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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
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ROSARY HILL HOME
Tells How VinoI Restores
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Weak, WORKOUT Ones in
Her Charqe.

Rosary Hill Home, Hawthorne, NY
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for aid. and was leaning on a friend 8
arm. / supplied Vinol to her literally
and in a month when she returned to
thank me hardly recognized her. She
was strong, her color charming and her
cheeks rounded out. These words are
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there is nothing makes me happier IN
fine world than to relieve the sick. -
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Hawthorne, NY.
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Temporary Capital of Belgium Falls
Before Terrible Onslaughts OF
Germans Mighty Guns.

family OF Belgium are believed 10 nave
fed to England.
With the fall of Antwerp another
phase of the war situation in europe
is being placed by military efforts. IL
Is believed that the kaiser has apan-
doned his campaign against PARIS anu
will center the energy of his hghung
forces in an attack on the brl'isi.
Isles. Using Antwerp as a base Oh
attack it will be possible for alrshlp
flights across the English channel 10
England. Some have ventured the as
sertion that the Germans Will attempt
to land forces on British soil 1or the
purpose of invasion.
The fighting between the allleo ar
mics and the Germans in the nor1h VI
France has developed into siege oper
atoms. 1t was hoped for time ina
the allies would be able to turn th'
right wing of the Germans in time 10
the allies to 60 to the relief OF Ant
verp, but Gen. Won Kluck and nj
sturdy soldiers succeeded in holdlni
the allies in check. Although the cas-
ualties have been very heavy on DOT
sides during the fighting the ranks 9
!, the allies and Germans were filled wit
reinforcements as fast as they coui
be brought up from the rear.
During the past few weeks the allie
: have succeeded in forcing slowly Oh
y surely the Germans back close to tn
= Belgian border. Every inch OF groun
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Lvck In Prussia Captured
Germans Unsuccessful In Africa

Washington.-The British embassy
made public this statement cabIed to
Washington by the colonial Office
During September there was consid-
arablp activity along Anglo-German
boundary of the East African protecto-
rate. due to attempts to raid British
territory and cut the Uganda railway
All these attempts have been repulsed
and raiding parties defeated in every
case except one, where an unimportant
frontier station is still held by small
German party.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
CITY OF ANTWERP
CAPTURED BY GERMANS

was desperately contested and terri
BILE toll in lives was paid for every au-
vantage gained In their ef1ort 10 en-
circ,e the lines OF the Germans tne
allies stretched their battle line unui
II extended over territory Oh nno,e
than a hundred and fifty miles,
has developed into one OF the greatest
battles in the history Of the world
German Defeat In Prussia
A veil has fallen over the operations
Of the Germans against the Hussians
in east Prussia and Russian Poland
while little has been heard from 'he
Russian activities in Galicta against
the Austrians with the exception OF
laconic message that the Russians are
continuing their attack on the Ausuf
an forts at Przemsyl. The Russians
claim a victory over the German at
mics in the vicinity Of Suwalki, and
the reports from Petrograd. the Rus
sian capital, say that the city OF Lyck
in east Prussia has been taken. Inc
German attempts to cross the riVer
Niemen it is said, has been repulseu'
Recruiting In England Slow
The conditions in Austria are report
ed to be growing worse daily. Most Of
the industries in that country nave
closed down. The hospitals are fillee
with the wounded. Conditions in Ger
MANY are believed to be better thal
in anv of the other nations at war
t Work is plentiful and the prices o
| food have advanced but little since TN
| war started. England has retained 1t
stolid disposition and the war ONO
S is having its difficulties in arousln
t the Young men of the nation to enlls
e in the British army. France remain
d confident of ultimate victory.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
POTATO A WIRELESS STATION.
BY Sticking Two Needles In SPud In
tercepts Message Without Apparatus

