Allied Drive Advances 12 Miles in Two Days on 20 Mile Front
Allied forces push from Montdidier to Chaulnes and beyond, capturing 300 German guns and 24,000 prisoners in two days. French troops advance 4 miles in six hours on a 16 mile front south of the Somme, surrounding Montdidier and driving German forces toward the Somme. British front reports strong progress with cavalry tanks and armored cars leading the pursuit.
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London
Montdidier
Somme
River
Oise
Faverolles
Piennes
Rollot
Cuvilly
Reissons-sur-Matz
Vignemont
Arras
Pall Mall
Picardy
Chaulnes
Nesle
Noyon
Picardy War Office Says 24000 Prisoners Taken
London reports that the war office states 24 000 German prisoners have been taken in Picardy. American troops attacked near the Somme and Ancre, taking Morlancourt. Canadian and Australian forces seized Bouchoir Meharicourt and Lihons, entering Rainecourt and Proyart. French threaten Montdidier as counterattacks are beaten off. German retreat under heavy pressure along Montdidier-Roye road.
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London
Picardy
War Office
Somme
Ancre
Morlancourt
Bouchoir
Meharicourt
Lihons
Rainecourt
Proyart
Montdiier
le Tronquay
le Fretoy
Ascainviliers
Quceens
German Army of Von Hutier Retreats from Montdidier Line
Paris Aug 16 The German army under General Von Hutier is retreating from the Montdidier Noyon line. The front from Montdidier to Noyon runs 28 to 30 miles in a semi circular arc, indicating a possible abandonment of the Montdidier salient as German resistance weakens.
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von Hutier
Paris
Montdidier
Noyon Line
Noyon
French capture Beaufort prompts 13 mile infantry advance
London Aug 10 reports the French seized Beaufort Friday and pushed eastward up to thirteen miles from Castel. This marks the farthest infantry advance of the current offensive reported to date.
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London
Beaufort
Castel
Allies Capture Over Twenty Thousand Prisoners, Report
Paris reports via Havas that more than 20,000 prisoners have been captured by the Allies. The newspapers note the high number, with varying commentary on Britain and France's recent successes. A Boston Transcript fragment quotes a critic remark about a man and references a separate social exchange.
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Paris
Havas
Allied drive surges in Picardy as German lines bend east
The Franco British offensive drives the front east of Amiens, with German positions shattered and retreat possible. Allied gains approach Montdidier and Chaulnes while rail and road supplies are captured. Prisoner totals rise to about 24,000 with hundreds of guns seized. Fronts in the Vesle and Aisne remain tense as Haig and Foch push tactics, amid external political tensions in Moscow and Tokyo.
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Amiens
Hindenburg
Warvillers
Peronnenays Hgh
Chaulnes
Peronne-Roye
Montdidier
Rhelma
Foch
Manouavre Becoms
Somme
Jancourt
Albert
Morcourt
Avre
Pierrepont
Courtemanche
Rainecourt
Pield Marshal Haig
Berlin
Thureday
Picardy
Landera
Marehal Foeh
Challe
Vesle
Aisne
Rheims
James
Lean
Moscow
Great Britain
J. Wf. Lockhart
Lenine
Japan
Siberia
Families Headed to Danville Camp After Rain Drenches Chautauqua
TALK OF THE TOWN reports Mr and Mrs John Nelson Miss Ruth Nelson John Nelson Jr and Mr and Mrs J T Callaghan and Miss Beatrice Callaghan of Park street join Mrs Williams and Longheat Mine deline Williams of Averill Street for a Danville camping trip. The Chautauqua equipment on Suminary hill was shipped yesterday after Thursday night rain soaked the big tent and disrupted interiors. Local committees toiled until eight this morning to salvage water damaged folding chairs loaned by lodges and firms.
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John Nelson
Ruth Nelson
John Nelson, Jr
J. T. Callaghan
Beatrice Callaghan
Park Street
Es Williams
Deline Williams
Averill Street
Danville
Joe's Pond
Suminary Hill
French forces surround Montdidier and seize Davenscourt
Aug 10. French army claims to have encircled Montdidier after moving southeast overnight. Assantvillers and Rubescourt captured, Favarelles reached within two miles east of Montdidier. Northwest of Montdidier, advances east of Arvillers and six miles northeast of Roye, with Davenscourt captured two miles east of Pierrepont.
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Paris
Montdidier
War Office
Assantvillers
Rubescourt
Favarelles
Montditier
Arvillers
Roye
Davenscourt
Pierre Port
Casualties Reported for Week Across Army and Marine Units
Washington August 10 Casualties in the army and marine corps overseas announced early today aggregate 441 bringing the total since last Monday to 4299 The lists include killed in action wounded and missing with several named soldiers from Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont among the list of the severely wounded and missing in action details.
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Washington, D. G
Army
Marine Corps
Aingle Marine Corps
Lay
Oxalaee
Joel Omen
Dering
British Lose 50 Planes in Aug 8 Picardy Fighting
London reports sixty five German aircraft destroyed or forced down in the Aug 8 Allied offensive across Picardy. Fifty British planes are missing, chiefly from ground fire. The official aviation operations statement notes heavy aerial action and losses on both sides.
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London
Picardy
Call for 100 Men from Vermont in Camp Upton Tentative
A Vermont call for 100 men precedes a wedding notice for Carl Stanley Rollins and his Barre-born bride. The couple married by Rev Amon Lord of Orange, with Elmer Magoon and a Corinth sister as attendants. After a Barre visit they planned to move to Erie Pennsylvania where the groom works in a munitional factory.
