London Reports German Retreat Across Front Not Confirmed
A London dispatch says German retreat appears along the line but is not officially confirmed by the War Office. British and French troops push north and east, gain ground at several points, while German reinforcements seem limited. Meuse engagements and Meuse river valley fighting noted with German lines weakening under French artillery and assaults.
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War Office
Paris
von Kluck
Orchies
Cambrai
von Boehm
Ministry of War
Tracy le Mont
Ribecourt
Noyon
Praise From Schenectady Welcome By checktoday
A Boston resident letters the editor praising a Post cartoon. William Templer Becker from Boston commends the Schenectady themed wordplay seen on the newspaper page and submits a rhymed tribute about quickly finding what was sought.
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Schenectady
Checktoday
Post
N. Y
Boston
Pranks of Pierrot and Tinny Tads Feature in Sunday Post
The kiddies' car toons Pranks of Pierrot and the Tinny Tads appear in color in the upcoming Sunday Post, offering playful adventures for young readers.
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Pierrot
Next Sunday Post
Bavarian prince prisoner claim grows as Antwerp siege intensifies
Reports from the front suggest Crown Prince Ruprecht may have been captured during the Meuse operations as Bavarians try to retake Nomeny. In Belgium fighting swells with 150,000 German troops besieging Antwerp while Alost is reported retaken after bombardment.
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Meuse
Nomeny
Belgium
Antwerp
Alost
France
Europe
Galicia
Przemys
Cracow
Petrograd
East Prussia
Russia
Nieman River
Carpathians
Budapest
Red Cross Fund Totals Reach Over Twenty Thousand
The report lists numerous donors and sums to the Red Cross fund, including Mrs J G Thorp 100.09, Dover Branch Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Association 15, and J Randolph Coolidge 200, among others. The compiled receipts show substantial contributions from individuals and groups in Boston and surrounding communities, totaling 24 815.00 with additional acknowledgments.
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Perbies
Alice P. Modirs
Asec
Mery
Lovering
J. G. Thorp
F. M. Faulkner
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ORM Ka
Gein Lee Ee
Dover
Massachusetts Anti- Suffrage Association
A. M. Gourgas
Charles H. Weoes
Marblehead
Edward §. Drown
Evang. Coug
Church
J. Randolph Coolidge
St. John’s Guild
Irmingham
Mass
Mea
Alost Fire After German Shelling
A Central News despatch from Antwerp reports German shells setting Alost ablaze as fierce fighting continues along the front, with bombardment striking multiple points on the line.
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ALOST
London
Antwerp
Bavarian Crown Prince Said Held By French At Nomeny
The Times correspondent reports the French may have recaptured St Mihiel and captured the Bavarian prince at Nomeny near Nancy. The prince, likely Crown Prince Ruprecht, is said held as Germans attempt to free him.
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Times
Nancy
France
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Verdun
Bavaria
Nomeny
Americans Warned From Indian Ports
Washington report cites a Bombay dispatch restricting entry to Rangoon Calcutta or Madras for all foreigners including Americans. It warns travelers cannot enter India via Bombay or Karachi without Governor General permission and that entry without it carries imprisonment or fines.
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India
Rangoon
Calcutta
Madras
Bombay
Karachi
Hospital Shell Kills Six in Belgian Town
Reuters dispatch reports a German shell struck a hospital in Lierre during bombardment, killing four wounded men and two women and destroying the ward where they lay. The attack followed bombardment of the area, with casualties announced from Antwerp.
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London
Antwerp
Reuter Telegram Company
Lierre
No Foreign Mail In Germany For Week
Copenhagen dispatch says Sweden Germany cable links broken by gale. Germany has had no foreign mail since last week. Danish government issues a domestic state loan of about 15.96 million dollars.
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H. Jackson
Gurney
Yrieuse, N. Y
Germany
London
Copenhagen
Sweden
German Official Statement on World War Fronts
Berlin reports ongoing fighting on the right wing in France with no decisive result. The center is quiet as French pressures near Verdun and Toul resume. A separate note says battles on the Oise to Meuse line were generally quiet and Fort Meuse siege artillery fired on Antwerp forts.
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London
Army Headquarters
France
Verdun
Toul
Reuter
Amsterdam
Oise
Meuse
Antwerp
Suwalki
Ossourence
French War Communique Reports Shifts Near Somme Front
Paris reports a favorable general situation with no major changes except seizure of Seipheprey south of the Woevre and advances toward Rupt de Mad. The official bulletin notes rapid Allied turning north of the Somme with repulsed German attacks at Tracy le Mont and ongoing progress from Rheims to the Meuse amid serious battles in the Woevre and actions around St Mihiel.
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Toul
St. Mihiel
Camp Des Romains
Juniville
France
Rethel
Paris
Somme
Tracy-le-Mont
Oise
Aisne
Aigne
Rheims
Argonne
Woevre
Lorraine
Vosges
Galicia
Przemysl
Mount Duziek
Carpathians
Hungary
Galicia Becomes Russian Governor General Installed
Despatches from Lemberg Galicia report that Austrian officials judges archbishops rabbis and other leaders attended the installation of Russian civil government in Eastern Galicia with Count Bobrinsky taking office as governor general.
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Petrograd
Legedon
Lemberg
Galicia
Count Bobrinsky
Russian Policy Outlined in Lemberg Surrender Talks
Mayor M Rutovsky of Lemberg declares surrender with Polish speech praising cooperation. Count Bobrinsky responds in Russian, outlining a plan to govern East Galicia with Russian language and officials, disbanding local legislatures, and restricting social and political groups.
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Lemberg
Count Bobrinsky
East Galicia
Great Russia
Galicia
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