Sugar and meats prices ease amid food price retreat
Philadelphia Aug 20 The retreat of food prices has begun as indigent consumers and authorities press back against highs from wartime shocks. Sugar slips from 8 to 7 1 2 cents per pound as heavy buying and Argentine beef supply influence meat prices. Flour drops fifty cents to a dollar per barrel, while buyers question continued high costs despite forecasts of large wheat crops.
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Philadelphia
Europe
lkely
U S Aids Mexican Peace Effort In Sonora
Reported U S mediation actions involve Villa and Obregon in Sonora with American support to foster peace negotiations. Secretary Bryan allegedly wired a mission to Villa and Obregon to allow passage through U S territory. Everett Church minister noted as a prominent Lutheran figure and former private secretary to Governor Pattison.
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Sonora
Bryan
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Everett Church
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Everett
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Pattison
Lighting Strikes Cape May Church Steeple
During a fierce electrical storm in August in Cape May New Jersey the tall steeple of the First Baptist Church was struck by lightning igniting the building and causing about 3000 dollars in damage.
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First Baptist
Cheréli
Kaiser's Nephew Prisoner in French Detachment
Paris dispatch reports Count von Schwerin, nephew of the German Emperor, captured by French forces. He commanded a detachment of Uhlans near Hartebeke when taken. The report comes via Courtrai to The Excelsior on August 26.
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Russians Occupy Soldau and Neidenburg in East Prussia
After five days of heavy fighting Russian forces seized Soldau and Neidenburg, key East Prussia cities, expanding pressure on Allenstein from the southwest. General Buhkomlinoff praised for mobilization and army spirit shifts, while Grand Duke Jamet returns to front duties.
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Allenstein
Berlin
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Altenstein
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Ablenstein
East Prussia
Bukhomlinoff
Galicia
Rava
Lemberg
Grand Duke
Jamet
Mlwawa
Ruslan
Poland
Cousin of Former Governor Stuart Fatally Shot in Pittsburgh
August 26 Pittsburgh. Daniel Stuart, cousin of ex governor Edwin S. Stuart, was fatally shot while pursuing an Italian who had just killed a man in an argument. The victim died at Pittsburgh Hospital. The other man, Paul Rieger, a 45 year old carpenter, was also shot during the street altercation. Edward Vecarri fled after the shootings.
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Edwin S. Stuart
Lemuel V. Rockwell
Ardmore
Pittsburg
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parsner
Paul Rieger
Edward Vecarri
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Cattaro Forts Destroyed by Allied Fleet
Milan Aug 26 A news telegraph from Cattaro says all fortifications there have been destroyed by the allied fleet. The Austrians will have little time before the attack to strewn the Gulf of Cattaro with mines.
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Cattaro
Milan
Gall of
France's Fate Rested on Present Battle Field at Head of Russian Army
France's fate hung on a decisive clash as the action focused on the frontline where the Russian army advanced. Allied forces sought to prevent a breakthrough and protect strategic positions amid heavy artillery and infantry assaults.
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FRANCE
Papal Conclave Opens As War Clouds Loom
Vatican prepares for the papal conclave set to begin late August with Cardinal Mercier from Belgium and American cardinals Gibbons and O Connell en route. War delays arrival in Rome, but hopes rise for an impartial vote as Europe battles. Cardinal Farla archbishop of New York reaches Milan health reported excellent.
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Pius X
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Rome
Ang
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Ufa
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Boston
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Belgium
Mechini
Allies Gain Ground as German Forces Face Setbacks
Reports from London Paris and Berlin claim Allied forces gain momentum as German offensives falter. Dispatches indicate a major battle favors the Allies with French British troops engaging near Mass and Belgian positions under pressure. Official notices note Germany annexes Belgium and pressures on the front intensify while Japan remains a point of tension.
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War Office
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eald
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Japan
GERMANY
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Lalu
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Geren
Japanese Photographer Confesses to Slaying New York Artist
Monterey tale reports George Kodanta, a Japanese photographer, confessing to killing Miss Helen Wood Smith near Carmel-by-the-Sea. He states he struck her with an abalone shell, strangled with a fish line, then removed her, tied her feet, and buried the body as daylight neared.
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Nevada
Drowning at Chicago Beach Claims Three Crown Sisters
Margaret Rice aged 20 and Elizabeth Rice aged 13, both sisters, and an unidentified man drowned at a Lake Michigan public bathing beach in Chicago. The sisters were swept by undertow and dragged fifty feet from shore while bathing. a would‑be rescuer also perished.
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Chicago
Margaret
Elizabeth Rice
Lake Michigan
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