Germans Lose Heavily in Belgrade Front Battle
German forces fight a brutal hand to hand clash near Belgrade on the lower Drina as Serbians launch stiff opposition. The advance aimed at Kostolac and Dubratvatza would sever the Belgrade Nish railway and threaten Saloniki links.
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Belgrade
Drina
Serbia
Mackensen
Morava
Kostolac
Dubratvatza
Danube
Nish
Uskub
Saloniki
Irish Damask Table Linens from Large Spring Purchase
A large Spring purchase from a renowned Irish maker yields fresh damask linens now in stock. Offers include wool filled spool thread warp fabrics and new designs at discounted prices, with table cloths in multiple sizes and dinner napkins available.
Sale of Imported Gloves Offers Wide Selection at Low Prices
Four thousand pairs of women and men gloves in various styles and lengths offered well below typical prices. White washable chamoisette strapwrist gloves at 1.55, cape gloves in champagne tan and white at 1.25, 0.85 for brown pique sewn gloves, and Real Kid two clasp gloves at 1.00, with men’s Cape Gloves priced around 2.00. Located on Tremont Street and Temple Place street floor.
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Tremont Street
Temple Place
Weekend Hosiery Sale Highlights Silk and Lisle Stock
The advertisement promotes Monday specials on Women's Thread Silk Hose in 100 dozen lots with lisle tops and all silk options, usually $1.00 per pair now 65c. Additional 100 dozen Women's Black Thread Silk Hose with eight weights, often $1.50, priced 85c. Also 100 dozen Men's Black Lisle Thread Half Hose with double soles, heels and toes at 25c per pair.
Collars and Cuffs Price List Fragments
Fragmentary price notes show collars usually priced 1.50 and 2.00 and 3.00 across entries. Cuffs appear at 1.25 and 2.00 and 3.00 with recurring pair and single items.
Paris Exhibits War Trophies From Champagne Battle
German cannon mortars bomb-throwers and aeroplanes captured in the Champagne battle are shown at the Hotel des Invalides. Crowds throng the esplanade to view trophies of war in the grand court near Napoleon’s tomb beneath banners and a statue of Napoleon.
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Paris
Champagne
Hotel Des Invalides
Grand Court of Honor
Napoleon
Paris Court Exhibit of War Cannons Draws Massive Crowds
About 200000 people gathered outside the court by sundown, a mile long queue forming as German guns on display included 41 field pieces and 80 trench guns. Soldiers and police managed the crowd while widows, maimed veterans, and children watched, recalling the Champagne victory.
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Champagne
Paris
Belgrade Falls as Austro German Forces Suffer Losses
Paris dispatch confirms Belgrade fallen to German forces after fierce resistance. Austro German attack along the lower Drina repulsed with enormous losses, frontlines extend along the Danube and Save as enemy concentrations shift toward Morava valley.
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Paris
War Office
Belgrade
Nish
Legation
Lower
Drina
Teutons
Danube
Morava
Kostolac
Dubratvatza
First Duma Member in Russian Cabinet
Prince Cherbaloff the Russian interior minister will retire and be replaced by Alexie Khvostoff court chamberlain. Khvostoff becomes the first Duma member appointed to the ministry and was formerly leader of the Right party.
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London
Prince Cherbaloff
Alexie Khvostoff
Petrograd
Reuter
M. Khvostoff
Duma
Right Party
Child's first sea dip ends in splashy jest
Six year old Mildred tries the briny for the first time. She sits on a wave and goes through with a chilly remark to her mother as the sea sparks a blend of humor and mild frustration.
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Mildred
Dearie
Austro German Losses and Frontline Movements Reported
Official dispatches describe heavy Austro German losses in failed Drina attacks and Serbian counterattacks. Fighting continues along the Danube, Save and Morava valleys with artillery actions in Belgium Artois and Champagne. Air and naval activity rises as German subs set bases and Belgrade comes under pressure.
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Lower
Drina
Nish
Danube
Morava
Belgium
Lombaertzyde
Artois
Paris
Real Slip of the Pen
A young fountain pen salesman persuades a stationer to order 100 pens but the order is suddenly countermanded by the stationer who blames a lead pencil booking. The bookkeeper later asks why the order was canceled, and the stationer explains the misbooking by the salesman.
Pluck Inspires Fortune Speaker Hits a Snag
A business college audience hears a self made financier boast his success rests on pluck. He proclaims pluck as the key to wealth, then loses momentum when a student asks who and how he plucked.
