Lloyd George proposes flexible war loan plan in Commons
British Chancellor David Lloyd George introduced a war loan resolution in the House of Commons outlining a flexible funding approach. The bill would not fix the amount or method of raising funds, leaving treasury discretion to adapt to conditions. He urged banks to support trade, noting mixed bank behavior and considering a limited moratorium amid public input from thousands of replies.
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Associated Press
London
David Lloyd- George
House of Commons
Lloyd-George
Orleans Officials to Inspect Garbage Burners in Cuba
New Orleans officials Foster Olroyd Alfred Raymond and Thomas Willis will visit Havana soon to inspect garbage incinerators in operation. They recently toured Atlanta Savannah Macon Waycross Birmingham Wilmington and Montgomery as part of planning for garbage incinerators linked to water purification or the central power station. Location decisions remain pending by Commissioner E E Lafaye until engineering completes plans.
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New Orleans
Foster Olroyd
City Electrician
Alfred Raymond
Drainage Department
The
Sewerage and Water Board
Thomas L. Willis
Havana
Atlanta
Savannah
Macon
Waycross
Birmingham
Ala
Wilmington
N. C
Montgomery
Commission Council
E. E. Lafaye
Department of Public Property
Jokers Arrested Over Pocket Watch Joke in New Orleans
In Biloxi Mississippi on August 26 A. P. Narbo and Grover Graham were arrested in New Orleans after Narbo joked by taking Graham s watch from his pocket. A woman alerted police for suspected theft. Both men were released Sunday after friends learned of the mix up.
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Biloxi
Miss
A. P. Narbo
Grover Graham
New Orleans
Crescent City
Mr. Narbo
Mr. Graham
Narbo
Canal Street
Graham
Money Market Closing Rates in New York
Money market figures show closing commercial bills at 61-2, sterling exchange nominal with cables at 5.95.50 and 5.06.50 and demand 5.04 against 5.95, bar silver at 54 3-8.
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Money Market
New York
Sterling Exchange
Grain and Provisions Prices in Chicago Market
Cash grain and provisions report from Chicago on Aug 26 shows No 2 red wheat at 1.09 and 1-2 1.13-1/8. Corn No 2 yellow 0.83-2/4. Oats and rye quoted with mixed bids. Very little grain traded as buyers held off and sellers avoided cutting prices.
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Chicago
Turpentine and Rosin Prices and Receipts at Savannah
Naval Stores in Savannah Georgia reports turpentine at 45 1/2 with 136 casks received. Rosin receipts 388 barrels with grade quotes Quore B 2.50 D 3.52 1 2 E F G H 2.55 K 4.15 M 4.50 N MBM WES 25 WW 6.35.
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Savannah
Allied nations near war as Turkish entry looms in the Dardanelles
Washington reports expect England France and Russia to declare war on Turkey over Goeben and Breslau explanations. Greece mobilizes, Italy suspected, while Paris says allied armies have begun a renewed offensive as Metz and Lunéville see losses. The British push toward Belgium sparks early battles and rapid German advances toward Brussels.
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France
Russia
Turkey
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Breslau
Dardanelles
Ttaly
Germany
Austria-Hungary
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Exchange Telegraph Company
Paris
French War Office
Berlin
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Saxe- Meiningen
Namur
Antwerp
War Office
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Japan
Nish
Servia
the Drina
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Prussia
Posen
Conrad
Ostend
Cebus
Philippines
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Yap
Carolinas
Italy
Europe
United States
New Orleans Board Endorses War Risks Bill
The New Orleans Board of Trade executive committee endorses the congress bill to create a War Risks and Insurance bureau under the treasury. President Jeff D. Hardin telegrammed Secretary Elliott E. Goodwin that the measure will aid American merchant marine and foreign commerce.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Board of Trade
Congress
Bureau of War Risks and Insurance
Treasury Department
Jeff D. Hardin
Local Trade Board
Elliott E. Goodwin
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington
Goodwin
Japanese Ambassador in Vienna Transfers Roles to U.S. Embassy
Japanese ambassador in Vienna placed Austria’s interests with the American embassy and planned to depart for Berne Switzerland tonight according to official dispatches. The message did not mention any Austrian declaration of war on Japan.
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Associated Prong
Washington
Vienna
Austria
Berne
Switzerland
Japan
Wanted to furnish right names and address to people in any business
Classified item notes request for names and addresses to contact taxpayers at 826-30tc Pollock building in the Louis Directory. Also offers for sale a white Wyandotte pullettephone priced at 3250 J. 26-3tp
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Louis Directory
Pollock Building
Alabama Man Shows His Love Letters to Get Away from Austrians
Robert Gellerstedt of Troy Alabama recounts a European trip where letters from his fiancée saved him from Austrian military service. In Trieste he witnessed soldier fights and a passenger officer demanded a passport which he did not have prompting removal from the liner.
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Alabama
Troy
Ala
Robert Gellerstedt
Europe
Gellerstedt
Trieste
Gellersted
Jease Baum
Pittsburgh
Mr. Gallerstedt
Frederick to oppose Johason for governor in November
Returns from yesterday's primary show John D. Frederick Republican will oppose incumbent Hiram W. Johason Progressive for governor. highlight of the ballot is John M. Eshleman Progressive winning the Ke Weiham nomination for lieutenant governor.
