War News Roundup: Allied Pressure and German Deployments
Great Britain and Russia join France in opposing US purchase of German liners for a merchant fleet. Paris eyes moving government to Bordeaux as defense forts rush toward Paris. Belgium’s Queen Elizabeth and children reach England. Antwerp reports General Pau’s victory near Peronne. A German bombardment of Paris and bombardments along the frontier are reported with mixed outcomes. Apia surrenders to British forces from New Zealand.
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Paris
Antwerp
Pau
Peronne
Elizabeth
Belgium
England
Washington
France
Bordeaux
Great Britain
Russia
United States
French War Office
Hritied
Honolulu
Hongkong
Tsingtao
China
Feriin
Dover
Paria
Boles de Boulogne
Heliogoland
Herlin
Ablenstein
Prasela
Apia
New Zealand
Russians Repulse Germans Move in Galicia and Allenstein
Russian embassy reports in St Petersburg that Allied forces repelled German reinforcements and occupied Allenstein east of Prussia. The Russian advance continues with an Austrian regiment said to be decimated.
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London
St. Petersburg
Allenstein
Prosela
Stxty
Koenigaberg
Galicia
Louvain
Wavre
Colorado Order Bans Nonresident Coal Miners
Colonel J. Lockett reports receipt of a new order from Secretary Garrison effective in the northern coal fields. The directive prohibits employment of coal miners who are not residents of Colorado as part of federal troop actions in the southern coal strike district.
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Trinidad, Colo
J. Lockett
Colorado
German invasion sweeps through Belgium and Louvain
A Ghent dispatch describes the German advance from Diest to Louvain and the capture of the former Belgian army headquarters area. German forces, about 120,000 strong, push toward Brussels with heavy cavalry screens and clashes with Belgian and French units around Diest and Tirlemont.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Belgium
Ghent
Bruseela
Louvain
Diest
Wavre
Chronicle
Tasselt
Tongres
Waremme
Brussels
Last Shot Desire Amid Crushed Legs
In Vichy the presidential palace and hotels serve as hospitals as wounded fill every branch of service. A gunner praised for perfect aim begged for one final shot after his comrade was killed with crushed legs.
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Vichy
Dragoons
Hussars
Honhomme Pasé
Germany to Enlist Boys for Military Training
London reports German papers of August 22 and 24 publish orders requiring boys aged sixteen to nineteen to undergo a course of musketry and military training. The article notes the wartime mobilization tone and cites official dispatches.
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Germany
London
Pews Bureau
Russians Defeat Austrian Troops Across East Prussia
Russian forces press advance in East Prussia and Galicia as German troops join to halt them. Heavy fighting near Gumbinnen and along the Soldau to Bischofeburg line ends with Russian gains in Allenstein while Vienna reports an Austrian defeat at Zamove near Lublin.
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East Prussia
St. Petersburg
Galicia
Gumbinnen
Neldenberg
Orteleburg
Johannesburg
Soldau
Allenstein
Bischofeburg
Sofia
Bulgaria
Zamove
Ruselan
Poland
Lublin
Refugees Arrive Aboard the Francois in Boston Harbor
The Cunard liner Francois reached Boston Sunday with 1,700 American refugees from Europe aboard. The ship sailed in convoy with two English torpedo boats and was hailed seven times more by warships during the voyage, ten total hails by English and French cruisers.
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Boston
Cunard
Francois
Europe
Tve
Pension plan urged for Spanish War widows in Kentucky
Louisville scholars and veterans group urged a federal pension program for widows and orphans of Spanish American War veterans in a legislative committee report presented during the United Spanish American War Veterans annual session in Louisville.
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Loulsville
Legislative Committee of the United Span
Pennsylvania Railroad Files Rate Change for Mileage Books
The Pennsylvania Railroad company announced to the Interstate Commerce Commission that from October 1 open and interchangeable mileage books will cost 2 1/2 cents per mile, up from 2 cents, signaling higher travel charges.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Monway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Drink Causes Inefficiency Among Workers, Edinger Testifies
A contractor, F.3 Edinger, testified before the federal industrial relations commission that drink is the agent most often driving American laborers to accept casual employment while dealing with large bodies of unskilled workers.
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San Francisco
Edinger
Federal Industria Relations Commmission
Osler Urges Compulsory Vaccination for British Army
Dr. William Osler writes to the Times urging urgent enforcement of compulsory vaccination for the British army to safeguard public health and military readiness.
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Osler
London
William Osler
The
Times
Blind Charlie Sells Newspapers by Whistle in Worcester
In Worcester England a blind man named Gardner peddles papers by walking the streets and whistling a distinctive sound. Children are sent by residents to buy a paper from him as he identifies and handles money by touch. He remains wary of counterfeit alpenes and continues to whistle for his living.
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Worcester
England
Charlie
Gardner
Bennie Fixes Geese with Candle Taillights
Bennie attaches candle bits to the backs of geese while his mother asks what he is doing. The boy replies that the honkers need taillights for visibility, joking that the geese have honkers on fret.
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Bennie
And Baby Too Mind My Wife
A quirky exchange quoted about family duties and a joking reaction to a wife asking for help with the baby. The line reflects humorous gender role twists and domestic humor.
Unclear social remark on marriage choices
A brief social observation notes that the average young woman would marry a brainy man if no better suitor is available. The statement reflects gendered dating expectations and economic motives in marriage considerations.
Sister's Trick Turns Coffee Fiend to Postum Convert
A sister disguises Postum as coffee to help a nervous coffee addict regain strength and health. Ten days prove Postum rebuilds what coffee destroys, with the dealer’s note claiming the product’s nerve aiding merits and two forms available.
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Postum
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