Berlin Admits Hill 1911 Loss in French Champagne Drive
London reports French gains across Champagne from Mesnil to Massiges and Hill 191 in the race for Tehure and Somme-Up rail lines. Berlin concedes loss and French counterattacks, with 121 field guns captured. British positions near Lens and Ypres area tightened as Franco British forces press toward the German lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lfe
Champagne
Tehure
Cernay
Somme
Berlin
Souchez
Mesnil
Massiges
Ville Aur Tourber
Carnay
Paris
L'Ouvrage de la Dessite
Menin- Ypres
Lens
France
Germany
Loos
la Baasee
Plaine
Wilson Grants Pr Prieve In Utah Murder Case
Governor Spry reprieved Joseph Hillstrom until October 16 after a request from President Wilson. Hillstrom, a Swedish subject, faced execution at dawn for murder, with the governor delaying the sentence and the president seeking a stay through the Swedish minister.
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Joseph Hillstrom
Gov. Spry
Salt Lake City
Spry
Wilson
Hillstrom
Washington
W. A. F P. Ekengren
Utah
One Dead In Mine Blast At Logan Coal Mine
Peoria WV Oct 2 One man dead and another dying after an explosion at Logan Coal company mine in Lanna City TH Fire followed rescue after two hours. Seventy five men buried and then rescued with no injuries reported. The deceased is Martin Perrit aged forty of Hanna City AI Injured Frank Robinson aged thirty two Hanna City IL expected to die from blast cause determined Damages total several thousands of dollars
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Peoria
Logan Coal Company
Lanna City
Martin Perrit
Hanna City
Frank Robinson
Stop Swiss Cables in New York Trade Notice
New York officials announce private dispatches for Switzer land cannot be handled on lines passing through France due to military necessity. The notice informs cable companies to avoid routes through France for these private transmissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Switzerland
France
Marchers Recover From Heat After Grand Army Parade
Washington October 2 200 members of the Grand Army of the Republic received medical treatment after a march in the hot sun but there were no fatalities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We. A. R. Marchers
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Flood Devastates New Orleans Area and Gulf Coast
Reports indicate New Orleans death toll near twenty while widespread destruction and multi million dollar losses spread along the Mississippi Valley. Levees broke near the city flooding Lake Pontchartrain many ships driven ashore and rail and wire communication cut off.
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Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Lake Ponchartrain
Southern Pacific Car Ferry 8
Mud Flata
Avondale
Mebdije
Dallas
New Orleana
Atchafalaya Bay
Milneburg
Central South
Gulf Ports
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Jackson
Miss
McComb City
Illinoia Central
Baton Rouge
Lake Ponchartratu
Allies Rout Turks in Mesopotamia Dardanelles Victory Reported
London dispatch reports a sweeping Allied victory with the British army routing the Turks in Mesopotamia and driving them toward Baghdad. Many prisoners and guns were taken and Turkish dead described as severe. Ottoman retreat continues as further details emerge.
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Britleh
Sultan
Mesopotamia
London
Dardanelles
House of Commons
Bagdad
Auitan
Italian Warship Benedetto Prin Explodes In Fire
A Brindisi dispatch reports a fire on the Italian battleship Benedetto Prin followed by an explosion. Many officers and 279 marines were saved, with Rear Admiral Rubin de Cervin among the dead. The blaze is described as accidental. Tennessee Town in Hamburg Burns, Oct 1. The entire business district of a 1000 population town is burning from a mystery origin fire that started Wednesday morning.
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Benedetto Brin
Ruben de Cervin
Paris
Havas Agessey
Brindisi
Benedetto Prin
Rubin de Cervin
Tennessee
Hamburg
Tenn
Haitians Lay Down Arms At Cape Haitian
Haitian rebels who had resisted American troops agreed to lay down their arms in Cape Haitian on October 2, ending several fatal clashes. The group promised to cease armed resistance and disarm.