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San Francisco
John D. Frederick
Hiram W. Johason
John M. Eshleman
Ke- Weiham
Quarrel Over War Subject Ends in Fatal Shooting
Jake Schenneluim, a Memphis merchant, died at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a quarrel in Chirksdale Miss Owls club rooms over the European war. Swarts surrendered to police and is held in county jail.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jake Schenneluiaim
Hen Swarts
Owls
Chirksdale
Miss
the Baptist Memorial Hospital
Clarksdale
Nerrin
Carksdale
Schenebaum
Swarts
Swartz
Suffering Among American Tourists in German Cities
Fragmentary reports from Geneva relay that many American travelers, mostly women, remain stranded in German hotels and boarding houses. They face near poverty, harassment, and some are forced to sell clothing to survive.
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I'resa
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
Feiter
Germany
Netti
Jefferson County Tax Assessments Reported With Increases
Jefferson County tax assessments show a total of 3141,000,000 with a noted rise over prior figures. Tax assessor Hirming ham and deputy McLendon cite higher personal and real property valuations as the main drivers of the increased figures for the year.
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Jefferson County
Hirmingham
Ala
Teli
Heally
McLendon
Jefferson
German Uhlans Drawing Close to Ostend Port
A dispatch from Ostend says a squadron of Uhlans with rapid fire guns seized a railroad station near Ostend, carried off the station safe, and blew part of the track before retreating toward Ostend. Belgian gendarmes engaged them at Snaerskerke bridge. after an hour the air platoon fled with seven dead. Belgians report six killed and two wounded.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Ostend
Ubiiang
Snaerskerke Bridge
Firm Warns ACTPFON Ships Idle as New Shipping Law Looms
A US Steel protest claims its ships idle at great cost awaiting Commerce Department shipping law rules. Republican leader Mann read the complaint in the House, accusing the department of inaction as the firm contemplates flagging its fleet under the American flag.
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Actpfon
Associated Press
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Department of Core Merce
Mann
Department
Western Woman's Golf Championship Semis Set
Today's play sets semifinal matchups for Hinsdale tomorrow Miss Myra Heimer of Midlothian defends against Mrs Hammond of Indianapolis in the upper half while Miss Laurie Kaiser of St. Louis faces Mrs Colburn of Glen View in the lower half for the title shot.
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Chicago
Hinsdale
Myra Heimer
Midlothian
H. D. Hammond
Indianapolis
Laurie Kaiser
St. Louis
F. S. Colburn
Glen View
Austrian Victory Report Reaches Vienna Front Krasnik Advance
Official reports from Vienna via Berlin to New York declare a three day battle at Krasnik Russian Poland ended in an Austrian victory with Russian forces in retreat toward Lublin. Other updates note continued fighting on the French Belgian frontier and new Austrian war declarations.
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Europe
Germany
France
Brussels
Vienna
Berlin
New York
Krasnik
Russian
Poland
Lublin
Ohio Republicans Adopt a Platform at Columbus Session
The Republican state convention in Columbus adjourned after a short meeting during which a platform was adopted unanimously. The liquor plank supports continued liquor restrictions under current laws and future enactments. It omits woman suffrage and calls for tariff reform, a merchant marine, and liberal agricultural funding. The platform denounces the Underwood tariff act as favoring foreign producers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Con Enmion
Five Federal Examinations Scheduled for Sept Oct 1914
The civil service district in Atlanta announces exams at Mobile and Washington for September and October 1914. Posts include Assistant Superintendent of Construction at Leavenworth Ship Draftsman and Copyist in Washington and District Inspector migratory bird law with salaries from 100 to 5.04 per day and up to 8 per day.
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United States
Leavenworth
Kansas
Bureau of Education
Washington, D.C
Navy Department
Cottage Hill Families Seek Charity Aid
The Item reports the Cottage Hill families of Simeon Hroom and Ed Lind destitute due to sickness and unemployment. Hroom is hospitalized and unable to work while Lind cannot find any job. Lindsy's wife and three children ages five seven and twelve are also ill. Ladies of Charity have been appealed to by Mrs Broom as worthy of aid.
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Simeon Room
Ed Lindsay
Cottage Hill
Simon Hroom
City Hospital
Lindsay
Broom
Uroom
Cottage Hal
Nations 10 Call a Halt on All Ships Attacks
Nations call a halt on all ships attacks as streets fill with debris from ten bombs found in public buildings. The dead and injured count remains unknown while bombs targeted military barracks government offices and the royal palace.
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Nations
Belgian protest cites Zeppelin attack on Antwerp
Belgium protests to the United States over a Zeppelin raid on Antwerp killing ten civilians including four women and injuring eight others. Secretary Bryan declined to action and noted Belgian claims of violations of The Hague convention, while reports confirm German advances near Vilverde and engagements east of Antwerp.
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Washington
Bryan
Malines
Vilverde
Antwerp
Brussels
the Hague
Liege
Belgian
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California
Phen
T ‘Ball
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Epingle
C. J. Gayfer & CO
America
National Mosaic Flooring Co. R. R
Mobile
Schwarz Campaign Committee
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