Boston to Observe Bastile Day with Music and Selections
Boston plans Bastile Day observances with a Symphony Hall mass meeting led by Harvard President Lowell. French representative Lazanne will speak and a broad musical program will be staged for the city and allied nations without a parade. City Hall meeting Friday will finalize plans.
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France
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
Commonwealth
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Symphony Hall
Lowell
Harvard
Stephen Lauzanne
French Republic
Knights of Columbus to Launch $100,000 Canada Drive
Arrangements were practically completed in Saint John New Brunswick for an August 19 launch of a Knights of Columbus drive to raise 100000 for overseas army huts. Solicitors will cover all maritime provinces.
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Knights of Columbus
Maritime Provinces
How to Get Rid of Rheumatism Verona Ad
An advertisement touts Fruit-a-tives or Fruit Liver Tablets claiming relief from rheumatism and side and back pains after a friend recommended the product. Testimonial from W. M. Lampson notes improvement after using the first box. Pricing listed: 50c per box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, Ogdensburg NY, ships on receipt of price.
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Verona
W. M. Lampson
Fruit-A-Tives, Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Italians prisoners unaware of U S war effort
Austrian captives in northern Italy express surprise at American involvement. An automobile carrying the U S military mission halted before a line of prisoners who asked in English what the mission was doing there. One prisoner said, I hope the Americans keep on coming strong enough to win the war. Then we can get out of this mess and I can go back to America.
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Italy
Associated Press
United States
America
French Drive Deep Into German Lines Amid Broad Front Push
Across major fronts in France and Italy allied troops push into enemy territories. French and British actions near La Bassee Canal and north of the Somme report spirited fighting with gains along ground considered defensively critical. In Italy Austrian positions are being turned with advances of about 15 miles after the July 6 assault, while German affairs see the foreign minister resign as the Kaiser accepts.
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Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch recounts exile escape
The in law of the former Russian Emperor, interviewed in Altodor Crimea, describes days at Dulbar near Altodor with Peter Nicolaievitch aiding their escape after abdication. He says he and his six sons were on a blacklist and narrowly escaped with their lives.
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Uncertain Monarchy Tales From Petrograd Front in War
A correspondent recalls destruction of a Petrograd house and a vineyard property in Altodor as a family lifeline. He notes talk of a future monarchical constitution, questions about Nicholas Nicolaievich’s fate, and Balbaroff’s account of the grand duke’s escape from Bolshevik execution. A Caucasian guard villager helped delay the killings until German troops arrived.
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Peaceful Invasion Plan Discussed by Allies
The United States and Entente capitals push a rapid plan to deploy a mixed commission and international guards to accompany relief efforts in Russia. Reports say northern routes via Archangel and Kola may host this peaceful penetration as Sweden and Finland show support for anti-Bolshevik sentiments. Ambassador Francis reports safety, while Cabinet deliberations continue with no official announcement.
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State Department
Mourmansk
Finland
Francis
Vologda
Vladivostok Quiet as Czecho-Slovaks Move Inland
A Tokio despatch to Central News Agency reports Vladivostok returning to normal after Soviet rule ends. It notes towns in Amur district are coming under Czecho-Slovak control as Russian de facto authority erodes.
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Vladivostok
Tokio
Amur
Claim "Buster" Is Their Child Before Court Testimony
Charles Currier of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children testified that Ormsbee told him his wife was jealous and that their child Dorothy Agnes Ormsbee was born in 1914 in Montreal with no physician present. Mrs Ormsbee admitted the child is theirs and described years of hardship and estrangement.
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Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Mr. Ormsbee
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Ormsbee
Elogian D. Ormsbee
Dorothy
Montreal
Dorothy Agnes Ormsbee
A. H. Stinson
Lowell
Portland
Russian Bolshevik Struggle themes in Siberia and Moscow
Prominent Russians in London back the Czecho Slovak movement in Siberia as the only reliable base against Bolshevism and to restore order in Russia. The Moscow rising is viewed as a party quarrel sequel, not a patriotic action. The Kerensky group did not participate in the counter revolution or the murder of Count von Mirbach.
Czecho Slovaks Advance After Vladivostok Action
Dispatch from Vladivostok dated July 5 reports Czecho Slovaks moving westward after disarming Bolshevik forces at Vladivostok. They defeated a mixed Bolshevik Austro German prisoner group and seized Nikolayevsk on the Amur. Bolshevik Austro German forces retreated north along the railway toward Khabarovsk with heavy losses.
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Shanghai
Vladivostok
Nikolayevsk
Amur
Khabarevuk
Wilsons plan to aid Russia avoids large force deployment
President Wilson proposes a limited aid expedition to Russia using leading merchants and industrial experts with armed allied guards. He seeks Russian consent, avoids heavy military involvement, and keeps a police guard rationale amid Allied concerns over Siberia and Germany.
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Russia
America
Vladivostok
Archangel
Murder confirmed in Moscow ambassadorship assault
Ambassador Francis in a July 7 message confirmed the assassination of Count von Mirbach, the German ambassador in Moscow, occurring at 8 p.m. on July 6. Reports indicate ongoing street fighting in Moscow with Bolshevik leaders arrested and revolutionists capturing prominent Bolshevik officials. Messages also described clashes at Moscow and Yaroslav.
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State Department
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