Wounded French Colonel Recalls Charleroi Charge
An ecolonel wounded at Charleroi recounts leading troops against Prussian guards with African colleagues. He notes fierce bayonet fighting, rapid setbacks, and that Turcos bayonet charges opened gaps in the Kaiser’s crack regiment. He adds French 75 mm guns quickly neutralized hidden quick firers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Matin
Chartres
France
Ecolonel
Charleroi
Couple Accused in Nelms Murder Arrive in Frisco
Victor E. Innes and his wife, arrested in Eugene Oregon for the Nelms murder case, reached San Francisco in custody and will proceed toward San Antonio Texas where the alleged crime occurred. Marshall Nelms, brother of the missing woman, traveled with them on the same train. Innes previously served as assistant U S district attorney at Carson Nevada and acted as attorney for Mrs. Dennis.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Victor E. Innes
Eugene
Ore
Beatrice Nelms
Eloise Nelms Dennis
San Antonio
Texas
Marshall Nelms
Innes
United States District Attorney
Carson
Nev
Dennis
Pearson Concert Band at Bienville Square Program
The program for Friday's Pearson Concert Band recital at Bienville Square includes Yankee Nations, All Aboard for Dixie, Dreaming, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Grand National, Some Baby, While They Were Dancing Around, Monstrat Vium, Juliet, Who Paid the Rent for Mrs Rip Van Winkle, Leg of Mutton, and This Is the Life in a mix of marches waltzes medleys and one steps.
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Pearson
Bienville Square
Dixie
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Juliet
Rip van Winkle
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsed as Health Guard
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid constipation and illness by taking Dr King’s New Life Pills. It claims the remedy cleansing the system and preventing disease with a single nightly dose priced at 25e from the local druggist.
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Dr. King
Frontiersmen Brace for Eastern France Defense Drift
London reports The Times military correspondent discusses the Franco British frontier line from Lecateau to Cambrai and the potential collapse of eastern defenses. He warns of retreat to Champagne if Mezieres falls, and anticipates German air observation from the Dover Straits with calls for counter strikes and airship shooting parties.
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Associated Press
London
Times
Lecateau
Cambrai
Lille
Maubeuge
Scheldt
Sembre
Somme
Havre
Cherbourg
Straits of Dover
Germans claim to have killed ten thousand British
Telegraphed dispatch from Ostend reports German forces advancing on the French frontier with signs of pressure near Courtrai and Mons. The message claims German officers discussed burning towns for ransom at Tournai, while Ostend papers cite a battle four miles from Tournai where 3,000 Germans were said to be killed. It also notes no German forces within twenty miles of Ostend and several thousand Germans recalled to Charleroi by air.
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London
Ostend
Daily Chronicle
Tournai
Belgium
Courtrai
Hotel de Londres
Mons
Charleroi
German Advance Guard Extends Into French Territory
Lille dispatch reports German forces reaching Pont-a-Marcq and Marchiennes after pressure near Cysoing. Heavy fighting at Marchiennes sees a German breakthrough overrun by Allied counterattacks. German advances also repulsed at Pont-a-Mareau and Tournai with Allied actions near Mons and Conde.
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Pont-a-Marcq and
Marchiennes
London
Express
Lille
Pont-a-Marcq
Cysoing
Associated Press
Pont-a-Mareau
Tournai
Valencennes
Mons
Conde
Lee County Fugitive Captured in Pittsburgh
Montgomery August 28 notice of the capture of Pomp Dickerson a Lee county negro charged with killing his wife and leaving the body in swamps near his home Dickerson was captured in Pittsburgh Pa and will be returned to Lee county for trial on first degree murder A $100 reward was offered by Governor O Neal for his arrest by request of the Lee county sheriff and the solicitor
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Montgomery
Pomp Dickerson
Lee County
O'Neal
Dickerson
Pittsburgh
Alabama
How to Eradicate All Superfluous Hair
Advice by a skin specialist promotes Mrs. Osgood's Wonder as a permanent hair removal method. The author warns against depilatories and the electric needle, claiming the product kills hair at the root with a money back guarantee. Available from Van Antwerp Drug Corp and other druggists.
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Mrs. Osgood
Rubber vine floss becomes world’s lightest life preservation textile
The Bahamas yields a rubber vine floss woven in Germany into the lightest textile yet known suited for life preservers. Researchers tout its ultra light, strong fiber as a breakthrough for maritime safety gear and emergency equipment.
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Bahamas
Germany
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