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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
6
A British regiment, largely Welsh, endures weeks of brutal fighting on the Aisne, finally breaking after exhaustion. The writer shares a night with the unit, noting their nerves, sleeplessness, and fragile morale as they prepare to relocate. The captain, tall and strong, remains unable to rest despite orders and shared meals.
An eye witness account from London describes WWI trench life in France. Shelter in dugouts, overhead cover, and named refuges like the Hotel Cecil and Ritz hotel. Bomb damage to ammunition wagon and a possible airman grenade destruction on a forest road are reported with contrasting claims.
London reports an unnamed Jewish noncommissioned officer Miller is recommended by General Rennenkampf for near highest class of the Order of St George for feats in East Prussia. Miller joined as a volunteer, rose to NCO in a Cossack regiment, and captured an armored car and a supply train. He also obtained German force details while disguised near Suwalki.
Countess Torby the mor ganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael of Russia helps move half a million woolen gloves and mittens to British soldiers at the front. The grand duke and his wife were banished from Petrograd for their marriage but invited to return by the czar, Michael's nephew.
London reports a campaign to ease marriage fees and encourage soldiers and sailors to marry before heading to the front, aiming to offset wartime deaths with a higher birth rate in Germany and England alike.
Philadelphia woman, age 12 at Change of Life, reports six years of severe monthly pains. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with eliminating her symptoms and endorses it as a trusted remedy for women. The ad invites letters for confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Newfoundland codfish catch last year produced 7 897 000 dollars, a decline from the year before. An unrelated advertisement urges readers to consult a druggist for Manne Eye Remedy and related eye comfort products from a Chicago company.
Dialogue shows Ilka giving a dollar to a poor man who promised to report back on his progress. The man returns boaked the next morning, prompting a remark about casting bread upon the waters and a reminder of the good deed.
The article argues China is theoretically a republic but governed largely by a few men in Peking. It suggests self government is slowly earned and not achieved by quick, conventional rulings.
In July 1481 a near miss at Reims Cathedral followed a roof repair when a bruiser left among timbers. Morning smoke grew to flames bursting from the spire, destroying the central spire roof and transept gables. Louis XI vowed to evict the canons and replace them with monks.
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