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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1914
Page
2
A Union News Service dispatch from General Villa to Washington states he will not run for president or vice president of Mexico. The letter arrived via Consular Agent Carothers at Chihuahua City and follows Carranza's pledge not to run if Villa does likewise. Officials see this as a significant step toward a peaceful settlement between Villa and Carranza after the revolt.
The American National Red Cross asks Americans to give up pleasures this week and send funds via PL Hall, Central National Bank, to support surgeons, nurses, dressings, stretchers, and hospital equipment for European soldiers. Nebraska seeks at least 1.09 million dollars.
In San Francisco a letter from Casimir confirms turpinite, the new French explosive, is deadly. Miss Ethel Crocker’s cousin reports how a shell dropped in a trench stopped two men instantly, rifles in hand, illustrating its lethal effect.
President Wilson will press for acceptance of the mediators tentative basis for settling the Colorado coal strike despite a partly unfavorable operator reply. He said he will pursue further negotiations and does not regard the reply as final, continuing talks with the Colorado Fuel and Iron company and other firms involved.
An immense peace demonstration gathered in New York City drawing a large crowd. Organizers urged broader actions and voiced hopes for reduced hostilities while police monitored the peaceful assembly.
London reports terriffic fighting along a 320 mile front from the Aisne to Verdun as German and Allied forces clash. French and British efforts aim to encircle von Kluck's right wing while Germany seeks a breakthrough in the center, with separate German reports claiming both gains and stalemate on different sectors.
Canadian troops proceed to the front as 32 000 men sail in 29 transports under heavy guard to deter German cruisers. Reports note Belgians capturing Germans and Russians advancing from Przemysl toward Cracow, with Austrian garrisons retreating to forts. A German air attack near Paris kills an elderly solicitor and injures his granddaughter, narrowly missing the American embassy area.
War correspondent F A McKenzie reports on German destructions in central Belgium with vivid eye witness detail. He describes burning towns such as Pelle and Termonde, looting by camp followers, massacres of civilians, and terror tactics aimed at Dutch peasants, noting both brutality and acts of apparent restraint by some troops. He stresses Belgium's suffering and the need for international aid as winter approaches.
French socialists advocate wartime action in defense of liberty. The group stresses solidarity, internationalism, and anti imperialism while debating strategy and mobilization under wartime pressures.
London dispatch from the Exchange Telegraph filed in Bordeaux claims German boys under eighteen are fighting in the front. A wounded teenager in a Bordeaux hospital says all pupils over fifteen were mobilized and assigned to various regiments.
London report quotes the German military governor of Brussels warning that venders and others possessing Belgian or English newspapers may be shot. The Ex change Telegraph Ostend correspondent notes that German papers and those with pro German sympathies are affected.
Fragmentary text discusses European political outcomes with potential republican movements in Germany Bohemia Austria and Hungary while a French triumph is linked to shifting republics and militaries. The fragment lacks clear events or dates and presents a speculative tone about postwar European order.
An advertisement praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments cites testimonials from women including Mrs A F Kreamenr of Lackawanna NY. It claims effectiveness for displacements inflammation ulcers tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration and offers confidential advice from Lyon Massachusetts company offices.
A quirky Domestic scene from Current Opinion recalls a physician’s office where a frantic call asks for the doctor as everyone at home falls ill. The piece mentions Castorla and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as soothing remedies for infants and the digestive system.
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