Belgium Fights on Own Soil to Hold Back Germans
King Albert’s Belgian army, with British and French support, resists German advance along the Yser and at Middelkerke and Mariakerke. Monitors shell German trenches as infantry attacks rage from La Bassee to Ypres, with reinforcements arriving and Belgian heroism praised from Paris to Petrograd.
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Mariakerke
Ostend
Middelkerke
North Sea
la Bassee
France
Berlin
Admiralty
Yser
Petrograd
Albert
Paris
London
Ypres
Menin
Lille
Warneton
Allrt
Arras
Craonne
Forest of Argonne
Meuse
WoWevre
Argonne
Haumont
Brabant
Verdun
Tragic End to Grogan Girl's Romance and Court Battles
A Boston area girl linked to the Grogan family in Massachusetts is believed to have died by Paris green poisoning in Texas after a disputed marriage to Richard Crouse. The tragedy follows long family legal fights and a splintered move to a Buckeye plantation, with a letter to her mother found among the evidence.
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Massachusetts
Texas
Crouse
Richard H. Grogan, Jr
Harvard Avenue
Allston
William J. Rounds, Jr
Cambridge
Herbert B. Larner
Rounds
Larner
Lillian Rounds
Charles River Parkway
Miss Grogan
Charles R. Eastman
Harvard University
Alvan F. Clark
Clark
Professor Eastman
Eastman
Grogan
Buckeye
Tex
Richard Crouse
Richard H. Grogan
Brookline
Buckeye Jast
Boston
Report Gen Moltke at the Point of Death
London reports a Berlin high official says Lieutenant Count Helmuth von Moltke chief of the German general staff is dying. The liver ailment and halted cure since July mobilization are noted. Von Falkenhayn is left in charge as the army retreats.
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von Moltke
London
Amsterdam
Berlin
Count Helmuth von Moltke
Echange
Emperor William
von Falkenhayn
Germans retreat from Warsaw amid Russian pursuit
A French foreign office cablegram released by the French embassy reports German forces before Warsaw abandoning their defensive lines and retreating, pursued by Russians. It notes many prisoners and munitions captured, with the 17th and 20th German army corps decimated.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Girl of Six Lost Leg After Dorchester Car Crash
Iivelyn McManus, six, of 24 Fifield street Dorchester, was fatally injured yesterday when struck by an electric car at Adams and Bowdoin streets. She required amputation of her right leg after arrival at City Hospital.
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Iivelyn McManus
Fifield Street
Dorchester
Adams and Bowdoin Streets
City Hospital
Governor Walsh Honors Head Waiter With Silver Cup
Governor Walsh and the executive council presented Stans bury M. Baxter, head waiter at Young's, with a silver cup yesterday in commemoration of his long and efficient service to the council members.
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Governor Walsh
Executive Council
Stansbury M. Baxter
Young’s
Germans Retreat Along North Sea Front Near Ostend
The Telegraaf reports German forces retreating from Middelkerke near the North Sea midway between Ostend and Westende. Correspondent notes bombardment of Ostend and Nieuwport growing heavier as retreat continues.
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Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Middelkerke
North Sea
Ostend
Westende
Sluis
Nieuwport
Allies Press Advantage In Belgian Front Amid Heavy Shelling
A war correspondent notes shells rain on German lines as fresh German troops arrive and German cavalry suffers heavy losses. French squadrons aid English warships while Allied fortifications and floods strengthen positions. Ostend and Nieuwpoort bombardments target the Os tend Bruges railway. Wounded fill Ostend hotels.
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Ostend
Nieuwport
Jabbeke
Bruges
Predicts collapsible masts on warships in future fleets
Charles Mason Fuller of the U S Navy spoke at the Public Library last night predicting future battleships will have collapsible masts to hide superstructures in battle and will burn oil to eliminate smokestacks.
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Charles Mason Fuller
U. S. NI
Public
Neutrality Dinner at Boston City Club Features France Journey
More than 700 Boston City Club members attended a neutrality dinner with an illustrated trip through France. The event barred all coverage of the European conflict. Professor A. d'Avesne of the Paris Academie was the featured speaker.
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Boston City Club
France
A. d’Avesne
Paris Academie
Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound Advertises Dark Hair
In an ad, a 50 cent bottle of Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to restore natural color to faded gray hair. The copy touts benefits for dandruff and itchy scalp, claims quick, even darkening by applying with a brush or sponge, and notes results by morning with further applications.
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Wyeth
Cure for Wrist and Elbow Skin Troubles Promised
Mrs Lilla Beane of West Burke Vermont details a child’s rash spreading from wrists to arms causing itching and sleep disruption. After trying ointments she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, reporting complete healing within weeks and endorsing the products.
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West Burke
Lilla Beane
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promoted for Skin Ailments
It is easy to rid skin troubles with Cuticura Soap and occasional Cuticura Ointment. A single set may suffice when other remedies fail. Soap costs 25c and Ointment 50c, sold by druggists. free 32-page Skin Book sample offered by sending a post-card to Cuticura Dept. T Boston.
Asthmador Guarantee for Boston Sufferers
Dr Rudolph Schiffmann guarantees Asthmador relief for asthma hay fever and bronchial asthma in Boston. Buy a 50 cent package from Liggett’s try it and if no immediate relief or satisfaction return for a full refund. Nationwide buyers receive the same guarantee via local druggists or direct from Dr R Schiffmann St Paul Minnesota.
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Liggett’s
Boston
Rudolph Schiffmann
R. Schiffmann
St. Paul, Minn
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Ossowetz
East Prussia
Przemysl
Hungary
Bukowina
Vienna
Czernowitz
New England
A. Shuman & CO
Shuman
Alexander
Dixie
Ruth
Broadway
Michigan
Cracinen Mavivao
Woolworth
Kress
Kresge
McCrory
Peat
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co
Strand Theatre
New York
Chuble
Aok
Wilt Pau
Ata
Eas
Washington
Waiter
Atlantic Avenue
Thiel
N. BE
Mrs. Castle
Vernon Castle
Castle House
the Ladies Home Journal
THE
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Independence Square
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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