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Cape Haitian
American Consul to Resign in Munich
The Morning Post Barne correspondent says T. St. John Gaffney American consul general in Munich will resign after conferring with Sir Roger Casement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morning Post
Barne
Munich
T. St. John Gaffney
Roger Casement
Ardmore Gas Blast Kills Fifty Injures Two Hundred
Ardmore Oklahoma September 29 Fifty persons feared dead and at least two hundred injured when a 250 barrel gasoline tank car exploded near the Santa Fe freight office. The blast toppled buildings sparked fires across ten blocks. Fires were brought under control and martial law declared as residents opened homes to the wounded. A hammer spark ignited gas fumes in the tank. two workers were killed. Glass fronts shattered and injured were driven through the streets.
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Ardmore
Okla
Santa Fe
Germans Defeat Russian Army Near Vilna and Wieck
Berlin reports in the war office statement that east of Vilna General von Eichhorn shattered a large Russian force, taking 21,906 prisoners along with three cannons and 72 machine guns. Northeast of Wieck German forces penetrated Russian lines, taking 3,300 more captives and eight machine guns.
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von Eichhorn
Vilna
London
Berlin
Wireless voice spans 2500 miles Arlington to Mare Island
The first long distance wireless voice transmission occurred from Arlington, near Washington, to Mare Island in San Francisco, about 2500 miles, marking a milestone toward US Europe wireless telephony. The event fuels belief that transatlantic wireless telephone communication may soon be possible. Phillies Take the Pennant as Alexander fires one hit game in 6–0 win over Braves, clinching NL title.
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Washington
Scientinto
Arlington Raffio
Mare Island
San Francisco
United States
Europe
Phillies
Boston
Philadelphias
Alexander
Braves
Rolph Re-elected in San Francisco Primaries
In Frisco California on October 1 opponents concede the reelection of James Rolph Jr as mayor in the primaries. This marks the second time Rolph has been elected in the primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmitz
Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
James Rolph, Jr
Mr. Rolph
British transport Ramazan sunk survivors freed
Athens Oct 1 The Greek government released the Shihe and Gurkhas who survived the British transport Ramazan sunk by a submarine. They were sent immediately to Malta.
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Athens
Malta
Deaths and political changes across nations and states
Nahant Massachusetts Mrs Anna C O L Davis Lodge wife of United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge dies at their home Paris. A Sofig dispatch says Premier Radoslavoff cabinet collapsed and King Ferdinand seeks M Malin off to form new cabinet. Providence Rhode Island Mrs Elizabeth Blair Mohr indicted for murder and assault. New York announces 150 American machinists leaving weekly to work in European munition plants. Kansas City reports five story fall of Theodor C Palzer, head of Farm ere' Loan and Trust, with large fortunes and a widow left behind.
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Nahant
Mass
Anna CO
L. Davis Lodge
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Sofig
Radoslavoff
Ferdinand
M. Malinoff
England
France
Russia
Providence
R. 1
Elizabeth Blair Mohr
C. Franklin Mohr
Emily C. Burger
New York
Kansas City
Theodor C. Palzer
Pelzer
Farmere’ Loan and Trust Company
British Miners Strike in South Wales District
Cardiff Oct 2 Five thousand miners in the South Wales district are now on strike in protest again at the employment of nonunions. Two thousand more quit work in the Cumanan collieries on Thursday.
