Belgian King Is Wounded Report Allies Surrounded
Paris reports fear that Franco British forces face encirclement as German troops push from Meuse toward Paris. Three German armies threaten the center while cavalryNear Paris forts. Allied left wing exhausted as reserves move up. Germany aims to crush the field army before siege of Paris. US Ambassador warns Americans of protection limits while many plan to stay.
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Meuse
United States
Herrick
Gallieni
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Sennis
Laferte-SousJouarre
Chateau Thierny
Antwerp
Petit Parisien
Parie
German losses reach two hundred thousand on battlefront
London reports a Daily Mail correspondent in Gisors France estimates German losses at 200000 killed and wounded, or about 20 percent of Kaiser troops in the field, implying one million under arms. Franco British losses in killed and wounded are about 8 percent of their forces.
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London
Daily Mail
Gisors
France
Office cat stirs city crew with petting and stories
A stray kitten wandered into The Star office and drew a staff chorus of affection. Workers fed and comforted the forlorn animal, while tales of childhood pets and village life surfaced, highlighting urban loneliness and the human need for animal companionship.
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Star Office
Judge Gay Charged With Conflict In Campaign Remarks
A letter declares Judge Gay a humbug for resigning as superior court judge over pay and questions his candidacy for prosecuting attorney. It accuses him of hiding private practice ties and alleges a drunkenness accusation by Mayor Gill, challenging his public service intentions.
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Wilson R. Gay
Superior Court
Judge Gay
Gill
When a Big Brother Punches for Flirtation in 19th Century Code
Fred L. Boalt analyzes a case where Louis Sherman flirted with the Hummel sisters. their brother R. M. Hummell punched him, was cleared by a justice, and boasted of an ancient code that justifies violence over flirtation. The piece muses on what would happen if retaliation occurred and led to court action.
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Hummel
East Spruce St
Louis Sherman
Louis
Hummell
Louie
R. M. Hummell
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Feod
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Harry
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U S Will Tax Movie Booze and Smokes
President Wilson conferred with the Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee on the proposed war tax bill. Indications show a tax on beer wine amusement tickets soft drinks moving picture films and possibly whisky and cigars while rail road tickets and gasoline taxes appear unlikely.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Ways and Means
Kaiser to Tax Belgium in War Effort
Paris dispatch notes German war office says France pauses in gains and Austrian retreat from Lemberg not a rout but a strategic move. Tageblatt reports Dr Karl Helfferich and Paul von Schwabach appointed to levy a war tax in Belgium.
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Berlin
the Hague
France
War Office
Lemberg
Tageblatt
Karl Helfferich
Paul von Schwabach
Belgium
Barber Shops Close for Labor Day Noon
All barber shops in the city will close at noon on Monday for Labor Day and remain shut for the rest of the day.
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Wil
War Fine Thing Says Hudson
Emersons law of compensation is a blamed good law. Three weeks ago the defender of the Canadian nation the cruiser Rainbow thought she saw a German coming and threw all her valuables overboard. William Hudson an Indian at La Push in Clallam county picked them up. Now his bare little shack is adorned with a fine mahogany table two fine portraits of the king and queen a very expensive leather armchair a chest and a big rowboat. Hudson doesnt agree with Sherman about war.
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William Hudson
la Push
Clallam County
Hudson
Sherman
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