The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-24
Sisters at st. Joseph's Hospital Have
Some Interesting Newspapers
Direct From the Fa-
thsriand.
CONTAIN WAR FEATURES
They Also Hear From Relatives and
Learn That All Troops Are
Not In Field az
Yet.

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papers have been received In Keokuk
by the sisters at st. Josephs hospital.
These, together with letters and pos.
tai cards are believed to be the first
pieces OF mail to be received direct
from Germany. The extras are print
ed on sheets Of varying size, much
like our handbills. Some are small,
others are long. They consist of only
the one sheet and are red, pink. vel
low and green in color.
The line at the top Of the sheet in
forms the reader that it is the "Ex-
trablatt des OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES In
Ansberg." The extra sells for five
pennies for the benefit OF the Red
Cross, legend on the bottom Of the
sheet informs the purchaser. Il
The news contained in the extras is
much the same as that which Is sent
out to the American newspapers from
Berlin. In several of the extras, how
ever, there are some interesting Incl.
dents told which have not gotten into
the American dispatches, for instance
the capture at Rheims OF thirty
French airship's and the Germans re-
port on the cathedral
Capturing Of AIrshIps.
This despatch has been transmitted
and reads like this:
Berlin, August 8, GAS a. m. The
morning papers announce the report
OF the Cologne Gazette aflrms that In
the taking OF Rheims only few
houses were hit and the cathedral
very little damaged.
Tn the search for French aero
planes in the factory of Kekardussin
In the warehouse thirty French aero.
planes were found and taken. all
ready for use. Forty motors In good
condition, also were found. The aero
planes captured are worth 5000 .0OO."".
| In another extra the surrender Of
Maubzeuge is treated. Here is where
an unconfirmed report, evidently, is
given. The extra says that the report
in the Anzieger Of the surrender OF
Maubeuge and the fact the English
were beaten in battle in that vicin-
itv and that 10000 were driven into
the forts, 1t is believed they were cap
tured.
Austrian Situation.
Another Of the extras deals with
|Austrian-Russian fighting. 1t contains
despatch from Vienna August 26
which says that from the general
headquarters OF the army the an
nouncement comes that the three days
battle at Krasnik, east Of the Vistula
ended with a great victory for the
Austrian troops
The sisters at the local hospital
have learned through letters and pos
tai cards received today, also, that
all Of the men in Germany have not
been called into the army as they
we're first led to believe. 1t is be
.lieyed by them. according to word
lust received. that the fighting which
/. now being waged by the German
armies is being done almost wholly
by the regular troops.
Not All in Fight.
| One of the sisters has relatives IN
the first reservists army and they are
not in service yet The older men
from the ages of As upward, are not
even considered by the recruiting OF
| ficers. OF course as one OF the sis
ters expressed it, IL fighting continues
/ there is little doubt but that reserve
troops must be called out. 1t is re
lief for them to know that for the
| nresent at least their relatives are
not in the fighting machine in France
One Of the postal cards received
bears a picture OF 1Aege The lines
on the card say that It is German
armoreo city OF 100000, captured Aug
ust 7. The card starts out with 9
salutation, 1--WE Germans fear God
and no one else in the world" and
states that this feeling must be ap
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