British Steamer Commodore Sunk as Battles Darken Mesopotamia
Reports from London detail the sinking of the British steamer Commodore with only the cook saved. British and Allied forces face impending battles as Von Der Goltz directs Turkish attacks near Kut el Amara and across Mesopotamia while German reinforcements mass near Flanders and Artois.
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London
Admiralty
Cook
Mesopotamia
von der Goltz
Kut-el-Amasa
Serbia
Gallipoli
Belgium
France
Holland
Flanders
Artois
Vardarcevna-Karasu
von Gallwitz
Berlin
Sister misreads corps obituary note joins Marines
Mrs. Marceline Germain of Donaldson Michigan mourns when told her brother Joseph Eli Jollicouer has joined the U S Marine Corps and named her as next of kin. She asks what her brother died for and is reassured by Captain H T Swain that the corps is a lively organization.
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Portland
Ore
Marceline Germain
Donaldson
Michigan
Joseph Eli Jollicouer
U. S. Marine Corps
H. T. Swain
United States Marine Corps
Submarine Sinks Near Tripoli Coast Amid Oil-Trade Attacks
The article reports Austrian submarine activity off Tripoli and new sinkings including the Petrolite and Communipaw, tying events to U S relations with Austria after the Ancona loss. Confusion over ship positions and a tangential note questions Henry Ford’s motives in publicity.
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Gontindee
Austria
Ancona
United States
Germany
Advertising in gloom should still push ahead
The piece argues against curtailing advertising during present cautions and suggests resilience in business, noting rising prospects. It compares athletes not stopping for rising odds to market participants continuing, highlighting hopeful signs like strong crops, railroads, and a safer banking system improving overall prosperity.
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Townsend
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Tripoline
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G. Droovers
Athens
Des Moines
Henry Ford
Los Angeles
Heart of Riverside
Heart of
Riverside
Pacific Electric Railway
W. C. Bonser
Frt
Pass. Agt
Third and Main Sts
Newton & Harding Building
Corona, Calif
Washington
U. S. Press Association Bond
California
Los Angeles Examiner
Great Southwest
East
Mexico
Canada
City
the Corona
Independent
Advice
Lord & Thomas
S. E. Corner
Wabash and Madison
Chicago
Claud S. Hopkins
Chicago Tribune
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