Von Kluck's Army Captured in War News
Reports from the Russian border remain conflicting as German western and central forces retreat toward the Belgian frontier. British and French war offices note halted retreat, reoccupation of Rheims, and Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm's forces falling back to areas near Verdun and the Meuse. Unconfirmed dispatches claim German victory at Roye and potential relief of Maubeuge.
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France
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Bordeaux
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Montfaucon
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Dieppe
Central News
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Arve
Ham
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Boulogne
von Kluck
Maubeuge
Allies Hope to Drive Germans Home This Week
London reports rapid Allied progress in France and Russian gains in the east. The victory mood grows as churches give thanks and anticipate a German retreat to borders. Rumors of peace fade while talks in England focus on indemnities to Belgium and Alsace Lorraine, with France seeking 1870 reparations.
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France
Germany
Suctesa
America
Jasme
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Belgium
England
Alsace-Lorraine
Congregational Church Fund Campaign Gathers Momentum
After a Ladies' Guild supper in church parlors, four committees reported on finance and progress. Total morning contributions reached 15005.00 with Mrs Nielsen headed the winning committee. The pledge plan extends four years from November and divides payments into five parts, enabling larger gifts.
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Ladies’ Guild
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German General Staff Reports Indecisive Western Battles
Berlin Sept 14 The German general staff issued an official announcement stating that in the western theater the right wing of the army engaged in heavy but indecisive battles. The French attempted a breakthrough were decisively defeated. At other points where our forces were fighting no decisive results have been reached.
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Berlin
Tebrei
German retreat deepens as Allies press from Paris
A Paris dispatch to the Times reports 50,000 fresh Allied troops for pursuit and a half million under command in Paris likely to be used against retreating German forces. Germans retreat from Pont-a-Moussin to St Die toward the Champagne region with disrupted lines of communication and bridges along the Meuse likely to be destroyed.
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Oise
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Givet
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Mezieres
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Luxemberg
Verdun
Germans Hold Aisne Front As Crown Prince Falls Back
London reports from an official press bureau stating German forces remain strong north of the Aisne with fighting along the full line. The crown prince's army has been driven back to the area of Varoness, Cotsenyoye and Orenes while Allied forces tighten on Rheims. The right-front corps captured six hundred prisoners and twelve cannon yesterday.
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Sainte Menehould
Mount Faucon
Bryan Signs Four Peace Treaties In One Day
Washington reports Secretary Bryan and ambassadors from Britain France Spain and China signed four peace treaties. The accords commit disputes unresolved by diplomacy to a permanent commission for one year, aiming to prevent armed conflict. Officials call it the era’s strongest peace step with 22 similar pacts already ratified by the senate.
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Carranza Takes Over Mexican Railways
The White House announced the evacuation of Vera Cruz by American troops, ordered after Carranza's forces took control of Mexican railways. About 7,200 U.S. troops remain to withdraw, with vessels sailing soon. The action ends the second major clash between the United States and Mexico over Vera Cruz and railway control.
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Silliman
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Threshing Nears End As Plows Begin In Marsh Area
Marsh Township reports threshing nearly finished and farmers turning to plows. King School District No. 3 opened September 8 with Miss Theress Woodland teaching again. Eleven pupils enrolled, each described as bright as a dollar.
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King School Dist
Report of Surrender of Germans Under Von Kluck Discredited
London and Berlin reports dispute the claim that General von Kluck’s army surrendered. News from Dieppe and Roye Ham place royalists encircling actions. Allied and German positions shift as Verdun and the Crown Prince’s army move, with Russian data and Galician Austrian losses cited.
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Roye
Ham
Boulonge
Wilson Returns, Leads Talks on War Revenue Bill
President Wilson returned to the White House and conferred with congressional leaders on the war revenue bill. Senate Republicans vowed to fight any war tax measure, with Chairman Underwood yielding to Democratic protests against a freight tax as caucus decisions loomed.
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Wilson
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Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Former Valley City Woman 15 Dead
Obituary notes Julia Augusta Goettel Diestler born November 24 1837 in Prussia died August 7 1914 at 77 burial in Nora Springs Iowa where she and John Diestler settled after marriage in 1858 and joined the Evangelical Association. She left thirteen children seven living two sons and seven daughters fifty five grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren survive. Funeral held at Nora Springs Evangelical church.
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Germany
Waukesha
Wis
John Diestler
Evangelical Association
Rudd
Iowa
Wm. Kollman
Evangelical Church
Nora Springs
Waukesha Herald
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