BY Sticking Two Needles In SPud In
tercepts Message Without Apparatus
Father Alfani. director Of the tIor
ence observatory at Florence. ltalS'
believes that the invention OF the.
priest. Domenico Argentieri, of syS'-
TEN to receive wireless messages with
out the use of poles or batteries is SCH
entiically sound.
He related that after the declaration
Of war the Italian government forced
all private wireless stations, including
that of the Florence observatory, to
discontinue. The next day Father Al
FAM obtained from Argentieri copies
of official wireless messages which the
priest had been able to intercept WIFI
out wireless installation.
There were many ways TO do TINS
Father Alfani explained. One or the
most simple was the very elemental
expedlent of sticking two steel needles
into a potato.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Antwerp in Festive
Attire During Siege
They say the Sights are CHASTITY
CHASTITY Horrors OF War,

They say the sights are CHASTITY
CHASTITY Horrors Of War
Sept, 30-The photographer came
back today A shell burst in fort at
night and killed nine men in the room
where he was, including waiter from
the st. Regis. standing ut his side,
whose head was blown off The pho
toyrapher tore down the road scream,
ing, but he is going back tonight
MANY wounded women are brought
along on stretchers with their poor.
mutilated faces. torn by pieces of shell
covered up. | am writing this in my
room at night. with the boom of heavy
guns sounding all the time
"Oct. 2.-This afternoon was lying
down in my room when | heard ter
rife banging. Looking out, | saw
shrapnel bursting through the air. On
running into the street ] was hustled
under cover by gendarmes. | found
that the firing was at Taube. which
was flying just overhead. 1t got
away
81 went crawling along the house
fronts at dark this evening to buy
cakes for supper saw infantry and
artillery going through Five thou.
sand refugees are clamoring at the
civ gates. but no more are allowed IN.
They are being diverted by way of
Client because of the shortage of pro-
visions.
"Oct at appears that the Ostenf
route is closed to civilians They have
taken all the wounded out of the hos
pitals. The streets are full of them.
and they are being carried along.
Gay Through 1t AL
oct 4.-Thousands may have left
but Antwerp never looked SO gay or
SO crowded. with the people all in the
streets and flags and cars everywhere
"Oct. 6.-The news today is bad The
Germans have crossed the Nethe
Antwerp, like all Belgian towns, |;
alternately scared and apathetic. This
evening the firing is distinctly nearer
War is not SO alarming as intensely
depressing At first the CHASTITY sight
are shocking, almost to the point o
i being stimulating. but after weeks tn
deadly depression eats into one.
+ oct THE bOmbardment is yer,
heavy now 1t is impossible to &c
out via Client, as the road and tn
: railway are blocked. Most OF tn
people in Antwerp are still as gay a
though nothing was happening, prot
: ably because they are all so used t
the sound of cannon"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Oddities In the War News.

An officer of a submarine, telling OF
his vessel resting on the bottom for
hours after being sighted by German
ships and fired upon, said the men
played auction bridge while waiting
for chance to come to the surface
and escape under cover of darkness.
When a ffteen-year-old boy of Paris
was told he was too small TO join the
army he replied: "A wound is like
soup-it makes you grow. If they re-
fuse me I'll find way to wriggle to
the front ranks"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
"a Sausage Grinder"

Colonel Webb c. Hayes, O. S. A,
son of former President Hayes, who
has returned To this country, has been
Oh the firing Inc in Europe, has visit
ed the sacked city Of Louvain as the
guest of Germans in an armored car;
ne na~ been IN AiX-la-ChapelIe to see
the havoc of war there and has seen
some at the lighting in the historic
Ai<lr struggle
1T is a sausage grinder" he declar-
eli ION one side are the French and
allies. apparently willing to sacrifice
their last man in defense Of France.
ON the other are tie Germans. seem
fngIy prodf-al OF their millions Of men
aud money and throwing man after
mau into the war
There cam hr lut one outcome. but
il will le q .ua- time ending he said
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
WHAT A SIEGE MEANS.

siege-The sitting Of an army
around or before a fortified place
for the purpose of compelling the
garrison to surrender; the SURROUND
ing or investing Of a place by an
army and approaching it by pas
sages and advanced works which
cover the besiegers from the enc
my's fire.-Websters Dictionary
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Best Stories of the Big War;
How Pluck Is Tried In Battle
Aviator Describes Feeling When SWooped at oy "1'see
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Dramatic oldellghtS' ana
Unusual Incidents

