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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
1
The undersigned will sell personal property on the Denton Public Square on Saturday October 24 1914 starting at 1 pm. Cash under 10 dollars. for sums over ten dollars a six month credit with a bank secured note. No removal until terms met. Mrs Jonathan Evitts Reuben Garey Attorney John W Clark Auctioneer.
Taxpayers may obtain a four percent discount on all taxes paid in October. The collection period runs from 9:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the stated locations, with remaining days at the treasurer's office in the Court House.
Terrie fighting lines stretch from Nieupo rt to La Bassee as German onslaughts meet determined Allied resistance. British fleet bombardments join land defenses at Ostend and Dixmunde while Berlin admits naval aid to the Allies. Fierce street fighting at Roulers, heavy bombardment, and shifting frontline gains mark a costly struggle along the northwest front with German defenses repeatedly repulsed.
In Huntingdon County two Hyves died in a home fire near Orbisonia. John Gearinger, 63, and his son George, 11, perished as flames trapped them in their room. Mrs. Gearinger suffered severe burns while escaping from a second story window. Authorities believe a lamp explosion started the blaze.
Infirmities of old age caused the death of General George B. Cadwallader at Sunbury on October 22. Born in 1830 at Doylestown, he served five years in the Civil War, retired as colonel in 1866 and was breveted to general. He later served as mayor of Sunbury for several terms.
Petrograd reports that Austro German forces west of the Vistula have been driven back forty five miles from the river and Russian posts near Skierniewice. Germans fail to reconstruct east of Lowiecz and Skierniewice while Cossacks destroy tracks as rebuilt. Evidence suggests a campaign pattern similar to France with strong entrenchments along the Vistula.
Reports from the eastern front indicate Warsaw civilians are fleeing as German Army forces close in. The Russian claim of Austro German routs along the Vistula is denied by the war office. Refugees are to be cared for in Petrograd and other cities as Warsaw teeters under siege.
Report from Brussels says all master artworks were removed from Bruges churches in September amid fears of bombardment and are now safely housed in the city of Bruges.
An Amsterdam report says the German commander ordered all inhabitants to evacuate Brussels within forty eight hours. There is no official confirmation of the dispatch.
Plink-eye has broken out among western horses recently bought for the British government. About 200 horses are quarantined in Pittsburgh by order of United States Inspectors.
Market notes show steady Philadelphia flour with winter at 4.00 to 4.85 and firm No 2 red wheat at 1.10 to 1.14. Oats No 2 firm 62 cents, potatoes steady 53 to 63 cents per ug. Poultry live steady hens 13 to 15 cents, old roosters 11 to 12, dressed fowls 21 cents, eggs steady selected 37 to 39 cents, nearby 33 cents.
Market figures show mixed cattle and calf prices with cows and heifers at around 3.25 and calves near 7.25. Sheep and lambs command prices from roughly 4.80 to 7.80, while hogs and hog product figures hover near 6.90 to 7.65 for top grades, with overall firm tone on calf and feeder rates.
Washington reports three oil laden ships seized by a British warship within eight days. The Standard Oil tanker Rockefeller and the Platuria, formerly Diamant, are under protest. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing vow vigorous steps to protect American flagged vessels and review transfers of registry.
Barcelona dispatch reports Emperor Wilhelm II seriously ill, a recurrent rumor since the war began. The Amsterdam correspondent notes prior tales of injury or illness circulated from multiple fronts, with no confirmed official word.
The German cruiser Emden has sunk five British vessels 150 miles southwest of Cochin in British India, including the steamers Chikana Troilus Benmobr and Cian Grant and the dredge Ponrabble. Exford was captured by the Emden.
Revolt in Braganza and Mafra led by former colonel Adnano Beca was quickly crushed. Beca has been captured and troops pursue a revolutionary band that fled Mafra.
Stockholm dispatch via Copenhagen says German torpedo boats fought hostile submarines in the Baltic near Rugen Island off the Prussian coast. No details of the battle or its outcome are provided.
Berlin October 22 a Kreutz Zeitung war expert estimates that combined French British Russian and Belgian killed wounded and prisoners exceed 750000 men.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip uses a misread telegram to joke about crossed wires or an engagement to a Russian nobleman. The daughter’s coded line Zlmersogollamnorodshjko tuwry is read aloud, prompting playful speculation about its meaning.
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