Forces of the Kaiser seize Brussels in swift occupation
A Brussels dispatch describes the German occupation as civil authorities surrendering control, followed by a grand marcher parade of the Kaiser's troops. Uhlans and Death Head Hussars lead the procession past St. Gudule as Belgian residents react with mixed fear and defiance. The city shuts services and Hoisted German flags replace the national emblem.
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Brussels
Death Head Hussars
Chausee de Louvain
St. Jesse
Botanical Gardens
Gare du Nord
Brunswick
Charles Regier
Liege
Kochelberg
Louvain Road
St. Gudule
Heiress of Goulds Aids Parisians In War Relief
Paris Duchess de Talleyrand once Anna Gould runs a Rue de la Pompe workshop for women with fighting relatives. They receive three meals daily and sew shirts and hospital necessities. She canceled plans for New York visits to avoid ship risks. Boni de Castellane now serves in the headquarters staff and Duke de Talleyrand offers his car for government use.
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Paris
Duchess de Talleyrand
Anna Gould
New York
Rue de la Pompe
Count Boni de Castellane
Duke de Talleyrand
Miss Gould
French Capture German Flag after Daylong Battle
Paris reports an officer of a French rifle regiment recounting the seizure of a German flag in a clash with the Ninety-ninth brigade. Artillery wrecked German guns and horses, church steeple guns wreaked havoc, and at nightfall French forces overran defenses and secured eight guns 90 horses and 537 prisoners including ten officers.
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Paris
Petit Troyen
Americans Join French Army As Volunteers In Paris
In Paris hundreds of foreigners presented themselves to military authorities to offer service. Among them were 150 Americans with 25 medically examined and accepted. The proportion accepted among other foreigners ran about thirty percent. The 25 Americans include William Thaw of Pittsburgh and a cousin of Harry Thaw, who was engaged as an aviator.
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Paris
William Thaw
Benjamin Thaw
Pittsburgh
Harry
Glories in Death of Son of Paris Count Guerry de Beauregard
The Paris Count announces the death at the front of his son who led a squadron of the Seventh Hussars and vows vengeance. He notes another son, an artilleryman with the general staff, and his eldest with the Twenty-first Chasseurs, adding Long live France.
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Paris
Guerry de Beauregard
Hussars
Twenty-first
Chasseurs
France
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Credited By Mother
A letter from Manim Heetvic of Plover Iowa cites her 18 year old daughter’s recovery from female weakness after five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The note praises the remedy and urges others to seek its help with confidential guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Plover
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wing
Manim HeEtvic
Thunderstorm Memory Turns To Moths
Smithson recalls a frightful thunderstorm from early married life when his two month old baby kept him anxious. He rushed home from work to find his wife distressed only to learn the issue was moths in the house.
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Smithson
George
Kansas City Star
Forgetful Vacationist and the Boiling Kettle
A taxi returns. a family forgot tickets but the man recalls a kettle boiling on the go stove. He turns off the gas at the meter and discovers they must wait two and a half hours for the next train.
Doctor's Diet Question Triggers Billing Joke
A humorous exchange notes no diet restriction from the doctor while playfully implying the bill itself served as the limiting factor.
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Louvain
Tervervueren
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von Schienning
Penan
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Warriors OF the Air
Hoetzendorf
Conrad Hoetzendorf
Germany
Insel
Admiral Paschwits
E. Pinkham
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