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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
3
Paris 기자 reports by C W Williams from a frontline pass allowing a view of the Marne and Aisne battlefields. He describes shelling, a church destroyed, an armored French plane and German batteries, arrests as spies, and living with French troops amid bombardment and retreat.
Reports from Berlin and London recount heavy German casualties and retreats along the California coast inspired front lines. Russian advances threaten Prussian Poland, with strongergarrisoned positions near Breslau and Berlin as German forces wear down westward. Air patrols and naval air service protect Dover Straits while denying Russian capture of a Zeppelin.
London Oct 4 A three week battle near the Aisne river remains undecided with both sides claiming no decisive victory French and British forces advanced beyond the Aisne while German efforts to breach Allied lines were repulsed Berlin reports heavy losses in the Argonne region Paris reports continued German onslaughts on the western wing and a persistent Allied turning movement toward Arras Aircraft aid and air reconnaissance are noted as factors in the ongoing battle.
Reports from the front say fresh Allied troops including East Indian units, territorials, and a Scottish sharpshooter regiment have pressed the German right wing, gaining ground despite heavy losses. Russian fronts show major battles from the Baltic to Cracow with decisive Russian success in the north.
In the Radfontein Warmbach district a German force defeated British troops after starting September 3. Casualties reported 16 killed and 13 wounded on the British side.
Private J J Rousseau of the Fourth Belgian chasseur regiment gains fame for capturing Court Vou Hue low son of a German commander. He wears the Military Gold Crown and is set to receive the Order of Leopold from the Belgian king. Rousseau was injured by a kick from Yor Byelow’s horse during the action.
Franklin H Lane recalls a western penitentiary tale where an elderly visitor confronts a prisoner jailed for stealing a piano. The inmate admits the act with the phrase in a moment of weakness, while the visitor laments the loss of strength to steal the entire house.
Chas H McGinn of Olney Illinois describes severe pimples and itching on his face that reddened and bled. He tried ordinary creams before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a rapid two week improvement and full recovery. He notes Cuticura products are sold worldwide and offers a free sample and Skin Book via Cuticura Dept. 1 Boston.
Reports from the New York World describe brutal combat as French soldiers endure multiple injuries. Sergeant Fougere survived eight bullet wounds and a broken arm while limping ten miles to rejoin his regiment despite being shot in the calf thigh and ankle. Another French fighter suffered six bullets and three bayonet wounds and is recovering as the French war office notes two deaths per hundred hits.
An advertisement for Keeley Institute at 706 Fourth Street De Moines offers treatment for nervousness craving for liquor drugs and tobacco with Walnut 1417 contact and P O Box 843. The piece notes Valenciennes and Malines as late western theater war places and mentions Froissart and Watteau as famed births from these towns.
A note suggests no known process to harden copper to steel strength. It claims such a method may have existed in ancient times and invites discovery of a valuable secret.
A 22 year old Sterling Connecticut woman describes relief from “female weakness” after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the product and urges other young women to try it, citing improved health and energy. Another testimonial from Miss Vid MyRes of Mogena, N. Y. notes anemia and fatigue improved by the remedy and offers to share details.
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