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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
1
Henry Wood, United Press Rome correspondent, reported Pope Pius XII’s death from Italy more than eight hours before rivals. The piece notes Vatican and Italian censorship typically delay official announcements, yet Wood exploited the brief open telegraph window to deliver a landmark UPI beat.
Dispatches from The Hague report rumors of German entry into Brussels with no confirmation from authorities. German forces reportedly occupy Tirlemont after a cavalry and artillery assault, while fights in Dinant’s vicinity intensify as the war continues.
German forces from the Meuse and Moselle fronts press toward Brussels amid heavy Belgian, French, and German artillery exchanges. Louvain reports surface as Belgian and Allied lines resist. Namur and Dinant fortified positions face danger as battles widen. Belgian war office claims moral victory despite German gains on the north Meuse and widespread casualties on both sides.
The Canton Daily News promotes its regular Noon edition as the fastest way to follow the European war hour by hour with seven new pages including comics fiction sport and editorial pages. It trumpets the Pope Pius X death as a giant EXTRA milestone and stresses first by a mile on such news.
Reports from the Hague say Crown Prince Frederick William is seriously wounded in Belgium and taken to Aix-la-Chapelle, while Berlin dispatches differ on his location. Pope Pius X dies of a broken heart in Rome after a long illness and war upheaval.
Rome aug 20 united press staff correspondent pope pius yearned for his old home in venice and spoke of giving two years of his life to visit the city again. his homesickness surfaced during early pontificate and he lamented rome’s loss of papal states and the vatican confinement. a Venetian friend’s visit rekindled the wish to see venice and the new campanile, described as a last great worldly pleasure.
Paris reports that Mme. De Thebes, a renowned prophetess, predicted Pope Pius would die this year. She linked the forecast to a new pope and said changes would follow the election, with collaborations at the Vatican touching both temporal and spiritual matters.
The Dead Pontiff Horn at Riese near Venice traces a clerical career from ordination in 1858 to priestly service in Riese Treviso and Padua. It notes roles as parish priest at Salzano, diocese chancellor, vicar capitular, bishop of Mantua, cardinal and patriarch of Venice, pope elected August 9 1903 and death August 19 1914.
New York municipal markets will open soon in four sites within 50 miles of the city under Borough President Marks. The markets aim to cut food prices by allowing consumers to buy directly from farmers despite previous funding gaps. Locations include under the Manhattan and Queens bridges, Thirday and E 129th Street, and the Ft Lee ferry.
In New London Conn revenue and customs officials thoroughly searched the Vanderbilt yacht Vagrant before it could clear. It marks the first yacht to depart since the neutrality proclamation. Ottawa reports regiments cut by wives vetoing war permits. Paris sees flower girls selling nascent nossegays as normalcy returns.
An advertisement urges readers to place want ads with the Daily News to handle selling. The notice emphasizes the newspaper’s classified services as a route to reach customers and sell items.
Mr and Mrs Welker and Alfred L Boyce of Canton are safe in Rotterdam per cablegrams received by relatives. Last heard from Heidelberg July 27 with fears for their safety. They will sail Saturday on the Iber Holland and reach Baltimore around September 5.
Rome reports the death of Rt Rev Fr Francesco Saverio Wernz head of the Jesuit order known as the black pope. He guided the society with wide powers and was among the churchs most educated leaders whose literary works are celebrated.
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