davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
EUROPEAN WAR SITUATION.

Germans take forts of Liege and
y fnrest Brussels.
: Kaiser orders general forward
= movement of German forces.
$ The British expedftionary force
" numbering about 125,OOO lands
: French and Belgian ports.
. There are ruInors of naval en-
Eagement about 100 miles off Har-
!. witch in the North sea.
= Stirring message sent to British
.. troops by King George.
. American diplomatic officers I'm
= Germany, Austria and Switzerland
have been notified by the state de-
partment at Washington to arrange
. for the transfer Of all residents of
the United states, needing assist
ance, to England and France, where
they may obtain passage to this
country.
According to an official Paris
statement, many Austrian people
were opposed to war and resisted
I" the mobilization I'm that country.
Open mutiny is reported In many
: places throughout the empire.
. A Paris dispatch says four Ger
> man Zeppelin dirigibles were de-
I" the war zone i'm Belgium.
. report from Rome states that
/" the Austrian cruiser Zenta wns
= sunk In a naval battle of Antirari.
. Assistant secretary of war ar
" rives i'm England to assist stranded
Americans.
. Government officials at washing
q Hat SIaf hn nj r.
: cd states shall steer clear of any
= enlargement in the troubles of
/. war-ridden Europe.
= Admitted that English expedi-
. tiOnary force has landed on CONT
4. ncnt. number generally accepted
that 100000 men were sent across
the channel.
4. French army moving against
strong German fortress of Strass-
burg.
. Delayed advfces report German
general staff confidently expects
. the capture of Brussels will soon
be reported.
Z. OmciaI Russian war ONCE state
ment says the Prussian frontier has
been penetrated at six places and
several hundred prisoners taken.
Cavalry operating all along the
; PrussIan-Auxfrfan frontier line.
A naval battle between French
. and Austrian warships of Budua.
" DaImatfa. fs said to have resulted
. In the sinking of two Austrian IRON
. clads. while one WAS set on fire and
. another fed.
Japan sends uItimafum to Ger
. many demanding that Germany
. withdraw her warships from the
. Orient and evacuate Kian-Chau by
August 23 or she will take action.
. War between these nations seems
. Inevitable.
The waring European powers
have politely declined Wilson's Of
: fer of mediation.
= The emergency shipping bill. pro-
viding for the registry of foreign
built ships, by direction of the pres
= ident. to sail under the American
" flag. while the several European
. nations are at war.
The financial situation ON Wall
> street Is reported AS gradually as
: Stunning normal conditions.
.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Austrian Army Inactive.

London, Aug. ia st. Petersburg
dispatch to the Daily Mail says: The
inactivity of the Austrian army is
widely commented on by the Russian
newspapers. Their army must be fully
modified. but all reports agree that
actual warlike actions by the Aus
TRANS have been confined to minor
raids across the frontier. The news
papers remark that Austria's delay
greatly favors Russia because each
day gained renders the possibility Of
Austrian success more reomte.''
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Great Britain formally declared war
on Austria. Ambassador Page of the
United States looks after Austria's
diplomatic interests in London.
Field Marshal Sir John French, COM
mander-in-chief of the British field
army. has joined General Joffre, French
commander-in-chief.
A detachment Of Austrian troops
that crossed the River Save by boat
near Obrenovatz was ambushed by
Servians and most of the soldiers were
killed or captured.
Fighting between advance guards of
the main German and French armies
in Alsace and along western France
between Germans and Belgians indi-
Gates the proximity of great battle
along the whole line.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Increase in Living Cost.

San Francisco, Aug. ia special
session of the federal grand jury was
called by John w. Preston, United
States attorney for the northern dis
trict of California, to inquire into the
rise in the cost of foodstuffs. Repre-
sentatives of the American Beet Sug-
ar company, the Western Sugar Rein
ing company, the California Hawaiian
Sugar Refining company and a number
of the largest jobbing houses which
deal in foodstuffs have been subpoe-
naed. -----
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Ambush Two German Companies.

