Paris Debates Easing War Moratorium and Allied Aid
The French cabinet weighs relaxing the postwar moratorium that blocks foreign bank withdrawals, aiding small depositors. Caillaux is promoted to sub-lieutenant. The Temps cites Belgian government relocation to Antwerp as precaution. Paris theaters eye reopening for funds. two Opera Comique performances may occur weekly. General Langlois and others warn the war will be long with victory to the most tenacious.
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Red Cross
National Committee
M. Caillaux
Finance
Brussels
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Antwerp
Opera Comique
Germany
Pichon
Foreign Affairs
France
von Bernhardt
Langlois
Canadians Mobilizing 44th Welland Regiment to Niagara Falls
Orders issued late last night by Colonel Choe call the 44th Welland regiment now at Beaver Dams to move at daylight to Niagara Falls where they will entrain for Valcartier, the Canadian volunteers mobilization camp. The 19th (St Catharines) regiment will also entrain at St Catharines after the 44th reaches there. 153 men compose the 44th Welland regiment and all are ready for active service.
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Welland
St. Catharines
Niagara Falls
44Th Welland Regiment
Quiet Berlin News Reflects Wartime Resolve
Berlin remains the quiet wartime capital as German defeats in the Vosges and the sinking of submarine No 15 are received without uproar. Volunteers reach 1.4 million, with youths and older men asking to be drafted. The Kaiser is believed at Mainz with his sons at the front while the Kaiserin assists with Red Cross efforts.
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Berlin
Europe
Vosges
Mainz
Red Crosswort
War bullets and diplomatic moves in early WWI
Grand Duke Michael joins his regiment in London. Bulgaria remains neutral. German forces retreat from Namur and evacuate Saarburg. 17,000 recruits set a world daily record for General Kitchen er’s army. Meuse crossings repelled near Dinant. Poles seek to fight for France. British patrollers clash with German cruisers with no losses reported. Red Cross to ship relief to Europe. underwood bill to shield marine war risks.
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Namur
London Daily Chronicle
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Alsace
Kitchener
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von Kolewe
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East Prussia
Reuter
Meuse
Dinant
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Prince Alexander of
Teck
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Duke of Connaught
Canada
Prince Alexander
Life Guards
Newport
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
American Red Cross
Europe
Congress
Underwood
Havana
Des Vernime
Cuban
Liege Forts Hold Out As German Advance Near Meuse
Estimates place total armed forces at 8,590,000 soldiers and 340,000 seamen. The Liege forts remain unconquered per the French embassy in London. Cardinal Farley seeks US transport from Brunnen. London reports no casualties yet amid German advances toward Meuse, with Brussels in fear.
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Cardinal Farley
Brunnen
Switzerland
United States
Namur
Meuse
Brussels
Harcourt and Grey Move to Capture German Trade
London reports that Secretary of State for the Colonies Lewis Harcourt and Foreign Minister Sir Edward Grey are taking steps to seize trade previously held by Germany. They telegraphed Aug 15 to key colonies urging updated data on Germany and Austria imports and informed British consuls in neutral countries to seek similar information.
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Lewis Harcourt
Edward Grey
Germany
Austria
Germans Seize Corset Factory and Abandon Saarbourg
Meadville Pa August 19 officials of the Spirella company report their Dusseldorf corset factory seized by the German government and to be used as a hospital with reimbursement. London August 19 an official dispatch says Germans abandoned Saarbourg near Strassburg after heavy artillery.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
Saarbourg
London
Alsace-Lorraine
Strassburg
Abandoning of Antwerp a Mistake
The Times expert questions Belgian plans to abandon Brussels fortifications and retreat to Antwerp. He believes Belgians should hold the gains and argues a German defensive posture surprises observers as Russian forces advance on Watersland.
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London
The
Times
Brussels
Antwerp
Town Council okays paving and street upgrades
Adjourned meeting notes approvals for paving Pennsylvania avenue from the depot east and appointing a three member special committee. Fire and sidewalk funding discussed. reports on bridges, sewers, and cement sourcing reviewed. final ordinance for Board of Health passed.
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Hartman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Depot
O’neil
Williams
Baker
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Clark
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Pioneer Street
Pioneer
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Mathis
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Bergwall
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J. A. James
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T. L. Janes
Bridge Committee
Fifth Street Bridge
Jones
O'Neil
Third Avenue Bridge
Third Street
Glade Lumber Co
Conenango Avenue
Mintzer
Rankin Street
Hickory Street
Atlas Cement Co
Jamestown
Foster
Fourth Street
Foster Paving Brick Co
Fourth Avenue
Mr. West
Crescent Park
Mr. Hartman
Walker
Maybank
Canoe Accident Sinks James town Youth on Chautauqua Lake
James Akin an 18 year old Jamestown NY high school student drowned Friday afternoon when the canoe he rode with Walter Sutherland tipped near the Assembly grounds on Chautauqua lake. Sutherland clung to the overturned craft until aid arrived. Akin worked during his vacation at the Indiana cottage.
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James Akin
Jamestown
N. Y
Chautauqua Lake
Walter Walter Sutherland
Aiken
Jamestown High School
Indiana Cottage
Ingersoll on Napoleon
Robert G Ingersoll reflects on Napoleon Bonaparte’s legacy from his grave and tomb, imagining the fallen emperor’s campaigns from Toulon to Waterloo. He rejects imperial power, expressing preference for a humble peasant’s life with family over glory and murder.
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