Big Battles Loom on Land and Sea in World War I
London reports anticipate major actions on land and sea as German and French forces clash near Muelhausen and Lagarde. Reports claim Austrian cavalry losses on the frontier, with German advances and prisoner captures noted. Brisk naval pride persists in Britain amid submarine and air threat considerations.
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London
Rome
Messaggero
Basel
Switzerland
Muelhausen
Baden
Lahr
Muellhausen
Fourteenth Army Corps
Freiburg
Central News
Corrier d’ Italia
War News in Brief: Naval clashes and Liege siege
Winston Churchill denied fighting or losses beyond official announcements amid reports of a naval clash. Liege, Belgium, holds as German forces press. Baltic and Mediterranean actions unfold with ships seized or sunk. Berlin dispatches claim stalemate. Britain, France, Belgium prepare for major engagements as Allied and German forces concentrate along Verdun and the Meuse.
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Brussels
London
Hesbaye
Liege
Meuse
Limburg
Namur
Belgium
Lixhe
Tongres
Saint Trond
Hannut
Trilemont
Esemael
Gussenhaven
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
England
Germany
France
Berlin
Goeben
Breslau
San Salvadore
Sicily
Albert
Athens
Bulgaria
William
Alsatian
Austria
Paris
Peking
Tokio
Japan
Tsing-Tau
Moselle
Stenay, Marvile
Montvedy
Longwy
Verdun
News from London Hardens Censorship Delays Europe Dispatches
London imposes strict censorship on Brussels and Paris reports. 48 hour minimum delay on French line messages. Direct AP Paris dispatches rerouted via London face long waits. wireless links to Germany remain largely broken since the war’s start, obscuring military zone events.
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New York
Associated Press
London
Brussels
Ose
British Isles
Europe
Paris
Germany
Austria
England
Berlin
Servian Army a Fighting Force
National Geographical Society in Washington outlines Servia s military might and conscription system. It notes potential U S army sizes if proportionate to adult male population, describes Landstrum and national army structure, service terms, and tax remount support.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Servia
National Geographical Society
Austria-Hungary
Near East
Bulgaria
Turkey
Landstrum
National Army
Victor Hugo Biography and Key Works
Victor Hugo born 1802 in Besancon France to a military family. He wrote Marion de Lorme and The King Amuses Him Self and was later made viscount before authoring Les Miserables. He opposed Napoleon III, was banished, and returned after the empire fell. He died in Paris 1885 and rests in the Pantheon.
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Victor Hugo
Besancon
France
Marion de Lorme
Theatre Francais
Louis Philippe
Napoleon III
Paris
Pantheon
Franklin Man Targets Wife in Tragic Shooting on Liberty Street
A Franklin man shot and killed his wife on Liberty Street near George W. Feldman’s residence at about 10 PM. John Brannan, age about 45, fled toward the French Creek bank, attempted self-harm, and was captured by a motorcycle officer as a crowd mobbed the scene. Police and physicians reported the wife died instantly from a chest wound.
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Franklin
Liberty Street
George W. Feldman
M. E. Church
John Brannan
Byer
French Creek
Venango Mills
Fred W. Brown
C. M. Wilson
Brannan
Brennan
Harrisburg Bids On State Document Shipping And Drayage
John L. L. Kuhn bid 23 percent per hundred for shipping state documents for the next year in Harrisburg. Chas. H. Miller offered seven cents per hundred for drayage. Last year Joseph L. Montgomery held the contract at 25 cents per hundred but raised his bid to 75 cents. G. W. Keever was Kuhn’s closest competitor at 30 cents.
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Harrisburg
John L. L. Kuhn
Chas. H. Miller
Joseph L. Montgomery
Kuhn
G. W. Keever
Miller
Druggist Advises Club Cure for Love in Hazleton
Mrs Andruskavidge of Hazleton asked a druggist for medicine to erase love for another man while married with seven children. The pharmacist told her to ask her husband to club her each time she felt the urge. Mary
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Hazleton
Andruskavidge
Mary
Mrs Wilson Dies at White House and Nation Grieves
Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife of the U S president, dies at the White House at 5 PM after a months long illness. The president and three daughters were at her bedside as Congress adjourned in mourning and the nation shared in the shock of the loss.
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Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
United States
White House
Bright
Cary T. Grayson
McAdoo
Francis B. Sayre
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Tumulty
Government Hall
Congress
Francis Bowes Sayre
Tumulty
Inet Oes
Potomac
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Lagarde
St. Petersburg
Dniester
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Libau
Reval
Tubantia
South America
Deutsche Bank
Tsing-Tai
China
San Wilfredo
Cuxhaven
Servian Army
Venango
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