Paris, Aug. 1.-THE Brussels CORE
spondent of the Havas agency tele-
graphs that company of Belgian in
fantry ambushed two companies OF
German cyclists at Vessenach, north
west of Cumtich. According to this
dispatch, the Germans broke and fed,
leaving so dead. The Belgians suf-
fered no casualties.
Train service has been suspended
between Tirlemont and Landen, as
German forces are reported to be in
that region.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Value Of Secrecy Known

London, Aug. 18.-While Japan has
borrowed most of her military science
from Europe, she taught the west, in
return. the enormous value of secrecy
in warfare. All the powers engaged in
the European death grapple have
learned that lesson. Reports from
Belgium say that the German prison
ers have no regimental insignia on
their uniforms, and have been instruct
ed to refuse information as to what
regiments they are attached A shroud
Of mystery oyerspreads the actions Of
all
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
". S. Offer Is Declined

Washington, Aug. 19.-Polite declin-
atlons OF President Wilson's offer Of
mediation between the warning pow
ers OF Europe Fave reached the state
department, it was stated. All the
powers approached, with the excep-
ton OF Russia, have informed the
president that, much to their regret,
they cannot accept arbitration by the
United States at this time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Relief Boats Chartered.

Paris, Aug. 17.-American Ambas.
sador Myron T. Herrick, on behalf Of
the United States government con.
tracted with the French Compagne
Generate Trans-Atlantique for the
steamship Espagne to sail on Aug. 10
from Havre for the United States with
$50 Americans aboard Four hundred
of these passengers were placed by
the American relief committee. Mr..
Herrick also arranged for the liner
Rochambeau to leave Havre on Aug.
% with 1000 Americans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
More Tourists Get Home.

Boston, Aug. 18.-Two hundred Am
erican tourists who were overtaken in
southern Europe by the war arrived
on the steamer Canopic of the White
Star line. Some of them were desti-
tute. The Canopic left Naples Aug.
l., and made the run to Gibraltar at
full speed, passing within 20 miles of
German cruiser, according to an in
tercepted wireless message from Gil
braltar. She was escorted far out into
the Atlantic by two torpedo boat de-
stroyers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Russian Ships Through DardaneIIes.

Copenhagen, Aug. 1S.-The news
paper, Politician, prints a dispatch
from Constantinople to the effect that
Russia has demanded that Turkey
grant unrestricted passage through the
Dardanelles for the Russian Black Sea
fleet. Passage through the Dardanel-
les is denied to the warships of all ma
tons by treaty. Russia has sought for
half century to break down this re-
striction, which effectually bars her
from naval action in the Mediter-
ranean.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Domestic

With the death at New Orleans of
Mary Hooper, negress, the number Of
bubonic plague victims was brought
to seven. The woman was the nine
teenth person to contract the disease
since June q.
The Panama canal zone celebrated
the opening of the canal. With the
official Panama celebration set for
next spring. even the United States
by Colonel Goethals and the other men
who have long been in the canal zone.
The steamship Ancon, owned by the
United States war department, was
the first big boat to be put through,
signalling the opening of the canal
to all ships up to 10000 tons register.
The spiritual hegira" of Frank
Lloyd Wright, Oak Park architect, and
Mamah Borthwick, formerly Mrs E. H.
Cheney of Oak Park, H., ended in
tragedy six times repeated 1t closed
with the murder by an insane negro
chef Of Mamah Borthwick, her son and
daughter. and three other persons, the
wounding of two men and injury to
third. Three of the dead are children.
The killing was done by Julian Garlic
ton, a negro employed as chef by
Wright at "Caliesien," his bungalow
at Hillsite, near Spring Green, Wis.
The slayer used a Ratchet and after
committing the murders set fire to
the building and hid in the boiler-room,
whence he crawled exhausted, to be
taken prisoner.
Every train reaching Fort Riley,
Kas.. brought scores of members Of
nual encampment.
The Peoria Herald-Transcript has
dropped it's hyphen and appears un-
der the title of the Peoria Tran
script, this being the title under which
it was founded in 1855. The price al
SO is reduced to one cent.
Three men were killed at Dongola,
H., when the wall of burning build
ing fell on them.
Ten thousand children will take part
in a pageant in Central park. New
York, August 20, under the auspices
of the New York tercentenary COM
mission, to show the commercial, In
dustrial and educational development
on Manhattan isfand in 800 years.
Abandonment by ]. p. Morgan & Co.
of New York of a proposed loan to
France because of the attitude of the
administration at Washington is ex-
pected to terminate negotiations under
way here in behalf of other belligerentA
including Austria
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Gar to Take Field.

