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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1914
Page
3
An observer recounts African troops in France during World War I, detailing Turcos and Senegalese riflemen. The piece contrasts Turcos fierce trench reality with Senegalese fetishes and fatigue, noting leadership, discipline, and cultural differences amid combat.
Fragmentary wartime prose notes describe a German colonel and French forces near Paris. Claims mention the Aneta and General Prench, with references to Bemes and a council in the Alsace district amidst unsettled action.
A town's former resident becomes a celebrated figure who served as a colonel under German occupation. He used intimate local knowledge to command hay and supply operations. He quips to ex-colleagues that they once rejected him as mayor but may accept him as burgomaster.
The Ghurkas prefer a bay to a certain way, and though they faced an insurmountable difficulty they overcame it. Bridesol dere, familiar with their customs, suggested a slight cut on their Magers to fulfill the tag. A bandaged finger remains popular as long as the French iris.
Luickhardt volunteers to cut free the trapped airship crew after a shell ruptures the hull near the fort. He clings to the shattered frame while the dirigible hangs 6 000 feet high before it resumes flight at 40 miles an hour. Sugar is noted as produced in Africa from cassava plants.
London reports a general German retirement along the Belgian front from Bruges to Thielt amid heavy shelling heard in Ghent. An aerial raid by British and French planes hit German headquarters at Thielt Minges and Roulers as German rail works at Bruges suffer severe damage.
British battleships and battle cruisers search the North Sea for a German squadron of four battleships and four cruisers that slipped from Wilhelmshaven for a raid on the English coast. The report notes attempts to bottle up German warships falter and cites Turkish forces at the Black Sea, plus Britain's war declarations on Turkey and Cyprus.
Reports from Paris claim German officers died in a wreck while 5000 wounded soldiers are seen in improvised hospitals at Roulers. The Allied press notes German detachments cut off near Arnis and Roye, with about 4500 troops surrendering after exhausting ammo. Allies cross Yser and advance near Nieuwport, while battles rage from Ypres to Arras and Verdun to the Meuse. German naval moves alarm Britain as cruisers evade patrols and coast defense tightens. Russian admiralty confirms movement affecting Sultan’s boats.
Valparaiso reports the German Scharnhorst and companions claim nearly two thousand British officers and sailors killed in the Coronel engagement. The Monmouth and Good Hope were sunk or damaged. Cradock may be dead. Meanwhile the York armored cruiser struck a mine near Wilhelmshaven, with about 500 lost, the largest German vessel sunk in the war.
Official dispatches report a Russian general staff note that the enemy has begun a fall back on multiple sectors. Russian forces claimed Bakalarjevo with arms and prisoners, while left bank Vistula withdrawals continued. Austrian troops also retire in Poland as a broader naval clash looms in the Pacific between German and Japanese forces.
The Boston Transcript notes pestilence often shadows great wars with increased civilian deaths after battles. Cholera reportedly appears in eastern theaters with Austrian and Russian camps linked to its spread. Russian troops are said drawn from affected areas as peace returns.
The text traces cholera’s European entry in 1830 31 after a Turkish campaign to quell Poland and notes Marshal Dieuditsch as an early famed victim. It follows the disease through Germany to Great Britain and then North America via Irish immigrants, urging international quarantine as a duty.
In a fall celebration, thousands of Parisian women and men decorate graves across Notre Dame La Madeleine St Augustin Sacre Coeur La Trinite and Notre Dame des Victoires. General Galillent prefect Delauney and the League of Patriots attend a cemetery tribute with allied flags flying as aviation units patrol to deter hostile airships.
Petrograd, once lively with vodka and night life, grows somber as two months of war pass. Streets empty, restaurants sparse, and daily casualty lists heighten fear among citizens and families. The front reports are reviewed by officials while locals await further hardship.
In a briefing the party circulated a list of lawmakers to show a projected narrow congressional edge. The document signals coordinated support for upcoming votes and policy goals as the party seeks to solidify its position in a divided Congress.
Washington dispatch reports the Republican national congressional campaign committee concedes Democrats will control the next House with 214 Democrats and several others in doubt, while seven districts remain undecided. Senate majority is projected as Democrats 64 to Republicans 41 and Progressives 1.
London reports Major Viscount Dalrymple M P is held prisoner in Germany. In California a constitutional amendment against prize fighting appears to have carried. In Hammond Indiana N Bennell, head of the chamber of commerce, killed a man in an auto accident. In Quebec a shoe factory fire burns several people to death.
Washington reports President Wilson structuring plans for the 1916 race. He sees two likely Republican rivals Charles Whitman of New York and Frank Willis of Ohio both elected governors. He anticipates a possible reduction of the Democratic House majority, around fifty seats, with confidence in New York and Ohio holdovers Glynn and Cox seeking re election.
Illinois reports a widening disease alert as Iowa and Wisconsin join nine states under quarantine. The secretary orders closing sick yards and a large scale slaughter begins with 613 feeder cattle worth $40,000 killed and buried in trenches on Forty-fifth Street.
Reports from El Paso and Nogales describe Villa and Carranza forces clashing near Aguas Lentes Magdalena Sonora and along the Rio Grande with Villa sending ten thousand troops and artillery to confront Carranza. Other items note a British skyward explosion near Ireland and a probate will in Waukegan along with German officers detained in San Francisco and relief to Belgians arriving Rotterdam.
A fire at the Waverly hotel 342 Eleventh avenue New York killed six men and badly injured many others. Fire trapped hundreds as stairs burned cutting escape routes. some leaped from second story windows. several burned in beds. Hospital care provided to seven severely injured.
Frederick Nef, Clevelane school superintendent, found guilty of contempt for defying a court order suspending anti union actions. He was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to one day in county jail with nearly 4240 in costs. An appeal petition was filed while bond set at 1000 dollars.
Mrs Florence O Dichards was elected president at the Buckeye State W C T U convention held in Newark. The report also notes multiple crime and accident items across Ohio including a fatal gas asphyxiation in Degras and a medical emergency in Lorain.
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