American Joops Land in Siberia on Allied Relief Drive
Reports describe American troops landing at Vladivostok with British French and possibly Japanese support as Czecho Slovaks and loyal Russians guard the line. Allies shift operations from Vladivostok toward Lake Baikal while Peasants rally against German Bolshevik rule and seek food.
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Petrograd
Red Guard
Kronstadt
Lenine
Trotzky
Russia
Vladivostok
Baker
Siberian
Lake Baikal
Moscow
Nikolsk
Baku
Allied forces push gains on the Somme front
The report notes advancing Allied actions along the Somme with gains against German positions. It mentions possible German attempts to secure new ground east of the front and references the Ancre River as a strategic barrier, with the Hebuterne salient noted in context.
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Somme
Ancre
Central Powers Hold Grim Conferences As War Expands
The article notes German and Austrian leaders plus Hindenburg and Ludendorff meeting at German HQ as Allied advances in France intensify. Soviet evacuations from Moscow unfold while American and British forces engage across Siberia and the Caucasus.
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Somme
Arras
Russia
Moscow
Kronstadt
Vladivostok
Siberia
Archangel
Baku
Caucasus
Caspian Sea
France
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
"Miss Cora" Wedded To Girl Of His Choice
The article reports on Norton, a person raised as female, who after a physical exam for a craft failed to pass, and whose marriage plans are being discussed with Miss Foster, a teacher at East Corinth Academy. Norton has lived as a woman until recently and now plans marriage while awaiting draft status guidance from Governor Milliken.
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Miss Foster
Post
Norton
East Corinth
Corinth
East Corinth Academy
East Corinth man passes as girl for 22 years
The village divides over Norton who lived as a girl to marry Miss Foster. Reporters note his firm masculine refusal for information and townspeople discuss his deception, with Union Baptist Church member Miss Foster defending him while others condemn the ruse. Local clerk verifies marriage legality.
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East Corinth
Miss Foster
Union Baptist Church
Norton
Bangor
Annd
First Maine State House wedding in Augusta
Eugene Cody Norton and Abbie Elizabeth Foster of Corinth, Penobscot county, wed in the private office of Governor Carl F E. Milliken with Rev. E S Philbrook officiating. Norton later failed his army physical at Camp Devens, and the couple will live in Corinth.
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Augusta
Maine State House
Eugene Cody Norton
Abbie Elizabeth Foster
Corinth
Penobscot County
Carl F E. Milliken
E. S. Philbrook
First Baptist Church of
William E. Lawry
Willa A. Griffith
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Norton
Archangel Force Advances Toward Vologda Front
Archangel expeditionary force has reached Pabereshskaia about 100 miles south of Archangel on the rail toward Vologda. Bolshevik troops retreating are accused of committing atrocities against civilians. Resistance slowed Allied progress while forces were landed along Onega Bay to intercept retreating Bolsheviks.
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Angel
Pabereshskaia
Vologda
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
States Department
London
Archangel
Onega Bay
W. F. Kearns Beats Stuart & Sons In Twilight Ballcontest
In a five inning twilight game at D street playgrounds South Boston the W. F. Kearns Company team defeated Stuart & Sons 4 to 3. Jim Gallivan Jr. son of Congressman Gallivan snagged a one handed catch with two on base in the fifth to seal the win.
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D Street
South Boston
W. F. Kearns Company
Stuart & Sons
Jim Gallivan, Jr
Congressman Gallivan
Mystery Deepens in New Hampshire Farmer Murder
Post Staff Correspondent EAST JAFFREY New Hampshire August 15 mystery deepens as William K Dean a 67 year old retired farmer is found slain while milking his cow at midnight Tuesday his body recovered from a cistern on his estate early yesterday morning
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East Jaffrey
N. H
William K. Dean
Mornig
Brutal double murder of New Hampshire farmer found in cistern
The second killing in 48 hours stunned Keene residents as Dean, a quiet farmer, was strangled and his body weighted with a stone, dragged to a cistern near his estate. Investigators seek motive, a clue, and the murder instrument as they comb two states for answers.
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New Hampshire
Dean
R. M. Pickard
Keene
Post
Pickard
Deans
Temple Mountains
JL. M. Colfelt
Colfelts
Allies Aid Siberia In Russian Crisis Deliberations
The article outlines a small allied expedition to Siberia with forces landing at Vladivostok and Archangel to aid Czecho Slovakia and protect Siberian supplies. It notes Wilson's reluctant consent, aims to reassure Russians, and avoid factional fighting while stressing deliverer intent over conquest.
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Vladivostok
Siberia
Murman
Archangel
Russia
Baku
Caspian Sea
Wilson
Siberian
Japan
France
Great Britain
America
Inussia
Sister Nightgown Promise Sparks Teasing
A mother powerless to quiet a quarrel between a mother and son over tending a newborn sister. The boy resists, the mother warns that kindness matters, and he defies then jokes with a grim edge about wings and heaven.
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Tommy
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Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Vorenberg’s
Madras Union
Mien
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Orenberg
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