London, Aug. 19.--The car is to
take the field with his army and re-
main with the troops throughout the
campaign, a news dispatch from St.
Petersburg declares.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Exnorters See DAYLIGHT AGAIN.

Minneapolis. Aug. 19.-Wheat was
up more than eight cents bushel,
due to the fact that exporters are be-
ginning to see daylight again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Foreign

Lives of $50 passengers were lost in
the blowing up of the Austrian steam
ship Baron Gautsch by mine off LUIS.
sin island, near Dalmatia. One hun.
dred and fifty rescued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Mrs Jacob Morris, wife Of we'll
known business man, and Curtis Civ
ems, sailor, were found dead in the
womans home at Portsville, Del. The
police believe Givens shot the woman
and then committed suicide.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Personal

Henry Seifert and Fred Rouse of
Youngstown, o., were killed at Leav-
ittsburg, o., when an automobile truck
was struck by an Erie train.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Arthur listed and his wife and Roy
Hallum, thirteen years DID, their guest,
were drowned in Cass Lake, Mimi,
while bathing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Steps were taken to safeguard the
grain export, foreign exchange and
shipping situation brought about by
the European war at an important con-
ference at the treasury department at
Washington between officials and 62
representatives of business, trade,
shipping and banking interests. Sec
rotary McAdoo presided. The confer
ence was received by the president
who in short address said he believed
that the financial crisis had passed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

With the death at New Orleans of
Mary Hooper, negress, the number Of
bubonic plague victims was brought
to seven. The woman was the nine
teenth person to contract the disease
since June q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
Washington

Consideration of the problem Of rails
revenues due to the outbreak of the
European war continues at the White
House in Washington. The president
told callers he had not arrived at an
opinion as to the best means for rails
ing the necessary additional revenue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

The department Of justice at Wash
ington ANNOUNCED that the first action
had been taken to summon before a
federal grand jury persons alleged to
have increased the retail prices of food
by reason of war conditions in Europe.
District Attorney Clarence Wilson is
sued the first summons under the gen.
eral order sent out by Attorney Gen
eral McReynolds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Japan's ultimatum to Germany will
not be protested by the United States.
President Wilson said at the White
House in Washington he believed
Japan's declaration that Kiaochow will
be eventually returned to China is
made in good faith and indicated that
the United States will take passive
position concerning the developments
in the Orient
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Abandonment by ]. p. Morgan & Co.
of New York of proposed loan to
France because of the attitude of the
administration at Washington Is ex-
pected to terminate negotiations under
way here in behalf of other belligerentA
including Austria.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Scores of Germans employed in
Dublin hotels and in hotels at water
ing places on the coast of Ireland were
arrested. The plans Of the country
around Dublin bay were found upon
one prisoner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
WORLDS
EVE N IS
TER SELY and
BRIEFLY TOLD
European War News

dispatch from Mainz, which Is 115
miles from Strassburg. says that the
German emperor and three of his sons.
including the crown prince, have ar
rived there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

st. Petersburg reports that the car
and czarina and other members of the
imperial family have departed for Mos
COW. An Amsterdam dispatch to Lon
don says again that Emperor William
has left for the front
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Japan is about to declare war on
Germany and seek to capture Kiao-
chow. Official news to this effect has
reached the state department at Wish
ington, which fears violation OF
China's neutrality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21

Servian cannoneers rout the Austri-
an advance across the Save river and
sink two boat loads of soldiers in the
Danube near Belgrade, according to
dispatches from Nish, the Servian war
capital.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
TAKES PORTRAITS IN COL0Rs
New Process Which Its Inventors b
Iieve VIII Secure the Desired
Results.

A new process is now announced
which it is claimed gives remark
ably perfect results, and is simple
enough for practical commercial pur-
poses, although not suited for ANA
teur work. This process is stated to
be a modification of the Ives three
color process, except that only two
colors are used, red and green. Two
negatives are taken in special cam
era, or in a regular camera using
color screens. These negatives are
so treated with dyes that the coloring
matter replaces the silver in the film,
and the plate becomes its own posi-
tive. The two plates are superim-
posed, and mounted in a frame so
constructed that an electric light
may be placed behind the picture,
which is to be viewed by transmitted
light.-Scientific American.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
FURTHER USE FOR x.RAYs.

