War Dispatches From Europe Chronicle Despair and Valor
Vivid extracts from European front dispatches recounts scenes of courage amid shellfire at the Aisne. German guns, French privates, and a British airman face death in deadly reconnaissance and brutal combat as sextons clear the dead and Cossacks perform feats of horsemanship.
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Europe
London Daily Telegraph
The
Aisne
Puisieux
Senlis
London Times
Woolwich
Compiegne
British Crusiers Sunk in North Sea by German Submarines
British official reports confirm the sinking of three armored cruisers Aboukir Cressy and Hogue in the North Sea by German U boats. Survivors describe the torpedo strikes as devastating with wrecks and deaths. Dutch steamer Titan ferried 19 survivors and one wounded, five dead to Antwerp.
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Amsterdam
London
Flores
Ymuiden
Cressy
North Sea
Titan
Antwerp
Holland-American Line
Hook of Holland
Aboukir
Hague
Hogue
Lowestoft
Suffolk
England
Germany
Great Britain
Hoos of
Sana
T.ton
Postmaster Seeks Help to Stop Cat Pranks at Mailboxes
Freeland postmaster William Flad asks federal authorities to catch those who place live cats in mailboxes to harass carriers in Hazleton area. The incident was reported on September 23 and involves mail routes near Freeland.
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Hazleton
William Flad
Freeland
Lincoln Era Ideals Echo in Party Lines
A fragment quotes Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt arguing against abandoning core Republican values. The lines suggest a call to preserve the party's founding principles amid contemporary drift. The brief reflects political rhetoric about consistency, leadership, and national direction.
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Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
The Duty of Every Citizen by Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt declares it vital to remove from public life all men with corrupt political activity. He cites Senator Penrose in Pennsylvania Barnes in New York and Lorimer in Illinois as examples. He frames the fight as a battle for honest Republicans and the nation’s future.
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Senator Penrose
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Sir. Barnes
New York
Lorimer
Illinois
Theodore Roosevelt
Pinchot Gains Strength in Tide for Governor Bid
Doctor Dean Lewis reports rising support for Gifford Pinchot across Washington state counties after withdrawing as governor candidate. He notes endorsement from Colonel Roosevelt and Harrisburg action naming Vance C. McCormick to the ticket, with cross-party admiration for Pinchot and allied anti-Penrose forces.
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Gifford Pinchot
Doctor Lewis
Philadelphia
Washington Party State Committee
Harrisburg
Vance C. McCormick
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pinchot
Penrose
Washington Party
State Committee
McCormick
Port Allegany
McKean County
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Campaign straws topple bosses in 1920s party shakeup
In a string of defeats and repudiations, Ohio Senator Foraker who took 15000 from Standard Oil loses re election while New Jersey boss Kuehnle omits a comeback. Colorado Senator Guggenheim declines to run as Virginia votes dry by 35000. Pennsylvania Senator Penrose faces chill receptions as National Republicans push Samuel Gifford Pinchot for tariff and modern industrial legislation.
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Foraker
Standard Oil
Ohio
Kuehnle
New Jersey
Guggenheim
Smeller Trust
Colorado
Virginia
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Gfford Pinchot
Washington Party
Legica
River of Doubt Mission Chronicle Ends in Rio Roosevelt Naming
Excerpt from Colonel Roosevelt's seventh Scribner's article recounts the perilous River of Doubt descent in Brazil. Kermit Roosevelt nearly drowns after a canoe capsizes while Simplicio perishes. Rio Kermit is renamed Rio Roosevelt at a ceremony led by Colonel Rondon with Brazilian officials and camara das in attendance.
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Roosevelt
Scribner's Magazine
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Colonel Roosevelt
Civilization
Kermit Roosevelt
Kermit
Jeno
Simplicio
Tie
Rio Kermit
Rondon
Davida
Laura Muller
Rio da Davida
United States
Brazil
Lyra
Cherrie
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Noyon
Bordeaux
London Daily News
Paris
Corps of Sextons
Rouen
Havre
Gisors
Gourniy
Oisset
Berlin
New Rotterdam Courant
Kreuz Zeitung
Col
Dean Lewis
River
Africa
America
Trequeiro
Ids
Munn & Co
Scientific America
Scientiue
Washington, D
F. J. Foley
A. A. Davia » Co
Warren Tel Co
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