Kaiser Wilhelm Now Reported at the Head of the Germans
Paris reporting that France moves through Alsace toward Colmar while German forces retreat from Altkirch and Muthausen to Breisach. Belgian and French cavalry attack north of the Meuse and threaten to cut supplies to Liege as a wider offensive looms.
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Tony's Ball Scores By The Ticker
National League standings and scoring notes with teams like Cubs, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Boston, Cincinnati, St. Louis and New York. Listed pitchers and players include Lavender Archer Allen Harmon Gibson Tincup Burns Berton Clark Gowdy Perdue Snyder Tesreau Meyers and others. The text records scattered scorelines and player mentions without a single coherent game result.
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Gow
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New York
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Kaiser Heads Army to Lead German Push in Belgium
Paris reports Kaiser Wilhelm is ready to assume supreme command of the German army as it seeks to force passage through Belgium and Luxembourg. Military experts say the Allies face a decisive test with crack Prussian infantry joining the fight after concentration at Namur.
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United Press
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Aix la Chapelle
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Luxemberg
Namur
Meuse
Massacre Report In Solron Valley Believed German Action
Brussels dispatch says German troops killed every inhabitant of the Solron valley in Belgium after three gardeners fired on a detachment. The act, said to be ordered by a German commander, follows a sequence of alleged village executions.
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Pess
London
England
Brussels
Star
Solron
Belgium
German advance presses on Liege as forts hold out
Brussels reports Liege remains under German control but forts resist. Germans expected to besiege the city while their main force advances south. Liege retreat deemed strategic as Germans fall back toward Namur with French reinforcements arriving in position.
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Brussels
Liege
Law Office
Namur
German Sub Marine Sinks After Engagement Confirmed
The British cruiser squadron sank the German submarine U-5 in an engagement confirmed by the admiralty. The location of the battle was not disclosed, with the report noting the main cruiser force had been attacked by the submarine.
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London
England
Admiralty
Death of Mrs Timothy Kelly Joliet Pioneer Widow
Mrs Timothy Kelly mother of Robert T. Kelly president of Joliet National Bank died this afternoon at 1 45 at 106 South Bluff street after long illness. She had lived in Joliet over 60 years and funeral plans were not yet set. Timothy Kelly died May 16 1874 a pioneer builder and contractor who erected St Patrick church and many stone structures and did railroad bridge work. Robert T. Kelly son of the couple has long been active in Joliet.
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Robert T. Kelly
Joliet National Bank
South Bluff Street
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Na Kelly
Submarine U 15 Lost in North Sea Battle
The North Sea engagement left submarine U 15 and her 15 crew missing presumed dead after the battle. No survivors reported despite search efforts by Allied forces in the area.
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North Sea
U 15
British Blockade Seals Lintang Harbor German Fleet
British warships report establishing a blockade at Lingtau harbor and bottling up most of the German-Chinese foreign fleet. Additional British vessels pursue the remaining German craft around Orient Shanghai on August 10.
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Shanghai
China
Lingtau Harbor
Forts Hold Out Despite Reports of Liege Fall
News from Brussels says a war office announcement denies reports that Liege forts fell. The statement asserts forts remain well supplied and able to resist, while a German threat persists as French Belgian forces maneuver.
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Brussels
War Office
Liege
Britain to Raise Second Army of 100000 Men
Premier Asquith said in the house that Lord Kitchener ordered a second volunteer army of 100000. The move signals the full British force on continental service with a large portion already deployed across Europe.
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Great Britain
Washington and Cleveland doubleheader planned after rain
Washington will not play today due to wet grounds and will instead host Cleveland for a doubleheader tomorrow. Philadelphia leads Cleveland 9 to 6 in a game noted with Bush and Schang and Steen and ONeil.
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Cleveland
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Governor Dunne studies I M canal amid rehab talk
Governor Edward F. Dunne toured the Illinois and Michigan canal from Joliet to La Salle with lawmakers and engineers. He said action should start immediately and pledged to urge a two million dollar appropriation to deepen and widen the channel and build larger locks.
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Jackson Street
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Illinois
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la Salle
Joliet
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War Bulletins Report Siege in Switzerland and Argentine Death
A London central news bulletin reports Switzerland is in a state of siege. It also notes the death of Argentine President Roque Saenz Pena after a long illness. Other items cover a Chinese moratorium, bombardment of Belgrade, Belgian grain risk assurances, and naval arrivals in Halifax and London.
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Belgrade
Servia
Belfast riots spark sectarian clashes in 192x era
Fifty years ago today August 8 marks the start of a riot series between Catholics and Orangemen in Belfast Ireland. Twenty five years ago today the high court of the senate of the...
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Belfast
Ireland
High Court of the Senate of
Lightning strikes hospital roof injures two workers
A thunderstorm at St. Joseph's hospital left Ray Allen an electrical sub contractor and Gordon Birkey a timer struck by lightning. Birkey narrowly escaped death as the bolt traveled from a rain spout to the lower floor while Allen recovered after being knocked unconscious.
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William Stevens
Henry Latz
Gordon Birkey
Barrett's
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Prison physician off payroll at Joliet prison
Dr. Philip Winner the Chicago physician who came to Joliet penitentiary as successor to Dr. John P. Benson is no longer connected with the prison. Benson remains on the job in a medical capacity. Winner, living on Iowa avenue, says he will issue a statement.
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Joliet Penitentiary
John P. Benson
Joliet
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Iowa Avenue
Panhandler Fined After Street Begging Arrest
A Chicago panhandler named Frank Mc Quade was arrested Saturday evening while begging for pennies to buy more liquor. Judge Lumley next morning imposed a minimum fine.
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Chicago
Frank McQuade
Lumley
Vacation voyage on canal tour aboard the Lucile
Thomas Welch the foreman of the News and Charles Thomas Bale a machinist operator spend a week touring the Illinois and Michigan Canal from the Illinois River to the Hennepin Canal aboard the Lucile. News will report by wireless and a postcard notes a cruiser rammed by a battleship during scouting toward Seneca.
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Charles
Thomas Bale
Illinois & Michigan Canal
Illinois River
Hennepin Canal
Nellie B
Seneca
Merchants Day Legal Holiday Planned for Michigan City
Merchants Association seeks to declare Merchants Day a legal holiday as in past years. The annual outing will be held Wednesday in Michigan City Indiana with many tickets sold and attendance expected to exceed last year’s 1000 participants.
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Merchanta* Association
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