British French Advance Around Ypres and Bruges
Reports say allied troops entered Ypres capturing the town and forcing German retreat toward Lille. Ostend and Bruges remain under pressure as German forces push toward Dunkirk Calais and Boulogne while Belgium and French positions try to blunt the right wing advance.
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Ostend
Antwerp
Dunkirk
Calais
Boulogne
France
Ypres
von Boehm
Lille
Bruges
Ghent
Zeebrugge
Why Germans Need Belgium in the Western War
The New York Evening Sun expert outlines Germany’s shift from a single thrust at Paris to a plan clearing Belgium first. Antwerp and Ostend are seized to secure flank and rear, shorten the front, and position for a channel advance toward Lille Ghent and Antwerp, then march on Paris after dominating Belgium and northern France.
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France
Paris
Berry-au-Bac
Soissons
Belfort
Germany
Mulhausen
Belgium
Poland
London
Antwerp
Bruges
Amiens
Ostend
Lille
Arras
New York Evening Sun
Liege
Marne
Russia
England
Battle of the Marne
Aisne
Oise
Meuse
Rheims
Scheldt
Calais
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Channel
Metz
Noyon
Ghent
Abbeville
Chaulnes
von Kluek
von Kluck
St. Quentin
Pas de Calais
Nord
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Somme
Life Insurance Presidents Act Advertisement Proposal
An advertisement quotes John Beazley Webb of Tona Vita urging a bill in state legislatures to improve death statistics. It links nervous debility to rapid living and promotes Tona Vita as a tonic available at Boston drug stores.
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Association of Life Insurance Presidents
John Beazley Webb
Boston
Papal Secretary Casparri Voiced Pro French Views
Rome reports Cardinal Casparri, newly appointed papal Secretary of State, favors closer ties with France. Former canon law professor at the Catholic University of Paris, he supports reconciling France and the Vatican.
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Rome
Cardinal Casparri
Papal
Catholic University of Paris
France
Vatican
Martial Law Proclaimed in Portuguese Congo
Lisbon reports from Luanda that martial law has been proclaimed throughout the Portuguese Congo. The colony covers about 500000 square miles with a population around 7 million. Military forces total 5000, including 360 natives.
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Portugal
Turkey
France
Portuguese Congo
Lisbon
London
Luanda
Western Africa
Woman appeals for aid for Atlanta strikers in textile protests
Mrs. Sarah A. Conboy organizer of the United Textile Workers of America urged at a South End Women's Trade Union League meeting for aid to about 1000 striking workers at Atlanta mills seeking a living wage and better factory conditions described as appalling.
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Sarah A. Conboy
United Textile Workers of America
Women’s Trad Union League
South End
Atlanta
Harvard Crimson Elects New Editorial Board Members
The Harvard Crimson named Dwight H. Ingram of Chicago Illinois and Percival Reuters of Pittsburg Pennsylvania as assistant managing editors. William K B Emerson of New York was chosen as Secretary of the Crimson board.
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The
Harvard Crimson
Dwigh H. Ingram
Chicago
Percival Reuters
Pittsburg
Penn
William K. B. Emerson
New York
Crimson
Pictorial Feature Teases Sunday Post Page
A teaser notes readers will see pictorial coverage on Everybody's Page in the Sunday Post. The notice invites attention to the illustrated feature and hints at forthcoming visual content in the paper.
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The
Sunday Post
Rheumasalts touted as kidney aid in old ad copy
An advertisement claims uric acid from meat overloads kidneys and causes headaches nervousness and fatigue. It promotes Rheumasalts a uric acid solvent and saline laxative to purify and energize kidneys, available at druggists including Riker Jaynes and Voughton & Dutton Co. Minneapolis based Rheumabath company.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Riker-Jaynes
Voughton & Dutton Co
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Galicia
Przemysl
Russian Empire
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Moscow
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Botha
Life Insurance Presidents Act
Gilchrist
Batiste
Norfolk Suits
Isome
Colt
Tse
Gilchrist CO
Washington and
Winter Sts
R. H. Stearns and. Company
Coes & Young
Nate
Saukers
India
Mass
Sheraton
Drake & Hersey CO
Pera
Canal Street
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