Audacious Warship Sunk and Roberts Death in France
London reports Field Marshal Earl Roberts dies of pneumonia in France amid wartime fighting along the Belgian French frontier. Simultaneously British battleship Audacious reportedly destroyed and heavy fighting described near Dixmude and Ypres with Russian, Austrian, and German actions on multiple fronts. Parliament votes large war funding as Asquith declares empire in its greatest emergency.
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London
Earl Roberts
France
Sir John French
Earl Kitchener
England
Lord Roberts
Britain
House of Commons
Asquith
Great Britain
Audacious Navy Disaster Report Details Destruction
The Audacious was crippled by a floating mine and sunk after allied ships, including the Liverpool and Olympic, attempted to tow her to safety. Completed in 1913 as a King George V class dreadnought, she displaced 25 000 tons, measured 596 feet, and carried ten 13.5 inch guns, twenty 4 inch guns and three 1 inch torpedo tubes.
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Great Britain
German Force Cut Off By Floods In Belgium War News
Rotterdam reports heavy weekend rains cut off a large German force around Pramude. Paris and Berlin disagree on Belgian progress with snow stores and canal crossings contested near Dixmude. Allies claim recapture of points and repulse of German attacks south of Bixschoote as German forces retreat.
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West Flanders
Diamude
Nhe Man’s Land
Paris
Yser Canal
Nieuport
Dixmude
Bixschoote
Ypres
Argonne
St. Hubert
St. Mihiel
Apremont
London
Rotterdam
the Star
Pramude
Belgium
Berijin
French and German Lines See Heavy Casualties in Road Near Verdun
Report notes heavy losses for both sides with German casualties higher. A German press claim of French retreat from Ar gonne is countered by statements that the French are advancing during the Verdun siege.
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Argonne
Verdun
Cracow Burns as Its Inhabitants Flee
News from Venice reports Cracow the capital of Galicia is in flames with residents fleeing. Berlin dispatches say German forces halted the Russian advance on multiple fronts in East Prussia and Russian Poland with heavy prisoner gains and captured weapons. Turkish troops push into Russia reaching toward Batum after surprise frontier attacks.
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Vistula
Wloclawek
Russian
Poland
Plock
Kutno
Przemysl
Cracow
Rome
Petrograd
Giornale d'Italia
Venice
Galicia
Berlin
Nicholas
East Prussia
Russian Poland
Stallupoenen
West Prussia
Soldau
Lipno
Russia
Constantinople
Batum
Black Sea
Vilayet
Trebizond
Kusco
Fighting Near Suez Canal Reported
Fighting is active near the Suez canal with four wagonloads of British soldiers wounded arriving at Cairo between Ismailia and Suez. Native troops reportedly mutinied according to a Berlin wireless copy.
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Suez Canal
Berlin
Navy
Ismailia
Suez
Cairo
Bombs Dropped on Ostend by Allied Aviators
An Amsterdam news agency dispatch dated Saturday reports two bombs fell on German troops in Ostend. One blast caused a heavy explosion and ignited a benzine store, with the attack carried out by Allied aviators.
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Ostend
London
Amsterdam
Crippled dirigible over Holland seen near Maastricht
An injured airship flew over Limburg from Belgium toward Maastricht and vanished toward Germany. The craft showed clear damage while crossing Dutch airspace under Dutch and possibly allied observation.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Limpurg
Belgium
Maastricht
Germany
Which Sister of Charity Is Faith or Hope
A boy asks which cloaked woman on the ferry is the Sister of Charity and his mother explains that the nun represents Charity. He then muses whether she embodies Faith or Hope. The vignette appears in the Bazar.
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Nezr
Bobby
Charity
Faith
Bazar
Dodds Kidney Pills Restore Olivenill Man After Four Years
Mr J M Sinclair of Olivenill Tennessee details four years of back and kidney problems and heart and bladder inflammation. He credits Dodds Kidney Pills with relief after doctors failed, noting also Diamond Dinner Pills for constipation. Free household hints music and recipes offered by Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
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J. M. Sinclair
Olivenill
Tenn
J. M
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
1915 Big Six Demonstrates 28.7 MPG With Red Crown Gasoline
A Chicago Automobile Club technical committee tested a 1915 big six on boulevards, achieving 28.7 miles per gallon using Red Crown gasoline. The economy run avoided clutch slipping, carburetor tweaks, or fan changes, then conducted acceleration and flexibility tests to show the engine’s efficiency with high test fuel.
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CG. A. C
Chicago
Chicago Automobile Club
Bad Egg Faces Hard Time Over Loud Gutteral Tones
The remark implies a disruptive student whose gutteral tones provoke action to curb behavior. The brief uses concise dialogue to hint at classroom discipline dynamics and strain on authority.
Doctor Knew Had Tried It Himself
The doctor who has tried Postum knows that it is an easy and pleasant way out of the coffee habit and the ailments it causes. A Prospertown, New Jersey physician prescribed it for patients, noting a patient’s relief from dizziness blindness and nervousness after switching from coffee to Postum. The testimonial credits Postum with restoring health and regular bowels, and the ad describes Regular and Instant Postum products with prices and brewing details.
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Postum
Prospertown
N. J
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Western Canada Presents Strong Farm Prospects and Park Country Value
The article portrays Western Canada as a robust farming region with diverse crops and a drought-resilient soil base. It highlights open prairie land, the park country with groves and lakes, growing immigrant settlement, and future railroad expansion enabling land purchases at favorable terms.
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Canada
Western
Park Country
Forgiving Enemies Over Party Grievances
Senator Sorghum argues for forgetting party grievances and forgiving enemies to avoid becoming a has been. He emphasizes letting bygones be bygones as a safer political stance.
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Senator Sorghum
Poverty is No Crime Says Sage and Fool
In a pointed exchange the Sage declares poverty is no crime while the Fool counters that poverty is always punished by hard labor, highlighting a debate over fair treatment and societal judgment.
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Flanders
New York
Soa
Gracow
Servia
Doctor Knew
Western Canada
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