German Press Attacks Foreign Legion Recruiting
German papers denounce the French Foreign Legion as immoral and aim to curb recruitment. War officials warn corps commanders to not engage with letters seeking information or money for would be legionnaires. Data show Marseille ships hundreds of men weekly depart for Oran, with steady annual totals since 1910 and a projected 4660 by year end.
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Africa
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Petit Marseillais
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Oran
The
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Ministry of Agriculture
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestion Relief
Digestive aid Pape's Diapepsin claims to prevent indigestion souring and gas. It asserts that meals will digest properly, headaches from the stomach vanish, and all impurities and gas vanish, with a 50 cent bottle offering relief within five minutes for stomach disorders.
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TORIES FAIL IN ATTACK ON HOME RULE KINGS APPEALED TO
A London report argues the Tory effort to block home rule fails as Liberal policy gains support. It notes King George V’s limited power and predicts home rule and plural voting bills will pass, with a June 1915 royal assent likely and a general election possible that year. Also mentions a Scotch bequest to Aberdeen University and rising Chinese reluctance to use foreign goods.
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Balfour
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George
House of Commons
Moses
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Ireland
Dreams of a Title Destroyed by Baby
London report notes the birth of an heir to the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe reshapes expectations for Lady Alas tair Innes Ker once Miss Anna Breese of New York. The infant's arrival ends a line of succession for her husband’s family and alters prospects for their son. The piece also mentions May Goelet and public congratulations.
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Innes- Ker
London
la Innes-Ker
Innocent Sicilian Man Released After 38 Years In Prison
Bresmiug Vassello, a Sicilian, spent 38 years in jail for a murder he did not commit. His release followed confessions from the murdered man's family. three other inmates died in prison. Convicted in 1877 for murder, Vassallo, now 62, remains frail and protests his innocence.
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Bresmiug Vassello
Vassallo
Palermo Assizes
Ital
General de Negrier Dies Noted Soldier of France
In Paris on September 27 General de Negrier aged 74 died at Spitzbergen while on a summer cruise. A hero of multiple wars he once crushed a South Algerian insurrection in 1881 by destroying the Prophet's Tomb with dynamite. He walked at the rear in marches, policing discipline with a knife.
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General de Negrier
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Barrie and Shaw Criticize Critics at Adelphi Meeting
London report says Sir James Barrie and George Bernard Shaw deplored dramatic critics of Androcles and the Lion and The Adored One. Barrie has returned to Killicrankie Cottage in Perthshire, amid fascination over his literary friendship with Marie Corelli and past personal history.
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Adelphi Hotel
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Killicrankie
Perthshire
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Plumb Marie
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