Americans Take Eight Germans From Aisne Drive
Frederick Sweeney of A Company 104th Infantry recalls going over the top in the Aisne Marne drive and bringing back eight German prisoners. He notes later actions with a companion, including killing some Huns, and mentions his own severe wounds reported in casualty lists. An aircraft engine trouble incident is also described with rescue efforts by Italian bombers and chasers.
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Aisne- Marne
Frederick
Sweeney
104Th Infantry
Italian Fliers Drop Messages in Austria
Official Rome despatch reports successful bombardment of Austrian works at Parenzo by Italian aviators with no civilian damage. Airmen dropped leaflets in the language of oppressed peoples. The dispatch also notes two Italian hydroplanes escaping five enemy chasers on returning from an upper Adriatic mission.
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Washington
Parenzo
Rome
Adriatic
Denials Austria Sent Troops to France Report
The Rome Messaggero quoted in official dispatches denies Austria-Hungary has sent new divisions to France to fight with Germany. It says Vienna aims to convince allies of internal dissension while denying plans for another offensive against Italy.
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Washington
Rome Messaggero
Austria
France
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Objectors on Trial at Camp Devens for Refusing Guard Duty
At Camp Devens two conscientious objectors Albert Buzzey and Joseph H. Quinn faced court martial for disobeying orders to take guns for guard duty near their barracks. Quinn cited Bible beliefs against fighting while Buzzey, who had earlier refused to register, faced possible jail. A third man, Orophio Brignalio, was tried for stealing a money belt and $53. Socialist Thomas Shotkin also testified.
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Camp Devens
James J. McGuire
Orophio Brignalio
Boston
Albert Buzzey
Prentiss Street
Worcester
Joseph H. Quinn
Worthington
Thomas Shotkin
New Traven
Marshfield Ford Race Delights Fair Patrons
Ford auto race at Marshfield fair drew laughter and 11 entrants. The winner was F. M. Roche of Cohasset who edged ahead by roaring across the line in a bold display. Contestants cranked engines at the grandstand and again at the turn before finishing the three heats.
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Massachusetts
Marshfield Fair
F. M. Roche
Cohasset
Ford
Marshfield Fair Opens With Patriotism Fun and Sport
Marshfield, Aug 21. The 52d Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society fair opened with patriotism, entertainment and athletic events drawing a record crowd. Officials anticipate a red letter day as politicians from the southeast arrive tomorrow.
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Marshfield
Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Lieutenant Ouimet Will Marry Stella Sullivan This Fall
Golf star Lieutenant Francis D. Ouimet will wed Stella M. Sullivan of Brighton at St Columbkine's Church Brighton on September 11. Ouimet serves in the U S Army quartermaster department with Cambridge headquarters and is not expected to be sent overseas before year’s end.
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Francis D. Ouimet
Benedict
Stella M. Sullivan
John H. Sullivan
Lake Street
Brighton
St. Columbkine’s Church
Ouimet
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
Cambridge
James A Bowman Joined The Mclean Kilties In Dorchester
James A Bowman aged 18 of 33 Rosemont Street Dorchester is identified as a member of the Mclean Kilties enlisting during the ongoing draft era with details incomplete in the fragment.
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James A. Bowman
Rosemont Street
Dorchester
Campaign in Boston Foe? Guthrie Killed in Action
Message to family reports Colonel Guthrie killed in action during the campaign in Boston. Mr Bowman, formerly of Halifax, survives with a wife, sister and mother. The U S and French forces press the German lines on both sides of the Oise with Mangin’s infantry driving the enemy back toward high ground near Divette and Plemont area.
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Boston
Guthrie
Bowman
Halifax
Oise
Mangin
Lassigny
The
Divette
Plemont
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