British French attack pushes near Somme front
Allied forces advance about two miles south of the Somme with reports of capturing Marceleave and La Motte-en-Santerre as British and French troops press the line from Albert to Montdidier. Americans reportedly withdrawn to Aisne-Marne area. Fosch offensive follows March counter blow.
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Associated Press
Albert
Rheims
Montdidier
Avre
Amiens
Somme
Marceleave
la Motte-en-Senterre
Washington
Cantigny
Aisne-Marne Salient
Foch
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Aisne
Vesle
Marne
Picardy
Ancre
Cambrai
la Fere
Noyon
Oise
Hindenburg
Grandcourt
Bapaume
Cambral-La Fere
Jein
N Ece
Nouth
Compiegne
Will Roineer
France
Hahner Wood
Wood
Marcel Cave
la Motte-en-Santerre
Morlancourt
Ayre
Ngoi
British Launch an Offensive Near Amiens
British troops moved east and southeast of Amiens on a wide front this morning under Field Marshal Haig. Early reports say the attack is progressing satisfactorily with British Fourth Army and French First Army engaged as dawn broke, signaling a coordinated assault in Picardy.
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Picardy
Amiens
Field Marshal
Haig
London
Field Marshal Haig
Offensive begins at 5 AM near Amiens fronts
Paris reports at 5 o clock this morning Franco British forces launched an offensive southeast of Amiens. The attack aims to weaken or erase German positions around Montdidier with the battle line swinging north. German withdrawals shift from the Somme Avre area toward Montdidier as French lines extend.
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Amiens
Montdidier
Somme
Villeraneux
Avre
Coun
Picardy
Montineein
Rheims
Cantigny
Satisfactory Progress Made On the French Front
Allied forces opened a dawn assault along the Albert to Montdidier front in France, meeting strong German resistance but reporting satisfactory progress. British troops moved toward Ovrisy Gailly and Marvenve while French forces targeted Demuin Aubercourt, with heavy artillery before 40 minutes of bombardment and initial objectives reached.
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France
Albert
Montdidier
Ovrisy Gailly
Somme
Sailly-Laurette and
Marvelenve
Demuin
Aubercourt
Morinel
Moreuil
Allies Launch Unanticipated Attack On Albert Montdidier Front
Allied forces struck the Albert Montdidier front catching Germans by surprise as a division en route to relieve the front line was captured. By midafternoon reports show progress, with roughly two and a half miles gained on a 25 mile stretch and at some points over three miles. Key material fell into Allied hands.
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Paris
Albert-Montdidier Front
Navy Seeks No Draft Expansion, Navy Department Says
Washington August 8 the Navy Department says extending the draft to the navy is unnecessary at present. Rear Admiral Palmer head of the bureau of navigation testified to the Senate military committee that the navy already has enough men and that enlistments would not be affected by changes in army draft ages.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Ruas
Palmer
Bureau of Navigation
Senate
Navy
Paul Louis Horvier
Red Cros
M. Georgemenceau
France
Horgler
Sehous
Ai Cross
Marne
Verdun
Clemenceau
M. Clemanceau
M. Clemenceau
Ates
Jong
Clemencrar
Bia
Americans Cross Vesle Hold Ground In Fresh Gains
American infantry crossed the Vesle east and west of Flanders with detachments reaching the north bank. They repelled German counterattacks with heavy artillery fire and pressed a push toward Basoches and the Heim-Soisons highway. Prisoners, including an officer and several privates from a new division, were taken.
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Vesle
Associated Pres
Veale
Flanders
Fiennes
Viannes
Fismes
Basoches
Teser
Hheims-Soissons
Lenois
Senate
Lightning Strikes Barn and House in Cabot Area
A violent electric storm caused two fires in Cabot area. The barn of Howard Burrill in Monroe, New Hampshire, about nine miles away, burned along with 25 cows, farm machinery, and hay. The Burrill house caught fire several times but was saved by rapid action and emergency crews.
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St. Johnsbury
Howard Burrill
Monroe
N. H
Farm Buildings Burned at Cabot Farm
In Cabot last night at about 11 o clock the farm buildings of Charles Shea Aherty were destroyed by fire. Only a small portion of household goods was saved. The summer hay crop was also lost. The blaze spread rapidly forcing Mr and Mrs Shea Aherty and the hired man to flee in their night clothes. Little insurance coverage was noted on the structures.
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Cabot
Aug
Charles Shea Aherty
Merak Sunk by German Submarine Off Hatters on Tuesday
Reports from marine intelligence circles in New York state that the American steamship Merak, 3,204 tons, was sunk by a German submarine off Hatters on Tuesday night. One small boat with 18 crew members remains unaccounted for. Washington reports confirm the sinking off the North Carolina coast, with no details yet released.
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New York
Merak
Hatters
Marine i Mtrance
Washington
North Carolina
Married 60 Years in West Burke Celebration
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith marked sixty years of marriage with a home celebration in West Burke. Their honored guests included KE W. Smith and C. P. Wt. Maude Smith and Mrs. Frank Hum from nearby towns. Mr. Smith, 80, and his wife, 77, were wed in Newport 60 years ago. They have eight children, five living. he served in Civil War Co F 11th Vermont, later a prisoner in the Confederacy. He belongs to D Battery Post G A B L and Mr. Smith to the W RC.
