sugar could surge to 12 cents per pound today amid rising costs and shortages.
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Boynton
Boston
Evening sky and celestial events for Portland area
The note lists times for moonrise and set, sun, and moon phases for August. It names evening stars Venus and Mars, and the morning star Saturn, plus auto lamps times and several local anniversaries and historic dates tied to 1812 and 1893.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Forecast for Boston and vicinity weather
Cloudy Thursday and Friday fair with slight temperature changes. Light to moderate northerly winds veer to variable. Northern New England mostly fair Thursday and Friday. Southern New England partly cloudy Thursday and fair Friday.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Uthern New England
Planked Spring Chicken and Fresh Seafood Offerings
The menu lists Whole Planked Spring Chicken with French Fried Potatoes and salad for two, Fresh Crabmeat a la Newburg with cantaloupe and vegetables, Oh Panned Fresh Mackerel with sides, and One-Half Fried Spring Chicken with cream sauce bacon potatoes and corn fritters. Prices include a 55 cent option among other popular combinations.
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la Newburg
R. I
First Shipload of Americans Home Arrives in New York
The American liner Philadelphia returned from Southampton with 703 cabin and 309 steerage passengers. They fled Europe as war broke, many with no baggage or money amid reports of hardship. A French torpedo boat shadowed the vessel after England declared war on Germany.
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Philadelphia
New York
Europe
Southampton
England
Germany
German Prisoners Arriving at Paris
Several hundred German prisoners passed through Champigny station near Paris en route to Poitiers where they will be interned. The German officers were sulky while the soldiers showed little concern for their fate. General Joseph Joffre has impressed his troops with relentless mobilization travel. His chauffeur, George Boillot, is famed for winning the French Grand Prix three times.
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Paris
London
Champigny
Poictiers
Joseph Joffre
George Boillot
Holland Demands Answers on German Troop Concentration
A high official reports Holland plans a formal demand for explanations from Germany about troop concentrations on the Dutch frontier. If troops stay, Holland may regard it as casus belli. The Dutch public mood favours action by the Queen and Prince Consort to align with anti German sentiment.
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Brussels
Holland
Seventeen Foreign Vessels Idle Near Port
Seventeen foreign passenger liners remain tied up at waterfront wharves amid fears of capture from war vessels off the Atlantic coast. German English Austrian and Danish ships form the composed idle fleet.
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Atlantic
Widow of Glover Is Wed Again in Charlestown
Lillian M Glover widow of Clarence F Glover murdered in Waltham in 1909 married Ferdinand A Delemarre of Charlestown on June 30. The Boston City Hall certificate remained private and the ceremony was by Rev Father J Glodt. Delemarre aged 52 is a French born provision merchant with two former wives deceased.
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Clarence F. Glover
Waltham
Fernand A. Delemarre
Main Street
Charlestown
City Hall
Boston
Father J. Glodt
Isabella Street
Church of Our Victory
Delemarre
France
Glover Estate Faces Ongoing Litigation After Tragic Death
At the registry bureau Mrs. Glover shares an address with the groom while living mainly at her Waltham residence on the Glover estate. The estate has seen almost continual litigation since Glover was shot to death in the laundry building by the Charles River with no proven culprit. Legal actions persist from the death of Mrs. Delmarre's first husband and related court cases remain active.
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Glover
Waltham
Charles River
Delmarre
Vacation trolley trips to Worcester limited
Continued on Page 4 Fifth Column. Limited service to Worcester with accommodation for intermediate points. Cars leave Park Square every 15 minutes.
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Worcester
Park Sq
British Cruiser Suffolk Sinks German Cruiser Reported
A wireless message picked up near Portsmouth New Hampshire and the Isle of Shoals said heavy guns were heard off shore and that a German cruiser had been sunk. The signal, attributed to the British cruiser Suffolk, heightened wartime excitement.
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Isles OF Shoals
Portsmouth
N. H
Isle of Shoals
England at War with Austria Declares War
Washington reports that England is at war with Austria as official word arrives. The notice does not specify which nation declared war first.
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England
Austria
Washington
French Leave Mulhausen After Destroying German Intelligence
Paris reports the French war department states no battles with German forces beyond out posts. A French infantry brigade occupied Mulhausen to crush an active German intelligence centre, then withdrew as the position proved too perilous. The Fourteenth German Army Corps and a division of the Fifteenth Army Corps halted by French lines, with the strategic situation remaining excellent.
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Paris
French War Department
Mulhausen
Fifteenth
Anti War Riots Reported in Berlin
Dr Poutsma, one of nine South African labor leaders deported last spring, reports from Berlin that a large anti war demonstration occurred last night. Police clashed with thousands, charging the crowd repeatedly.
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London
Dr. Poutsma
South Africa
Berlin
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Teaspoon Restores Energy
Advertisement claims a teaspoon of Horsford's Acid Phosphate in water restores energy vitalizes and strengthens the nerves.
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Horsford
War News In Brief From Fronts Across Europe
German bombardment hits Pont-a-Mousson killing and wounding residents. German prisoners count rises in Alsace while retreating German moves widen. Britain says Americans may travel freely under alien act. Montenegrin capture of Scutari reported. Cossacks annihilate Austrian cavalry on Russo-Austrian frontier. Servian Montenegrin invasion of Bosnia begins. Lusitania turbines tampered at New York and Liverpool trip slow. Big Belgian battle hinted by cannonades near Tongres northwest of Liege.
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Maerthe
Moselle
Nancy
France
Berlin
Alsace
Belgian War Office
Britain
Scutari
Rome
Bosnia
Cunarder Lusitania
New York
Liverpool
Belgium
Tongres
Liege
Germans Cross German French Border Bombard Pont a Mousson
Despatch from Paris says Pont a Mousson a town of 12 000 in Lorraine was shelled on Tuesday by German guns 100 large calibre shells caused deaths and injuries and extensive damage as war deepens near Nancy.
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Pont-a-Mousson
Nancy
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