German ultimatum to Bulgaria shakes European front
In Sofia the Russian minister delivered a formal ultimatum demanding expulsion of all German officers within 24 hours. Allied forces report heavy losses in Artois and Champagne as France and Britain brace to defend Serbia and Greece. Capt Harold T. Cawley MP is killed at Gallipoli, the third British MP to die in action. Berlin claims Russian front losses and German progress near Dvinsk while Western front actions slow near Souchez.
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The
Times
Sofia
Bulgaria
Harold T. Cawley
Haywood
Lancashire
Dardanelles
Captain Cawley
Souchez
Berlin
Menin Ypres
Westingham Electric workers vote to avoid strike
Employees at Westingham Electric and Manufacturing approve not striking over wages after concessions are granted. A separate robbery on a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train near Glencoe Minnesota netted about 250 dollars with one robber believed wounded. Miners entombed six days at Foster Creek tunnel are rescued and expected to recover. Arizona militia heads to Clifton amid mine strike disorder. Sheriff McCab calls situation out of control. Federal authorities arrest T C Betterton Chattanooga official on whisky shipping charges. Wireless Atlantic to Hawaii telegraph announces transatlantic link from New York offices of AT&T.
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Westingham’ Electric and Manufacturing Company
We Ie Bh
Glencoe
Minn
Ning
Foster” Creek
Lehigh Coal-and - ‘Navigation Company
Coaldale
Milwaukee judge elected censor for Polish National Alliance
Personal Judge Michael Blenski of Milwaukee was elected censor, the Alliance's highest office, to succeed Adolf E. Rekkoczy. The convention was held in Schenectady. Capt. Elias R. Montfort of Ohio, former Cincinnati postmaster, was named commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at Washington. Gen. Alexei Kuropatkin named chief of the Russian Grenadier corps per a Reuters dispatch from Petrograd. Kuropatkin had been disgraced in the war with Japan.
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Boston
Samuel W. McCall
Michael Blenski
Milwaukee
Polish National Alliance
Adolf E. Rekkoczy
Schenectady
Alliance
Elias R.montfort
Ohio
Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Veterans At
Washington
Alexei Kuropatkin
Grenadier Corps
Reuter
Petrograd
Charley Weeghman’s Whales Win Federal League Title
More than 34 000 fans watched Charley Weeghman’s Whales defeat the Pittsburgh Rebels 3 to 0 at Weeghman Park to end the 1915 Federal League season. The Phillies clinched the National League title in 1915 by routing the Braves 5 to 0 at Boston with Alexander earning the pitching win.
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Charley Weeghman
Whales
Chicago
Weeghman
Philadelphias
Alexander
Braves
Boston
Mexican revolt moves as Villa officers head to Veracruz
An announcement from the Carranza agency in Washington says three former Villa officers are en route to Vera Cruz with a commission to arrange surrender of Villa army chiefs. In Mexico, Carranza forces at Las Pedr asados captured Trooper Richard J. Johnson, who was killed and mutilated.
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Villa
Carranza Agency
Washington
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Las Pesados
Mexico
Richard J. Johnson
San Antonio, Tex
Frank R. McCoy
Washington hosts first national defense conference
Prominent men from across the country gather in Washington for the first national defense conference. The event, led by the National Defense League, addresses Britain's trade interference and public notes from the State Department. Indictments for perjury are reported by a grand jury between treasury and bank officials.
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Washington
The
National Defense League
Treasury
Department
Allied push in Givenchy woods and Hill 119 north of Arras
Paris reports a French air raid on Metz at Sablon station and military works. Allied forces continue trench fighting north of Arras in Givenchy wood and at Hill 119 while an important road center is captured. Violent cannonades persist with repulsed German counterattacks near Le Mesnil.
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Arras
Paris
Metz
French War Office
Sablon
Artois
Hill 119
Quennevieres
Givenchy Wood
Navron
Champagne
Navarin
le Mesnil
Chicago Strikers Riot as Garment Strike Expands
Riots and a severe beating of a strike breaker marked the start of the second week of the garment workers strike in Chicago. About 25,000 tailors were on strike, with 25 shops signing the union demand and arbitration talks planned for 15 more locations.
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Chicago
Garment Workers
West Jackson Boulevard
South Halsted Street
W. T. Tiecho
Sidney Hillman
Nevada quake opens walls in Imlay Lovelock damage
Reno reports a quake near Imlay with trains under slow orders. Water tanks toppled from supports, three Lovelock brick buildings damaged, and walls and chimneys cracked in Imlay as residents fled in night clothing.
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Reno
Nev
Imlay
Lovelock
Mayor Shot in Fight Dies in Texarkana
Texarkana Arkansas October 6. A S Westbrook mayor of Naples Texas died in a hospital from gunshot wounds sustained in a Naples fight on Thursday. J N Pitts merchant has been arrested charged with the shooting. Friends say the shooting arose from domestic troubles.
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A. S. Westbrook
Naples
Tex
Texarkana
Ark
J. N. Pitts
Westbrook
Iim
Panama Canal Tie-Up Tests Engineers Marked by Earth Slide
Seventy six vessels laden with cargo are trapped on both Atlantic and Pacific sides as a north gold hill slide advances toward dredges. Colonel Harding, acting governor, says reopening likely in the latter part of the month as officials race to remove loose earth and resume ocean to ocean passage.