Is theirs from the UIud loihM4eS 'n''
we all are.
May God spare our country from
such sights as l have seen. say 1t
as one who has with others broken
into a house that we might hre at an
advancing enemy through the upstairs
windows.
Imagine a terrified young woman
and an elderly man sitting in DARK
ened room. horror stricken. while shells
screamed about their home and bullets
whizzed and whined through windows
and upon walls. Blood was left upon
their bedroom floors when. with three
wounded. we left that home just a
the roof was blown clean off.
1T was a consolation to know thosr
two sought refuge in u cellar. We re
tired. shot at with shells and bullets
How many We lost in that engagement
we do not know
Wonderful Searchlight.
One of the most useful articles OF
the German war equipment is sky
rocket which gives powerful illumi'
nation. lasting forty seconds, above tn"
/ ranks of the enemy. enabling the Ger
man artillery officers to obtain an az
curate range of the trenches
Mass on Battlefield.
AT the request OF many French
wounded a military chaplain celebrat
ed mass on the battlefield. He impro
vised an altar from Il surgical dress
ing table. which was raised upon
box containing splints and was GOV
cred with a sheet from the hospital
Bunches OF flowers were placed IL
vases made from the bases of German
shells
A soldier priest. serving as cor
poral in the ambulance corps, assisted
the chaplain. The mass was said t
grim music. Shells shrieked above tn
worshipers and exploded with ter
rife detonations less than 100 meter
away. All about was the clamor o
battle. Priests and congregation wer
near to death every moment, but tn
service continued until its close calm
ly and uninterruptedly.
Spy Directs Batteries Fire,
OF the skill of the German spies TIL
is related:
{ Near Berry-au-Bac reserve batta
7 ion was skillfuIly concealed, waitin
I n
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Strongest Fortress
Falls In Eleven Days
British Airships Raid Germany

London.-The following Official
statement was issued covering an at
tack by British air squadron on
German airship shed at Dusseldorf
THE secretary of the admiralty an
nounces that Squadron Commander
Grey reports that, as authorized, ne
carried out with Lieut.. R. L. Il. Mark
and Lieut. S. " Sippe, successful at
tack on a Dusseldorf airshlp sheu'
Lieutenant Marks bombs, dropped
from a height of 500 feet, hit the shed
went through the roof and destroyed
Zeppelin.
FLAMES were observed 500 feet
high, the result of the igniting OIL the
gas of an airship.
"All three officers are safe, but their
: aeroplanes have been lost.
THE feat would appear to be in eV'
q erv respect remarkable, having regard
: to the distance of over one hundrea
. miles penetrated into country held by
. the enemy and to the fact that pre-
y yious attack had put the enemy on
l their guard and enabled them to mount
: anti-aircraft guns.
Il NAV Force Turkey Into War
Washington.-The alternative the
Ottoman empire faces as to Whether
=, the Dardanelles are to be swung open
- in answer to the demand of the triple
- entente or whether the key to the
!, black sea is to remain in Turkish pos
n session promises to force the porte &c
l., ioin the European struggle, according
- to opinion expressed in diplomatic cir
-. Giles here At the Turkish embassy II
,.r was admitted that it might prove high
~, Inv embarrassing to the sultan to be
-. forced TO commit himself on such
request Officials stated that unles!
nr no other course was open it was hlgh
... " unlikely that Turkey would submit
TO a change in its policy because o
ru outside influence.
Russians RepuIse Germans
.. Petrograd.-The general staff ha
b given out the following official CON
munication.
The Russian troops have continue
INF "a rpnulse the enemy from the boundt
The ries OF the governments OF SuwaIkl an
- Lcmza. The engagement has bee
Tt very fierce west OF Symno.
.ht The German troops that were
'"o lacking Ossowetz are retreating hast
ar ~ 10 the north. Considerable forces
son the enemy, Of which the bulk arrive
the from the west, are concentrating
ed. the districts west of the government
the Of Piotrkow and Kielce.
'rl The Russian cavalry and vangua'
bly, are accommodating energetlcaI
WI through all that region, lmpedil
linz through vigorous attacks the NOV
al. ment of the enemy.
'ath AN attack by the Russian caval
I'VE, against the German vanguard IN fro
l"Id of Andrew, and marching on kielt
was crowned with great success. T
German infantry was caught unawar
all and is retreating in disorder, purS
ook by the Russian cavalry.
and Lyck In Prussia Captured
ms. Petrograd, Russia.-The follow
~ communication has been made pub
: Is by the Russian general staff:
our The combat on the East Prussi
by frontier continues with the same
stinacy. The German troops are
. firing from Lyck and are blowing
I the bridges behind them.
IN several passes between "
gorod and Sandomir artillery bait
are occurring with the enemy, VIII
ar is approaching the Vistula.'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

