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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1914
Page
6
Harvard announces a sanitary drive for its athletes including individual drinking cups and liquid soap dispensers at Soldiers Field. Coach Donovan ensures players do not share cups and a new liquid soap system is being tested to improve bath hygiene.
Fred Harbausch of Boston visiting Niagara Falls reported to police that he was swindled in a coin matching game. Harry Turner and Joseph Irving of New York city were arrested and pleaded guilty, fined $25 and costs.
London dispatch reports Russians occupy most of Przemysl in Galicia and force Austrian garrison into eastern forts. Garrison surrounded and preparing final resistance as Germans retreat from Mariampol and Scheuchupa. Niemen flank shows German cross river attempt repulsed at Siedniki with heavy losses.
Petrograd correspondent reports Russian troops advancing from Grodek and attacking Przemys from the north and southwest while German movements from East Prussia toward Warsaw stall. The Suwalki region sees a Russian left flank repelling General von Hindenburg’s forces with allied gains.
Officials in Berlin deny reports of clashes between Bavarian and Prussian troops an escape of imprisoned French soldiers and the sinking of a German cruiser and two torpedo boats by the Russian Bayan in the Baltic. The claims are labeled bold inventions.
A Petrograd dispatch says a large Russian column advances toward Sanok from Przemysl after shelling. It notes a retreating enemy left motor cars. Russians defeated forces at Ushon in the Carpathians, seizing artillery and many prisoners as they push into Hungary.
The aeroplane proves useful for tracking enemy movement on land sea and air marking the air scout as the fleet eyes to detect submarines before they strike. Submarines remain hard to spot in fog night or rough water while the aviator excels in clear conditions.
A Daily Telegraph correspondent from Sezanne claims Paris was saved by a decisive defeat of the Crown Prince's army. He reports Von Kluck's misfortunes followed a September 6 retreat after a heavy loss, with 100000 men gone and 4000 shells fired in the fighting as the Crown Prince allegedly withdrew and vanished from the theatre.
London reports from Vienna confirm Asiatic cholera in the 70,000 wounded housed in Vienna hospitals. Officials noted an isolated cholera case among Austrian soldiers returned from Galicia, with nine cases previously reported by Vienna sources.
The Federal Council of Churches released a German protest from 29 leading Protestant churchmen denying Germany or its government caused the European war. They accuse hidden conspirators of weaving a global plot to strangle Germany and address the Evangelical Churches Abroad. The council notes the message’s warlike tone surprised many members.
Rev. Charles S. MacFarland, secretary of the council, says the statement harms relations with German churches and others. He calls for neutral conciliation and condemns a supposed network of Hes influencing world telegraph services to misplace guilt on the German empire. He notes Germany’s 48 years of peace and frames war as self defense against Asiatic barbarism.
A German statement declares unity across ranks and parties in a holy resolve to defend liberty, denounces crimes against Germans abroad, and calls evangelical Christians to oppose the war. It rebukes Teutonism and Protestant division and cites philosophers and professors attached to the appeal.
London dispatch reports the cruiser Tennessee will remain in English waters indefinitely while the U S relief funds are closed. James L. Wilmoth and Captain Harry F. Dalton oversee the fund affairs, with Henry Breckenridge and other army officers sailing home from Liverpool in October.
John H. Howes, about 40, of Marshfield, was instantly killed when struck by an inbound train at Canton Junction. He leaves a wife and four children. He had worked as a chauffeur for A. B. Hutchinson of Brockton.
An advertisement touts Poslam Safe Antiseptic as a rapid, dependable skin remedy for eczema acne itching scalp scales herpes and rashes. It claims overnight improvement for minor blemishes and inflammation with a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories New York and mentions Possum Soap priced at 25 and 15 cents.
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