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Washington
Gold Hill
Atlantic
Pacific
Harding
War Department
Canal Commission
Allied losses cited in Artois and Champagne fighting
German estimates report allies suffered about 190000 killed wounded or prisoners in recent Artois and Champagne actions. France lost 130000 and Britain 60000. German losses said to be under one fifth. German staff blames French gas and argues no clear Allied victory.
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Berlin
Artois
Champagne
Joffre
United States
British Lose 119 Officers and 3,607 Men Far Front
Casualty lists published in London show 119 officers and 3,607 men lost. A September 26 list from the western front names 85 officers, 20 of whom are dead, including Lieut. Col. John R EB Stansfeld and Lieut. Col. Arthur Parkin among others.
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London
John R. EB. Stansfeld
Gordon Highlanders
Arthur Parkin
Northamptonshire
Godfrey
Morris
Browne
Earl of
Kenmare
Edwardes Dies as Gaiety Manager of Musical Comedies
Edwardes, longtime manager of the Gaiety Theatre where he staged popular musical comedies, has died. His career spanned decades shaping the stage with colorful productions and star performers.
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George
Edwardes
Gaiety
Despondent Miss Anna Casey Ends Life in Wabash River
Miss Anna T Casey 43 sister of Indianapolis auditor John Casey and a former sanitarium patient leapt from the Lafayette Hotel Lahr bridge into the Wabash after leaving a note on a hat found by three Purdue students. Her body had not been recovered and kin identified the handwriting.
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Lafayette
Anna T. Casey
Lahr
Main Street
Wabash River
Purdue
Mary
Miss Casey
Indianapolis
John Casey
Indiana Trust Company
W. F. Wilson Renominated at Labor Convention
The International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in Gary held its second annual convention with about forty delegates. W. F. Wilson was renominated for president as officers and district representatives were listed across Indiana cities including Gary and Indianapolis.
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W. F. Wilson
Gary
International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
R. O. Johnson
Edgar A. Perkins
State Industrial Board
John J. Walsh
Doctor Brook
John Cosgrove
Indianapolis
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Union
L. P. Huston
Hammond
J. I
East Chicago
James. M. Tate
Evansville
O. S. Guyton
Bert Martin
South Bend
Charles Combs
Kokomo
W. H. Miller
John Jones
Bedford
Fred Ulsas
Crown Point County Fair Closes With Record Livestock Display
Hammond October 4 Fifty thousand attendees praised the Crown Point county fair cattle horses sheep and pigs the finest yet. A novelty blind pig exhibit drew attention. County agricultural agent E J Craig had Jack Burke of Chicago arrested after Burke refused a drink when farmers were drinking in Burke's Cedar Lake resort tent. Burke faces trial October 5.
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Crown Point County Fair
Hammond
Crown Point
E. J. Craig
Jack Burke
Chicago
Cedar Lake
Craig
Burke
Indiana County Auditors Elect at Annual Convention
In Indianapolis the Indiana county auditors convention re elected Charles F. Cromwell of Frankfort as president and A Zearing of Indianapolis as secretary treasurer. J Francis Lochard of Versailles was chosen vice president. A special session is planned for January after new auditors take office statewide.
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Indiana County Auditors
Indianapolis
Charles F. Cromwell
Frankfort
A. ¥. Zearing
Versailles
Madison county to hold local option election in Alexandria
Madison county commissioners approved a dry petition for a local option election in Alexandria and set October 21 as the date. The petition, considered ten days earlier, faces potential appeals from wets arguing insufficient signatures of legal voters.
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Anderson
Madison County
Alexandria
Pastor Kilington Killed by Vandalian Train in Staunton Run
Rev. John U Kilington, 32, died after stepping back onto a Vandalian train while helping his wife and infant onto a bound for Staunton train. The tragedy occurred as the family prepared to depart, and the wife learned of the death upon reaching Staunton.
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John
Kilington
Staunton
More cherries favored for farm plantings and care
Advice for a sunlit, dry site on light or sandy soil for cherry orchards. Recommends 25 to 30 trees per 80 acres, deep plowing with manure, fall or winter preparation, clover sod soil, 15 to 18 foot spacing, and soil-specific pit digging. Names several sour cherry varieties including Montmorency, Early Richmond, Dyehouse, English Morello, Late Duke, Downer’s Late Red, and Silkmen.
Double Deck Berry Trellis From Farm and Fireside
A two row trellis using 2 by 4 posts, 6 feet apart, with heavy wires and movable boards to support and lift strawberry vines for easy picking. Common in California for loganberries and Himalaya blackberries, enabling parallel fields and adjustable height.
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Mabel I. Wharton
California
Waste Places on Farms Grow Useful Timber and Honey
On many farms waste corners could grow trees that yield bean poles fence posts or sticks in a few years. Planting nut bearing trees would produce nuts. basswood would provide honey. sugar maples would yield incomparable sugar. Trees mature into valuable timber over time.
Renovating Strawberry Beds For Another Season
To renew vigor in strawberry beds harvest plants then mow, rake and burn foliage. Create a furrow and remove all but one foot of each row. Weed and discard diseased plants, fill with well rotted manure, and cultivate thoroughly throughout the season.
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Ahorough
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