German Blunders Highlight War Missteps and British Response
The article critiques German conduct in the early war period, citing miscalculations in the invasion of Belgium and France, failures at Verdun, delays by the Crown Prince, and poor strategic choices. It contrasts German efficiency with human fallibility, notes British reactions, and ends with a local item about a price sale on tennis shoes and J. L. Locker's travel to Cherokee Junior College.
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the Independent
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Gallipoli
Germany
Belgium
Lloyd George
England
Verdun
Liege
Paris
von Kluck
Joffre
Marne
France
Hindenburg
Sir John French
Nivelle
Moltke
Falkenhayn
The
English
Calais
Antwerp
Ghent
Napoleonon Grant
Kipling
Wells
Unveiling at Gedar Camp for Williams and Deyton Monuments
Gedar Camp will hold an unveiling ceremony at the Odd Fellows Cemetery next Sunday afternoon. The monuments at the graves of L. B. Williams and Allison Deyton will be unveiled.
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Gedar
Odd Fellows Cemetery
L. B. Williams
Allison Deyton
Rheumatism Arrestee Blood Purifier Scott's Emulsion Claim
Purported remedy article urges improving general health and blood purification to combat rheumatism. Claims cod liver oil in Scott's Emulsion acts as a great blood maker and strengthens organs to expel impurities, aiding thousands daily while warning against alcoholic substitutes.
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Scott
Rook dies after typhoid attack in Lynn county
Mrs. S. H. Rook, sister of Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick, died in Lynn county on Wednesday September 4 and was buried Thursday. She battled typhoid fever for weeks, leaving daughter Ruby also ill. The family, longtime Locker residents now in town, receives countywide sympathy. Effie Fagg returns from Kimble county with son Leon and nephew Jim Graves, who will attend school here. Mrs. M. W. Haney and her baby from Custer visit family before heading home. The Nickel Store promotes its wide stock.
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D. Chadwick
S. H. Rook
Lynn County
Ruby
Effie Fagg
Kimble County
Leon
Jim Graves
Jim
Lemon juice face lotion praised as skin whitener
A fragmented old notice extols lemon juice as a skin whitener and softener. It describes making a creamy lotion by mixing lemon juice with orchard liquid, straining, and storing for up to a month, then massaging daily on face and neck to reduce blemishes and tan.
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Iangener Star
Fetraion
Pecan Trade Notes and Local Appointments
A fragmentary transcription notes upbeat prices at The Nickel Store and daily goods shipments, plus local items: Wayne Terry ordered to report to Dallas HQ after enlisting in the navy. Miss Eunice Locker named domestic science teacher at Cherokee Junior College, a Deighton College graduate. Mt Risbon returns from extended fruit orchard tours in the western states celebrating abundant crops and pecan culture.
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Eunice Locker
Cherokee Junior College
College of Industrial Arts
Dehton
Mt. Risibn
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Hubbert & Stobaugh Millinery Company
Hubbert & Stobaugh
Nickel Store
Austria
Louvain
Rheims
Edith Cavell
J. L. Locker
Holt
Cherokee
Jessie
Anna Case
Metropolitan Opera
New Edison
America
Edison
H. Kimbrough
Www
O. W. Unveiling
M. W. Haney
Baby
Custer
C. McCarley
Luarge Mencil
Brité
Brite Corner
Miss Bell McKinney
T. C. Henry Store
Neal
Square
San Saba
Texas
Frizzell & Staff
Knight Rector, Jr
Sullivan, Biggs & Hinyard San
Wiest
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