Italy Holds Piave Front Turns Tide in War Review
United States war summary notes Italy’s defense at Piave River reversing Austrian advance after heavy losses. It credits Allied unity, Foch’s leadership, and American air support in stabilizing the front and fueling Italian morale for continued operations. It also surveys Bolshevik setbacks and Russia’s wartime collapse, warning of further upheaval.
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United Press
Rome
Triest
Austria
Piave
Venetian
Caporetto
Italy
Asilago
Adriatic
France
Germany
Foch
Bolsheviki Blow Stagg ers Russia War Turmoil
The fourth year of the war saw Russia deeply disorganized militarily and politically as more than a million soldiers deserted. Censor ship by the czarist regime kept the extent of this collapse from public view in 1916.
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Russia
Joseph Weksler
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Internal Cure
Advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the only internal remedy that reaches the disease at its source. It claims to cleanse mucous surfaces, improve constitutional conditions, and cites Toledo Ohio as the company location. It mentions constipation relief and positions the product as a top tonic.
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Halls
Hall
Toledo
Ota
Letters From Men In Service Dear Mother
A soldier writes to his mother about being with the Sammies earning a Corporal rank and receiving a fur furlough. He urges forgiveness for any past wrongs and asks to communicate with his sister Ora while hoping for a possible future meeting in heaven.
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Ora
TIZ FOOT RELIEF PROMISES SORING FEET CURE
A vintage ad touts Tiz as a magical remedy for aching swollen and sore feet. It claims immediate relief from corns bunions and raw spots and encourages smaller shoe use with a 25 cent box available at druggists or department stores. A one year comfort guarantee or money back is offered.
Scouts Receive Splendid Flag From Local Patriot
Tuesday evening three Boy Scout troops in the city were presented with a magnificent American flag and staff by F. L. Preston at his South College street home. Patrol Leader Dayton Wise accepted the flag as Dr. B Evans and others spoke on duty to flag and country before a small crowd. The ceremony closed with America sung by all.
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F. L. Preston
South College Street
Preston
Dayton Wise
Athens County Nears War Savings Stamps Quota
Columbus Ohio July 25 Reports show Athens county nearing its 1918 War Savings Stamps quota with a per capita sale of 10.27 and $559,068 in cash sold by July 18 toward a county goal of 1,088,320. The county still must sell $529,262 more, or 9.73 per person, to reach the target as three counties have already completed their allotment. Athens county chairman T R Biddle states the county may enter the select list soon.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Ohio War Savings Committee
Ashland
Morrow
Morgan
T. R. Biddle
Athens County
Mrs Joseph Kelly Dies at Home Near Athens
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Kelly aged 56 wife of Joseph Kelly died yesterday at the family home near Graham Chapel. Funeral set for Sunday at 9 a m at Graham Chapel with burial at L Bishopville. She had married Joseph Kelly in 1914 and leaves several children from a previous marriage including Jessie Tucker Blanche Marquis Mrs Mattie Laughlin Joe Marquis and Raymond Marquis. One daughter Gertrude McDonald preceded her in death.
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Sarah Elizabeth Kelly
Joseph Kelley
Graham Chapel
Bishopville
Kelley
Jessie Tucker
Jerseyville
Blanche Marquis
Mattie Laughlin
Athens
Joe Marquis
France
Raymond Marquis
Athens R. D. No
Gertrude McDonald
Alden Kindred of America Reunion Highlights Service Flag
The Alden Kindred of America met at Evanston home of Col. S. F. Stewart with a pageant on John and Priscilla Alden and a letter from the King of Belgium. A large service flag bore three gold stars including Paul Cody Bentley’s Croix de Guerre, marking the first American soldier killed in France. Prof. Claassen died years ago. Mrs. Claassen keeps their Tallahassee home and winters there.
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John
Priscilla Alden
Belgium
Paul Cody Bentley
France
Prof
Claassen
Tallahasse
Od d Fellows Lodges Consolidate in Amesville and City
Frank S. Culp grand master of Ohio Odd Fellows arrives in the city Friday evening July 26 to consolidate Federal Valley Lodge Amesville with Sereno Lodge here, joined by C H Lyman grand secretary of the Grand Lodge. This marks the most important Odd Fellows gathering to date.
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ODD Fellows Lodges
Frank S. Culp
Butler
Grand Lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
Ohio
Federal Valley Lodge of
Amesville
Sereno Lodge
C. H. Lyman
Columbus
Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Local Lodge Invites Members for Upcoming Gathering
A cordial invitation extends to all members and visiting lodges to attend a forthcoming meeting. The notice urges punctual attendance and welcomes neighboring lodges to participate in the event.
Huns Move Up Ten Front Lines To Fight
Allied airmen report growing congestion between German concentration centers and fighting positions in France. Heavy Allied artillery and bombing by aviators press German lines, while an American escadrille clashed with a German squadron northwest of Dormans, shooting down four enemy aircraft in half an hour.
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Frank J. Taylor
France
Dormans
Miss Marguerite Clark Engaged to Lieut Palmerson Williams
New York July 25 Miss Marguerite Clark motion picture actress confirmed engagement to marry Lieut Palmerson Williams of New Orleans. No wedding date set.
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New York
Marguerite Clark
Lieut
Palmerson Williams
New Orleans
Navy and emergency fleet releases halted for 1917 1918 classes
A telegram to the local draft board directs refusal of any further releases to the navy Marine Corps or emergency fleet for the 1917 and 1918 classes. ADJUTANT GENERAL.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Emergency Fleet
Woman's danger period and Lydia Pinkham remedy
The article describes a life stage between forty five and fifty five as a crisis for women and lists symptoms such as heat flishes headaches and mood changes. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy after forty years of success.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
For Sale Second-hand separators offered cheap
Trade in your old separator for a Primrose separator by Brooks and Hibbard. Offers a good condition replacement at low cost and invites inquiries about trade and purchase.
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United Press War Review
Korniloff
Halicz
Petrograd
Kalush
Yermeit
Linsingen
Halier
Riga
Oesel
Moon
Dabgo
Moon Sound
Ruasia
Poland
Lithuania
Baltic
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Finland
Caucasus
China
Turkey
Dad
Milo C. Foster
Camp Lee
Co. C
112 Field Signal Battalion
Foster
Co. L
Middleport
Hale Way
Joseph Kelly
P. A. Claassen
O. U
Tallahassee
Florida
Claasen
Classen
Helen Stewart
John and
Priscilla
Sam Sommers
Ibeckley
Sale
White
Palm Beach
Boy Scout
Oxford
J. L. Beckley & Son
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Adjutant General
Brooks & Hibbard
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