British Subsea Actions and WWI Naval Losses Reported
British submarines torpedoed the Turkish Goeben later renamed Sultan Selim and damaged the Breslau cruiser while German airships bombarded the Thames area. Reports detail Russian and Baltic naval actions, a German Zeppelin raid on England, and the sinking of the Ramsey with Me tier, plus eleven merchant ships.
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Berlin
Dagland
Thames
London Docks
Harwich
The
Humber
Admiralty
English
London Dock
Schaeren
Gulf of Riga
Great Britain
London
Rome
Paris
Adriatic Sea
Ramsey
Meteor
North Sea
Teutonic claims ridiculed as canard by war ministry
Rome reports the Italian 200000 casualty claim branded a ridiculous canard by the war ministry. In Indianapolis two Penn Railroad trainmen died when a fast passenger train derailed at an open switch near here. Washington says prosecutors will drop further election fraud proceedings in the Danville district. The U.S. rejected Austro Hungarian views on selling war munitions to allies. The Danish schooner Jason burned at sea. crew saved by the gunboat Abenlon. The Norwegian ship Iris was held by a German submarine and forced to dump Russian mail matter in the North Sea.
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Rome
Teutonic
Austria
War Ministry
Indianapolis
Ind
Penn‘w*ylvania
St. Louis
New York
Washington
Department of Justice
Charles A. Karch
Danville
United States
Vienna
Copenhagen
Jason
Abenlon
Bubonic Plague Confirmed in California Death
Nick Gloria died at Martinez on July 14 and the California board of health reports a bacteriological test confirms bubonic plague. The California board of health was informed of the finding from the Martinez case.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
Nick Gloria
Martinez
California Board of Health
Rumor of War News Sends Markets into Frenzy
London and Chicago financiers react to rumors of military successes affecting Russia. Traders note rising Russian securities and widespread contract cancellations for over 2,000,000 bushels of wheat. Foreign buyers take profits as export prices dip, with Italy and France reselling wheat amid unsettled Dardanelles developments.
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London
Russia
Stock Exchange
Russian Exchange
Chicago
Seaboard
United Kingdom
Liverpool
Argentina
Italy
France
Dardanelles
Straits
Two Held in Macklin Murder Near Bristol Farm
Sheriff Thomas took Silas N Eiversole a former Dunkerd preacher aged sixty and his son Newton Eversole to custody near Bristol along with 48 suspects in the Hazel Macklin murder case. Hazel Macklin a fifteen year old South Bend girl was found strangled in Island Park on October 24 1914 after going to meet a man who answered her ad for a farm position.
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Goshen
Ind
Silas N. Eiversole
Dunkerd
Newton Eversole
Bristol
Thomas
Hazel Macklin
Indiana
South Bend
Island Park
Six Die In Excursion Crash Near Cedar Point
Six lives were lost when a Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern freight collided with a Knights of Pythias return train at Orient during a heavy rainstorm. More than twenty injured, with several in Columbus hospitals. Victims named Sellars Holler Neff Mitchell Gearhert Reichelederfer.
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Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Mount Starling
Cedar Point
Orient
Margaret Sellars
Logan Holler
Thornie Neff
Thed Mitchell
Fred Gearhert
Carl Reichelederfer
Arrested as Spy Sketches Coastline for Federal Warrant
Tallahassee August Ordolph is held on a federal warrant for making sketches of lighthouses and government reservations along the Florida coast. The arrest underscores suspected espionage activity tied to coastal defenses.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Ordolph
U. S. Army Airmen Killed In Plane Crash Near Port Stil
Port Stil Oklo Aug 14 Quarter master Capt George H Knox of the U S A was killed and Lieut P B Sutton his aid probably fatally injured when their aeroplane fell 500 feet casualties reported from the crash.
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U. 8
A. Alrman
Port Stil
Oklo
George H. Knox
P. B. Sutton
Washington
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Caperton
Navy Department
Warships Sent as Mexico Tensions Rise
The United States moves to a possible clash with Carranza as mobs in Vera Cruz are stirred to attack foreigners. Battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire sail for Vera Cruz, with gunboats Marietta Whealing and Machias ordered there. Wilson cuts short his Cornish vacation and returns to Washington. Secretary Lanning announces Pan American talks on Mexican policy.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Carranza
McNamee
East Coast
Vera Cruz
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Newport
R. L
Marietta
Progreso
Whealing
Machias
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Lanning
Iowa Mayor Kills Woman in Desoto Kitchen Tragedy
Desoto Indiana August 18 Mayor Joseph Blackman shot and killed Mrs C J Jordan forty wife of a Texas state dealer and then killed himself. Witnesses say the mayor who had been drinking quarreled with Mrs Jordan after she went to the country to cook for threshers. The killing occurred in Mrs Jordans kitchen with her mother present as a witness.
