Warsaw's Fate in Balance Amid Global War Updates
Berlin reports German lines tightening from Courtland to the Niemen as Warsaw faces a final assault. Russians refuse general engagement while villages are captured near Kishirski Kanovka. French forces gain ground on the Fecht heights and bombard Colmar Conflans station while eastern Argonne activity continues.
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Berlin
London
Courtland
Kovno
Russia
Tukunt
Mitava
Niemen
Warsaw
Shavli
Paris
Fecht
Vosges
la Lingue
Argonne Forest
Colmar
Alsace
Conflans-Bu-Jarnisy
Lorraine
Artois
Souches
Argonne
Meuse
Moselle
Apremont
le Pretre
St. Die
Morris Meets President at White House in July Visit
Tara Nelson Morris, Chicago minister to Sweden, arrived in Washington on leave and met with Secretary Lansing and President Wilson. He denied bringing communications from Scandinavian governments, but shared trade information about Sweden and Scandinavian countries. The visit centered on interest in his forthcoming report.
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Washington
Tara Nelson Morris
Chicago
United States
Sweden
Lansing
Wilson
White House
Morris
Smallpox Cases Rise in New Ross and Ladoga
Three new smallpox cases are reported at New Ross with fear of broader exposure. Samuel Rider’s three sons Benjamin Virgil and Everett are ill in a virulent form per the physician.
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New Ross
Ladoga
Ind
Samuel Rider
Benjamin
Virgil
Everett
Rockport Police Seek Slayer William Hosey Still At Large
Rockport Indiana police renew the hunt for William Hosey an alleged fugitive who killed Joseph Ashley. Friends say Hosey has returned to Rockport but officers cannot locate him.
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Rockport
Ind
William Hosey
Joseph Ashley
Hosey
Strike Threat in Washington Navy Yard Over Wages
Local labor leaders threaten a strike by skilled Washington navy yard mechanics if President Wilson does not direct Secretary Daniels to restore the pre July 1 wage scale. The report notes the dispute centers on pay levels prior to the current changes.
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Navy Yard
Washington
Washington Navy Yard
Wilson
Daniels
Navy
Henry Ford
Electric shock fatality in Kokomo man lifting live wire
Kokomo Indiana July 22 George Konk fifty one died from an electric shock after grabbing a live wire while helping to lift it over a house during a move.
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Kokomo
Ind
George Konk
Old con game costs farmer $2040 in Wabash Indiana
William Rautencrantz, a wealthy farmer near Wabash, was swindled out of 2040 dollars after being lured into a staged poker game by strangers posing as real estate agents. He won money in earlier rounds, but a later heist in a woods and a counterfeit suitcase left him with only a brick in place of his cash. The incident ends with suspicion of a treacherous third party and a loss of trust in frontier con games.
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Wabash, Ind
William Rautencrantz
Here
Nan
Nantencrantgz
Rautencrantz
Wabash
Straheger
Tiltpold Charged With Theft in Valparaiso
Herman Tiltpold is arrested in Valparaiso on a mother’s affidavit charging him with threatening her life and stealing jewelry and a land abstract owned by his mother. The jewelry belonged to his sister. Tiltpold claims he took the items to save them from a supposed Franchise League. Habeas corpus proceedings are sought by F. RR. Marine.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Herman Tiltpold
Ira Bacher
Lilipold
Suit for 20000 Damages Filed in Fort Wayne
Milton TD Murant sues Oliver S Jones Beers Construction and Troy Laundry for 20000 damages claiming carelessness in a building contraction caused a fall and a fractured skull leaving him seriously injured.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Milton TD. Murant
Oliver S. Jones
The
Beers Construction Company
Troy Laundry Company
Increased guards at Philadelphia yard after ship fires
Officials at the Philadelphia navy yard denied that fires aboard battleships in Philadelphia and Brooklyn forced extraordinary precautions. Nevertheless guards around the yard were observed to be more than five times the usual number.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Wilson's Note Sets Ultimatum on Unfriendly Acts
President Wilson prepares a note to Berlin warning that further German submarine attacks on American lives at sea will be regarded as unfriendly acts. The communication asserts humanity principles, demands adherence, and makes Germany’s future submarine conduct the test of U S German relations. It reaffirms American right to travel on armed or unarmed ships free from destruction.
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Washington
Wilson
Berlin
United States
Germany
Europe
Euurope
Tustitania
Mortgage debt paid after one payment settles case in Hamilton County
Noblesville Indiana July 22 Judge Vestal ruled in the Reserve Loan Life Insurance company versus Fred Marion Maude and Jillian Miller that one payment clears the mortgage on Fred Millers Sheridan farm. The Hamilton Trust company failure prompted the suit over an $1800 mortgage paid Dec 28 1914, but not credited. The court ordered the mortgage extinguished and that the trust company must accept the insurance companys consent.
