Serbian Forces Break Through Cerna as Front Moves North
War in brief reports Serbian troops cross the Cerna at two points and advance northward capturing Skochivir. Gallia torpedoed with 2000 Serbian and French soldiers aboard. 1300 saved. Romanian retreat in Transylvania. Austro German capture Toerzburg. British gains north of Somme post east of Le Sars. Teutonic lines penetrated in Volhynia. Somme fighting continues with British gains and German counterfire.
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Gallja
Mediterranean
Paris
Transylvania
Toerzburg
Berlin
Somme
le Sars
Butte de Wartencourt
London
Russia
Volhynia
Petrograd
Arras
Russian war report updates Volhynia frontline actions
The Petrograd war office says the great Volhynia battle continues with Russian forces entering Teutonic lines at some points and consolidating positions. Austro German offensives around Brzezany and southeast of Lemberg were repelled, with an Austrian trench captured. Dobrudja and Caucasian front actions noted with patrol engagements.
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Vladimir-Volynski
Zaturze
Shelyov
Bubnov
Brzezany
Shikhalin
Dobrudja
Ognott
Chamirian
Italian Front Fighting Spurs Vatican War Office Statement
The Tren tino region northwest of Trent saw violent combat with Austrian attacks on Busalia repelled by Italian forces. Italian reinforcements arrived on Sunday and forced the Austrians back, according to an official war office statement.
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Rome
London
Trentino
Trent
War Office
Busalia
Neal Treatment Offers Safe Way to Sobriety in Boston
A Boston advertisement touts the Neal Treatment claiming immediate success for drinkers with no prior progress required. It features a testimonial of a 27 year drinker claiming full recovery after three days with homelike care and confidential consultations at 304 Newbury Street Back Bay.
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Neal
Mir
Teneal Institute
Newbury ST
Boston
Back Bay
Eastern Front Battle for Lemberg Grips Allied Report
On the Somme the Allies consolidate gains and repel counterattacks while a massive clash rages east of Vladimir-Volynski for Lemberg. Russian forces push to breach German defenses as Petrograd notes entries into German positions in places. A report claims trove of TNT and virus-labeled bottles found at the German legation garden in Bucharest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Somme
Lemberg
Vladimir-Volynski
Petrograd
World War One Battle Updates From Volhynia and Somme Fronts
Berlin reports a fierce battle in Volhynia with heavy Russian losses and potential major shifts if Russians win. On the Somme front Franco-British attacks are checked with gains claimed by Allied forces. Romanian defense holds key passes as Von Falkenhayn’s forces advance toward Kronstadt and Danube targets, while Bucharest condemns air raids and civilian casualties.
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Berlin
Volhynia
Lemberg
Somme
von Falkenhayne
Transylvania
Kronstadt
Toersburg
War Office
Bucharest
Petroseny
Jiu
Caineni
Rumania
Marshal von Mackensen
Danube
Svistov
Rustchuk
United States
Germany
Rumanian War Office
Dean's Kidney Pills touted as relief for aging kidneys
An old age health advertisement urges readers to use Dean's Kidney Pills to ease backache, urinary disorders, and kidney distress. It quotes a Boston woman, Mrs. J. D. Van Wart, who claims the product cured her kidney pain after four months bedridden.
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Bright
Dean
Boston
Dean's
J. D. van Wart
Saratoga Street
German Statement Reports Tremendous Somme Battle Front
Berlin reports no major Franco-Belgian changes while heavy fighting rages on the Somme. German remains claim gains at Guedecourt Boucha vesnes and Lesars, with prisoners and machine guns taken. Eastern fronts cite repulsed Russian assaults and Carpathian advances. Macedonian front notes Serbian foothold on Cerna River.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Somme
Albrecht
Wurttemberg
Ypres
Artois
Rupprecht
Bavaria
von Buelow
Guedecourt
Bouchavesnes
von Boehn
von Garnier
Lesars
Ancre
Argonne
Meuse
Prince Leopold
Lutsk
Brzezany
Archduke Charles
Carpathians
Babaludowa
Transylvania
Kronstadt
Toerzvar
Toerzburg
von Mackensen
Danube
Sistova
Cerna
Monastir-Florina
Gallia Sunk by Submarine with 700 Added Casualties
The Gallia steamship, an auxiliary cruiser carrying 2000 Serb ian and French soldiers, was torpedoed and sunk on October 4. Thirteen hundred survivors were rescued by a French cruiser and landed on Sardinia's coast. The vessel, 15000 tons, 574 feet long, 64 feet beam, built 1913, was owned by Compagnie de Navigation Sand At lantique of Bordeaux and operated in government service.
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Paris
Gallia
Sardinia
Compagnie de Navigation Sand
Lantique
Bordeaux
Bizerta
Tunis
Romanian statement claims virus to spread epidemic found at German legation
Bucharest reports eight German planes bombed Bucharest near Gare du Nord and lin en warehouses with insignificant damage. They held Petroseny heights and Jiu valley, seized Caineni defile, while German artillery bombarded Caineni station. An investigation at the German legation found trinitrotoluene buried in the garden and boxes labeled virus intended to spread an epidemic among men and horses. A US representative witnessed the discovery.
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Bucharest
London
Gare du Nord
Petroseny
Jiu
Caineni
Legation
United States
Romania
British War Report From France and Macedonia Fronts
The British statement reports operations near Le Transloy and Arras with ground gained north of Stuff redoubt, more than 200 prisoners taken including six officers, and enemy trenches entered with raids and prisoners captured. Gas attacks north of the Ancre, and destruction of emplacements noted. In Macedonia, Struma front advances extend positions north and south with village occupancies and forward movement toward Chavdar Mah.
