Visions of Glory in West Seen by Grand Old Party
Alvin T. Hert of the Western Republican campaign says reports from middle and far West are encouraging. Ohio will back Hughes by an old-fashioned Republican majority. South Dakota factions report harmony. Kansas expects the Hughes and Fairbanks ticket to win its largest Republican majority in years.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alvin T. Hert
Middle
Far West
Hughes
Hynicka
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hert Today
W. C. Cook
South Dakota
Judge Smith
Capper
Kansas
Fairbanks
Deutschland's feat inspires second voyage narrative
Chesapeake Bay at night sees intensified neutrality patrols with eight British warships and many small American vessels tasked to place nets and gather intelligence on the Deutschland. The submarine nonetheless eluded detection and traveled about 100 miles underwater without incident.
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Chesapeake Bay
Deutschland Returns Home After Successful Voyage
The Deutschland returns to Germany slightly damaged after completing voyages via the same route, with Captain Paul Koenig hailed as a national hero. He has been summoned to Emperor William's headquarters to report on the voyage as Bremen departs after receiving the news.
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Associated Press
London
Bremen
Deuschland
Germany
North Sea
Paul Koenig
Deutschland
William
Return of German submarine Deutschland reported
A Bremen telegram relayed by Reuter’s confirms the Deutschland's return to Germany from the United States after a 4,200 mile voyage. The voyage began in stormy seas, later calmed, with engines faultless and no icebergs encountered. The crew reportedly withheld return details. The dispatch notes neutral conduct by the American government and surprise at the quick docking.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Amsterdam
Bremen
Reuter
Hague
Koenig Praises U S Neutrality Efforts
Captain Paul Koenig of the Deutschland lauds the United States for taking all necessary steps to prevent neutrality violations as the submarine departs. The Vossische Zeitung published the interview from Berlin dated August 24.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Zayville
Vossische Zeitung
Paul Koenig
Deutschland
United States
Puss in Boots JR Bed Time Pertory
Puss in Boots offers to give a ride to a young boy on a horse in a front gate scene. The mother backs the playful request while the knightly cat reassures safety. The boy asks about bells and rings and Banbury Cross as the mother and caretaker bid farewell.
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Puss IN Boots, JR
Puss
Yellow
Banbury Cross
Cat on a horse and a playful chase in a village scene
A scene shows a laughing boy and a mother jouncing him as Puss in boots comments with playful exclamations. The yellow-haired child points out a cat on a horse while asking for Banbury Cross and Puss politely tips his feathered cap before inviting them to stay.
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Puss
Banbury Cross
Railways Bend to Eight Hour Day Demand
The piece reports rail workers pressing an eight hour day, with some encouragement from negotiations. President Wilson reportedly sympathizes with railroad counter demands and may favor worker acceptance. Labor leaders' vote for endorsement is likely, as executives continue talks and a possible White House visit is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
White House
Outlook Brightens on Averting Railway Strike
Renewed optimism spread among employee representatives and the White House as a possible eight hour day concession appeared from the railroads. President Wilson awaited a response while a sub committee’s proposal circulated among railroad executives and mediation leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Chambers
Federal Mediation Board
Wilson
A. B. Garretson
Newlands
Adamson
Congressional Committee
Serbs Capture Three Miles On Mountain Front
An official statement says German troops repulsed a Russian attack on the mountain front after a severe struggle with heavy losses. Substantial ground was gained by Serbian forces during the engagement.
Pensacola Naval Aeronautic Station to Expand
C E Dobson of the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce says the naval aeronautic station will hire more officers and men and has an anticipated payroll near the pre war peak. A new plant will produce aeroplane motors, parts, bomb-dropping devices, pontoons and wings, with models built on site for expert officer guidance and a large wind tunnel planned for testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fra
Naval Aeronautic Station
Havy Yard
C. E. Dobson
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Naval
Dobson
Aeronautical Station
Statio
Navy Department
Washington
Germans Repel Russian Attacks in Carpathians. Prisoners Taken
Berlin reports sharp fighting in the Carpathian passes as Germans advance north of Capul and seize 200 Russian prisoners with two machine guns. Russian assaults near Zabie in the Jablonitza pass area were repulsed.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Carpathian
Hungaria
Vienna
Capul
Jablonitza
Zabie
Morluka
Turkish regiments captured on Caucasus front
Petrograd reports the war ministry announces the capture of two Turkish regiments on the Caucasus front. The posting arrives via London and confirms a significant engagement in the region.