If a man amounts to anything he
doesn't have to boast Of his ancestors
The man who has no enemies usu-
allv has the same number of friends
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

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the best thing to do is to get. your
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stomach and bowels. HERBlNE Is
the right remedy, it answers the pur-
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Too Much For Human Courage.

I'VE tried once how it felt ON Moth
or Earth when an aeroplane threatens
TO ram you A dozen of US stood
while our best tier went up and came
sweeping down on US. Every man
took to his heels. The feeling Is much
stronger up in the air.
But lighting. after all, is not our
real business We are scouts. Ot
course we can drop bombs, but 1t Is
extremely difficult to hit anything sat
isfactorily when you are going fifty
miles an hour. On the other hand
nothing is easier than to hit another
acruplane when you are chasing above
him
"Of course you are a mark for ey-
cry 'one We used to mount in the
usual way with short run. but we
soon dropped that Now we get up
and circle around few times to get
our own fellows accustomed to US ana
to show exactly where We are starting
from: otherwise they would shoot be
cause it is impossible to tell whose
aeroplane it is unless the starun-
place has been marked
The Germans always send up rock
cts when they sight US. and then thu
fun begins They had no special gum
where was. but trained ordinary hel,
batteries upward. They take tw'
points on your course, and the 81;
guns of the battery divide wide are
among them. firing as rapidly as pos
sibe.'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
PEOPLE Become Used to the
Sound Of Cannon.
DIARY TELLS VIVID STORY.

vvomans Account Of Weeks Ex-
periences and Observations WINE
Belgian City Was Under eomoaro-
ment-"War," She Says, "ls Not SO
Alarming as Intensely Depressing
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

- g., LAT really |
,iM pairrtrun these days is far
ut,r,nr from what it used I" be
rn,rr are few men to he seen ana
,rarrir.illv no Guns All are concealed
Shraun. tirS through the air ana
nn~<t~ That is the scene most of the
time In the hand to hand fighting
nIvunrt@ are used much by the French
while thA rurkOS use knives
Wars Awful Desolation.
An eyewitness describes the state OF
affairs existing in that portion OF Lyu'
bin province which was the scene OF
recent severe fighting between the
Russian and Austrian troops.
In Kransostav and in Zamost few
dozen houses remain unscathed The
remainder form q mass of impenetra-
bic ruins There is not trace left or
the neighboring villages. Once fertile
and blossoming fields are now cemeter
les
/ Along the whole road one sees moth
/ ing but improviSed graves decorated
with modest wooden crosses. Among
them figure couSIcuously the large
common graves of Austrian and Ger
man soldiers with projecting black and
yellow flags From quickly eX"avated
hurriedly filed pits one sees here and
there hands and legs sticking out.
ON the river Wepre the Russian sol
diprs DESTROYED the bridge by setting
fire TO il unobServpd while Austrian
troops were crossing it. As a result
N ny thousands persisted. some in Tie
flames. some in the water CorpSe'
boating in the river in hundreds look
I'd ike long. endless raft
The banks of the Weme are Uttered
/ with countless corpSes silently teIIlh:
a the awful taIe that ut its bottom Is
, colossal grave. On the road there ar
, thousands Of Austrian rifles aId knal
sacks scattered on the blood Stalhe'
soil The fl Ids are >own with guns AM
+ cartridges
; Effect Of a Land Nine
The story IT II lame corpor"l OF III
Lincolnshire regiment who was W"uhI
ed on the Mamr almost takes one int
! the trenches
e 1T is mot only on sea that the "e
mans max, Use Il uIm> ihr\ Il"
: on land Npar'l alI approaches To- the
e trenches ARE mined for about -"' ware
- sUtt. ,-.Ir..l-
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Red Trousers Excite Dogs.

