Fierce Fighting Along Stokhod and Styr Rivers
War reports describe heavy artillery repulsals along the Stokhod and Styr fronts with intermittent quiet elsewhere on the French line. Italian advances are noted near Posina valley southwest of Asiago and north of Erenzela. Austrian attacks southwest of Asiago are halted. In campaigns in Asia Minor and East Africa, Russian and British offices claim victories against Turks and Germans. Athens predicts changes in the Greek cabinet with Skouloudis possibly resigning and Zaimis being considered to form a new government.
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Rome
Posina
Asiero
Erenzela
Asiago
Asiatic
Turkey
German East Africa
Athens
Greeek
Skouloudis
Zaimis
Russians Repulse German Attacks in Volhynia and Galicia
Petrograd reports the war office says 172,484 German troops captured through last Thursday in Volhynia and Galicia. A major engagement on the Stokhod River saw German forces in massed attack repulsed and routed.
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Petrograd
War Office
Volhynia
Galicia
Stokhod
The Smoke of Men Who Win Cigarette Ad Appeal
A vintage cigarette ad extols Bull Durham for speed and vigor. It praises rolling your own with Pull Durham as a gateway to hustle and youthful energy.
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Bull” Durham
Durham
Greek Ministry to Quit and Reshuffle Nears
Athens June 21 The Neon Asty reports Premier Skouloudis cabinet likely to resign today in parliament. Alexander Kalinis may be asked to form a cabinet acceptable to the entente. Opposition from allies centers on interior minister Demetrois Gounaris.
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Athens
Neon Asty
Skouloudis
Alexander Kalinis
Interior
Demetrois Gounaris
Greece protests entente interference in its trade
Greece presents vigorous notes to the state department and Latin American diplomatic representatives protesting interference by entente allies with Greek maritime trade. It claims traditional principles have been violated and requests an official explanation.
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Greece
Washington
State Department
Conference on World Crisis Opens with Welcoming Address
The Carnegie Endowment event begins with a welcome by Charles F. Thwing of Western Reserve University and an address on America and the World Crisis by Maniey O. Hudson of Missouri. Speakers include Newton Baker on National Defense and Leonard Wood on Compulsory Military Training.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Charles F. Thwing
Western Reserve University
Maniey O. Hudson
University of Missouri
Newton
Baker
Leonard Wood
W. H. Thompson
Ohio State University
League of Nations
Henri la Fontaine
Belgium
Interparliamentary Union
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Pan Americanism
Iits
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Mexico
United States
Merbert S. Houston
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
World Commerce and World Organization
Prof
Shailer Mathews
University of Chicago
Chautauqua Promises With Maurer Sisters and Lecturers
The Maurer Sisters Orchestra will tour Panama Canal posts and YMCAs then head to Cuba before Ohio and West Virginia circuits. Dr James S. Kirtley and Thomas Brooks Fletcher headline Bluefield events with Redpath children’s programs and lyceum courses drawing packed houses across multiple towns.
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Advertising Association of Chicago
Hotel la Salle
Mr. Wood
Chicago Herald
Wood
Bluefield
Chautauqua
Springfield
Ohio
Ohio River
Redpath Bureau
Redpath Club
Helen Palmer Gray
Ben H. Williams
Miss Gray
James S. Kirtley
Ofton
Boston Baptist Social Union
Cortland Myers
Tremont Temple
Dr. Kirtley
Thomas Brooks Fletcher
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Redpath
Trinity Methodist Church
Fletcher
Williams Rainey Bennett
Grand Junction
Col
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Fletcher
Richfield
Utah
Lyceum Committee
Opera
Mexico Celebrates 49th Anniversary of City Reach
Mexico City observed the traditional holiday marking the forty ninth anniversary of the capture of the capital by forces of General Porfirio Diaz on June 21, 1867. The narrative notes the city had previously been held by Count von Khevenhuyssen.
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Mexico City
Mex
City of
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
von Kheven
Anniversary of Mexican War ends Napoleonic invasion siege
The report notes General Diaz maintained a siege for about two months before liberal forces captured Mexico City marking the end of the imperialists. Today salutes were fired at artillery barracks and the national flag flew over public buildings.
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Huller
Diaz
Mexico
Over Fifty But Made the World Record Lift
Boston, June 21. John Y Smith a famed strong man aged over fifty will attempt a new world record at the Boston Y M C A gym tomorrow. He plans lifting a 200 pound dumbbell from floor to shoulder with both hands then lowering it to full arm's length over his head with one arm. Smith once ranked with the strongest and broke amateur records over fifteen years ago and surpassed Eugene Sandow's lifting feats.
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Boston
Mass
John Y Smith
Boston Y. M. C. A
Smith
Eugene Sandown
Colonial lawmakers sail for London empire conference
A large party of parliamentarians from Australia New Zealand and Canada set sail from Cenfer Ottawa to attend an Empire Parliamentary Association conference in London. The purpose publicized but details kept general as reps from major dominions meet with other empire authorities to discuss plans.
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Cenfer
Ottawa
Ont
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
England
Empire Parliamentary Association
London
Empire
Campaign Aimed at Teutonic Nations After War
A proposal outlines a great commercial campaign to wage against the Teutonic nations following the conclusion of the current war. The plan suggests using economic pressure and strategic trade measures to weaken adversaries while rebuilding postwar markets.
Agricultural Editors Meet at Kansas State College
The American Association for Agricultural College Editors met for the first time west of the Mississippi at Kansas State College of Agriculture in Manhattan on June 21 for its fourth annual conference. Members include editors in agricultural colleges and federal government officers in similar roles.
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Agricultural College Editors
Manhattan, Kas
Mississippi River
The
American Association For Agricultural College Editors
Kansas State College of Agriculture
United States
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