Austria's Enemies Reports Wrong Says Vienna Despatch
The Austrian ambassador released a wireless despatch from Vienna stating that reports of Przemysl fort conqueries are false. He denounced enemy propaganda, protested dum-dum use by Russians, and noted Austro-Hungarian commandant not considering reprisals. Count von Berchtold signed the message.
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Manchester
Mass
Vienna
London
Przemysl
Galicia
Count von Berchtold
Russians Drive Germans Back From Poland Front
London dispatch reports Petrograd says a German army was decisively defeated southeast of Kalisch and the invasion of Russian Poland recoiled to the River Warta. Russian forces struck with left wing center and right wing, driving Germans back in four places near Kalisch Mlawa Lomza and near Winezenta. General Rennenkampf moved east Prussia forces toward Koenigsberg while guarding Grodno and Niemen lines as Moscow presses the Cracow Kalisch corridor with about three million troops.
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London
Petrograd
Kaliscz
Russian Poland
Warta
Kaliscz-Cracow
East Prussia
Galicia
Russia
Daily Chronicle
Poland
Warsaw
Ossowiecz
Sieradz
Mlawa
Lomza
Winezenta
Rennenkampf
Koenigsberg
Niemen
Grodno
Vilna
Germany
Kalisch-Cracow
Cracow
Dembicz
Eye Wash Remedy Promises Relief From Eye Strain
An advertisement promotes Optona tablets as a home eye wash to relieve tired dry or inflamed eyes. It claims many avoid glasses by strengthening eyes and brightening vision, urging readers to obtain tablets from Riker-Jaynes stores or local druggists and prepare the solution at home.
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Riker-Jaynes
War updates from London on September battles and African coast surrender
Official statements report no change in the front line with the enemy attacking fiercely but failing to gain ground as French troops advance locally. A separate dispatch notes the unconditional surrender of Buala and Bonaberi to an Anglo French force on the west coast of Africa.
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London
Official
War Information Bureau
War Department
Africa
Buala
Kamarun
Bonaberi
Russian forces report German retreat and gains in Galicia
Grand Duke Nicholas staff notes engagements near Sopotskin and Drusenski end with German retreat. Ossowetz bombardment begins as enemy moves from the north. Russian forces occupy Dembica on the Cracow line. A retreating Przemysl column heads toward Sanok, with artillery and transport abandoned. A detachment at Coloujok is defeated and prisoners captured as pursuit continues into Hungary.
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Sopotskin
Niemen River
Russian Poland
Drusenski
Ossowetz
Galicia
Dembica
Cracow
Rzeszow
Tarnow
Przemysl
Sanok
Carson Aims Ulster Provisional Government After War
Sir Edward H. Carson outlines an Ulster programme to form a provisional government once the war ends. He proposes repealing the home rule bill for Ulster and enacting volunteers to block any of its effects. He calls for united effort in patriotic action and empire support.
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Prelfast
Edward H. Carson
Irish Unionist Party
Unionist Council
Ulster
Bride of Two Months Widowed by the War
The tragedy of early war hits England as Lieutenant Lambton of the Coldstream Guards is killed in France two months after his June wedding. He married the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Christopher Leyland of Haggerston Castle, a social highlight of the season.
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France
Belgium
England
Geoffrey. Lambton
Lambton
Coldstream Guards
Sir John French
Christopher J. Leyland
Haggerston Castle
Lieutenant Lambton
Frederick William Lambton
Fenton Wooler
Northumberland
Durham
Geoffrey Lambton
Rare slaughter described in Soissons fighting by Munster Fusiliers cyclist
A cyclist with the Munster Fusiliers in Soissons called the battle a rare slaughter. He said from 800 men only 30 survived, all killed. He called Germans brave under cover but cowards up close and said Germany aims a last stand, with the war ending in three weeks.
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Cyclist
Munster Fusiliers
Soissons
Paris
British Praise Foe Monfries Returns to London
Miss Monfries who worked with the German Red Cross in a Potsdam hospital arrived in London and reported that British wounded praised their treatment by Germans. They said nothing about shooting or bayoneting. The Empress visits and German officers wives send English magazines. Germans now accept men previously deemed unfit.
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Miss Monfries
Red Cross
Potsdam
London
Kaiser Proclaims One Law and One Will in Germany
An English correspondent from Berlin reports a Kaiser proclamation asserting absolute power. He declares the Emperor’s word is final, soldiers must follow one will, and no other master than himself may exist, while the King remains subject to divine grace.
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Berlin
Foes Camp 300 Yards Apart
A front line correspondent describes perilous sentry duty along the Belgian German line. Sentries face threats shouted across a 300 yard gap with occasional violence. One Belgian sentry was shot, another disappeared, and German sentries were captured or shot during patrols in foggy dawns.