Figaro says some of the German
spy dogs captured by the French are
highly educated and have been taught
to rear at the sight of the red trousers
of French soldiers.
Every man in a German battery
lighting the Russians at Augustowo
was killed. and cavalrymen were draft
ed TO work the guns, which they did
until they had only three rounds OF
ammunition
When the French gunbOat Ielee was
sunk off Tahiti by German cruisers
vessel with her was also sent to the
bottom Then the Germans learned
they had sunk one Of their own ships
the German merchantmen Walkurie
which had been taken as a prize by the
gunhuat
Passengers and crew aboard the
British steamship Consols, from BuenoS
Aires. had to cook their own meals
after leaving Trinidad Their cook
was a German and was taken off by a
British wHrshiD
Shells Halt Letter Writing
From a British lance corporal. who
was apparently irritated in his letter
writing 10y interruption from the Ger
man Guns.
The Germans don't give us much
time for letter writing This one ha.
been stopped six times already, jus
because the brggars were creeping to,
close. and had to 20 out with tn!
bayonet to chase them of before set
Ting down again
bieppe doctors found that soldier
would Keep quiet If they had a pipe 0
a cigarette TO smoke while wound
were being dressed, and the towns
people almost raided tobacco shops {
provide the smokes Slightly wound
Ell went 20 the windows OF hospital
and LET down strings. and the crowd
tied tuaIco and cigarettes 10 them
novel aiul uG fishing party.
SIyiu. ~Hn walls content tn lose b,
lee Cor Fmnrp Ieuise Cartier. Il
thr-ryu-vear-u. -trT struck by bon
b dr.nueI nv % termau aproplaue
Paris Erits ierseyS Ter The soldiers
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Additional local matter will be
found ou page ..
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

~ narrated by Russian aviator
His opinions about certain pic
torial representations of aviatorS olaz
ing away with revovers led to some
Interesting Information.
Very little has been published about |
the Russian aviators in war Russia.
however is very well supplied with
this auxliary-quite as well as Ger
many. The majority of the avlators
ore officers who have learn Tying
but some of the best are civilian vol
unteers. NJ. Agathonof. the RuSslal
aviator referred to. is barely of age bur
has already won the coveted decora
ton of the Order Of st. George Tor
valor. as well as special badge OF
honor given by the commander III
chief. Before the war he took the cup
for the Petrograd ow-SebaStopo'
flight
you could not hit anything with
revolver from an acceptance he SAID
| "Vibration alone would battle you. and
a revolver is very uncertain thing
/ anyway Hand bombs make sure work
provided you can get above the other
man. as we always can with German
aviators. If you have no bombs you
rise above your enemy, taking care lie
sees YOU plainly. and then you make a
dive upon him. No; you don't really
intend to ram him. and he knows very
well YOU don't. because that would be
certain death for both, and it is mol
worth while to throw yourself away
for one hostile aeroplane.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

AMONG the best descriptive stories
"a Of the big war in Europe Is one
~ narrated by a Russian aviator
lhnllt cert ain MO
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

One of the most useful articles OF
the German war equipment is sky
rocket which gives a powerful illumi
nation lasting forty seconds, above tn"
ranks of the enemy. enabling the Ger
man artillery officers to obtain an az
c11rate range of the trenches