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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1914
Page
7
A catalog lists ten suit styles including blue broadcloth and plum broadcloth options with velvet collars, fur accents, and military-inspired cuts. It emphasizes a large annual production, price advantage at $25, and focus on fit for diverse body types. Filene's Women’s Suit Shop invites trial at Fifth Floor.
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, famed for Red Cross service, reportedly received an offer to go to Africa as a chieftainess. At a hospital in Paria last week a Senegalese infantryman lost two front teeth. she had her dentist replace them with gold. The soldier invited her to Senegal claiming tribesmen would crown him chief for the teeth. Town shops closed and over half the residents fled.
A Petrograd wounded Cossack describes the Gallitions near Lemberg as Austrian lines collapse. Pan Cossacks charge breaking the rear, driving a rout as Hungarian cavalry flee. They abandon rifles, cannon, and transport amid panic.
A front line cable reports Lieutenant Verlin and fifty French troops reconnoitering along the Oise River encountered about five thousand Germans. The French took cover in nearby woods and fired back, leaving only eighteen survivors, four of them wounded, before slipping away as the German assault halted.
A wartime correspondent recalls acts of compassion on the frontier. In Blamont two wounded soldiers French and German share water, the French officer kissing the German’s hand as the German forgives. A Montmartre native comforts a Luxembourgeois comrade, lamenting the war’s folly.
He recalls friends who were good, the folly of fighting, and a death near Paris. A French soldier mourns, tears visible, and predicts more stories from veterans whose eyes still haunt them, hoping future generations grasp the true meaning of war.
A Red Cross nurse in Rheims recalls the German advance and notes that a ragged young officer, later identified as the Kaiser’s fourth son, asked to shelter wounded but left with food from a shop after saluting and thanking her. The nurse says Germans behaved correctly as they entered the town despite lack of authorities.
Boer General Francois Joubert Pienaar arrived at Bordeaux to offer his sword to the allied armies. He said he once opposed General French at Elandslaagte and now expects to serve on General French’s staff in an advisory role. He predicted a long, fierce war but vowed victory over the German army.
Petrograd dispatch says the Russian moratorium has been extended for a month. The report comes via the Exchange Telegraph Company from London dated September 5 at 5 30 a m.
News from Antwerp reports heavy shelling by Germans and massed reinforcements in Belgium. German naval reserves in Brussels, 150000 troops moving toward Brussels, and Belgian resistance near Antwerp raise fear of a German siege and a push to attack England via the Scheldt.
A London manifesto signed by Church of England leaders and nonconformists defends England's actions in the European war. It blasts German theologians for guessing at political causes and recalls prior negotiations, stressing fidelity and duty to defend weaker nations.
An old prescription touts a rheumatism remedy using sarsaparilla and Toris compound. It advises mixing one ounce of Toris compound with one ounce syrup of sarsaparilla in half a pint of whiskey and taking a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime. The guide suggests letting the sarsaparilla sit in whiskey two hours before adding Toris and recommends buying from drug stores, noting Genuine Toris in a yellow sealed package from Globe Pharmaceutical, Dayton Ohio.
The German cruiser Emden sank four British steamers in the Indian Ocean the Tumaric King Lud Riberia and Foyle and captured the collier Bursk. Crews were transferred to the Gryfedale which was captured but released to take them to Colombo. Emden operated in the Gulf of Bengal after bombarding Madras and visiting Pondicherry.
The signers pledge to work with German theologians for Christian principles, peace, and international good faith while upholding truth and honor. They call for close England Germany fellowship and protection of smaller nations, listing signatories including Archbishops of Canterbury York Armagh and other church leaders.
Police in Paris revised residence permits forcing many foreigners including Germans and Austrians to leave. A long line formed at the station as officials announced stricter rules for staying in the city.
Berlin reports seven Krupp firm members in the war zone have received the Iron Cross for splendid work on the Krupp howitzers. The announcement came via wireless to Sayville.
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