Italy Races to Arm With New Cannons for Army
Rome reports factories are working around the clock to supply modern cannon for the Italian army. An order to speed provisions and ammunition followed a request by Deputy Monti-Guarnieri for war ministry explanations. Parliament is in recess, leaving questions about 87 field batteries unresolved. Delays stem from postorder specification changes on 75 millimeter guns.
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Rome
Paris
Signor Monti-Guarnieri
Pesaro
Ministry of War
Russian ministers plan laws for conquered Prussia and Austria
Despatches from Petrograd report the Russian Council of Ministers drafting laws aimed at territories captured from Prussia and Austria as the war progresses.
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Council of Ministers
Petrograd
Russian Commission Probes Austrian Petroleum Possessions
The Russian Minister of Commerce and Industry sends a team of engineers to Strui in Galicia, recently occupied by Russia, to study petroleum resources in Austria to address naptha shortages in Russia.
Licensing Justices Extend Liquor Ban to All Clubs
The order prohibiting liquor sale after 11 p m has been extended to all registered clubs. No distinction was made between West End clubs and working man clubs. Night clubs will be prohibited absolutely.
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The
London Licensing Justices
GETS-IT Claims Quick Corn Eradication
Ad touts GETS-IT as a quick relief for corns, warts, calluses, and bunions. It promises painless treatment with no bandages or razors and claims 25 cent bottle price from Lawrence & Co. in Chicago and Riker-Jaynes in Boston.
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Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Oston
Riker-Jaynes Stores
Olive Tablets Offer Liver Help For Digestion Woes
Thousands of stomach sufferers find relief by attacking the root cause: clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets stimulate liver and bowels to normal function, easing indigestion and bad taste, coated tongue, low energy, and poor appetite as a calomel substitute.
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Edwards
Krupp Experts Captured After Downed German Plane
Belgian forces near Strypen East Flanders shot down a large German aeroplane and captured three Krupp experts. Jacob Scheljemk and Von Metzen were among those arrested. they had delivered guns to Belgian forts a few months earlier.
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Strypen
East Flanders
Krupp's
Jacob and
Scheljemk
von Metzen
Russians Released From German Captivity Reach Petrograd
Two thousand five hundred Russians, joining those freed earlier, arrived in Petrograd via Finland from German captivity. The government states liberation is due to the German exchequer being too depleted to keep prisoners.
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Petrograd
Germany
Finland
Brave Russian Soldier Reveals Female Volunteer Hero
A wounded Soviet officer recalls a regiment member who heroically rescued a wounded comrade under enemy fire, returning on horseback. After retreat, the commander finds the rescuer is a young woman who had joined as a volunteer and was later wounded and taken to a Kiev hospital.
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Kiev
Free dining rooms created in Petrograd for soldiers' families
Drinking shops in Petrograd are being converted into free dining rooms for the families of soldiers in the field. This effort supports needy households as troops fight abroad.
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Petrograd
Warlike Scottish Nun Letters from Belgium Spur Hope and Fear
A Scottish nun in a Belgian town not yet invaded reports hundreds of volunteers leaving daily and angry youths denied service. She boasts of Scottish blood and cheerful defiance, hoping Highlanders marching to barracks avoid her street.
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Liverpool
Meaux engagement leads to forced return of nurse in Zouave dress
The Petit Parisien reports that military authorities sent back to her work a 28 year old woman who protested after wearing a Zouave uniform and taking part in marching and fighting near Meaux.
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Petit Parisien
Meaux
Deadly mistaken letters spur eerie family shock
Trooper H. S. Selman of the 5th Dragoon Guards returned to Aldershot seeing letters labeled Deceased. His mother mourned him at Mons though he had not left England, marking a mix up in official reports. Meanwhile Major Leslie James Probyn Butler of the Irish Guards was found alive after a week as a missing man. he is linked to Lord Dunboyne and the Heathcoat Amory family through marriage.
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H. S. Selman
Dragoon Guards
Dunbar
Aldershot
Richmond
Mons
England
Scotland
Lesley James Probyn Butler
Irish Guards
Knightshayes Court
Tiverton
Major Butler
Lord Dunboyne
Sir John Heathcoat Amory, Bart
Swiss Mother Loses Four Sons to War
In Zontingen Switzerland a Swiss woman born of mixed marriages saw two of her sons serve in the German army and two in the French army. She has learned that all four have fallen in battle in the present war.
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Zontingen
Switzerland
Heroic Death of Lieutenant Claude Norman De Crespigny
Major General Allenby letters Lady De Crespigny expressing sympathy for the loss of her son Lieutenant Claude Norman De Crespigny of the Queen's Bays. Norman died defending a tactical point on Sept 1 1914, holding the position with few men until all were killed or wounded. The escort notes his heroism and the brigade’s heavy engagement.
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Champion de Crespigny
E. H. Allenby
Claude Norman
Queen's Bays
de Crespigny
Cavalry Division
Norman
RE. H. H. Allenby
Fulham Secretary Charged With Failure to Register
Matthew Hendrick aged 82 of 50 Protheroe Road Fulham faced a London police court on remand for failing to register his nationality. He pleaded ignorance of his nationality, described as secretary to Perseverance Cabinet Makers Union with semi-official ties to the Board of Trade. The magistrate fined him 50 or two months.
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Matthew Hendrick
Protheroe Road
Fulham
London
Perseverance Cabinet Makers’ Union
Board of Trade
Martin O'Connor
Mercantile Shipping Losses Reach High Proportions in War
The British and German mercantile fleets show large wartime losses. Four hundred five merchant vessels from both nations have been captured destroyed interned or otherwise put out of commission. British losses total 236635 tons 1.2 percent of UK tonnage while German losses amount to 1 140 000 tons 23.6 percent of German tonnage.
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Admiralty
North Sea
Suez Canal
Forest of Crecy reenacts Macbeth army disguise
British and French troops reenacted the Macbeth scene by carrying thick branches to mask their advance at Crecy. German positions near a southeast wood were overrun as allied infantry moved forward behind a rustling screen while artillery and machine guns covered the assault.
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Macduff
Forest of Crecy
London
Crecy
Italian Torpedo Boat Sunk By Mine Reported
A Italian torpedo boat is reported sunk by a mine between Venice and Comacchio on the Adriatic Sea. No confirmation from official circles is available.
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Rome
Italy
Paris
Venice
Comacchio
Adriatic Sea
Max Linder Dies in Aisne Battle Fame as Movie Hero
Berlin dispatch reports the death of Max Linder during fighting in the Aisne. The renowned French film artist, famed as the man with the 70000 dollar face, attracted a vast Europe wide following and immense popularity among cinema fans.
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Rome
Battle of the Aisne
Max Linder
Berlin
Europe
Remarkable Mobile Features Tell Stories Across Cities
A description highlights devices that carry narrative power from Petrograd to Yokohama, tracing how screens relay tales to diverse audiences despite distance and culture.
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Petrograd
Yokohama
Simple home hair growth prescription promises baldness remedy
Advertisement touts a hair growth solution for bald heads and gray hair restoring color. It claims to stop hair loss and dandruff with Bay Rum, Lavona de Composee, menthol crystals, and optional perfume, safe and non greasy, recommended by physicians.
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Olive Tablet Company
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DR. Greene
Henry R. Keach
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Boylston
Krupp
Pigny
Champion de Cres- Rose Gordon
Gordon
Khartum
Sunday Post
Macbeth Rose
United
Boston Post
Boston
Post
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Agate Lines
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Herald
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