Great Britain Declares War on Germany
Britain declares war on Germany as Europe plunges into global conflict. Battles reported off Morocco and in the North Sea. German Panther cruiser sunk, Greslau and Goeben captured. Belgium, France, Russia mobilize. Britain plans 150000 troops to Belgium. French forces rush to Belgian frontier. Belgium allows Allied passage. Liège and Namur under bombardment. Antwerp teeters on siege.
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Great Britain
Germany
Europe
France
Russia
Belgium
Servia
Montenegro
Austria-Hungary
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Boua
Phillippeville
Algeria
Morocco
Panther
Greslau
Goethen
nort
Trieste
North Sea
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New Castle
Shields
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Boston
Hamburg
Canada
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Ireland
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Trea
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Nancy
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Namur
Brussels war office
Liege
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Argenteau
James
Netherlands
Tilburg
Switzerland
Antiverp
St. Petersburg
moh
Far East
Shanghai
Lloyd Hner Pring Eftel Friedrich
Tsing Tan
Tslug ‘Tan
Lusitania Fleeing for Portland Harbor
A Portland wire operator intercepted dispatches claiming the Lusitania fled New York bound for Portland pursued by German warships with a Helig cruiser in chase. The British cruiser signaled assistance as heavy firing was heard near Quogue New York amid foreign naval rumors.
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Aug. U
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New York
Quoque
N. Y
Reservists Stranded Reach Europe
New York reports 12,000 able bodied men seeking transport to Europe to serve in warring powers armies. An additional 6,000 are registered with general consulates, while thousands telegraph intent to volunteer when called or transport is provided. Many lack funds and cannot return home as others hold their jobs and governments cannot supply transport.
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Europe
New York
Diffraction Grating Explains Pearl Iridescence
The surface ridges of mother of pearl act as a diffraction grating, cancelling parts of white light to produce iridescent colors. An impression of the surface in black wax showed the same display, linking color to light interference rather than pigment.
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Rowland
Mehet
New York Tribune
Eggs Fried On Ice At Illinois Exhibition
A University of Illinois exhibition demonstrated frying eggs on cracked ice using an electromagnet hidden under the table. An ordinary pan atop ice and table absorbed heat from the pan while the magnet under the table supplied the magnetic effect. The trick relied on eddy currents from alternating current to heat the pan without visible wires.
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University of Illinois
Saturday Evening Post
Airships Await British Fleet Excerpt
A Groningen dispatch reports a German air armada of fourteen dirigibles and more than twenty aeroplanes assembling at Wilhelmshaven to attack British warships. The squadron joined the German fleet in Wilhelms.
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Groningen
Netherlands
Wilthelms
Jiaven
Theer
German Torpedo Boat Sunk Off Gedser
A German torpedo boat was blown up and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Gedser when a boiler burst. Thirty sailors drowned as Danish coast guard and ship reports confirm the disaster and loss of life.
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Copenhagen
Baltic Sea
Gedser
German Tower at Sayville to Close During War
Washington reports the state department has decided the German owned wireless tower at Sayville S 3 must be closed during the European war.
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New York
Washington
Sayville
S. 3
state department
Germans Bombard Wireless Station Reported
The Western Union Cable company received a report that warships were bombarding the wireless station at Place Bay Nova Scotia as of August 6.
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New York
Westerns Union Cable company
Place Bay
Nova Scotia
Germans execute 17 Alsatians trying to cross into France
Paris reports seventeen Alsatians were captured by German forces while attempting to cross into France and were shot. The incident is officially announced from Paris on August 6.
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Paris
France
Weather snapshot from eight PM readings across cities
Observations from United States weather bureaus at 8 p m report temperatures and conditions in Albany Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Chicago New Orleans New York Philadelphia St Louis and Washington Cloudy or clear with mostly fair conditions expected today and tomorrow south winds recorded across the domain
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United States weather
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Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
St. Lauia
Washington
Wilson Offers to Mediate in European Conflict
President suggests good offices to Emperor William and leaders of Austria Hungary Russia France and UK as a potential pacific mediation. The Hague convention allows mediation without interrupting mobilization and officials see a possible British acceptance leading to broader accord. Ambassador Gerard pressed for a settlement as White House optimism grows.
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Willam
Nicholas
Francis Joseph
Polo Care
King George
Informa
England
France
Great Britain
Russia
Berlin
Gerard
White House
hops
United States
Liner shot off New Jersey coast stuns passengers
Off the New Jersey coast a German liner fired a shot in American waters during wartime. The Kaiser Wilhelm II and escorting ships faced British and French cruisers as they slipped toward harbor, with the Olympic observed nearby. No injuries reported and officers withheld comment on the incident.
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New York
New Jersey
Kaiser Wilhelm III
Lincoln
Prinz Estel Friedrich
Lloyd line
Dah
imperial naval reserve
White Star
Mner Olympic
President Grant
Cables Are Cut Isolating Germany Near Azores
Direct cable to Germany was halted with the German Atlantic line from New York to Emden cut near the Azores, possibly by British warships. The Commercial Cable company announced the cut and refused to pass messages for Germany, denying British action on this side of the ocean. The line reportedly remained working to the Azores.
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Azores
New York
Emden
Commercial Cable company
Atlantic
Azoles
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