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West Burke
Aug
E. B
KE. W. Smith
Levian Bowman
Newport
Smith
Nve
Co. F
Vermont Regi
Ement
D. Battery Post
G. A BL
W. RC
Bridgeport to Build 45 Million Housing for War Workers
Ground broken by Mayor Clifton B. Wilson as federal funds of 3 million dollars support construction of 008 houses planned by the U S Bureau of Housing to house the influx of war workers and transplants in Bridgeport Connecticut. The New York architects and builders led by the Colwe ingatery firm won the contract for the rapid six month program.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Clifford B. Wilson
New York
Merchant crews to be strengthened for war service
Washington August 12 8 With the drive to build merchant ship crews the shipping board head Hurley ordered deck crews of vessels leaving port from New York to four ordinary seamen promoted to six able seamen from the board training service. The purpose is to give men entering the merchant marine a better chance to gain swiftly the knowledge needed to become capable seagoing sailors.
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Washington, D
Irman Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Font and Gate
Marchant Marine
Our Troops Cross Vesle and Hold Off Attacks
Pershing reports Allied forces crossed the Vesle east of Baroches and reached the Rheims Salmons highway. He notes enemy counterattacks broke under our fire. The weather section mentions Vaughan reporting the hottest day in nine years, with a record 101 degrees in July 1912, and no heat prostrations recorded.
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Pershing
Washington, D. C
Baroches
Venlo
Rheims
Salmons Highway
Brattleboro
Vaughan
Hint
Ex Mayor Thurston Dies After Heat Enfeeblement
Ex mayor L. H. Thurston died at his home 153 North Main Street this morning, age 1842 birth, Civil War veteran and longtime Barre official. He served as ward 4 alderman and mayor, with deep city ties. Interment is planned at Hope Cemetery. flowers requested to be omitted.
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L. H. Thurston
North Main Street
City Charity Department
Thurston
Barre Sb
Shar ‘Town
Ernest E. Pelkey
Mays
Mra
Ar Freeman
Mass
Ladys Freeman
Shina
Boston
Mise Dorothy Freeman
Chester
N. H
A ‘Iether
Himm Thurston
Yves
Mast
Lucius H. Thurston
Pots‘dam
Sie Sota
Barre
Old Town
Roxbury
Orange
Old Cutler Yer School Association
6Th
Vermont Regiment
Pares
Fourth Ward
Thursa
Hope Cemetery
Drowned man Earl D Bugbee in Hartford river incident
White River Junction reports Earl D Bugbee aged 24 drowned in the White River at Hartford while swimming with his wife and a cousin. He rescued them but sank and was taken from the river after ten minutes by Minas Hamilton Stevens. Mrs Bugbee survived but unconscious for hours. Funeral set for East Barnard where he was born. Survived by parents C G Bugbee of Hartford, wife, child, and one brother.
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White River Junction
Earl D. Bugbee
White River
Hartford
Derry
N. A
Hartford Woolen Company
Bughes
Hamilton Stevens
Century-Old Woman and a Change of Mind Prompted
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript notes a centenarian woman living long and a suitor reconsidering marriage. The dialogue hints at social expectations and lingering romantic decisions across a long life.
Two Killed in Freight Train Collision Near Westbrook
New Haven reports the deaths of Clarence W. Dane of New London and Fireman I. P. Green of New London in a rear end collision of freight trains on the Shore Line near Westbrook. The freight engine toppled after hitting Providence train, trapping crew beneath. Ten of twelve cars were wrecked, one cleared at 2:30 AM. Detours rerouted traffic via return.
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New Haven
Clarence W. Dane
I. P. Green
New London
Shore
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Westbrook
Providence
Retowal
War Order From Barre Granite Makers For Chocolate Grinders
Barre firms win a wartime contract to produce grinding devices for Hershey's milk chocolate. Jones Bros Co develops and patents a intersecting corrugated granite roll system to produce precise grinders at lower cost, shifting supply from Germany. A carload of grinders has shipped to Hershey, Pa, with strong demand forecast for global chocolate and military use.
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Barre
Germany
Jones Bros’ Co
Hersey’s Milk Chocolate Co
Jones Brow Co
Robert B. Jones
TL. J. M. Jones
Hersey Company
Chocolate Company
Hersey
Jones Bros.’ Co
Jones
R. B. Jones
Jones Bros. Co
Brock
T He
McDonald
Farnia
Speenacioeal
Jones Bros
France
Local draft board reorganizes at Montpelier
The Montpelier examining board, after recent leadership changes, met yesterday and reorganized with Arthur D. Young elected chairman. Only routine business and classification actions were handled.
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Montpelier
George N. Tilden
Arthur D. Young
Mr. Young
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Soistona
Rivera
Albania
Semeni
Ttalian
War Office
Charles’ Shea
Charles Shea
Merak Vaa
Cape Hatteras
Hurley
Chesterfield
Abely
Boston Transcript
Milk Chocolate Co
Barre Granite Industry
A.D. Young
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