Remarkable Allied War Deed in Normandy and Somme Vision
A farmer's wife Octavie Delacourt in Lower Normandy spots German troops near Oisell and helps stop a force planning to blow Oisel bridge, preventing British-Front communications disruption. Paris dispatches praise French army vigor in Somme, detailing cratered fields, ruined fortifications, and the rear organization that supports frontline victory. London notes growing friction from wartime rhetoric affecting morale and a Covent Garden market anecdote on language influence.
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Paris
Octavie Delacourt
Normandy
Gourney
Vanvais
Oisell
Rouen
Oissel Bridge
Somme
Picardy
Dompierre
Becquincourt
France
London
Covent Garden
Billingsgate
Wild
Appeal for Democratic campaign funds in North Carolina
A leadership appeal emphasizes Democratic achievements under four years in office, praising nonpartisan reforms, economic stability, and war neutrality. It urges immediate monetary contributions from ordinary citizens, with local finance committees formed across towns, and directs cheques to Hugh MacRae in Wilmington or to local treasurers.
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North Carolina
Maine
Republican Party
National Committee
the Nations
Hugh MacRae
Wilmington
N. C
A. W. McLean
Wilsim-Marshall Campaign Fund
Awful Treatment of Prisoners Reported by Exchanged Corporal
Corporal Emil Lorenz describes brutal conditions at Novo Nikolayevsk camp where 9 000 of 15 000 prisoners died between March and August 1915. He notes filth disease and corpses abandoned in snow and lime pits, contrasting with improved care at Daurya Baikalia.</s>
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Berlin
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Emil Lorenz
Russia
Kroeslin
Novo Nikolayevsk
Gorodok
Daurya
Trais- Baikalia
Lorenz
Rudolph Grundmann
Novo Niklayevsk
L.orenz
General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien protests stage performances
London reports General Sir H L Smith-Dorrien warns against theatricals that glamorize scantily dressed dancing and questionable songs. He urges productions that boost patriotic spirit and moral integrity amid the war effort.
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London
H. L. Smith-Dorrien
London Bankruptcy Court Hears Roy Mackay Deed Claim
In London a bankruptcy court hears Roy Mackay, a young man with a notorious social circuit, recounting a wartime stint and alleged gambling ventures. He defends running a gambling house as common among London's elite and discusses his escape from capture after a German recoil in Mons. The report also notes Italian anti-German sentiment and hardening Allied war rhetoric.
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London
Roy Mackay
Ty Gravia
Mackay
Mons
Bas Land
Beveridge to Tour for Hughes and Fairbanks
Former Indiana senator Albert J Beveridge will launch a national campaign trek starting October 5 in support of Hughes and Fairbanks. He will open in Chicago then visit Minneapolis and proceed to Arizona Colorado and nearby states speaking across the country until election day.
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New York
Fnian
Wm. B. Willcox
Republican Committee
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Hughes and
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Spegix
Chicago
Minneapolis
Arizona
Colorado
German Food Supply Hopes Lifted by Submarine Service
Berlin reports on Germany’s food supply gains via cargo submarines while cautioning that the blockade remains largely unrelieved. The Rhine Westphalian Gazetted warns against overestimating U boats and notes limited value from dyes and metals returned. A separate scene recalls a tense encounter with a German soldier during occupation. Also covered is a society scandal led by Mme. Stuermer where funds vanished from a ladies’ group, prompting resignations and an official inquiry.
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Berlin
Gazdétted
Krupps
Germany
United States
Russian Chamber to Send Students to Study US Commerce
The American Chamber of Commerce in Petrograd reports plans to ship batches of Russian students to the United States to study the technical side of commerce and industry. The first group will depart for America, funded by a government grant from revenues to support the chamber’s improvement and activities.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Lincoln
America
Federal Trade Commission
Hies
Petrograd
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