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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1914
Page
2
Spence here gathers brief items from a wide area covering multiple locales. The column surveys events, incidents, and notices in a concise roundup style, naming principal places and organizations involved.
Disjointed report surveys U S sentiments on a new treaty and navigation pact moving beyond the Taft era while detailing naval actions, economic measures, and political maneuvers. It notes discussions on amending older accords, possible treaties, and the impact of European conflicts on American policy.
Terrible conflict taxes endurance of all belligerents, message asserts Austrians forced beyond the Carpathians. Last class of reservists called out by dual monarchy, reports from Switzerland. French explain attacks as German forces tighten the siege, with British and French regiments enmeshed in heavy artillery and trench warfare near German lines. Russian and Austrian reports follow, detailing maneuvers, retreats, and fortress bombardments amid a broader war panorama.
Amid extended clashes along the northern French front the German drive, led by Inchiet and others, presses the French and British with fierce, ongoing assaults. Paris reports the German offensive as costly and largely unproductive while Allied forces claim progress on their left wing. Reports from Rome and Petrograd describe shifting troop movements in East Prussia toward Warsaw and a deadly trench battle with substantial casualties. The exchange features dramatic, graphic scenes of bombardment and bayonet fighting as both sides endure heavy losses and strategic stalemate.
A Times dispatch from Geneva notes Emperor William is ill with lung inflammation after falling into a trench. Reports cite German troops, including the One Hundred and Ninth reserves, being surrounded and annihilated near Altkireh by French forces. Bombing also targets Belgian cities with Zeppelins causing casualties and material damage.
A Times correspondent reports German authorities face scrutiny over the Notre Dame fire. Eyewitness accounts suggest incendiary theories but officials urge restraint while investigators catalog clues at the historic cathedral. The note underscores tensions as wartime reporting frames the incident.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a hospital card and names related to a president and a brother, with garbled language making attribution and event unclear. no coherent dates places or actions are discernible.
The Daily Chronicle reports that the German humane efforts are shown in healing patients while surgeons in Germany aid others. It notes the Cathedral of Rheims towers and windows are nearly undamaged and reconstruction will not be difficult.
Sir Edward Grey commends Britain's stance urging restraint while blaming German ministers for precipitating the conflict. He notes Kaiser Wilhelm’s sorrow and says Germany’s leadership bears the responsibility, contrasting his reforms with the current turmoil.
Fragmented text describes New York state political races with Governor Hollyng and Charles S. Wh man in contested roles. It references James Gerardambassador Germany leading Franklin Roose to a temperance push and notes James McToccush in a Republican senatorial race. Also mentions a Brest request on a ship Lorenzo and neutrality investigations by commerce departments.
Rumors say American troops will remain in Vera Cruz as a dispute over authority between Carranis and General Ville continues unresolved. Washington officials have not issued a definite statement and Secretary Garr ion advised against loading extra baggage or supplies onto the trains ports.
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