Fall Styles Preview Skirt and Coat Features
An ad showcases Lot 535 a black and white striped skirt option also in crepe poplin black navy Copenhagen and an 36 inch cutaway coat with velvet shawl collar cuffs pockets and velvet trimmings Skinner satin lining and a long tunic skirt with a six inch flounce The ad promotes a liberal credit plan with payments weekly semi weekly or monthly and notes Seattle's Reliable Credit House opens Saturdays until 10 pm.
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Copenhagen
French Report Steady Advance in Alsace-Lorraine
Paris war office says French position remains excellent and advance continues. German reports of French defeats are unfounded as French outnumber Germans and push toward Strasbourg. Brussels notes cannon sound, German searchlights, and shortages in Di nant and along the Dyle while forces reach Neufchateau in Luxemburg.
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War Office
Alsace-Lorraine
Mulhausen
Lagarge
Strasburg
Brussels
Belg Om
Dinant
Dyle
Luxemburg
Neufchateau
British Engaged in Furious Fight
London reports furious fighting along the entire front from Diest to Basel as Belgian French and English allies collide with German forces. The legation says clashes are widespread with shifting advantages and losses, but vows that Belgium will not be beaten and preparations to defeat the Germans continue.
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Diest
Basel
Legation
Belgium
Village Burned and Women Cremated in Meurthe et Moselle
German forces drove into Meurthe et Moselle across the frontier at Chrey and held positions near Nancy until Tuesday. They repulsed French cavalry at Balconviller, which was destroyed, and burned several small towns with women and children cremated in their homes. The Germans suffered heavy losses before retreating back into Germany.
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France
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Chrey
Balconviller
Germany
Austria Facing Internal Slavic Uprisings and Front Struggles
Basel dispatch reports Austria-Hungary confronting grave internal trouble as Slav subjects refuse to fight Russians Serbians or Montenegrins. Uprisings said to have erupted in Slav provinces, hindering defense on the Russian frontier and hampering responses to Serb and Montenegrin invasions of Bosnia Herzegovina and Dalmatia.
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Switzerland
Austria-Hungary
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Dalmatia
Government Receives Offers to Sell Steamers
Washington August 20 Offers to sell ships to the United States were received by government officials today. The lines involved are not named but are believed to include Hamburg American and North German Lloyd. A 25 million dollar bill to buy merchantmen will be introduced in the House this week. Congress is also expected to act on shipping law reforms proposed by a committee of shipping men at the administration's request. The aim is to align U S shipping regulations with Britain.
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Washington
United States
Hamburg American
North German
Lloyd Lines
Great Britain
French Reoccupy Mulhausen, Government Reports
Mulhausen in Alsace has been reoccupied by French forces, as stated by the government. The announcement comes amid ongoing postwar adjustments and occupation dynamics in the region.
Why English Beauties Are So Fair
An advertisement extols mercurized wax as a cosmetic substitute for bleaching creams. It claims rapid, remarkable cleansing and preservative action, lower cost than beauty specialists, and wide availability in chemist shops. A one-ounce package is sold for facial use like a cold cream, with a capiolite lotion also promoted to erase wrinkles and improve contour.
Cardinals Discuss Papal Succession and War Woes
Rome and Antwerp report on papal death and conclave preparations as 66 cardinals, including Italians Maffi and Ferrata, gather amid war delays. In London, Antwerp fights shift place with Germans near Belgium. Austrians push along the Rhine to meet French forces in the Vosges.
Head of Jesuit Order Dies in Rome
The Right Rev. Father Francisco Wernz, general head of the Jesuit order, died Wednesday night in Rome. Shortly before the pope's death he asked and received the apostolic benediction. A Tacoma man, Geo T Crockett, was saved by Y M C A members after falling 20 feet into a crevasse on Mount Rainier.
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Francisco Wernz
Order of Jesuits
Geo. T. Crockett
Tacoma
Rainier
Miss Grennan Leads Seattle Suffrage Meet at Atlantic City
Miss Mary Grennan of Seattle organized a suffrage gathering set for Sunday in Atlantic City to push for voting rights and women's political participation. The event aims to mobilize supporters and raise visibility for the cause.
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Mary Grennan
Seattle
Atlantic City
Hanson Touts Child Labor Laws at Leavenworth Rally
Ole Hanson, progressive U S senator candidate, drew a large open air crowd in Leavenworth Wash. He pledged to back humane social legislation and national child labor law, breaking with state by arguing states fail to restrict child labor. He heads to Wenatchee tonight.
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Leavenworth
Wash
Ole Hanson
United States
Hanson
Wilson
Wenatchee
Highway Plan Seeks Direct Route to Leschi Park
Gen H M Chittenden, president of the port board, submits a plan for a trunk highway from downtown to Leschi Park via Rainier Valley. He urges city county and port cooperation to ease ferry traffic at Leacht and Issaquah and to replace the steep Lake Dell road with a 4 percent grade for heavy loads.
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Leschi Park
Rainier Valley
Port Commission
Austrian mutiny report shocks Europe
Reports confirmed by Novoe Vremya dispatches describe a mutiny in the Austrian army. Czechs in Kiev relay letters about a Czech soldier executed for disobeying orders, after which his battalion rose in revolt shouting Long live Russia Down with William and Francis Joseph.
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Novoe Vremya
Kieff
Russia
William
Francis Joseph
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