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Camp Upton
McDonald's
Extelle McDonald
Washington County
Carl Stanley Rollins
Carl
Rolling
Barre
Amon Lord
Orange
Elmer Magoon
Corinth
Twenty Men to Go to Tufts from Barre and Montpelier
The Washington county local board of redemption announced twenty registrants who will travel to Tufts College on August 15 for mechanical training similar to Burlington courses. Most are from Barre with a few from Woodbury Montpelier and Roxbury. list may change as questionnaires await district board review.
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Washington County
Tufts College
Burlington
Bares
Jench
Woodbury
Xbury
Moran
Barre
Paterson
John J. Martion
Virgilio G. Poll
Alfred Gerbetti
Wilfred Nye Smith
Montpelier
John ¥. Dalton
Harold M. Bancroft
Rutherford Knutson
Maurice E. B. Martie
Wakefield
Bailey
Pi T
Albert Longchamp
Alexander B
Rennie
Alexander G
Hurry
Golindo D
Abbiati
Spencer G
French
Roxbury
Gov H P Graham calls 100 men to Upton drill
Gov H P Graham received a call for 100 men to go to Upton on August 14 or thereabouts for special service. Washington county delegation will include Stone the grand juror of Montpelier. Quotas listed by county include Addison 9, Bennington 6, Chittenden 14, Essex 7, Franklin 7, Grand Isle 5, Lamoille 4, Orleans 7, Rutland 10, Washington 9, Windham 7, Windsor 7.
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H. P. Graham
Io Upton
Washington County
Stone
Montpei
Oes
Addison Bennington
Credonia
Chittenden
Essex
Franklin
Grand Isle
Lamoille
Stated
Orleans
Rutland
Bull
Potatoes Face Late Blight and Mosaic Dwarf Troubles
Burlington reports the late blight of potatoes and mosaic disease affecting Vermont crops. Prof A H Gilbert warns growers to spray Bordeaux mixture through the season, plant disease free seed, and remove weak tubers. Distinguishes early and late blight forms and notes mosaic and mosaic dwarf impact on tubers and foliage. News includes stray quotes from Boston Transcript.
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Burlington
Coeur Inter
Saya
A. H. Gilbert
University of Vermont and
State Agricultural College
United States Department of Agriculture
Forcomte
Paris
Vermont
Gilbert
Altie Ie
Jon Whiel
Chautauqua Barré Plans Next Year Signing Drive
J B Reardon reports over fifty guarantors signed for next year and 460 season tickets sold, ensuring strong support for the Chautauqua. guarantors are urged to meet at city hall court room next Tuesday at 5 pm to elect officers and form committees for the year ahead.
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Chautauquar
J. B. Reardon
Protests Hit FCC Plan to Take Over Packing Industry
Chicago protests by leaders of Morris & Co Swift & Co and Armour oppose federal trade commission recommendations to government control the pecking industry. They warn of reduced profits and question practicality of taking ranch houses and storage facilities, noting government control has already existed since 1917 under the food administration and urging readers to study the report.
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Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Union Stackyanras
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Railroad
Louis FP. Swift
Swift & Co
Ge 1
J. Ogden Armour
Residents visit kin amid illness and death of ex mayor
Mra A E Goss of White Plains New York visits her sister Mrs Howard P Blossom in Barre with Agnes Williams and Mrs Agnes Dorrenhoffer among relatives. John Nelson of Park Street hosts visitors from Averill Street and Barre. Mr and Mrs Ernest Pelkey of Johncopee Mann and Mrs Arby Freeman of Chester are at Mrs L H Thurston’s North Seminary Street home called by the illness and death of ex Mayor Thurston who died Thursday.
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A. E. Goss
White Plains
N. Y
Howard P. Blossom
Eastern Avenue
Mina Ree
Agnes Williams
Averill Street
Agnes Dorrenhoffer
New York
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
John Nelson
Park Street
Barre
Ernest Fl. Pelkey
Consolidation delay sparks public hearing needed
Officials of Central Vermont and Montpelier and World River railroads announce the planned consolidation of freight and passenger service will be postponed until a public service commission hearing is held. Passenger trains out of Montpelier will continue as usual until then. Funeral held for Freeman Clough at Graniteville.
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Central Vermont Railroad
Montpelier
Lightning Burns Wells River Telephone Office
Lightning struck the Citizens' Telephone company central in Wells River around 5 am destroying the phone switchboard and starting a fire that spread to the adjacent building. The office and house, owned by F. W. Walbridge, were saved by prompt fireman response. total loss is insured.
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Wells River
Citizens’ Telephone Company
F.W. Walbridge
Lightning fires level three farms near Marshfield
A trio of lightning sparked fires during a severe thunderstorm in Marshfield. Roy Lamberton’s barn and tools were destroyed, Charles Shea’s house and barn burned, and C H Collins’s house suffered chimney damage and telephone lines but no injuries occurred. Neighbors aided’ one hired man was stunned but recovered.
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Marshfield
Roy Lamberton
Mdi
Wteck
Charles Shea
Sheanan
C. H. Collins
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Alben
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Freeman Clough
Abraham Clough
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Charles Scott
KE. H. Bailey
Feet
M. W. Whitcomb
Clough
Washington
Citizens’ Telephone Co
Woodeville
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