09 Aug 1915
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1915
Page
1
We buy goods only after personal investigation showing they are the Best. Things to eat and drink A La Carte Service all day. Everything in the Sea Food Line M. T. Engle, Proprietor.
French forces repelled German assaults on fortifications in Alsace as heavy fighting raged along the Linge and Schrateman nech passes. Crown Prince’s troops pressed Saturday night near Hill No 213 and in the Forest of Fontaine Houyette, suffering heavy losses before retreat. French artillery and rifle fire kept up a curtain of fire while French troops maintained the offensive to regain positions.
The wood nymph of Spara wearing only a lace cap was seen near Spara by farmer Valentine Busby within 100 feet. Travelers on an eastbound Milwaukee train also reported sightings as Sheriff Boss and Humane Officer Manuel pursue the mystery in the woods. Ankara reports Turkish losses at Gallipoli with trenches captured in a separate engagement.
General Von Bissing, serving as the German Governor General of occupied Belgium, resumes administrative duties amid wartime control. The article notes his leadership posture and efforts to stabilize governance in Belgian territories under occupation.
Londons Aug 9 Reuters reports Petrograd says the German emperor offered peace last week via the king of Denmark. The reply to the king stated peace talks cannot be raised now as Russian committees mobilize industries under Alexander Goudkop, with Riabouchinski pledging to retreat to the Urals if needed yet promise victory.
An attempt to wreck the home of Rev. Robert K. Stansfield, a Moravian minister at Canadensis near Stroudsburg, Pa, was made when dynamite destroyed the porch and damaged the front of the house. The incident occurred August 9.
George Seas, fifteen, was struck by lightning while swimming in the Delaware River at Phillipsburg New Jersey. He reached the riverbank but died from the blast as bystanders assisted. The incident occurred in a storm while he was in the water with others nearby.
An early movement at Gaillardet in the Panama canal has reduced the depth of the channel at that point to less than twenty feet. The change delays traffic toward San Francisco as vessels wait for dredging and repairs.
German forces push toward the east bank of the Vistula near Warsaw as they break Russian lines along the Bug river. Reports say Serock has fallen and forts at Segrze captured while Russians retreat under Mackensen’s pressure northeast of Warsaw.
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