Irish Battalions Battle Fiercest Struggle Near Ypres
In a fierce assault northeast of Ypres Irish battalions, Ulster and southern, battled fortified Bavarian positions across mud and shell holes. They faced machine guns, barbed wire, and heavy counter-attacks, with heroic acts by a chaplain and a doctor who tended wounded under fire.
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France
Belgium
Fortuin
Brezenberg
Sonnebeke-Langemarck
Sonnebeke
Pond Farm
Ginchy
Frezenbere
Berry Farm
Ginehy
Doctor
Italians Capture 13000 Austro Hungarian Prisoners on Isonzo Front
Rome reports more than 13,000 Austro Hungarian prisoners captured by Italian forces on the Isonzo front in the latest offensive. Italy also says 80 enemy guns were seized.
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Rome
Isonzo
Italian War Department
Walter Lovell of Lafayette squadron shoots down German plane
Paris reports Walter Lovell from the Lafayette flying squadron has shot down a German airplane and likely will receive the war cross.
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Paris
Walter Lovell
Lafayette Flying Squadron
Little Girl Run Down by Cadillac In City Accident
Jeanette Rafish eight years old daughter of Maurice Rafish of 506 Colorado street died after an automobile collision on Gold street near Colorado. Herbert Tressier machinists apprentice and two companions Charles Miller and Louis Lindmeyer were returning to lunch when their big Cadillac struck the child. She was rushed to Murray Hospital but succumbed to injuries. The body was moved to the family home after being taken from the undertakers.
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Jeanette Rafish
Maurice Rafish
Colorado Street
East Park Street
Herbert Tressier
Charles Miller
Louis Lindmeyer
Jeanette
Main Street
Tressler
Gold Street
Colorado
Murray Hospital
County Attorney Says Fourth Fatal Crash in a Week
County Attorney Joseph Jackson announces filing information against Tressler for manslaughter direct the first time in Silver Bow county history. He blames careless driving and permissive parenting noting too many reckless youths and nervous women drive in town and vows to curb street danger. He targets pedestrians in city streets to stop the carelessness.
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Jackson
Tressler
Silver Bow
Joseph Jackson
Picture Actor Must Serve In The Army
Bryant Washburn, a noted motion picture actor, must serve in the national army after failing to secure exemption. Washburn passed physicals but claimed dependency on his wife and child. Secret service found a $5,500 bank balance and wife Mabel Forrest had prior and potential film work, influencing the case.
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Chicago
Bryant Washburn
National Army
B. M. Chipperfield
Washburn
Secret Service
Chipperfield
Mabel Forrest
Organized Labor Not In Sympathy With The I W W
Portland Aug 22 Charles P P Howard president of the Central Labor council declared organized labor in Oregon is not in sympathy with the I W W nor its present strike and will not consider any Spokane style resolution unless the facts differ radically. He said the I W W works along destructive lines while organized labor is constructive and loyal to the government in the war crisis.
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Portland
Charles PP. Howard
Central Labor Council
Organized Labor
Oregon
Spokane
Howard
American aviators report two deaths near Paris
Aug 22 Paris reports the Lafayette squadron flyer Julian Biddle was killed in action two days earlier. Corp Harold Willis of Boston, previously missing for days, is confirmed to have been brought down inside German lines by a German machine.
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Paris
Julian Biddle
Lafayette Aerial Squadron
Corp
Harold Willis
Boston
New Coal Schedule And What It Means In Butte
White House set new coal prices causing mixed reactions among dealers. Run of mine in Montana fixed at 2.70 a ton with various sizes at 2.95, slack at 2.45 and Wyoming prices adjusted to 2.50 run of mine and 2.75 sizes. Lignite, egg, nut, and bear creek regions see price cuts up to 80 cents to 1.25 less in some areas. C H Lane doubts major impact but urges buying now to avoid snow delays and possible railroad tieups.
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White House
Butte
United States
Montana
Wyoming
Owl Creek
Bear Creek
C. H. Lane
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Adeniin
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Jella
William N. Haskell
Haskell
Texas
ATSL
SOPR
Sale! Wowien
Matt. Vial
Symons
Juiury
Anso Crepe de Chine
Linime
Dirassieres
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Nature
Sl.soea
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