War news fronts shift from Mons to Luxemburg frontier
Official Paris notes warn of a long, shifting battle line with strong red forts and expected German counter actions. Reports mention Emperor Franz Josef illness rumors, Belgian Fort Chardefontaine razed and blown, Russian victories in East Prussia, Servia pushing Austria from the Drina, and Italy mobilizing. Congress will discuss war risk insurance and steamship purchases. Confirmation votes on Justice McReynolds and Attorney General Gregory expected soon.
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Mons
Luxemburg
Paris
Franz Josef
Liege
Nicholas
East Prussia
Italy
Vienna
Servia
Drina
Justice McReynolds
Gregory
Senate
Japan Declares War on Germany in Far East Clash
Japan's emperor declares war on Germany as Imperial forces ready for action around the German outpost at Kian Chau in China. Tsing Tau reports German defenses and mined waters while Austro-Hungarian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth is ordered to disarm and depart for Tien Tsin, removing Austria from the Far East conflict.
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Japan
Germany
Kian Chau
China
Tsing Tau
Tien Tsin
Austria
Far East
Public land sale announced by Mongomery County court
The Fiscal Court of Mongomery County will advertise a farm near Jeffersonville KY for public outcry on September 1 1914 at Mt Sterling Court House. Three tracts offered first as separate parcels then as a whole with payments 1 3 each, six percent interest, possession March 1 1915, sale rights reserved. contact County Judge W O Chenault Mt Sterling and auctioneer Wm Cravens.
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Mongomery County
Court House
Mt. Sterling
Kentucky
Jeffersonville
Cook’s Branch Road
W. O. Chenault
Wm. Cravens
Acetylene Gas Sparked by Accidental North Carolina Find
The article recounts how acetylene gas production began with a limestone and salt smelting accident near a stream in North Carolina. T L Wilson observed a gray white material in molten slag that, when exposed to water, released acetylene gas. The discovery, first made in 1892, preceded its large scale production at Niagara Falls aided by hydroelectric furnaces.
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Niagara Falls
America
T. L. Wilson
North Carolina
England
Edmund Day
Niagara
National Magazine
Guarding the Diamonds at Kimberley Mines
The New York Press describes modern diamond mining in South Africa where shafts reach hundreds of feet, pulsators extract gems from grease coated inclined tables, and mills wash away debris. Acres of earth yield possibly millions in gems guarded by 4000 miles of barbed wire fences and complex gate systems.
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New York Press
Great Plane Trees At Cannosa Near Ragusa Described
In Ragusa area Sicily two giant plane trees near Cannosa overlook a tideless sea garden of Count Gozze. A path from a primitive landing climbs between olives and oleanders to the level shade where the trees stand. The larger casts a vast, overwhelming shadow with a trunk requiring twenty five paces to circle and branches spreading thirty to forty paces.
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Cannosa
Ragusa
Gozze
Rich Nigerian Fortune Divided By Wizard Trick
A Nigerian tale recalls a very rich man dying with 20 001 cowries. The king, unable to divide the hoard, calls a wizard who distributes the coins one by one until six remain and splits them into three equal piles of two. The king credits conjuring for the fair result.
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Niger
Nigeria
Chickadee Diet Includes Insects and Plant Matter
The chickadee eats insects and plant material in a 7 to 3 ratio. Moths and caterpillars constitute about one third of its food, while beetles, ants, wasps, bugs, grasshoppers and spiders make up the rest. Plant food consists mainly of seeds including pine, poison ivy and weeds.
Painter, Farmer Debate Lost Clouds in Landscape
In a Seattle Post-Intelligencer item an artist laments scenery changes while an old farmer insists the view remains the same. The artist seeks the cloud from last year that seems vanished.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Eye damage rises among aged Venice glass workers
Many workmen in Venetian glass factories lose sight after forty, caused by extreme heat and glare from glass furnaces. The note adds that good resolutions are often made too late.
Pope Pius X Dies in Rome After Illness
Rome reports the pontiff died early Thursday after a battle with bronchial illness that spread to the lung. His death follows a period of low mood from Europe’s war and a noted affection for the United States and Roosevelt. London corrects a rumor that Anna Sarto has died. The funeral procession and entombment at St. Peter's occurred with about 1000 attendees and a candlelit catafalque near the Shrine of the Chapel.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Marchiafava
Pius X
Atlantic
Theodore Roosevelt
London
New York
Anna Sarto
St. Peter’s
Holy See
Laundry Work at Home vs Outsourcing
A brief urging readers to do laundry at home to avoid higher costs and poorer results from outsourcing. Highlights the value of local, in-house labor for quality and savings.
Procession at Pius X burial ends in crypt tomb
Thousands of mourners watched the papal funeral cortege move through Saint Peter’s to the crypt where Pope Pius X will rest. The body lies in a cypress coffin, encased in zinc and oak, with a gold cross and inscription noting birth and death dates.
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Sistine Choir
Pius X
Pius
Cardinal Della Volpe
Call for Volunteers Moonlight Schools in Kentucky
Kentucky leaders urge teachers and citizens to start moonlight schools to teach reading and writing to 208,084 illiterate adults. The campaign aims for 1000 schools, 50,000 adults enrolled, and 10,000 taught in 1914 to raise literacy and citizenship.
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Kntucky
Commonwealth
Kentucky
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G. M. Horton Veterinarian Office
Letters’ Livery Stable
E. Stamler
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Exir Inc
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Lexington
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Norfolk
Richmond
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McDonald Bros
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Mt, Sterling, Ky
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Main and
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Cora Wilson Stewart
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