New Picture of the Kaiser Give Jewels to Red Cross
A St. Petersburg dispatch to Reuters reports the dowager empress organizes a relief fund and urges offerings great or small for the Red Cross. Jewelry including rings watches bracelets purses and utensils are being sent by post. Grand Duke Constantine is among early subscribers sending three rings including a relic of St Barbara.
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Red Cross
London
St. Petersburg
Reuters Telegram Company
Red Cross Society
Grand Duke
Constantine
St. Barbara
Bombardment of Cities Provokes Global Shock
Wartime commentary from the Chi nge News condemns the Antwerp Zeppelin raid. The piece questions adherence to The Hague rules and laments civilians, especially women and children, exposed to high explosives in sleeping cities. It argues the attack harms Germany's standing with the world.
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Niles
Antwerp
Germany
Aetty
Neutrality violated by Germany echoes in Allied call for restraint
Indiscriminate bombardment from the sky is condemned as Antwerp remains the last strong hold. The piece argues modern warfare should limit harm to combatants, not civilians, warning that any nation overstepping humanitarian bounds will harm itself profoundly.
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Antwerp
Germany
Shifting Alliances of Europe Through History
The piece traces how European powers shifted alliances across wars. It notes England France and Russia once allied with the Triple Entente, then opposing Germany and Austria, and cites examples from Napoleonic, Crimean, and Berlin Treaty history. It suggests Italy and Turkey as potential pivots in the current war.
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France
Russia
Germasy
Prussia
Germany
Berlin
Italy
Austria
Turkey
Wheat Crop Estimates From September 1 Board Report
The crop reporting board of the department of agriculture releases September 1 condition and production estimates for major crops. Winter wheat yield 19.1 bushels per acre with 675 million bushels produced. spring wheat 12.2 bushels per acre and 221 million bushels. all wheat 16.8 bushels per acre and about 90 million bushels. Corn 24.9 bushels per acre and 2.634 billion bushels. oats 28.1 bushels per acre and 1.116 billion bushels. Barley 20.3 bushels per acre and 202 million bushels. rye 16.8 bushels and 43 million. Prices listed per unit.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
Plan To Tax Freight and Wine Also to Help Make Up Deficit
Washington reports an emergency revenue bill to tax beer and wine plus railroad freight to offset wartime deficits. Democrats expect $33.9 million from beer, $9 million from wine, and $65 million from freight in transit, totaling over $100 million. Freight tax collected via railroads at 3 percent with a 1 percent collection fee, passed to consumers indirectly. Winery taxes target manufacturers only, not consumer wine.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
White House
House
Underwood
Leaf mold as a soil amendment and its preparation
Leaf mold is a valuable manure for heavy soils and seedling beds. It forms from decayed beech and oak leaves, speeds root formation in young plants, and should be produced with thin layers, regular turning, and adequate moisture to avoid overheating and fungal growths.
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W. RB Gilbert
Dillingham Nominated United States Senator at GOP Rally
Telegraphic notes report Senator William P. Dillingham unanimously nominated for U S senator at the Republican state convention in Montpelier Vermont. Also noted is Mrs Russell Sage’s eighty six birthday in Lawrence Kansas with no special observance due to her health. A Zurich dispatch says Germany rejected Austria’s loan request and bankers acted similarly.
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Montpelier
William P. Dillingham
Lawrence
L. L
Russell Sage
Havas
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Bennett Weds Baroness in Paris Net Herald Owner Marries
Paris on Sept 11 Baroness George de Reuter wed James Gordon Bennett proprietor of the New York Herald. Civil ceremony at city hall sixteenth arrondissement followed by service at American Protestant Episcopal church. Witnesses included Viscount Breteaud Duke de Camastra and Myron T. Herrick. Bennett, 73, this is his first marriage.