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Noblesville
Ind
Hamilton County
Vestal
Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company of
Indianapolis
Fred, Marion, Maude
Jillian R. Miller
Hamilton Trust Company
Fred Miller
Sheridan
Marion Miller
Baltic carries 47 aeroplanes and 150 cases of parts
The White Star liner Baltic, recent from New York to Liverpool, carried 47 aeroplanes and 150 cases of veraplane parts. Most machines were bound for Britain with some for France, signaling a planned aerial campaign. The cargo list includes fuses, steel, cartridges, projectiles, revolvers, rifles, automobiles, and extensive copper and brass materials.
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Baltic
New York
Liverpool
Great Britain
France
French War Dogs Serve at Front in Scout and Sentry Roles
The National Society of Ambulance Dogs of France operates eight kennels training patrol dispatch and ambulance dogs. About 225 patrol dogs have been sent to the front to aid reconnoitering parties and maintain communications. Dogs detect night attacks, take silent posts, and risk equal to sentries, with noted dogs Clarion and True cited for bravery and endurance.
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National Society of Ambulance Bogs
France
Min
Clarion
True
The
Alarne
Joe
Dog Society
German Front Slang Captured in War Lore
A wartime glossary introduces aviator slang with names like Franz for the observer and verb franzen meaning to observe. It documents artillery nicknames such as gifts or iron gifts for German missiles and black sows or woolly bears for Allied projectiles.
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Franz
fTeinvich
Emil Fron
Franzen
ODD SHOES TO GO Bootmakers Decree End of Back and Side Lacer Fashion
A New York congress of bootmakers declares next season will favor conservative black boots with plain shapes. The piece mocks wild colors and lacing styles, noting the shift as the industry enforces a sober future and warns shoppers that all black boots will look alike.
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Congress of Shoe Manufacturers
New York
Wanderer Reunites After Fifteen Years Of Separation
In San Francisco Herbert Winner and his ex wife Mrs. Lundberg, formerly married to C. Lundberg, renewed their vows after fifteen years apart. Mrs. Lundberg's daughter M. B. Higuera helped foster the reconciliation leading to a Seventh Day Adventist ceremony.
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San Francisco
Cal
Enoch Arden
Herbert Winner
Higuera
Surgeon Cullen Diagnosed His Own Case During Johns Hopkins Operation
At Johns Hopkins Hospital Dr. Thomas S. Cullen, assisted by Dr. J. M. T. Finney, planned gallstone surgery but deduced an incipient appendicitis on the table. After removing most gallstones, the appendix was taken out, confirming the self made diagnosis.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Thomas S. Cullen
J. M. T. Finney
Doctor Cullen
Sparrows Used to Tease Rochester Storekeeper
Rochester dealer F W Huntington reports persistent harassment by neighborhood youths who released three sparrows in his 349 Bay Street store. He accused two teenage leaders, with younger helpers, and retained one sparrow as evidence in a pasteboard box. The prank included yelling at customers, cabbages thrown inside, and a tick tack device.
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Rochester, N. Y
F. W. Huntington
Nations and New
Bay Street
Bull and Veal clan feud ends in wedlock in Binghamton
Charles Bull and Maude S. Veal wed in Binghamton after traveling from Scranton to avoid Veal family opposition. Bull, not in the meat trade, jokes the Veals cannot cow them as they marry on the way to the station. Miss Minnie Miller visited Springville on a brief trip home.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Charles Bull
Maude S. Veal
Counterfeit Bath Towel Bills Shock Agents
Washington secret service officials were astonished when Acting Chief Moran entered with two four foot long counterfeits tucked under his arm. The sheets depicted five and ten dollar U S notes with numerals portraits and lettering woven into towel texture.
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Washington
Secret Service
Moran
United States
Flower Jag Case Ends With Suspended Sentence
Detroit man Charles Nelson pleaded the urge to steal flowers from the waterworks park as an ancestral impulse. He told Justice Galney that his Danish lineage includes gardeners and flower trade, and was found guilty but with suspended sentence.
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Detroit
Charles Nelson
Justice Galney
Denmark
Suffering Stroke Strikes Curtis Clark in Deckard Hotel
Curtis Clark living at the Deckard hotel suffered a light stroke between 7 and 8 p m last night. He has had three strokes since four years ago, leaving him unable to speak clearly at times and hard to understand. A local physician attended him. he is 44 years old and is brother of Robert Clark of Helenville and uncle to attorney W F Clark. He is recovering on the porch today.
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Curtis Clark
Deckard
Mr. Clark
Robert Clark
Helenville
W. F. Clark
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American Press Association
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U. S
High Seas
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Wafe
California
Maude Veal
Minnie Miller
Springvill
Seymour
Parham
Lincoln Ave
Walls & Walls
Hodga & Walle Sid’y
PhilBe
Fifteenth Street
Tornado Insurance
Citizens Trust Comp
John Goldsbyis
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