Allies Drive German Lines as Paris Waits decisive clash
Paris reports Allied offensives push German guard back along a 160 mile front with French British forces seeking a decisive battle. Vienna and Rome note resignations and troop movements as Paris reports two million residents flee. London tallies British losses and calls officers to colors while Berlin says battle is certain.
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England
Francis Joseph
Paris
London
Austria
Russian
Poland
Galicia
Berlin
France
German War Office
German Attack on Antwerp Reported as Immediate Threat
Antwerp dispatches say a German attack on the Belgian city is an immediate threat. The report notes heightened alarms and military movements around Antwerp as Allied defenses brace for potential combat.
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Flower of Kaiser
France
Antwerp
Italy
October 4 Named as Prayer Day for Peace
President Wilson proclaims October 4 as a day of prayer for peace urging all Americans to supplicate for a speedy end to the European conflict. Secretary Bryan says Ambassador von Bernstorff has not proposed any German mediation offer.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Bryan
Vom Bernstorff
Germany
Crop Report Sees Wheat Corn and Oats Output
Washington reports from the Crop Reporting Board of the Department of Agriculture give estimates for winter wheat at 191 10 bushels per acre totaling 675 000 000 bushels, spring wheat 122 10 bushels per acre totaling 221 000 000 bushels, corn 249 10 bushels per acre totaling 2 598 000 000 bushels, and oats 29 1 10 bushels per acre totaling 1 116 000 000 bushels.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
Pope Benedict Creates Four New Cardinals in Rome Consistory
Pope Benedict held his first consistory in Rome and conferred the red hat on Cardinals Bello of Lisbon Menendes of Spain Csernoch of Stringonia and Riffs of Vienna. All four were named Cardinals last May.
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Rome
Benedict
Bello
Lisbon
Menendes
Spain
Csernoch
Stringonia
T and Riffs
Vienna
American War Sufferer Returns Homeward From War
Edward Reed, an American, tells how his family endured European conflict after visiting Belfast and London en route to Paris. They secured passage home aboard a liner, and in New York harbor he saluted the Goddess of Liberty, saying a poignant farewell.
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Edward Reed
Goddess of Liberty
New York Harbor
Shamokin Teens Arrested With Sweetheart Plans
In Shamokin Pennsylvania Kathryn Shult aged fourteen and William Geasy were arrested in a Reading yard as they boarded a freight train to Philadelphia where they planned to marry. They were released after Geasy promised not to see the girl again.
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Shamokin
Kathryn Shult
William Geasy
Philadelphia
Reading
Geasy
Paria to Warsaw Distance Market Update
A distance figure of 1,067 miles is cited for travel between Paria and Warsaw. No additional context or dates are provided to explain route, mode, or significance.
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Paria
Warsaw
Indiana Democratic speech drive travels to all counties
Arrangements to cover Indiana with Democratic speakers follow Bernard Korbly’s return from Washington. War concerns have shifted public focus from politics, boosting support for Wilson policies and delaying large-scale campaigns. Governor to keynote Sept 17 as national figures plan tours in October.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bernard Korbly
Washington
Indiana
Democatic
Marshall
Democratic State Committee
Wilson
Wm. J. Bryan
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wm. B. Wilson
Labor Department
Shively
Kern
Hendren
Republican
Democratic Committee
Woman dies by own action near Vienna Indiana
Mina Lena Kolb a 36 year old resident of Vienna two miles south of Scottsburg Indiana was missing since Wednesday. Her brother Henry Kolb found her body in a corn field near home with a small glass jar containing poison. A letter stated she planned to drown herself and wished property divided evenly among her three brothers. She had worried over finances.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Mina Lena Kolb
Vienna
Miss Kolb
Henry Kolb
Conrad
Tax plan targets magazines autos and cinema tickets
Washington reports Democratic Ways and Means members favor taxing monthly and weekly magazines autos and moving picture theatre tickets to raise about 75 million of the 100 million requested by President Wilson. Beer and fermented liquors will likely be taxed next to cover the remaining 25 million.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
Ways and Means Committee
Prediction of Panama Canal destruction by quake
In Greenville Pennsylvania on September 7 Rev W T Alan a Presbyterian minister and author who had forecast a European war and the Pope death issued a warning that in the next three years the Panama Canal would be destroyed by a great earthquake lifting the isthmus and would never be rebuilt.
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Greenville
Panama Canal
W. T. Alan
Seventh Indiana regiment reunion set for Fairland
The thirty seventh annual reunion of the Seventh Indiana volunteer regiment will be held in Fairland on Tuesday September 15. G W Markland is president and Russell Walker is secretary of the regimental reunion association. Red Cross Ball Blue ad text appears within the item.
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Shelbyville
Seventh
Indiana Volunteer Regiment
Fairland
G. W. Markland
Russell Walker
Man Foils Thief Dropping Bundle of Garments
Saturday night Robert Driscoll on south Mulberry street chased a burglar who dropped a bundle at his home. The bundle contained five skirts and three abitwaists, believed stolen. Sheriff McKay and officers Kremer and Alexander handle the case. owners may identify and recover goods at the sheriff’s house.
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Robert Driscoll
South Mulberry Street
Driscoll
McKay
Kremer and
Alexander
Notice of Administration in Jefferson County Indiana
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County Indiana appoints Etta Brown Administratrix of the estate of James T. Brown who is believed to be solvent. Aug. 20 1914. S. Kh. Leland Attorney. Aug 27 w3t.
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Circuit Court
Jefferson County
Indiana
James T. Brown
Etta Brown
S. Kh. Leland
Final Settlement of Estates in Jefferson Court
Creditors heirs and legatees of decedent Leonard Schuler must appear in Jefferson Circuit Court Madison Indiana on October 15 1914 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. John A Schuler administrator. T B McGregor attorney.
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Leonard Schuler
Jefferson Circuit Court
Madison
Indiana
John A. Schuler
T. B. McGregor
Ritchie Divorce and Custody Case Filed in Jefferson Court
In Jefferson Circuit Court October term 1914 Dora Ritchie sues William Ritchie for divorce and child custody. She declares him a non resident and seeks judgment unless he appears at the Madison court by November 4 1914. Clerk Edw M Prewatt issues the notice. Sulzer and Bear attorneys.
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County
Jefferson Circuit
Dora Ritchie
William Ritchie
Indiana
Madison
M. Prewatt
Sulzer & Bear
Fayete County Fair new officers elected
Connersville reports Horace L. Hurst named president and Jasper L. Kennedy secretary of the Fayete county fair. Despite bad weather the fair cleared about 300 dollars for the year. War like politics makes strange bed fellows with Russia now booking with Japan.
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Connersville
Fayete County Fair
Horace L. Hurst
Jasper L. Kennedy
Russia
Japan
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