French aviators raid Frescaty and Metz strikes
French communique from Paris relays raids on Frescaty in Germany and bombing of Metz station and Strassburg barracks. British steamer Delmira sunk by a submarine in the English Channel. all crew saved. Russia wins gains in Bukovina and Uzsek pass as German claims of Austrian setbacks surface. Kaiser and Wilhelm vow to see the war through to victory.
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Frescaty
Germany
Metz
Strassburg
London
Paris
Delmira
English Channel
Tne
Berlin
William of
Kaiser
Spain
Bukowina
Uzsek
Carpathians
United States
Mexican Revolt and World News From Douglas to Havana
Advices at Douglas report Col Miguel Samaniego captured Moctezuma Sonora looted the town and pushed east with $25000 plunder. American ranches suffered heavy losses as livestock and fowl were killed or carried away. The state department seeks reparations for indigent harmed by Mexican actions and the flag incident at John D McManus house. Leonard Worcester of Jefferson Ohio held for $9000 ransom by Villa forces in Chihuahua. General Lucio Blanco executed by Villa troops for treason. Villa defeats Carranza near Montgomery Mex two thousand Carranza troops captured. President Wilson at Baltimore Methodist conference says peace plans not our privilege and neutrality possible when quarrel is none of ours. Congress records show 30053 bills introduced and 700 passed in the Sixty third congress. Jack Welch named referee for Johnson Willard in Havana. Battling Nelson makes a late comeback to beat Jimmy Fryer in 25 rounds at Havana.
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Miguel Samaniego
Moctezuma
Sonora
Douglas
Ariz
Wilson
Baltimore
the Methodist Church, South
Washington
Notable 19th Century Figures Pass Away in US and Europe
Prominent Milwaukee lawyer Court Commissioner Hugh R. Yan dies at about sixty five after a long illness. Gen John P Story longtime artillery instructor at West Point dies in Pasadena at over seventy. Judge L A Roan of Atlanta who presided over Leo M Frank trial dies after long cancer illness in New York. Rear Admiral Michael C Drennan U S N retired dies suddenly of heart disease in Baston. Lady Paget head of British Red Cross in Serbia dies of spotted fever. Lady Arthur Paget, daughter of Paran Stevens, a London society leader, long known in American circles. Mrs Mary Anna Jackson widow of Gen Stonewall Jackson dies at Charlotte NC after years of poor health.
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John. P. Story
Panama
West Point
Pasadena
Cal
Bright
L. &. Roan
Atlanta, Ga
Leo M. Frank
Polyclinic Hospital
New York
Lady Paget
British Red Cross
Serbia
Arthur Paget
Paran Stevena
London
Mary Anna Jackson
Gen
Thomas J. Jackson
Stonewall” Jackson
Charlotte, N.C
Jackrson
Tasting Soldiers Food and Ghost Tales in Pottstown
A garbled report from Pottstown Pennsylvania describes a Russian colonel in the medical corps tasting meals for troops in Galicia and recounts a frightened man who claims nightly encounters with a phantom. The fragment ends with an incomplete scene of four colorfully labeled men trembling.
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Galicig
A Brief Spender by Maude Fulton
A fragment recounts actress Maude Fulton telling an anecdote about a weary, black woman on a Pass Christian shell road with a heavy market basket. The passerby’s pause leads to a playful, confident exchange reflecting hardship and resilience.
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Maude Fulton
Pass Christian
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