War Time Dispatches Span Eastern Front and Mexican Border
A week of events reports Russian gains near the Dniester and in east Galicia, German counterattacks, and British bombardment. Mexican border activity includes National Guard movements, Trevino reports of U.S. retirement, and Carranza government actions. Casement, Kitchener wills, and Casua incidents add to a broad war front summary with political and military shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dniester
Thiaumont
Verdun
Belgium
France
Carranza
Buestillos
Chihuahua City
Columbus
N. M
Kolomea
Galicia
Lemberg
Obertine
Cote de Froi de Terre
Fleury
Mexico City
Trevino
Chihuahua
Mexican War Department
San Buena Ventura
Las Cruces
Namiquipa
Santa Clara
Pershing
Colonia Dublan
Carrizal
House Military Committee
Sir Roger Casement
Martine
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Caperton
United States
Santo Domingo
Chicago
National Guard
St. Louis
Associated Advertising Clubs
P. Elias Calles
Sonora
Tomas Espinosa
Agua Prieta
Department of the East
Theodore Roosevelt
Mexico
First Indian Woman Admitted to Supreme Court Bar
Miss Lydia B. Conley of Kansas City Missouri becomes the first Indian woman admitted to practice before the Supreme Court Wyandotte tribe member linked to Kansas counties and a historic burying ground dispute involving municipal authorities. Her admission follows prior court briefings and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tashington
Lydia
Conley
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Missouri River Valley
Kansas
Davis
United States
Miss Conley
Wyandotte
Tunnel Plan Links Treasury and Printing Bureau by Underground Route
Proposed main tunnel from the central heating plant at Fourteenth and Water streets sweeps along Fifteenth Street to Pennsylvania Avenue and connects with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Treasury Building. A third rail would power steel cargo cars carried above ground through tunnels for currency and securities with branch tunnels to serve multiple federal buildings including the White House and Smithsonian complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth and
Water Streets
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
White House
Capitol
Fourteenth
Auditors
Department of Agriculture
National Museum and Smithsonian
Army Medical Museum
The
Fish Commission
Washington Monument
District
Post Office Department
Treasury
State, War and Navy Departments
Winder
Court of Claims
Jiggers Warned By Marine Hospital Service Bulletin
The Marine Hospital Service warns readers about jiggers or harvest mites causing summer sickness. Distinguishing them from itch mites and straw mites, the bulletin notes baby jiggers invade cities and bite people. Treatment involves sterilized needle removal of burrowing insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Marine Hospital Service
Europe
Mary
Security Controls Tighten Access to War and Navy Buildings
To bar spies, post after hours access requires a pass from a chief clerk or building superintendent. Guards seal entrances, visitors may not visit more than one office per pass, and a visitor log plus patrols and electrical reporting enforce order. Navy and War Dept bureaus pursue submarine and ordnance research amid war demands. Earlier, entry was routine with stated business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
War and Navy
Navy
War Departments
Navy Drartment
War Department
Five Mile Wedge Takes Four Villages In Somme Drive
British and French forces push the Somme front seven miles, seizing Hebuterne La Boisselle and Mametz and reaching Montauban as Fricourt falls. Thousands taken prisoner, with heavy casualties reported on both sides amid ongoing fierce fighting near Verdun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Somme
Paris
Albert
Montauban
Serre
Hebuterne
la Boisselle
Mametz
Fricourt
Curlu
Verdun
Berlin
Thiaumont
French War Office
Turbulent border actions and Mexican clashes reported
Report from Vera Cruz arrivals notes two U S sailors wounded in Tampico clash with armed Mexicans. Cavalry near Columbus New Mexico fired on by Mexicans but no injuries. El Paso garrison swells by about 10 000 guardsmen from Massachusetts and New Jersey with units detailed for field artillery infantry cavalry and support services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrizal
Tenth Cavalry
el Paso
United States
Carranza
Galveston
Tex
Salem
Tampico
Dade
Vera Cruz
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Massachusetts Infantry
Columbus
New Mexico
New Jersey Field Artillery
Douglas
Ariz
Two More Ships Sunk In Italian and British Losses
London reports Lloyd's notices that the Italian sailing vessel Carlo Alberta and the British steamer Windermere of 2292 tons gross have been sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Carlo Alberta
Windermere
Lloyd’s
Girl Bride Denied Retrial In Warren Murder Case
Fort Worth Texas Mrs Katherine Vance Harrison was found guilty of murdering W L Warren and sentenced to five years in prison she was denied a new trial in district court
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Berlin
von Mindenburg
Alejandro Padilla Bell
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Foreign Office
London
Roger Casement
Carranza
House of Representatives
Tokio
Diet
Fort Worth
Tex
Katherine Vance Harrison
W. L. Warren
Beet sugar acreage projected for 1916 rises sharply
Department of Agriculture estimates 1916 beet sugar acreage at 768 500 acres, up 104 290 acres from 1915 and 254 000 acres from 1914, reflecting a substantial expansion in sugar beet farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Why Women Write Letters About Lydia E Pinkham Medicine
Readers question the authenticity of Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co letters. The brand asserts no fictitious or untruthful letters are published and emphasizes consent from contributors. It cites widespread patient letters praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from various female ailments and emotional distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
False friends like shadows in the sun shine
The fragment notes that false friends accompany you only when the sun shines, likening them to shadows that disappear in shade. It reflects on relationships that seem present in favorable times but vanish under adversity.
Freckles Vanish with Ethine-Double Strength Remedy
An advertisement claims ethine-double strength removes freckles with nightly applications. One ounce typically clears skin, with lighter freckles disappearing entirely, guaranteed or money back. The pitch urges asking for double strength ethine at the drugstore.
Be happy. Red Cross Bag Blue advert claims delight for laundress
An ad copy promotes Red Cross Bag Blue as superior to liquid blue for laundries, praising the product and urging grocers to stock it through Ady.
Sawed Off Sermon Sparks Controversy About Women and Money
A short piece claims ignorance is bliss but warns it is folly for a woman to gain wisdom by going through her husband's pockets. The remark appears in a local column reflecting attitudes toward gender roles and domestic life.
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Union News Service
Val Morbia
Arsa Valley
Monte Spil
Posnia
Zellenkofel
Wilson
George E. Hunt
Boston
United Commercial Travelers of America
Ohio
Deming
Iowa
Santa Fé
Robert D. Meldrum
John Bowen
Baggs
Cheyenne
Wyo
Senate
House
Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener
Hampshire
Orkneys
Hermosillo
Lansing
Villa
Marcelo Carabelo
Juan Cabral
Ramon Sousa
Villista
Jesus M. Rios
Col. Zuazua
Sporting News
Great Western Trotting Association
Nederland
Colo
Stanley Yoakum
Denver
John Stopper
Chick Hayes
Jack Dillon
Bantams
Colorado Springs
Roy Moore
Pacific Coast
Thomas Downey
Kansas City American Association
Salt Lake
Cliff Blankenship
Lem H. Spillsbury
Oregon
Cubs
Pet
Omaha
U. S
Western Newspaper Union News Service
U.S
Here
Dean
Henry Geier
San Francisco St
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Doan
Foster-Milbury’ CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Daisy Fly Killer
Express
Harold Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Sherman Motel
Kansas City, Mo
Keeley
Cor
Eighteenth
Curtis Sts
Colorado
Free Casistone Remedy Co
Dearborn Sr
N. U
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