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Somme
Arras
London
France
le Transloy
Stuff
Souches
Ancre
Neuville St. Vaast
Loos
Struma River
Struma
Kakaraska Salmah-Homondos
Chavdar-Mah
German Attacks Repulsed on Somme Front and Balkan Gains
Paris dispatch reports sustained artillery activity on the Somme with repulsed enemy attacks near Barleux Belloy and Deniecourt. It also notes Allied gains in Macedonia with Serbian forces advancing, taking prisoners and recapturing ground as Bulgarians retreat toward the railway.
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Somme
Macedonia
Paris
London
Barleux
Belloy
Deniecourt
St. Pierre Vaast Wood
Rancourt
Bouchavesnes
Struma
Vardar
Cerna
Dobrovpolje
Skoohivir
Our al
Serbs Cross Cerna River Advance Northward
Serbian troops have crossed the Cerna River at two points and push north. They captured the village of Skochivir and took 100 Bulgarians prisoner.
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Athens
London
Cerna River
Skochivir
Chinese Press Alarmed by Japanese Demands
Chinese newspapers express alarm at Japan pressing demands after the clash between Chinese and Japanese troops at Cheng Chiatung, Manchuria. They fear the new Japanese cabinet may take an aggressive stance.
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Pekin
Japan
Cheng Chiatung
Manchuria
Parliament Meets Today to Open War Session in Britain
London Oct 9 Parliament renews tomorrow for an autumn session focused on war matters. Prime Minister Asquith may seek a new credit vote Wednesday to bolster War finances. Debates likely on army navy pensions reform manpower food prices and possibly conscription for Ireland.
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London
Asquith
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Ireland
Danish Submarine Dykkeren Sunk After Collision
The Danish submarine Dykkeren sank after colliding with a Norwegian steamer near Copenhagen. All nine crew members are believed saved. Dykkeren displaced 152 tons gross, measured 114 feet, and rode three screws at 12 knots surface speed.
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Copenhagen
London
Narrow Escape for Prince in Air Duel
Norman Prince of Boston, American aviator, fought a lone German over the French front. A second German attacker fired on Prince, tearing the lower wing and upper stays. He escaped and glided to safety behind Allied lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Norman Prince
Boston
France
Prince
Russian Warships Destroy 58 Sailing Vessels
Russian warships raided Asia Minor ports Samsun and Sinope on the Black Sea October 6 destroying 58 sailing vessels. One steel boat was to Sebastopol and 40 men were captured, according to the official statement.
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Petrograd
London
Asia Minor
Samsun
Sinope
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Boy 12 Crushed By Woolworth Elevator Death
John Kane, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Kane of 281 West Third Street South Boston was killed last evening when the freight elevator at Woolworth store 417 Broadway South Boston crushed him. He had just completed deliveries and sought the delivery room after finding the front entrance closed.
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John Kane
Michael Kane
West Third Street
South Boston
Woolworth
Broadway
Boy’s Death After Elevator Tragedy at Store
A door to an elevator was found open and the boy was trapped between the elevator and a wall. John F. Berry found the body head downward around 9 pm. Medical Examiner Magrath said death by internal injuries and a fractured skull about an hour before discovery. He was a member of St Vincent's Boys Brigade identified by Rev Father McNeil.
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John F. Berry
Juocke
Ladder 5
Magrath
St. Vincent’s Boys Brigade
Father McNeil
Filene's Water Curtain Demonstration In Boston
Public demonstration of the crew water curtain for fire prevention at the William Filene Sons Company building in Boston. Mayor Curley has directed the fire department to respond to a special alarm. Demonstration scheduled for 7 15 this morning.
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William Filene Sons Company
Washington
Summer Streets
Curley
Comes Home From Panama With Bride
Haverhill notices Charles William Roberts of the Bradford district and supervisor of the Gatun locks Panama Canal returned with his wife Miss Frances Lewis of Chickasha Oklahoma. They married last Wednesday at her parents home after Roberts left the Massachusetts North Eastern Street Railway Company in Haverhill.
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Haverhill
Charles William Roberts
Bradford
Gatun Locks
Panama Canal
Frances Lewis
Chickasha
Okla
Panama
Roberts
Massachusetts North Eastern Street Railway Company
Mrs Clarabel McNeil Defendant in Maine Superior Court Drama
Mrs Clarabel McNeil of Everett Massachusetts once a professional singer and drug store cashier faced her former husband Harry V. Cole in Portland Maine Superior Court today in a divorce-related civil action filed by Cole.
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Portland
Clarabel McNeil
Everett
Mass
Revere House
Harry V. Cole
Custody Case Involves Grandmother For Doris McNeil
The case seeks custody of Doris McNeil for Archibald McNeil’s mother or another guardian. Testimony aimed to question Mrs. McNeil’s suitability, citing police depositions about disturbances at her Boston home. Details include bonds with former Concord mayor Charles J. French and a 1912 nuisance charge for Clara Cola.
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Doris
Fred Winslow
Cumberland
McNeil
Cole
Archibald H. McNeil
Everett
Mass
Charles J. French
Concord
N. H
Boston
French
Boston Police
Clara Cola
Rooming Confession Drags In Two Women To Court
Mrs McNeil told police she shared a room with Della Marion at the theatre. Mrs Lillian Kirkcaide faced arrest and warrants with her and the roommate. McNeil pled guilty after a lawyer warned of high costs to remedy. She sobbed in court as lawyers argued. Judge Connolly to rule tomorrow morning.
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Derna
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