Italy Declares War on Germany Amid Global Rumors
Rome reports Italy declares war on Germany as August 28 marks the moment of state of war. Berlin confirms the Italian declaration via Swiss mediation while London notes Italian troops fight Germans in Greece and could be used against Germans in France if Joffre advises.
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Ciretes
Romania
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Mary
Ald Joffre
London
Greece
France
Joffre
Woman executed as spy in Marseilles war case
Berlin reports Aug 22 a woman named Ifaat, twenty eight, was shot as a spy in Marseilles after appealing a death sentence by the court martial. The Cologne Gazette notes French executions of women in war echo past Cavell outcry and questions if French justice changes now.
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Marseilles
I’faat
Overseas
Paria Court of Appeals
Cologne
Misa Edith Cavell
Gazette
Peary Clai ms Crockerland Discovery Amid Stefansson Debate
Admiral Peary reiterates his belief in Crockerland as real and visible, despite Stefansson and MacMillan challenging the sighting. He urges waiting for complete Stefansson results before dismissing Crockerland.
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Peary
Stefansson
MacMillan
New York
Robert EL Peary
Crockerland
Urethe
Steliussan
Manlissing Crocker
Jealousy blamed in Dr Spratling murder case
Macon Ga August 28 Nurse Maud Monk, former friend of Captain Edgar J Spratling an Atlanta physician killed by Mrs H Adams of Atlanta, testifies that Adams story of improper advances is false and that Spratling had written letters showing Adams had threatened his life. She says Adams killed him out of jealousy.
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Macon
Maud Monk
Edgar J. Spratling
Allanta
H. ©. Adams
Atlanta
Adams
Aged Priest Ends His Life in Chicago Hotel Fall
The Rev Ignatius Tomazin a deposed Roman Catholic aged priest leaped from the sixth floor of the Hotel Sherman in Chicago Aug 48. His body struck a team in the alley below tearing the bit from the horses mouths and frightening the riders. Passersby found the dead and mangled body beneath a broken rosary.
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St. Anthony, Ming
Ignatius Tomazin
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Sherman
Horges
Salt Lake Yellowstone highway opens to auto traffic
A new direct Salt Lake Yellowstone highway links the Lincoln Midland trail and Pike’s route to the Pacific. The route runs from Salt Lake City through Wasatch and Bear Lake valleys to Pocatello, Idaho, then north to Yellowstone, Spokane and the Pacific coast, with over 5 million dollars spent on construction and the line serving as the main trunk for seventeen counties.
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Yellowstone
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Pacific Coast
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Moore
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Cottainstuners
Cee Cane Magus
California
United States
Ogden
The
Park
Yellowstone Entrance
Pocatello
Ida
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Idaho
Yellowstone National Park
National Road Congress Proposed for Washington Meeting
A. A. chairman George C. Diehl of the American Automobile Association urges a national road congress in Washington under federal guidance. He envisions exhibits of road machinery, highway samples, road building schools, and expert talks led by the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, with Interior Department input on national park attractions.
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National Capital
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Good Roads Board
American Automobic Association
United States Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
Department of Nerentiture
Department of the Interior
Oldest Living Sequoia Giant in Sequoia National Park
The General Sherman tree, the patriarch of Sequoia National Park in California, is noted as towering 270.9 feet high with a base circumference of 102.8 feet and a maximum diameter of 36.5 feet. It was discovered in 1879 by James Wolverton and named for General William T. Sherman. The piece places its age at around two millennia, describing it as a mighty ancient giant from biblical times.
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Sequoia National Park
Sequeeta Nationa Park
Califortuia
Egypt
General Sherman
James Wolverton
Hunter
Bim
William A. Sherman
National Geographic Magazine
Iowa Daily Deaths and Daring Incidents Inspire Concise Row
A broad Iowa item list reports many incidents. Notable events include a fatal auto crash at Perry and a 96 year old widow’s death in Town City. Other entries mention electrocution, a corn sheller accident, a banker’s wife murder suicide, and a large infant paralysis count across 34 counties. The piece notes a census finding 1 percent illiterate statewide and a patent on rural electricity generation.
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Tom Lewis
Waterloo
Vern Poole
Toledo
Robert Landis
Sioux City
Independence
Iowa State Fair Grounds
State Hospital
J. E. Houghland
Eldon
Mary McNamara
Giovanl Muargarol
Nevada City
Commuter venting about train delays at drain
A city man questions why the commuter rushes to board the Drain each morning. The commuter says the real annoyance is bolting breakfast in ten seconds only to discover the 7-50 train is half an hour late, a frustration that fuels his daily routine.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispateh
Forts in the Era of Modern Guns
The New York Amertenon argues no fort built now can withstand the firepower of modern heavy guns. Fortifications have become mere points on battle lines rather than true forts as once defined.
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New York
A Bulgarian Superstition About Elijah's Fiery Horses
A Bulgarian superstition holds that the prophet Elijah controls elements during storms. Women bow in prayer and implore, Dear Lord Elijah, do not drive so fast with your fiery horses, seeking mercy from the thunderous skies.
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Bulgaria
Elijah
Perilous Practicing in Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
A fragment notes persistence needed to learn cornet and a claim of constant armament for three months, attributed to the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl. The line hints at a humorous or satirical local newspaper snippet about musicianship and safety.
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Pennsylvania
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