It has been discovered that in ad-
dition to the well-known uses OF
X-rays in the medical world, both for
Photographic purposes and for the
treatmer. of certain complaints,
other fields of application may be
found in botany and biology. Photo
graphs can be obtained showing the
various stages in the development OF
plants or animals. Thus it is possible
to observe the gradua! formation OF a
chicken inside the egg. 1t is inter
esting to note that while diamonds
are practically transparent to the
rays, counterfeit stones are almost
opaque.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
Buffkin-JohnS0n.

Cades, December 17:-Wednesday
afternoon, the 18th inst, the home OF
Mr. and Mrs B L Buffkin was the
scene of a beautiful marriage, the
contracting parties being their
daughter, Miss Mabel Buffkin, and,
Mr. H S B Johnson, son Of the late
Mr. H B Johnson, of Cades vicinity.
Only a few of their immediate rela--
tives were present. The parlor had
been previously decorated very beau
tifully and appropriately for the oc.
casion. The bride entered, accompa-
MED by the groom and passed to the
center of the circle of friends, where
they were met by Rev L E Peeler of
Cades, who performed the ceremony.
The bride was handsomely gowned
in white satin, which blended with
the usual fairness of her complexion
-one of her many charms. The
groom was attired in the convention
al black.
After the happy couple had re-
ceived the congratulations OF the
guests, all were invited into the din
ing room, where the table fairly
groaned under its load. The writer
saw no dyspeptics there. judging
from the way they enjoyed the
feast. j w.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
WHITE OAK CHIPS
Picked Up During the Week by
Our Wideawake Scribe.

(Receved too late for last weeks issue).
White Oak, December 15:-Mrs
HI Mckenzie and sister. Miss Allie
Frierson of Lake City, were pleas
ant visitors at The home of their
sister, Mrs G w Ward, last week.
Messrs M M Cox and Joel E Ross
were business visitors to Kingstree
Thursday of last week.
Messrs H W Brown, W M and }
P Christmas had business in King
stree Friday.
Farmers in this section are about
to get through gathering their crops
for this year and are planting oats,
repairing and building houses and
getting in shape for another crop,
which will very likely not consist OF
so much King Cotton"
The Olanta scribe. Little Bud, /"
must be living in the land of plenty.
The only things he has yet to men
ton to make some of US believe
that his vicinity is the Land of
Canaan" is the flow of milk and
honey, and we venture to say if ne
keeps on boasting about his cane
syrup, large potatoes, and nice sup
ply of pork, that he is likely to have
some company soon. If he is very
anxious to take unto himself wife,
as he recently intimated, and is un-
able to find fair lady in his locality,
we would advise him to transfer his
campaign to White Oak.
Messrs A P Buffkin and w D and
A R Eaddy are assisting contractor
R o Thompson in the erection of q
handsome residence for Mr. W r
Graham in the Indiantown section.
Messrs w L and ] c Matthews
went to Cowards Friday on business,
WBM.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
De WET AS A HUM0RlS1
Great Guerrilla Leaoer Proved on 90
casion That He Was Able to
Perpetrate Joke.

1t was during the South African
war that De Wet, the Boer leader,
first came into prominence, although
it should not be forgotten that in the
first Boer war in 1881 he fought at
Ingogo and lIajuba, and subsequent
ly sat in the Transvaal parliament.
His guerrilla tactics during the
South African war were responsible
for many Boer successes, and it was
a British general who said of him {:
':He appears always where he is
thought not to be-"
One of the best stories of De Wet
is that told concerning three Yeo-
manry officers who were captured by
him near Lindley. De Wet told them
that he had an important dispatch
for General Rumble, and if they
would undertake to deliver 1t they
would be liberated. All three gave
their word of honor to deliver the
letter into General Rundle's own
hands. They duly performed their
mission, and got much laughed at
for their pains. The letter ran as
follows:
"Dear Sir-Please chain up these
three men, as 1 can catch them every
dov-Ynurs he Wet
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
RRE|RRRCt)e&r~cbffa|R2 E|R RR "A
I'M. {Dotre I'LL g!g

