First Hand Account of Belgium Sacking and War Echoes
Daniel Lynds Blount, American businessman in Brussels, arrives in London with family and offers an early connected account. He traveled to Antwerp with Hugh Gibson carrying State Department despatches, witnessing Zeppelin bombardment and army movements. Blount later saw Louvain in flames and endured a two hour skirmish crouched on a railway lee with Gibson and others nearby.
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London
Belgium
Legation
Daniel Lynds Blount
Brussels
Blount
Antwerp
Hugh Gibson
State Department
Louvain
Gibson
Bulle
Apousette
American College
Red Cross
Brant Woitlock
Josephus Dhaiels
Navy
Whitlock
Ostend
Germany
Count Inglebeck
Eppinger
Rheims
Ducroy
Miss Leishman
Acid Stomachs and Cures Warned by Noted Physician
A famous physician warned that most intestinal troubles stem from stomach acidity known as sour stomach or heartburn. He criticized patent medicines and touts ordinary magnesia to neutralize acid, claiming relief follows removing the acidity. Take a teaspoonful in water after meals, repeat if needed.
Belgian City Ablaze After German Advance and Civilian Suffering
Blount and two diplomats tour Louvain as German forces burn parts of the city after a reported uprising. They witness priests evacuated, a German lieutenant’s claims, and civilians routed to “slogne.” The party returns to Brussels amid German intimidation and Belgian resolve.
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Blount
Legation
Brussels
de Becker
Whitlock
Madame Poulet
Finance
Louvain
Devilla Lobar
Leutwitz
France
Gibson
Bulle
Pouvette
Tirlemont Gate
Leutenant
Slogne
Champaign
Waelhem
Malines
Free eye remedy claim to strengthen sight without glasses
Advertisement touts a home eye wash to soothe tired inflamed eyes and avoid misfit glasses. It promises rapid irritation relief and sharper vision, endorsing Optona tablets to prepare the solution at home.
Osimo-Chemic Physicians Offer Cure For Deafness
Advertises free consultation and trial treatment for deafness head noises discharging ears and catarrh if started by Sept 19. Includes testimonials from Mrs. Parsonson of Dedham Mass and Gertrude Le Baron praising Osimo-Cemic treatments and success in restoring hearing.
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R. J. Parsonson
Riverside Drive
Dedham
Mass
Broadway
Cambridge
Maas
Geo
Gertrude LE Baron
The Nerves and Their Needs
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood tonic and nerve builder. It argues nerves require blood nourishment to prevent inflammation and pain, promising reduced risk of nervous breakdown insomnia and indigestion. It cites benefits for children and invites request for a free booklet from The Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Williams
Lemberg 2G Evacuated Not Taken in Fight
The Austrian legation said reports that Lemberg in Galicia fell to Russians after a desperate battle are false. It states Lemberg was abandoned, not fortified, and thus not taken in combat.
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Hague
London
Lemberg
Galicia
Temberg
Troops Withdraw Without Fighting for Tactical and Humane Reasons
A brief report notes troops pulled back from action citing tactical safety and humane concerns. No further details on units or locations are provided in the readable text.
German Officer Arrested Near Paris In Uniformed Spy Claim
A German officer was arrested near Corbeil on the Seine, eighteen miles south-southeast of Paris, wearing the uniform of the French military automobile corps.
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Paris
Corbeil
Seine
French Military Automobile Corps
Political prisoners in Lemberg freed by Russians
A Havas Agency despatch from Petrograd reports that political prisoners in Lemberg Galicia were liberated by the Russians shortly after occupying the city.
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Lemberg
Paris
Havas
Petrograd
Galicia
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Brussel
Father de Becker
Clinch
America
Carnegie
Kaiser
Optona
J. L. Plaunkett
M. D
Eye
Pace
Boylston
Booston
To & P
Rice & Hutchins, Inc
High Street
Boston
Signet
Mayfair
Atlas Shoe CO
Rice & Hutchins Educator
AEG
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The
Boston Sunday Post
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