Roosevelts Celebrate Sagamore Hill Reunion
A Roosevelt family reunion at Sagamore Hill marks Colonel Roosevelt’s full recovery from illness. Attendees include Nicholas Longworth and family, Kermit Roosevelt and wife, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and spouse, Richard Derby, and grandchildren. The Colonel attended church and spoke with Chicago Progressives about the national committee meeting.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelts
Sagamore Hill
Nicholas Longworth
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Richard Derby
Roosevelt
Chicago
National Committee
Plant Juice Promises Cure For Digestive Ailments
An advertisement claims Plant Juice restores stomach liver and kidney function by destroying blood poisons and correcting conditions. It features a Boston resident Mrs Nellie Beckwith who reports relief from indigestion dyspepsia headaches and nervousness after using Plant Juice and notes the drug department at Houghton & Dutton Store markets it daily.
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Nellie Beckwith
Boston
Stanley Street
Houghton & Dutton
Russians Seize Bukowina As War Rages Across Fronts
Across Bukowina the Russians occupy the Austrian crownland while Austrians retreat toward Carpathians. In Volhynia and Polesia fronts Russian and German forces clash with heavy losses. French and British actions along the Meuse and Verdun regions continue with artillery duels and limited infantry activity amid broader Balkan and Caucasus fighting.
British Artillery Activity In Front From LaBass e Canal To Somme
Berlin reports the British have intensified artillery along the Franco Belgian front from LaBassee canal to the Somme with continuous fire through the night. North of Verdun, German forces repelled French attempts to retake recently lost ground as part of western front operations.
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Berlin
London
LaBassee Canal
Somme
War Office
Verdun
LaBas
War News in Brief from Fronts Across Europe
Reports from official outlets note British artillery activity on the Franco Belgian front between La Bassee canal and the Somme. Berlin says French attempts east of Verdun fail with heavy losses and 200 prisoners. Austrian artillery grows in the Trentino while Italians win gains in Po sina and south of Arsiero. Paris cites French counterattacks west of the Thiaumont doubt near Verdun. Russians occupy Bukowina and take Kimpolung with 60 officers and 2000 men captured. An Italian auxiliary cruiser and a French destroyer escorting it are sunk by a submarine in the Strait of Otranto.
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Pruth
Kolomea
Wiltschoff
Toulounoff
Volhynia
Petrograd
Czartorysk
Lutsk
Radziviloff
Berlin
Vladimir-Volynski
Dubno
Kovel
Lemburg
Thieumont
Verdun
Fleury
War Office
Meuse
Djivizlyk
Citta di Messina
Fourche
Strait of
Otranto
Italy
Riga
Lake Babil
Dvina
Jacobstadt
Dvinsk
Polotchany
Molodechno
Bankeiff
Pavnoff
Styr
Smyna
Czartoris
Zatourizky
Poustomyty
Svininsky
Raedkoff
Svietchite
Sniatyn
Czernowitz
Wilischoff
Caucasus Front
Platana
Dvivizlyk
Dwivitzlyk
St. Die
Balkan
von Linsingen
Zaturze
Vladimir- Volinski
Plaszowka
Berestrehk
Bubno
Count von Bothner
la Bassee Canal
Somme
Trentino
Posina
Arsiero
Rome
Thiaumont
Paris
Bukowina
Kimpolung
Adriatic Sea
Austrian Artillery Active in Trentino and Italian Gains in Posina Sector
The war office reports intensified Austrian fire in Trentino with Italian infantry successes in the Posina sector and south of Arsiero. Italian forces claim bombardments destroying enemy positions near Asiago, engagements in Campigna and Pesina, and raids on the Isonzo capturing prisoners and arms. Allied aircraft bombarded tollmezzo, Porto Gruaro, Ponte Piave, and Grado Lagoon with no casualties.
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Rome
London
Trentino
War Office
Posina
Arsiero
Adige
Brenta
Arsa
Asiago
Monte Cengio
Monte Campiello
Punta Corbin
Cesina
Campigna
Pesina
Meneghetti
Cordevole
Boite
Innichen
Sillian
Pusterthal
Aviator Barnsley Wounded in France
Paris June 25 Sergeant Barnsley of Texas a member of the Franco American Aviation Corps was wounded in a fight with German aircraft near Bar le Duc and taken to a hospital. He suffered a stomach wound from machine gun fire and belongs to one of the Franco American flotillas formed from American volunteers in the French aero service.
