Evacuation of Warsaw Reported as War Rages Across Front
From Vienna to London reports say Russians ordered Warsaw evacuation while Italian forces advance in Trentino and around Falzarego forts. German efforts intensify on the Meuse as British Germany tensions rise over Lusitania sinking. Multiple fires, accidents, and detachments mark a day of wide war, crime, and disaster news across Europe and America.
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Falzarego
Foreign Peace Efforts Grow as Welsh Coal Idle
Lloyd-Garze, Runciman, and Henderson arrive at Cardiff to push peace in coal fields. Mines idle across South Wales despite war act. government controls coal for the navy. Also: Canton floods displace 25,000 with $5.06 million damage. St Louis arrives Liverpool. Speers detained in Berlin. Nashville heads to San Domingo.
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Return to steel helmets for French infantry
French infantry are being equipped with light steel helmets offering head protection against projectiles. Helmets are painted blue to match the uniform.
Rich Man’s Fad Reveals Frugal Colonel’s Memo Book
A New York businessman recalls Colonel Blank, a seven figure fortune, who habitually records every expenditure in a memorandum book but never totals the pages. He saves the data out of duty yet refuses to perform sums, deeming it a curious eccentricity.
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Colonel Blank
Alscover
Sally Knauss Dies A Longtime Lehigh County Pie Baker
Allentown dispatch reports Sally Knauss aged eighty four longtime inmate of the county home dies after two months illness Wrights disease. She baked or supervised about two million pies during her roughly six years at the home, reflecting a life tied to the county’s kitchen and its large pie output.
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Big County
Allentown
Philadelphia
State Council Sets 1916 Tax Levy With Mills Breakdown
Des Moines reports the state executive council fixes the 1916 levy at 45 mills, down 4 from last year, with totals of 159 009 for capitol extension 1 966 600 for educational institutions and 2 100 000 for general purposes. The net taxable value rises about 6 million to 940 416 552 while money and credits reach 274 million.
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Des Moines
Capitol Extension
Boy Hiker Traverses Iowa on 6300 Mile Return Trek
Jefferson records the 18 year old bicyclist and self described world champion walker of the world as he passes through on a double journey across the United States. He started from San Francisco September 1 1914 and will reach New York after 142 days then return to finish a 6300 mile trek for a 3000 dollar wager with the Balman Athletic association of San Francisco. He travels without money and cannot sell items while Lincoln Highway association officials host him along the route. He has worn out four shoes and his brown suit bears many inked names from friends met. In Nevada he crossed eighty miles of desert carrying three gallons of water and meals to deter lizards and keep warm.
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Lawrence Benz
Boy Walker
Jefferson
United States
Balman Athletic Association of
San Francisco
Lincoln Highway Association
New York
Great American
Nevada
Tim
Fifty Years Married Hopkinton Couple Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Hopkinton confirms Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Wragg of Deilis mark their golden wedding this month as pioneer county residents. Mr Wragg, a Civil War veteran, joined by a Grand Army delegation, relatives, and friends, with over 180 guests attending.
Drowning of Harold Moorheat Near Iowa City
A West Branch farmer Pat Moorheat learns his son Harold, a high school graduate, drowned while en route to Kansas to help a relative harvest. The notice notes the family’s sorrow and the sudden tragedy in Iowa City area.
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Eey
Iowa City
Pat Moorheat
West Branch
Harold
Kansas
Marriages Record 164 Licenses Issued in Year at Storm Lake
County clerk records show 164 marriages in the year with February leading at 30 licenses. The notice outlines the total marriages and monthly distribution, highlighting February as the peak month for licenses.
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Storm Lake
Mason City Editor Buys York News-Times Interest
R. V. Linas, formerly Bedford postmaster and Mason City Times manager, has purchased an interest in the York Nebraska News-Times and will assume management of the paper.
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Times
Mason
Bank Robbery Loot Sparks Manhunt Clue Shortage
Ploodhounds fail to track the missing North Liberty Farmers' Savings Bank bandits who escaped with 1003 dollars. The mystery of the auto thieves remains unsolved as pursued leads dry up and suspects elude capture.
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North Liberty Farmers’ Savings Bank
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