MacArthur advances to Calulet amid heavy losses
Washington reports Gen. Otis says MacArthur’s northward move to Calulet near San Fernando caused five killed and 29 wounded, including Maj. Braden and Capt. Abernethy. Insurgent losses are put at about 400 dead and 500 wounded as they retreat northward. Otis also notes captured insurgent letters urging inhabitants to endure until August 31 for recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otis
War Department
Manila
MacArthur
Calulet
San Fernando
Braden
Abernethy
Volunteers
Williams
Pitty
Lowa
Santa Rita
Wheaton
Liscum
Iowa
Porac
Tenth Pennsylvania to Leave San Francisco August 22
The Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers will stay at the Presidio 12 more days and then head home to Pittsburgh, escorted by a 23 member committee. They will stop only at Omaha on invitation from Mayor Frank E. Moors, with a muster-out set for August 22. The party plans to reach Pittsburgh August 28 and discharge on the 22nd, per Col Jocelyn and Capt Chrisman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Presidio
Pittsburgh
Frank E. Moors
Omaha
Jocelyn
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Chrisman
Twentieth Infantry
Colonel Hawkins Remains Arrive for Washington Funeral
The body of Col. Hawkins of the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers arrived in Pittsburgh at 6 20 am and moved toward Washington with a police detail ready. Upon arrival in Washington a large crowd met the funeral train and the procession proceeded to the former home for a vigil before a vault interment planned after the Tenth Regiment arrives from San Francisco for a military funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Col. Hawkins
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Washington
Tr. A
Co. H. Tenthment
Camp 316 Sons of Veterans
San Francisco
Dreyfus Case Review Draws Mixed Reactions in Rennes
Rennes notes that Dreyfusite supporters urge Paris papers for full publicity while warning of forgeries in diplomatic and military dossiers. They expect exposure of a conspiracy against the republic and see the present government actions as justified by future revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennes
France
Gen. de Boisdeffre
Dreyfus
Dreyfusite Aurore
Henry
Serlin
Hloise
Republic
M. Jaures
Lycee
M. Demange
Court of Cassation
M. Labori
Petit Journal
Gaulois
Echo de Paris
Eclair
Smirched
Paris
von Hohenlohe
Suetonius
Suctenius
Demange Tow
West India hurricane brings heavy loss across Caribbean regions
Aug 10 1917 reports two hundred drowned at Ponce Porto Rico as hurricane struck at eight am and wrecked town and port. Montserrat devastated with nearly 100 killed. Interior damage in Guadaloupe and Port Rico fatalities noted. center moving northwest toward U S coast.
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Island of
Montserrat
Ineland
Guadaloupe
Washington
Weather Bureau
Cuba
South Atlantic
Williams
Ponce
Pones
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
British West Indies
Aris
la Pointe-a-Pitre
le Mourle
St. Jean
Porta Rica
Dominica
Cape Haytien
Cotton Crop Conditions Report Shows Declines Across States
The August 1 cotton condition index stood at 54, down from July 1 and well below the ten year August mean. Declines occurred in North Carolina and several southern states, while Louisiana Virginia Oklahoma and Indian Territory saw modest gains. State averages on August 1 ranged from Virginia 88 to Oklahoma 80 with Arkansas Mississippi and others around the mid eighties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Tennessee
Missouri
Louisiana
Virginia
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Florida
Missisippi
Arkansas
Mississippi
Iowa Soldiers Wounded in Fifty-first Iowa Casualties
Des Moines dispatch lists Fifty-first Iowa volunteers after Wednesday fighting. Habrenhalse Co M leg severe. Lieut Williams Co E both thighs moderate. Peter Hariff Co C chest severe. A M Slatier leg moderate. J F Stewart hand and side slight.
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Des Moines
British Admiralty orders transport fleets held in reserve
London reports all chartered shipping firms informed to keep transports in reserve for immediate troop dispatch. The steamer Dunera is ready to sail Saturday with a detachment of horse artillery to South Africa.
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South Africa
London
St. Jameng
British Admiralty
Dunera
Survivors Arrive From Edmonton Trail At Wrangel
The Strathcona carried 30 Edmonton Trail survivors to Wrangel Alaska with many in poor health. They report starvation risks and scurvy, blame trading and transport companies, and note aid requests from Wrangel residents. Several parties faced extreme hunger, freezing conditions, and deaths along the route from Telegraph Creek to Fort Laird.
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Silverton
Ore
TH. Fenk
Los Angeles
G. Gaffney
Jt. Berton
Salt Lake
W. Hinzman
Chicago
C. Jefferson
Asbury Park
N. J
J. Moore
San Francisco
M. Weley
Ohio
J. McGilvary
London
Eng
W. Reed
Canada
O. Reed
J. Leevin
Ottawa
J. Hackney
J. TH. Dunbar
Seattle
W. H. Dunbar
M. Tall
E. H. Cal
M. Weison
A. H. ‘Tigar
Trinece Albert Province
Stiefel
W. H. Wells
Missouri
Dr. Robertson
Vancouver
I. G. Yomlson
Tacoma
Victoria
Wrangel
United States
Washington
Fort Simpson
Mud River
Fort Laird
A. I. Tiger
M. Ostig
C. Stiefel
M. Weisen
Laird Post
Wm. Schmidt
Fred Swift
M. Randleman
Bacon
Perry Wells
W. T H. Wells
Strathcona
Telegraph Creek
Pelly Banks
Hudson Bay Co
Glenora
Devil's Portage
Johnson
New York
McKenzie River
Cutland Trail
Fort Francis
Beaupre
Ontario
Francis
Vivisection Lesson, Boy's Simple Definition
In a Philadelphia suburb a kind school principal lectures on vivisection, explaining its cruelty in the name of science. A pupil answers that vivisection means trying it on the dog, highlighting a blunt student interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Health and medicine advertisements and quips from newspapers
A collage of vintage medical ads and quips including Lane’s Family Medicine promising daily bowel movement benefits and gentle liver kidney action, Gnovn's TasteLess Chiu toxic pill claim, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds, Piso’s Cure for children, and witty quotes about perfection and dogs from various papers.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Syrup of Figs Advertisement
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally. The Cincinnati Daily News advertises a remedy. It promotes California Fig Syrup Co. laxative Syrup of Figs sold in San Francisco Louisville and New York with price 50 cents per bottle. The ad highlights components from senna and figs and warns to buy only with the full company name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fie Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
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Agar Trus
Col. Bell
Beemie
Hawkins
Kheystone State
HE Dreyfus
Chaler
West India
P. R
Turk’s Island
Kingston
Jamaica
Fifty-First
Edmonton Trail
Wrangle
Hood
Lane
Wasp
Price,inc
Indianapolis Journal
N. Y. Herald
M. G. Blunt
Sprague, Wash
Atchiscz Globe
Hall
Chicago Daily News
Subie Cos
Slicker
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
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