Germans Drive at Roye as Allied Line Bends North
German forces attack French and British positions north of the Oise near Roye. Von Kluck’s right wing presses massed assaults while Allies counter with enveloping moves toward Belgium. Joffre reports progress, and officials say the overall front remains under pressure with reinforcements ongoing.
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Germany
Oise
Roye
France
Alexander von Kluck
Belgium
von Kluck
Argonne
Meuse
Qrland
Nicholas
Augustowa
Joffre
Monse
Brussels
Antwerp
Champagne
von Boeshn
Alsace-Lorraine
May Get German Goods From Washington Plan to Ship Materials
A Washington conference of commercial and government officials led to a likely American ship charter to Germany for a cargo of scarce materials. Dyes, medicines, textiles, leather, paints, ink, chemicals, cyanide, sugar beet seeds, and potash are among items to be sought. Berlin has tentatively agreed to cooperate, and allied powers are not expected to object.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
War costs France seven million daily
The war is expensive with France spending seven million dollars each day. Minister of Finance Alexandre Hibot announced the first sixty days consumed about 420 million, signaling heavy outlays for the conflict. An Ostend dispatch reports the British steamer Dawdon of 824 tons, sailing from Hull to Antwerp, sunk by a mine in the North Sea with nine men missing.
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France
Alexandre Hibot
Ostend
Dawdon
Hull
Antwerp
North Sea
A General Survey Of The War In France And Europe
The four week battle in northern France grows more violent as German forces press at Roye and threaten enveloping Von Kluck. Crown Prince Wilhelm retreats in the Argonne while Russian advances press the eastern front, Galicia falls to Russia, and Austria agrees to indemnify Italian fishermen after mines are removed. Antwerp endures German bombardment as Zeppelins loom.
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Roye
Paris
Joffre
von Kluck
Belgium
Prench
Wilhelm
Argonne
Lorraine
Campaig
Germany
Petrograd
Batlie
Poland
Thezar
Berlin
Austria
Galicia
Cracow
Hungary
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Joseph
Antwerp
Antiger
England
German Generals Among Latest Casualty Roll
Berlin issues the thirty eighth casualty list naming about 8,000 servicemen including three generals one killed and two wounded. The report notes three high ranking officers among the latest losses.
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Berlin
Automatic Poultry Watering Device Illustrated for Use Elsewhere
A Bert Ray sketch in Farmers' Mail and Breeze shows an automatic watering jug or bottle setup for poultry. By suspending a tight vessel and inverting it over a pan, water rises to a fixed level, preventing overflow. The same method can water hogs with a barrel instead, using a small scaffold and hose to move water to the pen trough.
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Bert Ray
Gatther, Orta
Mail
Possible Explanation Of Bias At Glacier Park
Louis Van Norman, associate editor of the Review of Reviews, returns from Montana with an odd tale. He meets an old timer who rants against the Piegan saying they are the meanest, while praising the Plegans and Indians in general. A Glacier Park guide notes possible race prejudice as a motive for the anti Piegan sentiment.
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Louis
van Norman
The
Review of Reviews
Montana
Plegan
Indiana
Bronx
Bill Burns
Glacier Park
Mr. Burns
Light Blue and Gray Eyes Reference Fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes mention eye color descriptors light blue gray eyes. Context and full subject unclear due to garbled text. No identifiable names dates places or events present in readable portion.
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