Heine Enlists in Dragoon Guards amid War Talk
London reports Heinrich Heine applied to join the Dragoon Guards. A British sergeant questioned his resolve as to whom he would fight. Heine, born to German parents, said he did not care whom he fought as long as it was for life. Also notes Britain’s glass eye shortage and Vienna reports Franz Lehar serving as a nurse in the Austrian army with his wounded brother as a charge.
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London
Heinrich Heine
Dragoon Guards
Vienna
Franz Lehar
Competition of Auto Bus Hits Puget Sound Electric Profits
The Puget Sound Electric Co. reports to the Public Service Commissioner that rising auto bus competition between Seattle and Tacoma reduced August 1914 revenues to 8,000 dollars less than August 1913, despite slightly higher operating costs. Interurban passengers fell from 226,471 in August 1913 to 199,484 in August 1914.
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Puget Sound Electric Co
Seattle
Tacoma
Electric
Public Service
Olympia
Electric Company
How Girls Earn Their Way at University
Singing in motion picture theatres, corresponding for newspapers, wait ing on tables, tending furnaces, clerking, tutoring and acting as housemaids, stenographers and printers. 1,429 students in the University of Washington defray expenses either fully or partly. 64 percent of the 2,849 enrolled contribute to living costs. 769 are wholly self supporting and 1,070 do part time work. Only 184 have means of their own.
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University of Washington
E. N. Btone
Recorder
Russian battery rout at Mazur lake tragedy during retreat
On October 24 Lieut Smirnoff's battery faced flank attacks from German infantry and machine guns with Mazur lake behind. Refusing surrender, he charged into the lake with his battery and all men and horses perished. The scene marks a grim wartime episode reported from Petrogad.
Russian Cavalry Fights Spur Kaiser Sighting Near Warsaw
Wounded Russian veterans describe a daring engagement near Warsaw with German forces. They claim a German general on the Kaiser’s staff was captured after a Russian cavalry charge broke a first line. the Kaiser allegedly rode with his staff nearby and was seen in the front. The report notes possible inaccuracy but cites a German general’s capture as the main verifiable detail.
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Kaleer
Warsaw
War Office
Imperial Party
Chase Coyotes Halted by Senatorial Candidate
Ole Hanson, progressive candidate for senator, chased two coyotes after an incident near Snohomish late last night. He swerved and pursued with his headlights, but the animals stayed ahead and escaped. A friend later remarked coyotes cannot vote, prompting a wry reaction.
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Ole Hanson
Snohomish India Machine
Ole
Fish for tobacco in London crowds
Head doctors found soldiers stayed quiet during wound dressings when given a pipe or cigarette. The townspeople nearly raided tobacco shops to supply the "emokes" as slightly wounded men hung strings from hospital windows, receiving tobacco and cigarettes from waiting crowds in a curious fishing party.
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London
NIX ON SLAVE IDEA LONDON SPELLING
The Times rejects the proposal to spell Serbia with Servia citing Servian sentiment objecting to the V suggesting servus a slave. The note explains the spelling change aims to respect national preference in the Servian language.
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Nix
London
Serbia
the Times
Servus
Old London reports Austrian terms banned in sport
English sport terms once common in Austria are outlawed. Steeplechase is now jagdrennen, handicap anggleichrennen, and spring meeting fruhlingsrennen, reflecting a linguistic shift in the context of Austrian usage.
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London
Austria
Soldier refuses to release captured Uhlan helmet
Paris. A French soldier, during an amputation, refused to release the Uhlan helmet he had captured. The doctors removed his arm while the helmet remained clasped in his hand.
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Paris
Christian Science Lectures by William F Gross at Hippodrome
William F Gross, board member of lectureship for the First Church of Christ Scientist Bea ton, will deliver two free lectures on Christian Science at the Hippodrome this Sunday at 2 30 and 8 p m.
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William F. Gross
First Church of Christ
Beaton
Hippodrome
Officer recalls bluff that saved battle at front
Paris dispatch recalls a French lieutenant colonel who, wounded, kept troops marching by linking arms with the man beside him. The united line then charged, captured the position, and prompted praise for courage though the officer says he felt fear and had to set the example.
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Paris
Leutenant
Albany Dentists Offer 90 Day 10 Percent Discount
Albany dentists announce a special 90 day discount of ten percent on prices quoted. They pledge honest dentistry with painless, harmless methods and guarantee painless extraction filling and crowning. No student help, only experienced graduates, and no inflated or unreal low prices.
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Albany
French Vessel Marie Henriette Crews Ashore at Cape Barfleur
A crowded French steamship Marie Henriette with wounded soldiers is ashore at Cape Barfleur east of Cherbourg. The wounded reportedly travel from Northern France toward the Isle of Wight. The danger to the ship's position was not known.
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London
Marie Henriette
Cape Barfleur
Cherbourg
France
Lloyd's
Isle of Wight
Combating German Cruisers Draws Naval Powers' Interest
London reports a large maritime chase as about 70 British French and Japanese warships pursue German raiders roaming the seas since the war began. Attention centers on the Emden in the Indian Ocean and the Karlsruhe causing damage along major trade routes between Britain and South America.
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London
Emden
Indian Ocean
Karlsruhe
Death probe ordered in New York hotel death
An autopsy on Beach Thompson of Menlo Park California who died suddenly at the Hotel Biltmore was ordered today. Reports say he had been ill for a long time and had been treated by a Christian Science healer.
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New York
Beach Thompson
Menlo Park
Cal
Hotel Biltmore
Thompson
Quiet Holds Border as Generals Agree on Truce
Quiet prevails along the international border as Gen Hill and Gen Maytorena, leaders of Carranza and Villa forces, agree to a truce pending the peace conference outcome.
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Naco
Ariz
Hill
Maytorena
Carranza and
Villa
Seattle Czechs to Hold Mass Meeting Sunday
Cooperating with the national movement to aid widows and orphans, the Seattle Czechs and allied tongues will hold a mass meeting Sunday afternoon at 8 in the Labor temple.
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National Movement
Seattle
Labor Temple
Woman Takes Charge of Soissons Against German Forces
In Soissons Madame Jeanne Watteau Macherez, head of Dames Francaise, ran civil affairs under shelling, negotiating with German commanders to limit tribute and protect hospitals and sanitation. She stayed calm amid shellfire, directing guards and coordinating relief while civilians and wounded were sheltered, asserting continued leadership if Germans return.
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Soissons
Paris
New York
Mme
Jeanne Watteau Macherez
Mme. Macherez
Dames Francaise
Dames
Solseons
Mma Macheres
Aisne
Mme. Madherez
Madame
British dispatch riders from universities and nobility
London Oct 24 The corps of dispatch riders along the front relies largely on volunteers from British universities. Many are wealthy youths and members of the nobility, who have performed fine work in maintaining communications between corps.
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London
All Nationalities Treated Fair and Square at Brendel Drug Co
Brendel Drug Co at 117 Yesterday offers free medical examination by a physician trained in American and foreign schools. Prescription clerk can dispense at small cost or refund if not beneficial. Service hours include morning to afternoon with specific times for ladies and children.
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Brendel Drug Co
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