Daredevil German at Liege Boldly Forage for Victory
On August 6 1914 Ludendorff led a lone brigade through Belgian forts around Liege amid ammunition shortages. He managed an isolated position, repelled hostile actions and pressed toward Liege while arranging supplies. The column faced dwindling rations and exhausted troops as night fell. General von Emmich rejoined and quartered nearby.
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Ludendorff
Liege
von Buelow
Aix-la- Chapelle
Belgium
France
von Emmich
Meuse
la Chartreuse
von Harbou
von Oven
Namur
Aix-la-Chapelle
Garde Civique
Citadel
Herve
Hotel Union
Rudolph Peters
Iron Cross
Berlin
Liege Siege Diary of General Ludendorff
The narrative covers the August 5–6 1900s action around Liege with Major von Marcard guiding a retreat, fighting pauses, and bridges over the Meuse. It details entering the citadel, capturing Fort Pontisse and Fort Loncin, and receiving the Pour le Merite. It notes devastation at Annee and the advance into Belgium.
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Liege
Fort Pontisse
Fort Loncin
Meuse
Belgium
von Emmich
Andenne
Ludendorff
Ardenne
Wireless systems urged to return to private operation
M J Naily general manager of the Marconi Wireless Company of America told the House merchant marine committee that the American government opposes private enterprise in wireless systems. He cited evidence in Argentina and Brazil where Brazil enacted a radio law making wireless a government monopoly.
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Washington
M. J. Naily
Marconi Wireless Company of America
House Merchant Marine Committee Today
Argentina
Brazil
Postpone Geraghty Separation Suit In Newport
In Newport on October 7 the petition of Mrs Julia Geraghty for separate maintenance and separation from her husband Jack Geraghty of Boston was postponed to the next term by agreement of counsel. The husband’s custody petition for their child Jack Jr was set for October 18 and the attorneys agreed to dispose of that case first, delaying the other suit.
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Newport
Julia Geraghty
Jack Geraghty
Boston
Jack, Jr
Goetz Analyzes Ludendorff Story In War Commentary
Colonel Robert C Goetz West Point graduate and former Edwards staff member discusses General Ludendorffs Own Story of the war. He is a Harvard military science professor returning from a technical tour of France examining battlefield offensives in Flanders Chateau Thierry the Meuse Argonne and St Mihiel.
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Robert Charles Goetz
Boston Post
Ludendorff
Clarence R. Edwards
Goetz
West Point
Post
Goeta
Department of Military Science
Harvard
War Department
Creer
France
Flanders
Chateau Thierry
Meuse-Argonne
Liege Defenses Shelled as German Forces Break Through
The account recalls the August 1914 siege of Liege, where 12 mushroom forts protecting the city were overwhelmed by German 8.4 inch howitzers. About 35,000 Belgians faced 100,000 Germans before surrender on August 7. The delay allowed French and British forces to mobilize, shaping early war dynamics described by Colonel Goetz.
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Aix-la-Chapelle
Holland
Belgium
Paris
Germany
Liege
Brussels
Calais
English Channel
Meuse
Ludendorff
Fort Embourg
Christensen in Pajamas Cited in Suffolk Divorce Case
Raymond A. Christensen admitted detectives broke in at 7 am to find him in pajamas with a young woman named Marion McNulty in the house. He claimed the officers and the co respondent conspired to frame him for his wife Ethel M. Christensen's divorce action.
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Raymond A. Christensen
Ethel M. Christensen
Skowhegan
Suffolk County
Christensen
Marion McNulty
Editor of Harper's Magazine Dies in New York
Henry Mills Alden, editor of Harper's Magazine since 1869, died at his New York home after a long illness. He was 82 years old.
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New York
Henry Mills Alden
M Harper’s Magazine
Nature's Remedy NR Tablets Advertises Digestive Relief
An ad promotes Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as a mild effective remedy for indigestion biliousness and constipation. It contrasts with laxatives and purgatives, claiming benefits to stomach liver bowels and kidneys and offering a 25 cent box with money back guarantee through pharmacists.
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Praised by Alabama Family
A Steele Alabama mother reports recovery from hot flashes nervousness and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine. Her daughter also improved after taking the remedies while still teaching. The letter urges other women to try the root and herb medicine and offers confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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F. A. Gaines
Steele
Ala
Lydia FE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
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Erich von Ludendorff
Queue du Bois
165Th
de Emmich
Sambre
Augusta Regiment
McClure
Great Britain
Hutchinson & Co
The
London Times
Spain
Messrs. Seix and Barieci
Italy
Fratelli Treves
Canada
Australia
Russia
Tomorrow’s Post
Daily
Sunday Post
East Prussia
Hindenburg
California
Pert
Ludendoreef
C. R. Edwards
Harvard University
Malmedy
Nies
Thionville
Metz
Harper's Magazine
Harvard Mills
Mérode
Winship, Boit & Co
Wakefield, Mass
Dept. 7-R
Resimol
Baltimore
Gray
Hed Spruce
Ouraud
Aes Hopkins & Son
Eae
York
Delatone
Lydia E. Pinkham
Remedy Co
Filbert Street
Philadelphia
Woodward Drug Co
Tremont St
Bob
Neha
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