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Paris
Barnsley
Texas
Bar-le-Duc
Closing Exercises of Dorchester Convent Dramatic Classes
Last evening in the Industrial School hall on Train Street Dorchester the closing exercises of the dramatic classes of St. Joseph's Convent were held. The program featured outside pupils who take courses in elocution dramatics and public speaking.
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Train Street
Dorchester
St. Joseph’s Convent
Man and Lost Girl Arrested in Lawrence Case
Nelson R. King of New Bedford and a young woman living with him were arrested in Lawrence on a statutory charge amid the disappearance of Miss Florence Colwell of New Bedford. Colwell had eloped with King in 1915 and later fled abuse claims, with King keeping her confined and fed in a Lawrence room while authorities pursue a stronger charge.
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Lawrence
Nelson R. King
New Bedford
Florence Colwell
Shawmut Avenue
King
New London
Lamothe
Green Street
Mass in the rain draws 3000 citizen soldiers at Camp Whitney
Three thousand citizen soldiers attended an open air Catholic mass at Camp Whitney Framingham in heavy rain. Rev. Michael J. O Connor led the service as troops from Ninth Regiment and other units joined, expressing devotion amid rumors of border deployment and offering confessions and sacraments. The chaplain distributed rosaries scapulars and Sacred Heart medals to recruits veterans and officers alike.
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O’connor
Camp Whitney
Framingham
Michael J. O'Connor
Ninth Regiment
Logan
Roxbury
God
Christ
Father O'Connor
Sacred Heart
Michael, J. O’connor
French Regain Ground North of Verdun in Night Actions
Paris reports counter-attacks north of Verdun regained ground with trenches west of the Thiaumont redoubt and Fleury village seeing progress. German assault on Dead Man Hill repulsed while bombardment intensified on the Meuse sectors and reconnoitering parties were dispersed in Lorraine and Vosges.
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Paris
Verdun
War Office
Thiaumont
Fleury
Dead Man Hill
Meuse
Lorraine
Pont-a- Moussen
Cheminot
Vosges
Lafave
Luneville
Bacarrat
St. Die
le Mort
Homme
Chattancourt
Froi de Terre
Nothern
Dixmude
Steenstraete
Miss Helen Gray Weds Samuel Hamilton in East Boston
Miss Helen Gertrude Gray of East Boston married Samuel Hamilton in Star of the Sea Church East Boston with over a hundred guests. The Rev Father McDonough officiated. They will reside at 421 Saratoga Street East Boston after a honeymoon.
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Helen Gertrude Gray
East Boston
Samuel Hamilton
Star of the Sea Church
Father McDonough
Boston
Somerville High Graduation Tonight
The Somerville High School graduation exercises feature Frank M. Hawes presenting an oil painting of the late S. Henry Hadley. George J. Whitaker will present diplomas and Mayor Cliff will address the graduates. Bella Weisman speaks on The Three R’s and Arnold H. Murray gives the oration on Compensation.
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Somerville High School
Frank M. Hawes
S. Henry Hadley
George J. Whitaker
Cliff
Bella Weisman
Arnold H. Murray
British trenches repelled Loos raid leaves three dead
British headquarters reports a night bombardment and raid on trenches northwest of Loos were driven off. The parapet casualties totaled three dead on the British side with northern actions continuing.
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London
Loos
Italian Steamer Saturina Fanny Sunk
The Italian steamer Saturina Fanny of 1568 tons gross sank with 17 men landed from the vessel reported.
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London
Bukowina Falls to Russian Occupation in World War Era
Petrograd reports full occupation of Bukowina by Russian forces after the capture of Kimpolung and Kimpolung town. More than 2000 prisoners taken, seven machine guns captured, and trains at the railway station seized. Russian troops advance along the Pruth toward Kolmen and Toulokhof, with additional loot noted at Izkany.
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Petrograd
London
Bukowina
War Office
Kimpelung
Carpathians
Pruth
Kolmen
Kilikhof
Toulokhof
Police Seek Missing Recruit T C Bigger Dorchester Man
Police report a man identifying as T C Bigger of 60 Burt Street Dorchester missing after enlisting with the Ninth Regiment Saturday. He was ordered to report to Camp Whitney but failed to appear, his wife and child residing in Dorchester.
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Ninth Regiment
T. C. Bigger
Burt Street
Dorchester
Bigger
Camp Whitney
Jack Gillespie Serves as Buck's Orderly in Company A
Jack Gillespie of Company A Ninth serves as Colonel Buck's orderly. The well known L street figure nicknamed Broynie is highlighted in the notice.
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Jack Gillespie
Companys A
Buck
Jack
L Street
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