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Cardiff
South Wales
Cumaman
Two British Generals Killed in Western Front Action
London October 2 The British casualties in the recent western front offensive include Lieut. Gen Sir Thompson Capper and Maj. Gen G A Thesiger Both were killed as announced here in today’s brief bulletin The losses mark a heavy toll among senior officers in the campaign with official confirmation of their deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Western Front
Sir Thompson. Capper
G. A. Thesiger
Wee
Hare
Antitrust Victory in Motion Picture Patents Case
Philadelphia Oct 4 The United States district court ruled against the Motion Picture Patents company in the antitrust dissolution suit. The government proved a conspiracy restraining interstate and foreign commerce in films cameras and related equipment and illegal monopoly with exceptions for Melies Manufacturing. Other named defendants include General Film Edison Kleine Lubin Pathe Selig Vitagraph and Selig. The Melies company was excluded from the findings and the petition against it dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States District Court
Motion Picture Patents Company
United States
Oliver B. Dickson
United States Department of Justice
Motion
General Film Company
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
George Kleine
Chicago
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Pathe Freres
Selig Polyscope Company
Vitagraph Company
Frank L. Dyer
Henry M. Martin
J. J. Kennedy
William Pelzer
Samuel Long
J. A. Berst
Siegmund Lichin
Gaston Melies
Albert H. Smith
George K. Spoor
W. N. Selig
Melies Company
Melies Manufacturing Company
Britain Denies Crippling U S Trade Note Issued by Grey
Washington reports Sir Edward Grey handed Ambassador Page a note in London defending British trade policy. The note cites data showing U S exports and re exports grew alongside British trade, countering claims of wartime interference. It suggests German agents inspired criticisms. August 18 is the note date.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Ambassador Page
London
Edward Grey
State Department
United Kingdom
Montfort elected commenter in chief of G A R
Washington reports Capt. Elias R. Montfort of Ohio who served 11 years as Cincinnati postmaster won the Grand Army of the Republic election for commenter in chief. He defeated Frank O. Cole of Jersey City and William J. Patterson of Pittsburgh while George H. Blaybaugh of Washington named senior vice commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elias R. Montfort
Ohio
Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Montfort
Frank O. Cole
Jersey City
Willam J. Patterson
Pittsburgh
Patterson
Cole
George H. Blaybaugh
English M. P. Dies at Front in Dardanelles Fight
Capt. Harold T. Cawley member of parliament for Haywood Lancashire killed in Dardanelles fighting. He is the third MP to die in the conflict.
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M. P
Front
London
Harold T. Cawley
Haywood
Lancashire
Dardanelles
Captain Cawley
Train Hits Auto Five Die Near Leola Lancaster PA
Five people die when an automobile carrying E. M. Zell aged fifty and four school children is struck by a Pennsylvania railroad express at a grade crossing near Leola Pennsylvania. The crash occurred on October 4 in Lancaster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
E. M. Zell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Leola
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by Mrs. Kreamar
A Lackawanna New York woman recounts relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound six years ago. The ad asserts the remedy treats female troubles including displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites confidential letters for advice.
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Lackawanna, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. F. Kreamar
Electric Avenue
Lackawanna
N. Y
Lydia B. Pinkham
American Name Change Request in Public School
A twelve year old Italian boy asks his teacher to change his name, seeking to be American. He presents a scrap of paper with the proposed name Patrick Dennis McCarty, illustrating his claim I Ilva In America now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Ilva
America
Patrick Dennis McCarty
No More Gray Hairs Promises Youthful Color
An old advertisement touts Hay's Hale Health claiming to restore natural hair color without detection. It pledges harmless action via an element in the formula, offers refunds if it fails, and promotes anti dandruff benefits and scalp toning. Available 25 cents to $1.00 at drug stores with dealer details. Philo ay Specialties Co., Newark, N. J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aingiand
Kalra
Vigorois
Philo Ay Specialties Co
Newark
N. J
One Danger Optimist The World Owes Men a Living
A brief quotation piece reflects a Judge contrasting optimism and pessimism about life. The optimist claims the world owes men a living while the pessimist warns against a moratorium. The lines explore labor and entitlement themes in a terse editorial tone.
Obituary Notice Crafted By A Dear Friend
A heartfelt obituary written by a close friend honors a man whose life reflected kindness and generosity. It celebrates his character, values, and the impact he had on family, neighbors, and community.
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Baron Reading
Blackstone Hotel
Ioan
Baron Reading of
Erleigh
Rufus Isaacs
Commercial Club
J. P. Morgan & Co
Federal Court
U. S
Slaybaugh
Qenison
Dean
Illinois
Dilla
Harvay Rowe
Moulton Ave
Mattoon
Boz Doan
Nat Foster
Burn CO
Buffalo
Warners
Warner
Alvin H. Morton
Sand Point
Idaho
Warner's Safe Remedies Co
Rochester
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