21 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1914
Page
1
Shoes advertised with men's high top tan at 2.69 and other men’s styles 2.98 and 3.48. Boys’ high top 1.98 and Logan shoe .69 to 1.69 by size. Ladies dress shoes 1.48 to 2.25 with calfskin cushions. Wet weather kangaroo leather country shoe 1.39 and 1.75. Built for durability and value. best school shoe claim.
Prices listed for men s pants and children s dresses from 98 cents to 2 50. Various fabrics include blue Rex cloth linen, Worsted dresses, gingham, silka teen comforts, and wool nap blankets. Sizes range up to 14 for dresses and up to 6 years for children s items.
London reports that Allied forces blunt a German right wing attempt to skirt English Channel ports, with Belgian troops holding the Yser line and heavy fighting continuing near Ypres. The long battle front from the North Sea to Switzerland shows renewed activity after 37 days of entrenched defense and invasion.
Field Marshal Sir John French, British commander on the continent, gives two lengthy reports detailing September fighting. The narrative covers the Mons retreat to the Seine, the Allied offensive back to the Aisne, and the early Nne river clashes including crossing under German resistance. This latest portrait of French arrived in the U S recently.
The report describes heavy fighting along the Meuse near Camp Des Romaine with potential Ostend significance, while German efforts to breach Allied lines around Arras persist. In Alsace French forces near the valley outlet toward the plains and Strassburg defenses are being reinforced with trenches and leveled vineyards. British submarine E-3 sunk. German destroyer 500 defeats Takachima. Triumph damaged by shells from Tsing Tau fort. Potsdam strikes a mine. Chicago meat packers resume around the clock work to meet wartime orders.
In Philadelphia on October 21 the United States government opened final hearings to dissolve the United States Steel Corporation, tracing a saga from 1899 letters by Andrew Carnegie promising profit if orders were filled, and detailing price fixing among steel firms. The case, led by special assistant Attorney General J. Howard Dickinson, seeks to prove a long standing war of consolidation and wealth among Morgan and Carnegie groups.
District Attorney Lewis J. Smith scored a key point in the murder trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman. Nurse Elizabeth Varance testified Carman slapped her and the physician outside the consulting room before the fatal shooting of Mrs. Louise Bailey, who stood with Dr. Carman when the crime occurred.
Laredo Texas October 21 with 15 000 Villa troops entering Aguas Calientes they captured the delegates at the national peace convention General Antonafo Vilareal was the only delegate reported to escape arrest according to a private telegram received here from General Francisco Villa.
An advertisement quotes KR FE Roberts of Homer City Pennsylvania praising Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best option for relief. The notice claims long use years ago and consistent relief while promoting sales through local dealers.
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