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Petrograd
London
Caucasus
War Office
Russian-Caucasus Front Repulsed With Heavy Losses
Turkish official statement reports repulse of a Russian attack on Caucasus front. On the right wing Russians suffered large losses. In Ognot sector the Russians lost 3,000, and 400 killed at Mighi, as cited in the Aug 24 dispatch from Constantinople via London.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
London
Caucasus Front
Ognot
Mighi
Artillery Activity Increases Along Isonzo Front
Austrian headquarters report dated August 28 notes rising Italian artillery activity along the Isonzo line while reporting no significant infantry engagements on the Austro Italian front.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Isonzo
Hughes Has Made No Impression in West Says Democrat Scout
General William B. Haldeman a Democratic national committeeman from Kentucky reports from the Midwest that Hughes failed to win support in the West. He criticizes Hughes for bitterness and lack of constructive statesmanship while noting Democrats are earnest and confident and that many Republicans may back Wilson. Kentucky Democrats plan unity to elect Wilson.
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Hughes
West
Chicago
William B. Haldeman
Democratic National
Kentucky
Middle West
Vance C. McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Haldeman
Wilson
Woman fined for trespass after warned to stay away
Ella White, described in the report with a racial slur, was fined $25 or 20 days in jail by Judge Henry Chamberlain for trespass after moving into a Plateau house owned by A Mea her despite warning. Mamie Delbarco received a $5 fine or ten days for vagrancy.
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Ella White
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
A. Meaher
Plateau
Mamie Delbarco
Chamberlain
Pensacola Seen as Site for Aircraft Plant and Zeppelin
The article notes Pensacola as an ideal location for aircraft manufacture, with basins similar to Washington likely needed and a large skilled workforce in motor foundry and shops. It mentions developing an American Zeppelin type dirigible and cites congress data on Pensacola as suitable, citing temperature variation as a key factor in gas bag stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aeronautical
Dobson
State guardsmen relinquish salaries on federal service
Alabama state officials ruled that National Guard members who joined the federal war effort must give up salaries paid by the state. The decision affects M. C. Allgood the state auditor and officers like Charles R. Bricken Major T. C. Locke and J. W. Tyson who left state pay when taking federal commissions. The law bars simultaneous pay from state and federal governments. duties continue without pay.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States War Department
Alabama National Guard
M. C. Allgood
Lawrence E. Brown
Charles R. Bricken
Second Judicial Circuit
T. C. Locke
State Military Department
Camp
J. W. Tyson
National Guard
Brown
Locke
Mr. Tyson
Baby Born In Hearse Beside Coffin In Chicago
Otto Rodenberg, an undertaker’s chauffeur, picked up a sick woman named Mildred Volensky from a streetcar and transferred her to his hearse beside a coffin. En route to the hospital, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who accompanied her into the hospital with the mother.
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Chicago
Otto Rodenberg
Volensky
Flowers Resigns Convict Board In Alabama
Brooks Flowers of Montgomery resigns from the state board of convict inspectors effective September 1. Governor Henderson appoints P. J. Rogers of Ensley to succeed him, returning Rogers who headed the department from July 1915 to April 1919, with the resignation announcedWednesday afternoon.
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Rogers
Anuric claim for uric acid cure from rheumatism
The advertisement asserts that uric acid causes rheumatism and promotes a remedy called Anuric from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. It claims Anuric drives out uric acid, reducing pain and inflammation, and offers a 10 cent trial package by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
Bulgarians Repulse Serbian Counterattacks Near Ostrovo
Berlin reports from August 24 state Bulgarian forces pressing the Macedonia front near Lake Ostrovo have defeated Serbian counterattacks. The war office dispatch confirms Bulgarian advances against Serbian positions in the region.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Lake Ostrovo
Macedonia
War Office
Deaths and Funerals of John M Carr in Mobile County
John M. Carr a Mobile County resident and Baltimore and Ohio railroad fireman died in a railroad accident near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania last week. He married Pearl Snow of Wilmer Alabama in 1914 and the body was taken to Energy Illinois by his brother Harris Carr for burial in the family burying ground. He is survived by his wife and several relatives.
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John M. Carr
Mobile County
Pearl Snow
Wilmer
Ala
Pittsburgh
Mobile
Carr
Harris Carr
Teutons Attack Russians Near Rudka Chervizhye
Petrograd reports Teutonic forces began renewed offensives against Russians who crossed to the west bank of the Stokhod near Rudka Chervizhye northeast of Kovel. Attacks near Tobol opened yesterday and were repulsed by Russian fire.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Stokhod
Rudka-Chervishhe
Kovel
War Office
Tobol
German Grenade Attack Fails Near Somme Front
Paris August 24 The war office reports a German grenade assault on French positions south of the Somme after a heavy bombardment of the Soyecourt woods. The French had retaken positions between Fieury and Thiau court, but these were shelled vigorously by German guns.
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Associated Press
Paris
Soyecourt Woods
Somme
War Office
Fieury
Thiaucourt
Heavy firing in North Sea hints of naval battle
Ad vices from Ameland report continual heavy gun firing from the north audible all morning. The dispatch suggests possible naval engagement in the North Sea near the Dutch island.
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North Sea
Amsterdam
Ameland
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Dauphin ST
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Artillery OF
Italy
Negress
Flowers
Convict Board
P.J. Rogers
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W. L
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Rummet Bolvica
C. J. Gayfer & Companny
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