The public is cordially invited
to attend any of the services of the
various churches OF Kingstree.
Baptist Church.
REV w E HURT, PASTOR.
Services every Sunday morning at
ll:30 o'clock and evening at 7:3O
o'clock.
| Sunday-school at 1000 a. NJ.
Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at
7:30 p. n.
Episcopal Church,
Rev H D BULL; MINISTER.
Services for first Sunday after
Christmas, December 27: Sunday
school, 10 a. m.
Tuesday: Evening prayer and SER
mon by Rev Harold Thomas, 8 p. m.
Wednesday: Holy communion and
sermon by Rev Harold Thomas, 6:45
a. m.
Friday: Litany, / p, m.
Methodist Church.
REV D A PHILLIPS, PASTOR.
Preaching every Sunday morning
at 11:30 o'clock and evening at 7:3O
o'clock.
Sunday-school at 1000 a. m.
Epworth League meets every Tues
day night at 7:30 o'clock.
Mid-week prayer meeting every
Thursday afternoon at 800 o'clock.
Presbyterian Church.
Rev P S MCCHESNEY, PASTOR.
Preaching every Sunday at II a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday-schoo]
400 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:3O
p. m.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
FROM BENSON.
A SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT
PROSPECTIVE MARRIAGE
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Received 100 late for last weeks issue).

Received 100 late for last weeks issue).
Benson. December 15:-When-
ever occasion arises that a little
extra money is needed to make a
school-room more comfortable or to
adorn the walls with portraits OF
men of renown or paintings by IA
nous artists, then it is that the
energetic teacher conceives of a
plan to produce the wherewithal
for that purpose. Miss Ruth Phil
lips, who teaches Sne Zeb school, in
yited her friends to box party
Friday evening, asking each young
lady to furnish a small package, a
shoe box, collar box or anything
that would contain just enough
edibles for only two. young lady
and gentleman, of course. The
young lady arranges the box at her
home and then writes her name
legibly on a strip of paper and care
fully conceals it under the artistic
wrapping of tissue paper. The
boxes are then placed en- table and
purchased by the men, usually at
fifty cents each, the purchaser not
being aware of the identity of the
fair one who is to eat with him until
he beholds the name enclosed. The
entertainment was well planned and
furnished most enjoyable amuse-
ment besides a delightful supper,
and thirty dollars was raised for
the benefit of Zeb school.
Miss Jimmie Britten. the amiabie
and accomplished daughter of Mr.
and Mrs H o Britton of Kingstree,
visited her friend. Miss Pauline
Watson, who is teaching here, Sat
urday and Sunday.
AS coming events cast their
shadows before" the Ginning of
marriage bells may be heard at a
distance sufficiently near to catch
the date, January 6, 1915, the tie
up" to take place at the local Meth
odist church at four o'clock in the
afternoon.
Mr. Abner Brown, who has been
enlisted in the navy for good
many years, is at home on furlough
visiting his mother and other rel
atives.
The characters interested in the
play announced in last weeks Rec
ord to take place at lndiantown
school are anticipating a large at
tendance and good time.
Messrs T Armstrong McCrea and
John Cunningham have just re-
turned from a big deer drive at
Carvers' Bay, Georgetown county.
Mr. McCrea reports five deer killed
by the party and a grand time they
had camping. Sheriff Graham was
| in the crowd and it goes without
saying his genial presence would al
ford merriment to their stay IN
Damn W ES.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
EMULATION.

"What beautiful ringp'
eyes," said Miss Cayenne. 1t was
an engagement ring. But the en-
gagement is broken"
aren't you going to send it
bsck~
"Of course. But I want to keep it
long enough to let the next gentle
man see what he is expected to live
up to-"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24

Some people seem to get a lot of
qualification out of believing them
selves much abused.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
How To Give Qulnlne To Children.

FEBRILINEist Is the trademark name given to an
improved Quinine. Itis Tasteless Syrup. pleas
Children take II and never know Il Is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not rauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing In the head. Iry
pose Ask for 2ounce original package. The
PANE FEBRILINE 10 blown In bottle. Is eeats.