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Paris
George de Reuter
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
City Hall
Sixteenth Arrondissement
Samuel N. Watson
Viscount Breteud
Duke de Camastra
Italy
Myron T. Herrick
Albert Robert
Maud Potter
John Potter
Philadelphia
Baron Herbert de Reuter
Reuters Telegraph Company of London
Mr. Bennett
Watson
Builders of Canal Honored
Washington notes the house passed a bill to thank Col. George W. Goethals and associates for Panama Canal work. Brig. Gen. William C. Gorgas Col. H. F. Hodges Lieut. Col. William L. Siebert and Commander H. H. Rousseau are named. The bill raises Goethals to major general of the line and Gorgas to major general of the medical department.
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House
Congress
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
William C. Gorgas
H. F. Hodges
William L. Siebert
H. H. Rousseau
Goethals
General Gorgan
Medical Department
Excellent hints for fall garden and dairy farming tips
A vintage guidance note covers fall garden practices from selecting seed sweet corn to drying ears, pruning raspberries, and winter onions. It also advises on planting fruit trees with deep holes, and stresses profitable brood mares, dairy standards, and avoiding overfeeding hogs.
Timely Hints For Farmers Use In Livestock And Crops
Practical advice on farming routines and profitability including sow investment, dairy herd hygiene, using straw bedding to improve manure, and the value of cross breeding. It notes the dangers of overwork, the need to weed out poor cows, and strategies for beef, corn stover alfalfa and clover, and alfalfa seed production relying on climate and moisture conditions.
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Scierce
Plymouth Rock
Itg & Poor
Writers About War Held
Washington reports an inquiry by the state department into the detention of American newspaper correspondents by Germany. If no justification is found, a protest will be made to Berlin. J. T. McCutcheon James O’Donnell Bennett Harry Hansen Irvin S Cobb and Roger Lewis are held at Aachen Chapelle by German authorities.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Berlin
John T. McCutcheon
James O'Donnel Bennett
Harry Hansen
Irvin S.cobb
Roger Lewis
Atzxja-Chapelle
Several Fatal Auto Crashes Reported Across States
Eighteen people are killed or injured in multiple early September accidents across Indiana Illinois Michigan and Washington a Pensylvania train collision near Scottsburg Indiana kills six auto occupants including Ellsworth Belch and family others die in a car crash near Yeddo Indiana and a six foot embankment fall in Illinois. Additional items note Hungarian troops fleeing Verest and surrendering to Romanians a bubonic plague outbreak in Smyrna and other Turkish stations and a London bill approving a million dollar diplomatic expense as well as rent relief for families of soldiers and a Chicago train wreck with injuries. A Seattle earthquake was also recorded with no damage reported.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Austin
Here
Ellsworth Belch
Atty
Dalton
Amelia Belch
Mary Belch
Beulah Robbins
Laura Trubek
Avetin
Danville
Harry Bird
Ann Arbor
Mich
Stella
Yeddo
Bird
Pike
Noted Griton Dies in Geneva After Earlier Ill Health
London reports Sir J Heniker Heaton father of penny postage between Britain and the United States died in Geneva Switzerland after a trip to Carlsbad before the war in poor health. The article notes a bankruptcy petition in New York by Carl F P Baker and Baker Co. and mentions May wheat rising to 1.31 with opening price 1.25 and a lively trading pit.
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Griton
London
J. Heniker Heaton
Great Britain
United States
Geneva
Switzerland
Carlsbad
New York
Federal District Court
Carl FP. Baker
Herman N. Baker & Co
Chicago
Business Picking Up and A Familiar Feeling
A playful exchange from Puck contrasts rising prices with everyday concerns. A watcher jokes about swatting flies at two cents a million while another quips about killing potato bugs at five cents per quart. Mrs Exe laments food costs and grocers, while Mrs Wye jokes about dressmaker expenses.
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Puck
Exe
Blow to His Pride in a Garden Design Plea
A landscape gardener collapsed at his office yesterday after a suburban resident pressed him to design an onion bed. A humorous exchange reveals the client and designer sparring over style and taste, with the punchline about caloric soup underscoring domestic discord.
Memoir style anecdotes on McClure tale at West Coast college
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls SS McClure delivering a commencement speech before graduates at a midwestern college. Humor falters as giggling students and a flustered president interrupt a draft that veers into McClure's career, ending with a cautious bow to propriety. Separate items note a church meeting on food waste, a new telephone relay concept, and global telephony feats.
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