Belgium Appeals for Aid in War Strife World
The Belgian plight moves people across Britain and Europe with committees organizing refugee intake at Alexandria Palace. Wounded are in British hospitals while refugees seek food and shelter abroad. A Charleroi glass maker appeals to President Wilson for U.S. help, warning payrolls have stopped and food is scarce.
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Holland
England
France
Belgium
Grand Hotel
Charleroi
United States
Wilson
Refugees Swell as Belgian Expatriation Surges to Britain
Figures estimate 1,500,000 Belgians exiled from a seven million population. Lord Gladstone’s committee notes 70,000 arrived in London last week. Dutch cities report nearly 500,000 refugees, large numbers in Folkestone with 16,000 on lists. Folkestone runs a maternity home and two hospitals near capacity. Many refugees are genteel and reluctant to take charity. London committee lists 27 sub-areas.
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Lord Gladstone
London
Women’s Relief Committee
Holland
Netherland
Folkstone Committee
Soome
Folkstone
London Committee
Be A Pantry Pirate Once More
A vintage ad promoting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims immediate relief after meals, reduced gas and distress, restored appetite, and a quick return to normal digestion with regular use. Encourages readers to ask their druggist and offers a free sample by mail from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Russians Repel Assaults at Przemysl Amid Heavy Fighting
Reports from Berlin and Petrograd describe intense, ongoing combat around Przemysl with Russian forces holding out and deep bombardment continuing. German and Austrian defenders improvise counterattacks while Russians claim local outworks and heavy casualties in stubborn siege fighting along the Vistula and San valleys.
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London
Przemysl
Berlin
Petrograd
Vistula
Central
Rome
Messagero
San
Dniester
Lemberg
Bourse Gazette
San Valley
San River
Russian Losses and Allied Movements Reported at Warsaw
A Marconi Berlin dispatch notes Russian hardships at Warsaw due to poor sanitation and hospital shortages. Troops from Bessarabia head to the Caucasus to quell the rebellion while Russian officers are scarce. Von Hindenburg remains confident despite enemy numeric superiority. Galicia sees Austro Hungarian gains and Przemysl siege casualties cited as 40,000 Russian losses versus 500 Austro-Hungarian casualties.
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London
Warsaw
Marconi
Berlin
Kiev
Moscow
Russia
Bessarabia
Cauucasus
von Hindenburg
Galicia
Przemysl
Prince Oleg Dies On East Prussian Front
Professor Sokoloff reports in Petrograd on Prince Oleg death after he led a charge at 4 p.m. on October 10, wounded in the thigh, his horse hit. Five Germans killed, others captured. Conscious until Oct 12 afternoon, he regained awareness as his father laid the cross of St. George on his chest and died at 8:20 p.m.
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Sokoloff
Prince Oleg
Petrograd
Oleg
Field glimpse of Marne battlefield reveals brutal cost
A correspondent recalls a battlefield scene with wounded soldiers and dying men. He describes assisting a dying comrade and tending another gravely injured. He reflects on the thousands of nameless soldiers and the families left to mourn their loss after a brutal September battle.
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The
Marne
At Petrograd Wounded Russians Tell Of Atrocities
Two injured soldiers describe brutal acts by German troops observed after their hospital release. One man lost his tongue after being ordered to stick it out. another had teeth and lips damaged by rifle butt blows. Both recounts note seven wounded known to them subjected to similar treatment.
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Petrograd
Von Pismant Engages British Gunboat Off Nyasa
From Zomba Nyasaland notes that German steamer Von Pismant lay beached on Nyasa coast. British steamer Guendolen fired four shots missing, then scored a hit on the gangway. German skipper shouted insults and learned war had been declared. The German ship was dismantled.
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Nyasaland
von Pismant
Nyasa
Guendolen
The British Report on Berlin After Antwerp Fall
A neutral subject recounts German remarks on victories and deaths. Berlin theatres stayed open with crowds, a theatre played a piece about 1914 amid jokes and excitement over Antwerp's fall, and the city’s nightlife continued late into the night.
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Germany
Berlin
Antwerp
Thielscher
Herliner
All Russia on Water Wagon in Petrograd
In Petrograd in October the Russian government pledged to end production and sale of alcoholic drinks. Emperors Nicholas officially confirmed the move, via telegram from Grand Duke Constantine, stating the sale of spirituous liquors in Russia is interdicted forever.
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Nicholas
Russian Union of
Russia
Grand Duke
Constantine
Alliance
Thebes Prophecies On French Move Toward Metz In WWI Era
The dispatches recount Madam de Thebes prophecies of a French advance on Metz and a broader European war. She had foreseen France entering Germany, a Paris trial impact, a Salem fire, a pope’s death, and the U S uprising in Mexico, with a war ending by November 7 and Germany reshaped.
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Madame de Thebes
Paris
Germany
Mme. Caillaux
Salem
United States
Mexico
Two More British Casualty Lists Report Wounded and Missing
London reports a Sept. 17 casualty list listing 95 wounded and 90 missing, with over 600 from the Royal Minsteer Fusileers. A second list dated Oct. 16 and Oct. 18 records five officers killed and 12 wounded.
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London
Royal Minsteer Fusileers
Italy May Take Hand in Albania Warships at Aviona
Special cable reports Italy has sent warships to Aviona Albania to occupy the seaport. No confirmation yet, but Italian interests are threatened. Avlona is crowded with refugees driven from southern Albania by Epirote invasion, left homeless and starving.
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Rome
Italy
Aviona
Avlona
Albania
Ravaged Town Faces Smallpox Riots and Refugee Tensions
A plagued town suffers a deadly smallpox outbreak with hundreds killed and rioting as residents clash with peasant refugees. Authorities struggle to police the city amid famine threats, refugees resist repatriation, and fear of Italian intervention grows. Gun running in Albania is active with rifles smuggled to Malissori. The Adriatic sees 30 derelict Austrian mines recovered and ten missing.
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Vylona
Albania
Malissori
San Giovanni di Medua
Moret
Ghika
Duke de Montperisier
Buran Eddin
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Adriatic
Perry Atwood and Maxwell Perry wed in Somerville home ceremony
Miss Collossa Atwood and Guy Max well Perry, both of Oyster Bay, were married last evening at 46 Highlands Avenue Somerville. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Ernest L Mills at the bride's aunt Mrs J H Rooks residence.
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Collossa Atwood
Guy Maxwell Perry
Oyster Bay
S. J
J. H. Rooks
Highland Avenue
Somerville
Ernest L. Mills
Paine's Commercial Furniture Offers Service Guarantee
The illustration promotes attractive office design with affordable cost and notes Paine's always available commercial furniture. Buyers gain Paine service and guarantee when purchasing.
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Paine’s
Paine
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