Russians Hold Great Fortress Amid Warsaw Evacuation
Desperate night battles along the Narew and Rozan roads, with vigorous Russian counter attacks slowing German advances. Warsaw evacuated to avert bombardment as Russian forces retreat to fortified lines near Novogeorgievsk. Ivangorod and other strongholds report heavy fighting and fortifications.
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Russians Resolve to Pursue War and Evacuate Warsaw
Russian resolve to press on toward victory hardened by Warsaw's evacuation as reports from Petrograd note. Western front artillery actions with bombardments and counterfire across Artois Somme Oise Aisne regions, with German attempts at Hill No 213 checked and Allied defenses holding. Flames sweep towns near the Vistula as German forces advance, while Russians retreat between the Vistula and Bug rivers amid heavy rains, risking prisoners as they withdraw. Kovno evacuates with inhabitants fleeing as the fortress city shifts to form the northern defense line of a new Russian frontline.
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Odd Rod Casting Method Described for Metal Rods
The Los Angeles herald outlines Yellen’s process using double endless chain molds to cast rods in fusible metals. Segments face each other, forming a continuous mold chain cooled by water, with liquid metal poured at the top as the chains meet. Motion rate and height control ensure steady solidification and descent, producing continuous rod under electrical control.
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Los Angeles
Terald
Yellen
Auto Business Thrives in New York State
Figures from the secretary of state show the automobile business remains strong despite wartime and economic fears. By July, registrations topped 200,000, surpassing last year’s 149,861, boosting licensing totals and revenue for the state treasury.
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New York
New York State
Censor of France Busy With Shears in Press Office
Paris dispatch outlines the French censor bureau known as Anastasie, its methodical pruning of copy, and the shifting rules from multiple sources. It describes how editors face caprice and consistency, the army lead, and daily directives from high commands shaping what appears in papers during wartime.
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Paris
Bureau de la Presse
Anastasie
Life
Dong
Voldigra
General Tracy Dies in His Eighty Fifth Year
New York August 6 General Benjamin F Tracy former secretary of the navy under President Harrison died here today in his eighty fifth year after nine days of unconsciousness and lack of nourishment. Doctors cite his long temperate life and prior paralysis as factors in his death and note a recent railway washout delay may have contributed to his decline.
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Jamin F Tracy
Harrison
Navy
Tracy
Decoration Day
Russian Forces Turn and Drive Germans Near Riga
Russian troops supposedly flank and push the German advance away from the Riga region, with Petrograd dispatches reporting German retreat from the Missa and defenses along the Duna. Analysts caution that German strategic aims hinge on northern action, while Von Buelow’s forces mass to threaten Vilna and press Russian lines toward the marshes southwest of Derinsk amid ongoing Baltic operations.
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von Buelows
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Times
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Argentina Budget Deficit Reported for 1916
Buenos Aires and chamber of deputies review the 1916 budget showing expenditures of 547000 and receipts estimated at 301000. The deficit is cited at 40000000. Officials discuss routes to balance the public finances amid economic pressures.
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Continuous fighting yields slight progress on Italian front
Rome reports ongoing bombardments and small gains with 160 prisoners taken and a dirigible loss. Austrian report says Italian attacks failed, with several assaults repulsed and heavy Italian casualties noted around Podzoery and Sinrade fronts.
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Unclear front actions report with Italian theater notes
A fragmentary wartime dispatch notes attacks on the Piava sector and Kra district. An Afghan captive balloon was shot down near Monialcone de Carnian Alps. Troops in Vid unit Monte Caraiva occupy height positions. On the Tyrolean front an enemy battalion attack at Coldilana, Buchenstein was repulsed. A patrol in the Orter valley attacked a hostile half company, causing losses.
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Packer Sulzberger Dead in London August
London report states New York meat packer Ferdinand Sulzberger died while hospitalized in a sanitarium at Konstanz Germany. The Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Telegram company wired the note.
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Exchange Telegram Company
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