Battle Hums On Aisne Front With Heavy Losses Reported
Amid the siege like battle on the Aisne River the two armies exchange artillery and trench attacks for ten days. German forces reinforce the right and center to hold positions near Rheims as Allied troops occupy the river heights. Casualties include 797 British officers among the dead wounded and missing.
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Aisne
von Kiuck
Rheims
Coldstram Guards
Ure
Belgium
Commissariat Department
Chalons
Sunday Battle Reports From Front Lines
Dispatched from Paris on September 20, Allied troops hold trenches as a furious artillery duel with German forces continues the week old battle. Algerian troops capture a German flag while Jules Verdines, a French aviator, shoots down a German air scout. Verdines previously achieved a similar feat, and the wider battle appears to favor Allied forces as German efforts to seize Rheims continue amid heavy bombardment.
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Oire
Aisne
Woevre
Jules Verdines
Vedrines
Verdines
Rural France Deserts Farms as War Mobilization Hits Harvest
A reporter recounts Normandy scenes of famine and ruin as mobilization halts harvest. Crops rot in fields while farmers lament lost seed years, with 40 acres of grain left to rot and sons joining the front. An elderly woman proves the human cost amid widespread agricultural collapse.
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France
Dreux
Normandy
William the Conqueror
Taking the Seed Corn During Civil War Britain and Europe
A historical note compares the South’s wartime draft to European mobilization calling seed corn of boys under sixteen. It cites Emperor Francis Joseph’s weep at decrees and reports a Bordeaux item of a 15 year old German wounded in hospital. The piece highlights youths pressed into service across nations.
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Lux TE
Paris
Vindivostok
Komba
Tsing-Tau
Kiao-Chow
Pekin
Tsing-Tsin
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Wilson
Washington
Europe
Austria
Francis Joseph
Bordeaux
Hell of battle on the river Long battle scene described by a London Times correspondent
A London Times correspondent recounts a night on the river between the Annies front lines. He sees exhausted troops and French forces as conquerors, searchlights sweeping the valley, guns roaring, and engineers working under constant rain. The scene ends with heavy losses and the sense of grim endurance.
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London Times
Delgrts
Hereves
Cotton consumption and export outlook for 1915
A Wall Street Journal analysis questions if the United States can spin 7,000,000 bales of cotton by August 1915 and how the remaining 8,069,000 bales will be disposed of. It estimates Japan may take 2,000,000, Britain about 2,500,000, Italy 510,000, leaving 2,000,000 bales held for future disposition, considering price and demand factors across major markets.
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Wall Street
Mila
Auust
Japan
Great Britain
Britain
Italy
Europe
Lancashire
England
United States
Behalf of Farmers Movement Secures Nearly a Thousand Bales Pledged
Monroe residents joined the Buy-a-Bale movement after a Friday meeting. Nearly 1000 bales are pledged to be bought at ten cents a pound cash or held on account, with a hold-sell minimum of ten cents. A canvass yielded numerous pledges from banks, firms, and individuals to either buy on cash, on account, or hold their own cotton.
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Monroe
Heath-Morrow Co
Bank of Union
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Savings, Loan and Trust Co
First National Bank
J. E. Crook
Redwine & Sikes
R. W. Lemmond
PF. B. Ashcraft
T. P
Plyler, Funderburk & Co
Heath Hard Bruner
Lathan & Richardson
Sikes Company
Id Growery Co
F. Arbcraft
Vann Funderburg
Washington grapples with cotton producers relief plan
The North Carolina congressional delegation and Governor Craig join Attorney General Bickett and others from the Farmers' Union to form a committee to approach Secretary McAdoo about cotton producers in distress. Japan seeks two million bales this year, signaling demand expansion. The piece urges prompt action to seize opportunities in Latin American and neutral markets.
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Washington
North Carolina
Craig
Bickett
Chirence H. Poe
H. Q. Alexander
Farmers' Union
A. W. McLean
McAdoo
Mass Meeting in Monroe Friday for Cotton Prices
Monroe business leaders met in the court house to plan cooperation with farmers to secure a better cotton price. A mass meeting is set for eleven o clock next Friday at the same venue with competent speakers and definite plans to be proposed. Farmers urged to attend in large numbers.
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Monroe
Court House
Charlotte Fatal Car Crash Kills Two In City Suburb
A high powered seven passenger car driven by John M. Craig crashes at a sharp turn on Statesville road near Crofts, killing Craig and Christine Maxwell instantly. Two other passengers, David J. Craig and W. McCabe Jr., are seriously injured. chauffeur John Fingers sustains a broken leg.
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Thrree
John M. Craig
Ed. Mellon Company
Charlotte
Christine Maxwell
J. D. Maxwell
South Boulevard
Dilworth
Craig
Statesville Road
Crofts
David J. Craig
Statesville
W. McCabe, Jr
John Fingers
A. T. and O. Railway
Ro M Beatty
Mr. Craig
Maxwell
David
No Peace Talk with Prussian Militarism Voiced in Liverpool Speech
Lord of the Admiralty warns in Liverpool against peace with Prussia and Germany while stressing no peace with militarism. Newspaper items praise a book, report a grand jury’s segregation recommendation, and note derailed freight cars between Wingate and Marshville with minor injuries.
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Liverpool
Witeton
Spencer Chuychill
Admiralty
United States
Count von Bernstorff
England
Germany
Austria
Sonue Book Concern
Wingate
Marshville
C. P. Timist
State Fair efforts drive enrollment and Buy a Bale plan
Raleigh reports Secretary Jos E Pogue promotes the State Fair set for October 19 25 with widespread county advertising and free attractions. A M College enrollment nears 60 percent as year end nears, war impacts peak but figures match last year. The Buy a Bale warehouse will hold about 4 000 bales and a new post office building rises to enhance the city. Local visitors include Caldwell Sikes Welch and students return to St Marys and a Hickory lawyer Chas Bagby visits.
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Raleigh
Jos. E. Pogue
State Fair Association
Agricultural Department
A. & M. College
Government Post Office
Messrs
G. B. Caldwell
J. C. Sikes
Annie
Sarah Welch
Elizabeth Sikes
St. Mary's
Chas. Bagby
Union County
Hickory
Supreme Court
R. M. Bagby
Central Methodist Church
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