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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1914
Page
2
A health anecdote claims regular meat intake harms kidneys and bladder. A remedy suggests taking a glass of salts before breakfast for two days to flush and stimulate kidney activity, using a mixture from grape and lemon acids.
Correspondent notes lack of welcome for American wartime recruits in London. Recruit stations show few flowers or gifts. crowds offer whistling and scorn. Recruits march to parks for drills, then depart at night to unspecified destinations with minimal ceremony.
A Daily Telegraph correspondent reports German forces crossed the Nieman River after completing temporary bridges. Russian rear guards resisted as shells and machine gun fire opened on crowded bridges, causing heavy casualties before German troops pushed inland and maintained bridgehead.
Fragmentary account notes failed German attempt to cross the Niemen River at multiple bridges. Soldiers reached neither shore, many fell to enemy fire, and bodies floated down the river as continued German losses mounted. The piece references the city and battlefield near Sredifi, with casualties among the German ranks.
Fragmented text mentions Resinol and dubious medical claims. It references substitutions and alleged cures with vague criticism of unscrupulous vendors. The source lacks clear events or individuals to identify.
Fragmentary ad copy urges readers to buy life insurance to protect families. Mentions twenty five cons invested and selling by dealers. Narrative is unclear but stresses insurance as a safeguard.
A pamphlet issued nationwide by the American Boy seeks to inform the public through MCHs and churches. It urges involvement and explains its message to a broad civic audience.
Telegrams from Petrograd claim a decisive German setback after a major battle near Angustoywe and Niemen. Reports describe German retreat under pressure as Soviet forces press forward toward Prussian borders amid heavy fighting and shifting front lines.
An eyewitness account describes dawn outposts announcing the Imperial Guard approach. The clash opens with volley fire that cuts down enemy ranks and leaves a lone lieutenant standing before surrender.
Ted Mert principal of Walton High attended a football game in Lawrence Saturday. The item mentions efforts to purify and restrict blood related to disease but details are unclear and fragmentary.
Dispatch reports Allied positions firm in Lorraine and the Vosges as German advances stall along the Arnage and Artois fronts. German troops face entrenched defenses near St Mihiel and in the Argonne region while cross-front movements toward Belgium and Luxembourg falter.
German warships engage Japanese positions at Kiao-Chew the imperial government seat in Liaoning Kiao-Chew area in China. German air units assist battleships as a destroyer torpedo hunt unfolds with losses reported on both sides. Japanese claims of a sunk German destroyer and wrecked minesweeper Nagate clash with confirmed damage to Wakamiya Maru and several casualties.
Telegraphs from Shanians province and Pekin describe a German detachment near Tsingtan and damaged rail bridges at Tay Ho six miles from Weihsien. The messages warn of further dynamiting and a potential wider Japanese counteraction as German forces advance westward.
Lawrence nurses will attend the Kansas State Nurses Convention in Wichita on October 7. Secretary J. Crumbine of the Kansas State Board of Health will give an illustrated talk on typhoid fever prevention.
A damaged text fragment hints at a World War II era notice about air raids and German shelling, with scattered references to weapons, hospitals, and public notices. The garbled lines mention dances, distributions, and sales ads tied to wartime events and local publishers.
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