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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
3
London and Paris dispatches report fresh German troops massing near Bruges and Ghent with a likely push toward Dunkirk and Calais. West Flanders battles rage along a 46 mile front as British ships strike German trenches. Verdun remains under heavy bombardment with forts reported reduced.
Reported movements from Ypres to Menin and Warneton to La Bassee show a widening Allied push toward Lille as German forces retreat. British and Belgian actions repulse attacks near Dunkirk while Verdun remains under pressure. Emden raids and British counterships punctuate a day of naval and land activity across the theatre. Warsaw civilians flee ahead of anticipated German attack amid conflicting front reports from the eastern front.
A Berlin merchant's daughter becomes engaged to a German engineer. He is wounded in war, losing an arm and a leg, and asks she break the engagement. She instead marries him, declaring she is content with the half that sacrificed for his country.
London dispatch reports a vast attack along the Belgian coast from Ostend to Nieuport with 70 000 Germans captured and 300 guns seized as the Allies press the Yser line. British dreadnoughts and monitors bombard German positions while submarines, aircraft, and floodwaters complicate the battle. more than fifty towns are ruined amid heavy losses on both sides.
Berlin reports British torpedo boats at Nieupoort out of action by German artillery. Fighting continues west of Lille as German troops assume the offensive and repulse the enemy at several points. The English lose machine guns and about 2,000 prisoners. Official lines note heavy fighting along the Yaer canal with enemy artillery aided from the sea northwest of Nieupport.
Washington reports that Great Britain released the American owned oil steamer John D Rockefeller after a U S protest to Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. The ship was seized near the Orkneys over cargo destination with no action yet on Brindilla and Platuria tankers.
A Norwegian steamer arriving at Las Palmas reports a German cruiser captain claiming to have sunk 11 British and French ships and one Italian steamer. A Danish submarine in international waters fired torpedoes at a Danish submarine. both missiles missed.
An old age perspective from Orison Swett Marden cites autopsy insight into youth appearing older than years. It argues mind over matter shapes aging, urges continual mental growth, and notes Metchnikoff’s view on long life though few reach a century. Emphasizes positive thinking, healthy living, and lifelong vigor after fifty. October Nautilus.
Gray County Probate Judge Philip Miller, 63, reports six boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills relieved six years of heart trouble dizziness puffiness and back ache. He says palpitations stopped, weight about 200 pounds, and urges others to contact the Dodda Medicine Co for remedies and household hints.
An elderly veteran recalls the Alma battle as bullets rain and cannons roar. He describes a moment of being cut off and then claims he ran five miles in three minutes to escape danger.
A landlord returns to find a tenant scowling and cursing as eviction looms over a cabin repaired dispute. The tenant refuses a vacant cottage offer, preferring his grievance to moving. A separate anecdote notes author W B Trites finding publishing success in London and a playful exchange on appreciation.
A quirky item portrays Mark as a rain beau who dotes on girls by gifting handsome umbrellas. The playful note suggests admiration for his umbrella giving habit with light humor and local tone.
The article describes Germany’s North Sea border from Oldenburg’s eastern corner to Schleswig’s northern tip as about two hundred miles. It notes the Kaiser Wilhelm coast spans 61 miles and valued at 40 million dollars.
In a humorous exchange, Teader asks a novelist if he ever saw a woman tapping the floor impatiently. The writer replies yes, recalling a clog dancer as the woman in question, sparking a lighthearted moment about authenticity in writing.
The Wall Street Journal estimates that August hoarding in France alone reached 400 million dollars in silver, with similar trends across France, England, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. If metals vanished at this scale, up to 4 billion dollars of metallic currency could have been withdrawn from circulation and bank deposits.
A nurse in Pennsylvania reports relief from headaches and indigestion after two weeks with Postum replacing coffee. She notes improvements in milk flow for nursing mothers and observes positive effects among patients. Instant Postum offered with quick dissolution and similar per cup cost to regular form. There's a Reason Postum sold by grocers.
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