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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1914
Page
3
Reports from the front describe heavy Belgian resistance outside Liege with German casualties possibly around 8,000. Belgian forces countered fiercely as German units pressed across a broad front. The article also notes a larger naval possibility in the North Sea and German bombardment of coastal targets, with strategic Belgian sites near Linge and Meuse highlighted for their wartime importance.
New York reports a chilling drift toward blockade like conditions as German, French, and allied warships shadow trans Atlantic lanes. Wireless chatter reveals coded messages between cruisers while ships increasingly avoid sailings from New York. Four steamship lines halted departures, while replacements and contingents shift routes to Brazil and Argentine ports.
President Wilson signed a bill appropriating 500000 for American citizens overseas. Gold was moved from the New York sub treasuries to the armored Tennessee cruiser bound for Europe. Ambassadors reported French cooperation depositing millions with Morgan Stanley to back letters of credit and traveler checks. State Department cabled 200000 to Ambassador Page in London to support the effort.
Britain ends its neutrality stance and declares war on Germany following repeated violations of Belgian neutrality. Paris and Moscow publicized telegram exchanges as King George urged negotiation while Emperor Nicholas II cited German aggression and Austria’s mobilization forcing Russia to mobilize.
The North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinzessin, returning to Bar Harbor Maine with over ten million dollars in gold and one million in silver, arrived under cover of darkness. The ship, pursued after leaving New York a week ago, evaded capture amid warnings from a French vessel while decks were masked and the vessel resembled an English liner.
London reports German forces occupy Liege after stiff Belgian resistance. French and British troops, including 20,000 English soldiers, land at Ostend Calais and Dunkirk and push toward Namur to aid Belgians. German cavalry patrols near Namur indicate ongoing recon and preparation for renewed assault. Luxembourgeois territory reportedly cleared by French forces as the front line stiffens across Belgium.
London dispatch reports Emperor William leaving Merlin in a motor car toward the Alsatian front. Basel dispatches say Saint Ludwig in Alsace has fallen and a Basle battle is imminent on the Franco Swiss frontier. Berne notes 40,000 Austrian troops near Basel with German forces near the Swiss frontier and a big battle possible soon. Vienna telegrams warn Austrian merchants arrived at Venice and fires on the Adriatic coast have been extinguished.
Reports from New York recount a naval clash on the English Channel side where a flotilla of German torpedo boats attacked British warships near the Hull area but four were sunk. Paris observers note a French victory in Alsace near the Swiss frontier amid high public enthusiasm.
A Creston Iowa resident recounts relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She became strong and healthy, now with a baby boy, and urges others to try the medicine. The advertisement notes forty years of claimed patient success and offers confidential letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for advice.
The fragment mentions a sharpshooter and gunmetal objects amid vague lines about Tet Crowe and male figures. The readable text suggests a wartime or combat setting with enigmatic phrases and stylistic slang, but specific actions, dates, or clear entities are not established.
A dubious advert promises to cure piles in six to fourteen days with a drugstore refund if not cured. It references a dubious testimonial about a friend in Mexico and uses sensational language to imply fighting or danger, but offers no verifiable evidence or medical guidance.
The passage touts Grove's The Old Standard as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It asserts benefits for the liver, malaria reduction, and blood enrichment, presenting Grove's as equally valuable to a general tonic.
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