Panton's Store Closes House Furnishings Section
John Panton's store clears out all House furnishing and related sections with steep discounts up to half price. Fourth floor carpet and rug sale features Axminster and Brussels pieces. basement bargains include Graniteware, Tinware, Haviland China, lawn tools. Deals aim to fund Dry Goods and Women’s Garment departments.
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John Panton
Axminster
Haviland China
Haviland
China
Europe
Geo. Francis Rowe
We Thought Old Jesse Was Dead We Thought Old Jesse Was Dead
A man seized the bridle of an express horse driven by W F Schulz at 2544 Beacon Ave near 12th and Plumet last night. Another man leveled a gun at Schulz and forced him to move. He lost $18 40, the only money he had.
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W. F. Schulz
Beacon Av
12Th Ay
Schulz
Leipzig Sink Russian Cruiser In Pacific Ocean Battle
A letter from Joseph Von Dwucet aboard the German cruiser Leipzig reports sinking a Russian cruiser off the Oregon coast after a naval engagement. He says 68 men were killed, 32 shots struck their ship, and he was wounded. The letter notes the crew saluting the national anthem after the battle.
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Leipzig
Pacific Coast
Oregon
San Francisco
Joseph von Dwucet
Thomas Dowd
Yale
von Dwucet
Guayamas
Peek at Poll Books Sparks Complaint in Local Election
Joseph R. Anderson filed a complaint against County Auditor Phelps seeking access to the poll books. Anderson, a former republican who joined the democratic ticket as an auditor candidate, claims he has been denied permission to review the poll books to confirm his nomination. Judge Tallman issued an order in the matter.
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Grover Cleveland
Joseph R. Anderson
Phelps
Anderson
British admiralty commandeers CPR fleet vessels
Vancouver dispatch reports that the British admiralty seized the two remaining ships of the CPR transpacific fleet, the Empresa of India and the Monteagle, leaving only the CPR 100 coal hulk. Officials say CPR may charter other vessels to keep ocean traffic moving.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Empresa of
India
Monteagle
CO. P. R
British Cows Lead The Way To War In Boulogne
Paris by Mail dispatch notes British troops pouring into France from Boulogne as 80,000 officers and soldiers march past, with 300 Jersey cows and wagonloads of meat and chickens to sustain the army. The author observes trains crowded with mobilizing troops and predicts 185,000 more scrappers will soon land.
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Logne
Paris
Seine
Boulogne
France
Globe
England
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Africa
India
Mersey
Kitchener
Lon Nioere
Bou
Horse Guards
Buckingham Palace
Tommy Atkins
Berlin Does Not Admit Any Defeats
From The Hague Berlin reports no decisive French breakthrough and says German forces hold against attempts to isolate units. East Prussia advances continue and the main Russian front has been driven back across the frontier.
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Berlin
The
Hague
Germany
War Office
East Prussia
Germans Begin to Show Fight in Northeastern France
Paris reports German forces in Northeastern France are slowing and resisting with effective artillery. Franco British troops suffer heavier losses as the Kaisers line concentrates east of Amiens in a crescent from St. Quentin to Verne and Rethal, signaling a possible renewed offensive.
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Paris
France
Aes
Amiens
St. Quentin
Guise
Vervine
Rethal
Alene
Landlord Lincolnshire Orders Eviction Pause for War Service
London Sept 15 Lord Lincolnshire directs that parents will be collected during the war from tenants of cottages on his estates where any adult member of the family has joined the colors or volunteered for public service.
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London
Lincolnshire
Wounded French Soldier Describes Fierce Continent Battle
A French infantryman writes from a field hospital near the front detailing brutal shelling and close-quarters fighting. He recalls German shells missing overhead, a deadly volley, and a trenchside retreat as comrades fall, with one officer mortally shot and a comrade whose legs are blown away.
Submarine That Sunk Pathfinder Believed Sunk by British Fire
A Scotsman report claims the German submarine that sank the British cruiser Pathfinder was itself sunk by fire from seven British warships. The statement dates from September 15 and references recent action in the area.
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London
Pathfinder
The
Scotsman
Boys Enlistment in German Towns Reported
Rotterdam dispatch notes rising German army enlistments per Berliner Tageblatt with two underage recruits, Scheyer aged 14 years 11 months and Billert aged 14 years 9 months, joining the war effort.
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Rotterdam
Berliner Tageblatt
Scheyer
Billert
Gen Von Kluk Reported Prisoner in France Capture Claim
A Dieppe dispatch reports 14 000 of Gen von Kluk s troops including the general and staff surrounded and captured in Northeastern France. The war office has no information and the claim is not generally believed though many stragglers are said to have been taken prisoner.
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London
von Klink
France
Dieppe
War Office
Liege Forts Are the Tomb of Thousands
Report from Liege dated September 6 describes the fallen forts as ruins and the ground littered with decomposing bodies. German siege guns and Krupp 42 centimeter artillery reduced the defenses, killing many defenders and making access nearly impossible.
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Liege
Karl H. von Wieg
Aix la Chapelle
the Hague
Lemen
Krupp
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