Kaiser's Retreated Parade As German Assault on Nancy Fails
Report from The Echo de Paris describes German forces attempting to seize Nancy with ten thousand cavalry in parade uniform led by the Kaiser at Amance, fourteen miles away. The attack is said to have been repulsed and the Kaiser, deeply chagrined, withdrew with his legion toward the north.
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The
Echo de Paris
Nancy
Amance
Life in the trenches as a Paris front letter reports
A Paris correspondent relays a front line letter from a soldier describing eight days of shell bombardment, bayonet combat, and hardship. He recalls a night sortie, enemy deception with French prisoners as decoys, and continuous rain and cold. He notes sustaining wounds, loss of our wounded, and no relief in sight.
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Paris
Sword’s Point
How to Pronounce Them From the New Haven Register
A pronunciation guide lists names with phonetic spellings for places and people. Examples include Przemysl Pryzhay me sl Petrograd Mosciskic Saenstochowa Kalisz Hawa Rushka Kuarniki Jaroslaw Bresow Mikolatef Tomaszow Myszinece Wilogelawek and other Polish Russian and German forms.
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Przemysl
Pryzhay-meesl
Petrograd
Petro-grahd
Mosciskic
Mosh-tchee-aku
Saenstochowa
Tzhen-stohk-ohva
Tvenstochoff
Kalisz
Grossgarten
Kahl Eesh
Hawa Rushka
Rah-vwa Roos-ka
Kuarniki
Koor-nee-kee
Jaroslaw
Yahr-os-lahff
Bresow
Rahays-off
German Troops Hopeful in Prolonged Western Battle
Berlin dispatch from the Lokal Anzeiger correspondent reports no quick decisive turn in the western war, with only subordinate actions likely for some time. German losses are described as extraordinarily heavy, enemy losses larger, yet troops remain confident they will ultimately win.
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Berlin
London
Lokal Anzeiger
French Prisoners Return as Northern France Steady Amid War
A column of about 1000 French POWs arrived from Rheims area this week, showing relief after the turmoil of the great battles. Reports from Cologne Gazette describe fighting near Louvain in September with Belgian forces briefly retaking areas, then a German counterattack. Belgian losses were heavy while Germans suffered none, and later Belgian defenses were again overwhelmed by reinforced German forces. The King Albert led Belgian troops with noted bravery in the face of superior German numbers and artillery.
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Rheims
France
Belgium
Louvain
Cologne
Albert
Zeppelin Bomb Kills 11 School Children
A German Zepelin dirigible bombed a Bielostok schoolhouse in Russia, killing 11 children, per a Petrograd despatch to the Morning Post. The attack underscores the wartime terror on civilian targets.
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London
Bielostok
Russia
Petrograd
Morning Post
German War Dispatch Denies Allied Advance Claims
Berlin reports no change in wartime fronts and rejects claims of enemy advances. It also says reports of Pryemysl fort falls are inventions and notes Austrian protest over alleged Russian use of dum dum ammunition without planned reprisals from the Austro Hungarian army commander.
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London
Marconi Company
Berlin
Pryemysl
Przemysl Investment Falls as Austrian Army Strikes Retreat
Official Petrograd despatch reports Przemysl in Galicia now entirely invested by Russian forces and the main Austrian army withdrawing behind the Carpathians. Despatch routed via Paris notes timing from Rome as 1:40 p m and 6:21 p m local.
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Rome
Italy
Paris
Petrograd
Przemysl
Galicia
Carpathians
Montenegrin Guns Near Sarajevo Reported
Report from Cetinje via Paris states Montenegrin forces are within artillery range of Sarajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia, as of Sept 28.
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Sarajevo
Cettinje
Montenegro
Paris
Bosnia
Two British Cruisers Now Watching N. Y.
A British cruiser believed to be the Britannia joined the war vessels guarding New York harbor. It anchored off Sandy Hook with four funnels, matching the type of ships sunk in the North Sea, and joined the auxiliary Caronia as harbor patrols continued. The Barbarossa remained at Stapleton under neutral protection, while the Kristianiafjord was boarded briefly by Caronia sailors before being allowed to continue to port.
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New York
Europe
New York Harbor
Cressy
Aboukir
Hogue
North Sea
Caronia
Sandy Hook
United States
Stapleton
Hudson River
Kristianiafjord
Bergen
Seeing Ourselves as Others Do Not Sell Photos
Quotation from New Orleans States highlighting humbling view on vanity and spending on portraits. It notes that people rarely invest in photographs if judged by others.
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New Orleans
Health Miracle Promised by Mayr’s Stomach Remedy
Rhode Island resident Mrs. Clare Shaw credits Mayr’s Wonderful Stomach Remedy with swift relief after years of stomach liver and bowel troubles including an operation. She says a single dose saved her life and neighbors call it a miracle. The ad notes the remedy purges mucus and toxins and is sold locally by Riker Jaynes Drug Stores and other druggists.
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Clare Shaw
Norwood
Mayr
Majestic Avenue
R. I
United States
Riker-Jaynes
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