Carranza Expels Guatemalan and Brazilian Ministers from Mexico City
Washington reports state Senor Ortega minister of Guatemala is expelled by General Carranza from Mexico City. The Brazilian minister has also been compelled to withdraw, leaving the U S without an official representative in Mexico. A piano for sale is listed at Nugget office.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico City
Senor Ortega
Guatemala
Mexico
Ister
United States
Republic
Carranga
German offense threatens Russian retreat near Warsaw
London reports indicate German forces push toward the Bug and Vistula rivers as Russians retreat from Warsaw. Officials in Petrograd keep silence beyond confirming river crossings and advancing German units, warning of possible complete destruction of Slav armies. Baltic area fighting continues with limited official updates from Berlin.
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P. A. Service
London
Bug
Vistula
Pereat
Warsaw
Petrograd
Buelow
Riga
Berlin
Kaiser Offers Peace to Russia Reported by Petrograd
A Reuters summary from Petrograd says the Bourse Gazette claims the German emperor proposed peace terms to Russia last week. The offer, relayed via the King of Denmark, allowed Russia to choose between continuing the war or retreating with German gains. Russia allegedly refused all terms and stated no peace terms could be considered now.
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A. P. A. Service
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Bourse Gazette
Denmark
Russia
Founder of Mystic Shrine Dies in Rochester
George Fisher, founder of the Order of the Mystic Shrine, died at his Rochester home on August 9. The announcement notes his pivotal role in establishing the shrine and his influence in early fraternal circles. Additional biographical details about his career and survivors are not provided in the available text.
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Rochester
George Fisher
The
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Mexicans Raid Texas Ranch Near Brownsville
Arlington Aug 9 a band of about thirty Mexican raiders attacked the Norris ranch near Brownsville opening fire from tree fringes along a stream. Fourteen ranchers barricaded in the house fending off the attackers for hours until Texas Rangers arrived. Five Mexicans were killed and several whites seriously wounded. Rangers drove off the raiders and officials consider federal troops as tensions soar across Cameron County.
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A. P. A. Service
Arlington
Norris Ranch
Brownsville
Texas Rangers
Cameron County
Texas
Cameron County Under Martial Law
Brownsville Aug 9 martial law imposed in Cameron County after a Mexican raid on Norris ranch. Authorities fear rancher outbreaks as hundreds gather along the boundary while military forces hold the line to prevent incursions into Mexico.
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A. P. A. Service
Brownsville
Norris Ranch
Brownsville Troop Reinforcement Ordered From Laredo
Washington reports rising border tension prompts immediate troop increase at Brownsville. A battalion of the Ninth Infantry stationed in Laredo is ordered to Brownsville at once.
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A. P. A. Service
Washington
Brownsville
Ninth Infantry
Laredo
Eastland Raised From River Bottom In Effort To Recover Victims
The sunken passenger steamer Eastland was begun to be raised from the river bed in Chicago. Engineers expect to right the hull before lifting begins and the search for bodies of disaster victims will start immediately. The vessel lies about twenty feet underwater and there are believed to be at least one hundred bodies beneath.
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A. P. A. Servi
Chicago
Aus
Eastland
Okuma to Remain Premier as Cabinet Reshuffle Planned
Premier Okuma will retain office at the emperor’s special request and help with cabinet rearrangement. The aged statesman is widely approved as the strongest man for the position.
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A. P. A. Servic
Tokyo
Okuma
Arctic to sail for St Michael at nine tonight
Announcement states the Arctic will depart for St Michael and way points at nine this evening. The notice ends with a prompt to subscribe to the Daily Nugget for $2.00 per month for nightly delivery before six o'clock.
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Arctic
St. Michael and
Way Points
Americans Seize Cape Hayden Customs House
Advices to the navy department report Admiral Caperton says American naval officials have taken control of the Cape Hayden customs house and are administering civil affairs in the city. The capital is under complete American control and order is being restored. Reconnaissances show revolutionaries retreating. reports indicate heavy interior fighting continues.
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Washington
Aux
Navy Department
Caperton
Cape Haptien
Cape Hayden
Listerton
Haytien Situation Encouraging Amid Occupation
Washington Aug 9 Admin officials report encouraging progress in Haiti with Caperton noting a return toward normal in Port au Prince and broad approval of American occupation. Interior fighting persists as government forces clash with revolutionists while Caperton says withdrawal will occur once a stable government forms. American scout boats influence the Cape Haytien area.
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Caperton
Cape Haytien
Borden Visits Canadian Troops on Western Front
Premier Borden of Canada visited the western front returning to London after a week among the troops. He spent days in advance trenches cheering the soldiers as both British and Canadian ranks showed lively demonstrations during the premier's holiday respite.
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Borden
A. P
Servic
London
Canada
Feers
Turks Lose Big War Vessel in Marmora Sea
It is officially announced that the Turkish battleship Barbarossa, formerly the German flagship Prussia Frederick Wilhelm, of ten thousand tons, was sunk in the Marmora Sea by an allied submarine Saturday afternoon. The larger portion of the crew escaped before the vessel sank.
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P. A. Service
Nstantinople
Kheyned
Dyn
Marmora Sea
Frederich Wilhelm
Name Nugget Mining Edition Promises Rich Subjects
The forthcoming Name Nugget Mining Edition will be more interesting than prior issues and cover topics beyond mining. An expanded edition is planned this year with orders urged at 50 cents each or $5 per dozen, plus 6 cents postage per copy. Lomen Bros.
Isabella Austin Washington U. Dean Dies
Isabella Austin Washington University dean of women faculty and noted educator died after appendicitis surgery. She joined the university in 1909 and was a prominent figure in American education, with a long career at the University of Washington.
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Isabella Austin
Washington U
A. P. A. Service
Seattls
Isabella McHugh Austin
University of Washington
America
Formost
Miss Austin
German Advances Report Steady on East and West Fronts
Berlin reports steady German advances on both eastern and western fronts. Eastern gains push behind the Vistula with thousands of enemy troops captured as Russian retreat continues. Baltic operations see continued Slav retreat under German pressure along the Nieman where von Ruelow presses forward.
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A. P. A. Service
Berlin
Geman
Teutonic
Vistula
Baltic
Nieman
von Ruelow
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