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Lfe
Roosevelts Record Births Highlight Six Baby Boys
Vital statistics show six newborn boys in six weeks since July 1 at Roose velt I I. Mrs William Curly leads with the prize baby weighing 12 pounds at birth.
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Roosevelt, I. I
William Curly
Germans Lose New Trench Near Tahure
Paris reports a new trench capture southeast of Tahure in the Champagne region as part of ongoing fighting with trench guns. Artillery actions occurred on both sides around Lombaertzyde and along the Artois front with spirited clashes near Tihons and north of the Avre.
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Paris
Tahure
Champagne
War Office
Belgium
Lombaertzyde
Artois
Tihons
Avre
Argonne
Courtes Chaussees
la Fille Morte
Meuse
Moselle
Flirey
Vosges
Hartmannsweilerkopt
Puvenelle
Pont-a-Mousson
Beerstbloot
Germany's new drive in the Balkans signals high stakes
Paris reports that diplomatic quarters view the Austro German push toward the southeast as a continuation of French successes in Champagne and a response to Russian protection of their lines. Germany and Austria seek a new field of effort to achieve decisive results and break the allied encirclement.
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Paris
Balkans
Champagne
Germany
Austria
Allied Forces Pressures Across Multiple Fronts in WWI
Paris reports continued artillery activity along the Somme and Champagne fronts with operations near Tahure Beerstbloot and Courtes Chaussees. Belgian communications note violent cannonades before Beerstbloot as battles persist from Lihons to Beuvry.
Balkans Hold Key as Europe War Network Tightens
The article notes German gains in Belgium France and Poland but says Europe remains a vast war theatre with Entente resistance intact in all directions except the Balkans. It attributes Austro German pressure toward Constanti nople and Saloniki to seal a southeast break, likening outcomes to Salamis.
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Belgium
France
Poland
Europe
Italy
Russia
Balkans
Germany
Constantinople
Orient
Saloniki
The
Figaro
Salamis
Themistocles
Austro German Forces Advance in Serbia and Belgrade Street Fighting
Vienna reports Austro German troops cleared Belgrade after street fighting and advanced in Maeva northwest Serbia near Obrenovac. Russian attacks on the Stripa River front in East Galicia were repulsed with heavy losses and 1000 prisoners taken since yesterday. The Italian front remained unchanged with losses of about 2000 men. Allied forces reached the southern Danube bank with strong forces dislodging units from several positions.
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London
Stripa River
Galicia
Valhynia
Styr
Ciartorisk
Vilegruth
Maeva
Serbia
Obrenovac
Belgrade
Danube
German War Office Reports Serbia West Front Eastern Front Gains
Berlin reports Belgrade and surrounding heights in German hands with Serbians pushed east. In the west Germans took trenches east of Souchez and reclaimed near Tahure. On the eastern front Hindenburg’s forces repelled Russian attacks near Garbounovka and captured positions west of Pinsk with 383 Russians taken prisoner. General von Linsingen seized Sinczye near Pinsk and cavalry clashes continued near Kucheckawola Jezierczy.
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Champagne
Paris
Argonne
Courtes Chaussees
la Fille Morte
Meuse
Moselle
Flirey
Pont-a- Mousson
Varna
Bergas
Black Sea
Petrograd
Belgrade
Berlin
Souchez
von Hindenburg
Pinsk
Tarnopol
von Bothmar
Sayville
N. Y
War Office
Serbia
von Hindenburge
Garbounovka
Dvinsk
Boniewsch
Titukis
Rovno
Kovel
Bilkins Forbids Strained Portraits In Local Exhibit
A local photo club show features Young Bilkins’s family portraits. Viewers laugh at a corner display of figures twisted as if in paralysis. A bystander jokes those are Bilkins’ strained relations.
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Bilkins
Italy reports strong enemy activity on Isonzo front
The war office says the enemy is building defenses and fortifications while our artillery and raids slow their progress. On the Isonzo, during Suh and the following night, enemy assaults against positions in Slatenik, the Plezzo Basin, Monte Nero, Dolje, Tolmino, Plava, and Zagora were repulsed with heavy losses and prisoners taken.
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Paris
War Office
Isonzo
Suh
Slatenik
Plezzo
Mrahvih
Monte Nero
Dolje
Tolmino
Plava
Zagora
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