Democratic Candidate Preston Md Seeks Support for Wilson Policies
A public foreword by a Wilson ally in September 1914 urges Democratic voters in Maryland's First District to back a candidacy aligned with national road and educational funding, naval and grain transport concerns, and public campaign finance reform. He cites party platform pledges, calls for fair primaries, and pledges to advance Wilsonian policies.
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Baltimore Sun
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Congress
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Wilson
Public Sale of Charles E Willis Property
Public sale without reserve on the L Ki Brumbaugh farm in Tuckahoe Neck near Denton on 1914 at 9 30 o'clock. Personal property includes live stock two horses a bay horse and a black horse two Jersey cows a black mule Kate 12 years old and many household items such as bureaus tables beds chairs a parlor organ a refrigerator and kitchen equipment.
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Charles E. Willis
L. Ki. Brumbaugh
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton
Dexter
Morgan
Kate
Jersey
Kaisers forces under pressure as Allied lines hold
Paris dispatches report British and French forces repelling German right wing advances across the Ourcq and Marne. Allies press the center and right while the German enveloping move falters. French and British troops report heavy fighting, with casualties and prisoners moving toward Paris.
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Bordeaux
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Hue
Ourcq
French war office
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Nancy
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Ourcy river
Marne
Maubeuge Falls as Germany Captures 400 Guns and 40,000 Prisoners
German embassy wireless from Berlin reports Maubeuge has fallen with 400 guns, four generals, and 40,000 prisoners captured. Ludwig Frank died storming near Lunéville on September 8 and Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse was wounded. Spanish envoy denies anti-German stance amid neutrality push. Strausburg court martial cites earlier French orders creating partisan snipers.
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Berlin
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Ludwig Frank
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Luneville
Friedrich Wilhelm of
Hesse
Spain
Germany
Austria
Strausburg
Americans Flee Paris After Herrick Warning
Paris residents and visitors rush to depart after Ambassador Herrick orders all Americans to leave at once. The southern exodus grows as German advances push people along roads to Touraine, creating traffic jams and abandoning luxury cars and even donkey carts. Turkish troops in Adrianople reportedly revolt over food shortages, with famine feared citywide.
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Herrick
Paris
Myron T. Herrick
United States
Touraine
trafffic
London
Wspatchhes
Bucharest
Adrianople
Germany issues massive war loan to Berlin banks
Washington reports a German war loan of one milliard marks worth 238 million dollars. The issue comprises treasury bills and an unlimited state loan at 6 percent, issued at 7.50. In another dispatch from Paris the Journal notes a British nurse was among wounded arriving, struck while assisting a German soldier.
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Germany
Washington
treasury
Berlin
Paris
War Scenes: Burying Dead Horses in Belgium After Battle
Battlefield action in Belgium leads to the burial of dead horses after a fierce clash. Troops clear the field, mark trenches, and prepare makeshift graves as casualties are tended by aid units. News notes the harsh realities of modern combat and its toll on animals near the front.
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Congress
Paris
Man shoots wife and kills self in Realing tragedy
In Realing Pennsylvania on September 10, George F. Sell aged 24 from Monticello shot his wife in the head then killed himself. He feared losing his textile mill job amid European war talk. The wife says there was no quarrel. Their five year old son was staying with neighbors. The husband had warned of layoff.
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Realing
George F. Sell
Monticello
Four Die in Motor Car Train Collision Near Ocean City
Four New York residents including Dr. Matthew S. Borden and Honaire mill owner’s son J Harsey Wood die when a motor car strikes a freight train at Palermo south of Ocean City New Jersey. John H. Ryan injured and under care at an Ocean City hotel. Coroner Lake to handle bodies.
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Ocean City
N. J
Palermo
here
Matthew S. Borden
M. C. D. Borden
Honaire cotton
Fall River
Mass
Japanese Diet Adopts War Budget by Unanimous Vote
Tokio reports the Japanese diet approved the government war program with a wartime appropriation of 63,000,000 yen about 26.51 million dollars. The vote was unanimous and reflects the nation’s wartime mobilization.
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Tokio
Weather Summary From Weather Bureau Observations
Observations at 8 p.m. yesterday show clear skies in Albany Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Chicago New Orleans New York Philadelphia and Washington with tempera tures ranging from 54 to 84 degrees. Forecast calls for cloudy today and tomorrow with north winds.
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Exaggerated Evils of Insomnia Excerpt
Exaggerated evils of insomnia are described as the chief cause of functional nerve disease among six examined causes. The text notes that the sufferer’s emphasis worsens perceived fatigue, especially in nervous individuals, where the idea of fatigue doubles actual exhaustion.
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Schofield
Huge Russian Army Advances on Berlin and Vienna
A sprawling World War I dispatch from Rome and Petrograd reports Russian forces advancing through Galicia toward Lemberg and Przemysl, with plans to invest Vienna and Budapest. Germans are described as thinning at the Vistula while Rennenkampf and Ruszky push westward toward Berlin. A separate item from Milton, Pennsylvania, notes William Murray killed after a runaway horse dragged him 300 feet.
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Rennenkampf
Berlin
Austria
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Budapest
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Galicia
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Dneister
acala
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Turkey
Milton
William Murray
Deny Russian Troop Landing in France Report
London dispatch says both the French and Russian embassies deny the report quoted by the Standard that Russian troops have landed in France. The denial counters a circulating claim about Russian forces in France.
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France
London
General Markets Philadelphia Flour and Grains Report
Market notes show flour prices for winter clear at 4.75 to 4.90 per barrel with fancy selections at 7.00 to 7.25. Rye flour steady at 6 per barrel, corn quiet No 2 yellow 92 cents, oats steady 67 cents, lower grades 54 cents, potatoes 70 to 90 cents per bushel, poultry live 17 to 18 cents, dressed 20 to 24 cents, butter 34 cents, eggs steady 36 to 37 cents selected, 31 cents nearby.
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PHILADELPHIA
asher
westen
Live Stock Prices in Chicago Markets
Chicago hogs show mixed bids from 8.90 to 9.50 with heavy days trading around 8.40 to 8.60, bulk sales noted. Cattle ranges include steers and stockers at 5.40 to 5.25, cows and heifers 3.15 to 9.35, calves 7.50 to 11.50, sheep 5.5 to 5.90, yearlings 5.75 to 6.60, and pigs 6.40 to 8.90 blended in.
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