Forces claim drive of invaders in Dunkirk defense
Reports from Preshing and Dunkirk describe heavy fighting near Nieuport and Armentieres as Allied forces push the Germans back along a 10 mile front. Belgians repulse crossings at the Veer river while French and British advance between Arras and the Oise. A vast battle rages across western Belgium with sea guns heard and torpedo boats suspected in canal battles.
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Preshing
Dunkirk
Nieuport
France
Ostend
Belfort
Givenchy
Frontelles
Armentieres
Helgium
Arras
River Oise
Veer
Saint Die
St Teverses
Belgium
Calais
Nations' Losses at Sea Vied by British and German Navies
The report lists naval losses and engagements with fleets from Britain and Germany. It includes submarines, cruisers, destroyers, and auxiliary ships, detailing names such as Cremy Hogue Aboukir and Magdeburg, with various causes like gunfire, mines, and torpedo actions.
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Lem
Cremy
Hogue
Aboukir
Pathfinder
Ante
Amphion
Sré
Pegaeus
Warrior
Speedy
Lily Crounding
Germany
Magdeburg
Maing
Coeln
Ariadne
Augsperg
Panther
Gutire
Cap Trafalgar
Kaleer Wilhem der Gromee
Gon Fre Koenigen Lure
British Cruiser Hawke Sunk by German Submarine
The British admiralty reports the cruiser Hawke sunk in the North Sea after a torpedo strike, with 330 men dead or missing. About 400 officers and men were aboard. 20 survivors were picked up, 50 landed at Aberdeen. The Theseus was attacked but saved. a German submarine was sunk off Holland. The Hawke, launched 1891, carried heavy guns and torpedo tubes. Captain P E B T Williams and senior officers were last aboard.
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England
Admiralty
Hawke
North Sea
Theseus
Prees Bureau
Rossman
Aberdeen
Holland
P. EB. T. Williams
London
War
Cecil H. Fox
Captain Fox
Night Raid and Allied Reversals Reported in War Dispatches
The report notes Allied destroyers Lance Leapas Legion and Lower Freneh repelling German torpedo attempts. It mentions Allied offensives in Belgium with Belgian forces repulsing German crossings of the River Verer near Givenchy and Frodelles. Further, Allied forces advanced between the coalitions of Arras and nearby fronts.
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Lance
Leapas
Legion
Lower
Progress and stalemate noted on center and right wing
The report notes slight progress at certain center points while the right wing remains unchanged. The overall position shows limited gains with no improvement on the flank.
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Onse
British Seize American Ship Brindilla as Prize of War
Halifax reports the British auxiliary Caronia brought the American oil steamer Brindilla, formerly the German Washington, into port with a prize crew claiming contraband cargo. The Brindilla flies the American flag at anchor, with a crew clash reportedly occurred during boarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Washington
New York
Corona
Fragmentary note hints at doomed campaign and execution
In a terse line from the Apene cache a military leader leads an army before a fatal defeat. The passage notes his condemnation to death and the act of execution for the ensuing loss. Names and place specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
Will Issue New Currency Orders For Engraving
Villa informs the United States government that if hostilities in Mexico end soon he will support any provisional government set up by the national convention at Aguas Calientes. He will not accept Carranza as provisional president but is confident he would not be chosen. Carranza apparently does not want the provisional role and aims to run in the next election.
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Union
Washington
Villa
United States
Mexico
Aguas Calientes
Carranza
Meat shortage looms as war drains world supplies
George L. McCarthy of New York, secretary of the American Meat Packers' Association, told the ninth annual convention in Chicago that Europe will exhaust its food and then pull from global stocks. He warned the United States faces a serious shortfall in meat animals and limited prospects for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George L. McCarthy
New York
American Meat Packets’ Association
Association
Europe
New Federal Reserve Notes Ordered for Issue
Comptroller Williams directs engrav ing of 250 million dollars in federal reserve notes for the twelve reserve banks with deliveries starting November 1 in 5 10 20 50 and 100 dollar denominations. Designs were chosen weeks ago. London reports a mob again attacking German shops in Deptford as police disperse the crowd. A police court judge refuses bail for thirty rioters as prosecutors urge detention. Wheat crop prospects fall short of 1913 and 1918 levels as world production totals about 3.741 billion bushels.
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Washington
Williams
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
London
Deptfora
Pubdue
Bryan Begins Speech Tour Across Midwestern States
Secretary of State Bryan started a speaking tour in Washington on Monday to stump for Democratic candidates. He plans stops in Missouri Kansas Colorado Wyoming North and South Dakota Wisconsin Nebraska and other states in the run up to the November election.
