Horrors of the War Seen by a War Correspondent
Edward Price Bell reports from central Belgium via F A McKenzie on German terror tactics, burned towns, and mass graves. He details Belle, Termonde, and Meath, noting civilians starved and displaced as winter nears and urging aid for Belgium.
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Edward Price Bell
Chicago News
London
Belgium
F. A. McKenzie
London Weekly Times
McKenzie
France
Mr. McKenzie
Germany
Holland
Belle
Ghent
Meath
Fragmented Texas orix item reads as old ad
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Texas or ix and an old advertisement style. The readable bits suggest a classified or notice legibility issue without clear names, dates, or actions. The fragment lacks identifiable entities to summarize a concrete event or item.
Dresser rummaged by unknown intruder in children's room
Fragmentary report notes a toy dresser forced open with playthings scattered and nursery damaged. States a correspondent claims a German governor in Brussels threatens to shoot vendors or others with Belgian or English newspapers. German and certain Dutch papers with German sympathies are restricted to circulation.
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Aan Wee Wee
Brussels
Exchange Telegraph
Ostend
Illinois postmasters meet in Springfield session
In Springfield the Illinois branch of the National League of Postmasters held its 11th annual convention in the state house Senate chamber. Postmaster James W. Patton of Springfield delivered the welcome address, responding to by President Charley H. James of Meredosa. Officers named were Charles H. James, Fred Wilson, John Baker, and John G. Brown.
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Springfield
Illinois
National League of Postmasters
Senate
State House
James W. Patton
Charley H. James
Meredosa
League
Charles H. James
Fred Wilson
Broughton
John Baker
McLean
John G. Brown
Fox Lake
Illinois Chicago Banks Report September 14 1914
The Illinois Chicago banks statement lists 91 banks active on September 14 1914 down from 90 on July 1 1914. Total resources fell to 634 362 722 with several asset categories declining including loans and discounts 261 655 045 and demand deposits 202 842 120. Capital surplus and profits rose to 99 339 491 while total deposits including due to banks dropped to 515 647 636 and cash 122 296 667. Reserve to deposits ratio at 23.74 percent.
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Springfield
Chicago
Missouri League of Building and Loan Holds Meeting
Springfield hosts the sixth annual Missouri State League convention with 135 local associations totaling 15 million dollars in assets. Speakers include F H Garlicks of St Joseph and Morris Gordon of Jefferson City. Burton McGinnis urged interchanging funds with good security and rates. A committee was named to draft resolutions in memory of W J Lewis of St Louis.
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Springfield
Missouri State League of Building and Loan Associations
F. H. Garlicks
St. Joseph
Morris Gordon
Jefferson City
Burton McGinnis
St. Louis
Missouri
W. J. Lewis
Amok at Geneva State Home for Girls Ends with Fire
Addie Brown, twenty, a mixed race girl from Chicago, ran amok at Geneva State Home for Girls. Armed with a butcher knife she drove out the Faith cottage residents and set the building on fire before matrons overpowered her. Police jailed her awaiting Superintendent Carrie O Connor of the home’s return from Springfield.
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Aurora
Addie Brown
Chicago
Geneva
Faith Cottage
Colored Department
Carrie O'Connor
Springfield
Father Rich Son In Jal Incarcerated For Refusal To Pay Judgment
Shelbyville R S Fitzwater a member of a wealthy county family with a farm home and Champaign residence was jailed for refusing to pay a $550 county court judgment on a statutory charge. His father consented to a $300 settlement, but the boy faced jail if the settlement failed.
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Rich
Jal
Shelbyville
R. S
Fitzwater
Champaign
Gert
Farmer dies in collision near Sugar Grove race
Aurora reports Charles Devereaux a Na suse farmer killed in a head on collision while racing with other farmers en route to the annual Big Rock plowing match. He leaves a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Charles Devereaux
Sugar Grove
Devereaux
Wifch
Perry County Fair Closes After Week of Events
The Perry County Fair near Pinckneyville concluded this week with more than twenty thousand attendees. Crowds enjoyed exhibits and local competitions as the event wrapped up.
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Perry
County
Duquoin
Falr
Jp Segelon
Pinckneyville
Gibraltar fortress and surrounding town described as impregnable
The article portrays the Rock of Gibraltar as a formidable fortress with hidden caverns and batteries guarding the Strait of Gibraltar. It notes the terrain, population of about 25,000, seven thousand British troops, and stores to withstand a seven year siege. It mentions Linea de la Concepcion nearby and a mixed European and North African population, with a free port enabling smuggling and various religious buildings in the town.
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Gibraltar
Mediterranean
W. D. Hornaday
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Europe
Strait of Gibraltar
Rock of Gibraltar
Africa
Ceutra
Tarik
Bay of Gibraltar
Great Rock
Fromk
Spain
Linea de la Concepcion
Almeida Park
Boy misses hero moment in scrub baseball game
Lawrence Telegram relays a bittersweet tale of a boy who believed he could be a hero in a scrub game officiated by an umpire. With a late inning at bat the miscalled strikes and a foul call thwarted him, ending with strike three and a crushed hope as his girl and peers mocked him.
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Lawrence
Casey
Dismond
Cleopatra's Neediee and Ancient Obelisks in Rome
Fragmentary legacy recounts Cleopatra's Neediee, two Egyptian obelisks once in Heliopolis constructed by Thutmose III, transported to Alexandria under Tiberius, placed before the Temple of Caesar, with red granite and hieroglyphs detailing royal lines.
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Cleopatra
Heliopolis
Fhotmes II
Tiberius
Alexandria
Caesar
Thotmen
Hia
Ramegesty
Rae
Mary Anoints Jesus Before Betrayal in Bethany
A church lesson notes Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus with costly ointment as Judas and the disciples react. It ties to Mark 14 and John 12, highlighting faith, betrayal, and the meaning of the act as preparation for burial, with Jesus commending Mary for her devotion.
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Judas
John
Judas Iscariot
Mary
Jesus
Martha
Lazarus
Peter
Jerusalem
Bethany
Diaaip
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Alan Wate
Canaille
Termondé
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Benedictine Fathers
England
Baw Sion Well
Orixhe
Capital
Report of Chicago Banks
Farmer
Brecnable
International Sunday School
B. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Christ
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