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de Soto
Joseph Blackman
Mra. C. J. Jordan
Blackman
Jordan
Mrs. Jordan
Perrin Admits Bank Theft In Cedar Rapids
Leo I Perrin, a Cedar Rapids National Bank teller, confessed to stealing 20,000 dollars on August 4 after fabricating a tale of an armed bandit. He has returned 10,000 dollars to the bank as part of the recovery. The report notes Perrin’s admission and partial restitution.
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Cedar Rapids, Is
Leo
Perrin
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Zeppelins Raid England as Invasion Fears Grow
Air fleets kill fourteen in England during a four hour bombing raid from Monday night to Tuesday morning. Zeppelin activity sparks alarms along the eastern coast as one airship is driven down and destroyed near Ostend after a Belgian tow. An allied air force raids Bavaria, killing eight civilians at Sankt Ingbert.
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London
England
Scotland
Zuyder Zee
Germany
Bavaria
Sankt Ingbert
Ostend
Dunkirk
Freight rate case yields mixed railroad concessions
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission’s western rate case ruling largely favors farmers and farm interests, with limited railroad increases approved. Coterminous notes show dissents by Commissioners Harlan and Daniela. Separate items note a wealthy Illinois farmer’s death, a Paris court-martial deportation for narcotics, Kaiser's Warsaw entry fears, and mined public squares.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harlan
Daniela
Carioadt
Broomcorn
Texan
Mystery surrounds sinking rumors of the Corinthian
Chicago reports a global wheat order cancellation amid war censorship and markets jitter as word spreads about the Allan Line liner Corinthian possibly sunk in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Officials offered no confirmation while traders note shifting grain and stock prices and heavy September wheat selling.
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Corinthian
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Chicago
Buyera
Italy
France
United Kingdom
London
Liverpool
Boston
Devonian
Leyland Line
England
Cambrian
Ladalle Street
Allan Hner Corinthian
Montreal
Havre
George B. Bunting
Allan Line
Father Point
Atlantic
Jamaica struck by hurricane causes $10 million loss
Kingston Jamaica Aug 16 Damage estimated at 10 million dollars from a terrific hurricane that swept the northeastern and northern coasts Thursday night. Great Danana plantations were completely destroyed and sugar plantations suffered the same fate. So far as is known there were no logs of life.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Danana
Eastland Recovered After 20 Hours Of Lifting Effort
After twenty hours of crane lifts aided by tugs, the steamer Eastland capsized three weeks earlier and sank in the Chicago river with close to a thousand lives lost. The vessel was raised to a 75 degree angle but no bodies were recovered.
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Chicago
Austrian Fleet Active Bombards Italian Littoral Rail Line
Vienna reports the Austrian fleet bombarded the Italian Littoral from Molfetta to Sena San Giorgio. San Epirito station and depots burned, Bari castle signal station and fire factories shelled. population panicked. Vessels returned unharmed. An Austrian submarine U-3 reportedly sunk with twelve crew saved. U-2 sunk earlier. Beloit incident: husband shot by rival, wife hanged herself.
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Molfetta
Sena San Giorgio
Shalls
Vienna
San Epirito
Bari
All Expert. Johnny What Is an Expert in the Kansas City Star
A pithy editorial quip in the Kansas City Star defines an expert as a fellow who tells others how to do what he cannot do himself. It reflects on pretension and practical efficacy.
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Johnny
Pat Pa
Kansas City Star
Frugal cures and a horn substitute described
An advertisement extols soft white hand cleansing soap and healing ointment as superior to all others. It also details a cheap horn substitute made from wheat flour and sodium silicate, formed into a hard hornlike material after three weeks, moldable before setting.
Odd Two-Legged Dog Surprises Carmargo Residents
In Carmargo Oklahoma a dog that travels on two legs captivates locals. The animal, belonging to Mr Storey a section foreman, lost two legs after being hit by a train months ago. Now it drags two legs on one side and can walk and run as well as a four-legged dog.
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Carmargo
Dewey County
Okla
Mr. Storey
Coffee Troubles Led to Postum Relief, Customer Says
A reader describes heart trouble eased after quitting coffee and using Postum. He credits the change to Postum and notes friends also switched, with two forms available: Postum Cereal and Instant Postum, both described as delicious when prepared per directions.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
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