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Washington
Bryan
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Towa
Nebraska
Nationwise twelve month ip cost estimate
An approximate nine month period costs 200008 units for each nation, outlining a uniform expenditure pattern. This figure reflects a standard allocation across all participating nations.
Busy meat market year despite wartime boom says Meeker
Arthur Meeker of Armour states the meat industry is in a busy season despite the war. He notes no signs of prices or demand softening and emphasizes continued high activity across operations this year.
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Arthur Meeker
Meeker
Nebraska News Bits Wide Range of Local Incidents
Burglars hit the Indianola port office stealing $200 from a safe. An automobile crash near Norfolk killed Oster Wamberger, age 30. Doings include women’s clubs endorsing suffrage, a death at Plattemouth, and various civic notes from Beatrice to Beatrice poultry show prep. Several accidents, deaths, and civic events populate the Nebraska scene with rail, farm, and church life.
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Indianola
Oster Wamberger
Norfolk
Federation of Women's Clubs
Palk City
Mra
Joseph Veteranick
Plattemouth
al Jen
Doane College
Crete
Beatrice
Rockville
St. Paul
Allen Judd
Inman
Aud
Sylvanus Lamb
Geneva
James. Powell
Omaha
Tiltiness
Joliet Ata
DeWitt Electrics
Sterting
Palmer’ Telephone Company
That Place
Talmage
Silver Creek
Luther A. Rutledge
Bethany
Seteltinger
Nebraska City
Lincoln Horee Fed Mille ‘Companys
Nebraska
Thomas Woodward
Seward
Christopher Columbus Society of
Lincoln
R. G. Rohrke
Hadar
Nemaha County
Fremont
Clatonia
Niels Hansen
North Platte
Hansen
Nebraska High School Debating League Sees Membership Surge
The eighth year of the Nebraska High School Debating League opens with a large membership rise from 30 schools in 1908 to 69 last year. The executive committee has received 14 more applications from Ansley, Bartley, Creighton, Fullerton, Gt. Bend, North Platte, Oakland, Ogalalla, Seward, Wayne, West Point, Wisner, and other districts.
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Union News
Bertton
Nebraska
Thrteen
Ansley
Della
Bartley
J. KE. Duncan
Creighton
C. N. Stevens
Fullerton
W. B. Ireland
A. R. Nichols
Dell Gibson
North Platte
Wilson Tout
Oakland
J. R. Armstrong
Ogaliala
Cr‘ Robdineon
Seward
J. A Woodard
Wayne
C. R. Bowen
West Point
L. 8. Knoll
Wisner
K. M. Eaton
Belly From the Kitchen
A garbled review fragment from a London newspaper humorously critiques wartime food rationing and misheard phrases about margarine and butter in the kitchen. The passage references the misnews and digestion concerns, with a playful tone on hearsay and policy.
Judge Miller Credits Dodds Kidney Pills For Recovery
Gray County Probate Judge Philap Miller of Cimarron Kansas reports relief from heart palpitations and chilla backache after taking Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year. He, age 63, says he can perform manual labor and weighs around 200 pounds. He invites correspondence and mentions free household hints music and recipes offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeadge Miller
Dodds
Gray Co
Philap Miller
Cimarron
Kan
Miller
Dodds Kidney Pills
Dedde Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Strategy in Retreat Cited by Detroit Free Press
War Observer notes a dialogue where a person claims retreat is strategic. The exchange centers on a boy chasing and the motive cited as pot running away. The passage reflects a terse, provocative wartime style from Detroit Free Press reporters.
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Detroit
Castoria Remedy Ad Snippet and Fragments
fragmentary newspaper copy features Castoria baby remedy text and a signature line. includes phrases about safety for infants and children and a claim of over thirty years use. scattered lines reference revenge philosophy and alimony, with odd editorial notes.
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Sana
Maery Kledoet
Fletcher
Castoria
Nurse Follows Doctor Advice Amid Chronic Pain Tale
Euphemia Ohio woman describes long struggle with severe pains and nausea causing frequent work absences since age 16. She details leaving for Kansas, then returning to Ohio after a sister's death and a long life homeward, seeking relief beyond patent medicines.
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Ohio
Kansas
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Kateer
Berlin
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Givenchy and
Frodelles
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Havre
Rotterdam
Preschman
Ihinet
Apene Uagrenit
Eral
Department of Agriculture
All Nations
Grief News OF
Monet
George W Ayres
W .B. Howard
Loft
State Board of Control
Warren Howard
FullSeck
Monacrete
Minnesota
Board of Control
Lodi
State Printing Bureau
Joint Legislative Committee
House
Senate
Jong Band
Nebraska College of Agriculture
J. Pool
Ale
State Universtty Faculty
Will Ee
Cervante
Misews
Chen
Philosophy Book
Eget E. Pinkham
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