24 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
1
Allied forces report continuous fighting along the River Aisne from Noyon to the frontier. German assaults tenaciously repelled by French and British troops, with brutal hand to hand clashes and bayonet use as night operations complicate maneuvering.
Berlin reports the clash between the Oise and Meuse rivers continues with signs the enemy is faltering. French efforts to pierce the German right wing failed with no notable German resistance. Verdun sortie repulsed and German airships report limited damage but remain operational. Also notes heavy Austrian defeat with Russians claiming 1,000 cannons captured. An Antwerp man injured by a German projectile.
Paris dispatch reports French Minister of War M. Millerand ordered the 1914 class of troops into camp to provide them the most practical and rapid instruction.
Paris correspondent notes German air forces are hampered by gasoline shortages while French aviators excel. A French flyer dropped bombs on a key railroad junction causing 10 trains carrying retreating Prussians to stall. The latest convoy to Troyes included 17 Imperial guardsmen.
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Allied forces face entrenched German lines along the Aisne in northern France as reinforcements bolster German positions from Lorraine. The Marne victory is recalled and experts warn the Aisne battle could be even more devastating with millions involved.
Rome reports Germany distributes a widely read Italian pamphlet titled The Truth About the War. Contributors include naval expert Count Ernest Von Reventlow, Mathias Erberger clerical center leader, and Reichstag members Joseph Frederick Nauman and Count Oppendorf.
Matthew a fellow inspector had Arnold review a class of girl pupil-teachers. Arnold marked each student excellent while the other inspector doubted all were at their peak. Arnold argued they are all very nice girls.
Reports from the Western Front describe extremely heavy fighting between Allied British and French forces and Germany in northern France. Men lie exhausted in flooded trenches while tides shift actions, with gains claimed by both sides and the cathedral at Rheims reportedly destroyed. Italian forces reportedly mobilize over half a million.
Paris reports on our left wing advancing along the Oise river while French artillery repels German attempts to smash the front between Craonne and Rheims. Rheims defenses retaken near Brimont as La Pompelle changes hands. German cathedral shelling noted. French gains hold on Ar gonne west. Avricourt evacuated. Vosges fighting continues with slow progress. Saxon army broken, General Von Hausen relieved. Saxon and cavalry forces suffer heavy losses.
The London Daily Mail reports discussion and growing adoption of a five day work week for all workers. Employers and the National Union of Clerks show support as business activities concentrate to five days.
The State Fair will assign a 15 by 12 foot county exhibit space in Columbia during fair week. Pickens County residents are urged to prepare crops and farm products for display with shipping costs covered by the fair. Demonstration agents will arrange returns and collect items such as cotton, cane, corn, potatoes, and apples, while ladies exhibit canned fruits and vegetables.
Henry A Towne s thanks friends for the vote received on September 8 and notes he is still running. He asks for continued support and work toward the race’s end.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It notes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces, promises constitution building, and offers $100 if any case remains uncured, with testimonials and Toledo contact details.
An emergency revenue bill to raise 105 million dollars was agreed by the house ways and means committee and would tax beer wine gasoline waking and parlor car tickets insurance telegram and telephone messages and amusements. It imposes taxes on bankers brokers pawnbrokers theater owners circus proprietors and other amusements with rates set for 1915 and beyond. The bill targets tobacco dealers, life and casualty insurers, freight and entry duties and stamps, with certain provisions omitted due to constitutional questions.
Dekalb county farmer Anthony Burks woke to a severe toothache and grabbed a bottle he believed to be liniment. He rubbed his face and felt relief, but the next morning his red whiskers were bright blue after he mistakenly used indigo from the pantry.
A compact quotation reflects on self creation and discipline. The author urges forging a true self through effort rather than dreaming a persona into existence.
Between seventy and eighty persons including coastfire passengers and crew drowned when a steam schooner was driven to pieces in a gale about sixty miles off Astoria Oregon. The tragedy highlights the perilous hazards faced by mariners and passengers during fierce coastal storms.
Secretary Daniels replies to protests by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America warning that without a satisfactory explanation the Siasconset Massachusetts station will be closed for all communication. The action follows the company receiving and forwarding a Suffolk to a British Admiralty agent message about warship supplies.
The greatest part of what we say or do is unnecessary. Reducing waste gives more leisure and less uneasiness, Marcus Aurelius notes.
A British firm spends about 720000 dollars yearly on advertising while another allocates 486000 dollars. A third company publishes a trade catalogue at a cost of 246000 dollars per year in the same market.
In the Heligoland fight the Defender saves survivors from a sunken enemy vessel, then a British submarine rescues the open-boat group, bringing them 250 miles to safety. Other dispatches report Wilson rejecting German protest messages and no peace proposals from Germany or Austria.
The Servians press the offensive on the left bank of the Save. After seizing Semlin they continue the push on the northern front. No major changes on the lower Drina since the September 9 victory. The government notes the enemy fled in haste, leaving provisions, equipment, and arms behind.
Reuters reports the Fourth South African mounted rifles under Colonel Daetson surprised German forces at a drift sixty miles from Steinkopf in Mamaqualand after two night marches. After a sharp skirmish the Germans surrendered at Ramon’s Drift, a key strategic position.
Berlin dispatched wireless to Washington denying French and English reports of Franco-British victories in France. It claims the German western retreat was tactical, French center breach attempts repulsed, and notes limited siege gun value. The Paris Telegraph correspondent cites German armor piercing and limited impact in forts and open fields.
A glass jar filled with water placed in the very heart of a piano helps sustain wood components and keep the instrument in tune.
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