Riot at Boston Socialist Parade Ends in Arrests and Flag Incident
A Sunday peace demonstration in Boston sparked riotous scenes as self organized uniformed groups clashed with marchers. Flags banners and anti socialist literature were targeted while federal agents arrested some speakers. Police halted the turmoil after about ninety minutes with numerous arrests. soldiers and sailors involved faced no detentions.
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Boston
Park Square
Tremont Street
Federal Department of Justice
Eliot Street
Scollay Square
Russia
America
Russians Start Major Drive On Eastern Front
London reports the Russian offensive has begun in earnest with Brusiloff reorganized armies attacking along an eighteen and a half mile front. They advanced from the Upper Strypa toward Brzezany Galacia and stormed German trenches as heavy artillery fire persists. This initial drive promises a scale equal to last year’s great offensive and marks the first significant action since the revolution.
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London
Brusiloff
Strypa
Brzezany
Galacia
Land Condemnation Powers Extend to Camps
Washington reports a new wartime bill allowing the secretary of war to condemn land for training and maneuver camps if negotiations fail. A jury will then set the fair price, curtailing delays by landowners obstructing military needs.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Newspapers applaud Brazil’s shift to entente support
Rio Janeiro papers praise President Wencesley Braz and Foreign Minister Milo Peccana for revoking neutrality. Courriere De Manha calls it a logical outcome and official recognition of an existing policy shift in Brazil’s external relations.
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Rio Janeiro
Wencesley Braz
Milo Pecanna
The
Courriere de Manha
Brazil
Prince Christopher to Wed American in London
Special dispatches from Athens report Prince Christopher brother of former King Constantine of Greece traveling to London to marry a wealthy American woman.
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Prince
London
Athens
Christopher
Constantine
Greece
Navy to issue prints on identification medals
Washington announces orders from the navy department requiring officers and men to wear facsimiles of the index angels on their right hand identification medals.
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Washington
Navy Department
Guards Will Get Trained In Second Series Camp
Chicago officers of the national guard including commissioned and non commissioned members are to be admitted for training in the second series of military training camps.
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Chicago
National Guard
Only One Ship in Lost. Rome.
The weekly shipping loss report shows only one Italian vessel sunk last week while arrivals at Italian ports stood at 688.
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Rome
Million Men May Be Drafted Soon
Washington reports a possible 1,000,000 men for the first levy as the War Department seeks revised state population figures from the Census Bureau. National guard and regular army counts since April 1 are deducted, aiding quota calculations. Nine western states gain from the plan, while governors are to assign quotas to local boards.
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Washington
War Department
Census Bureau
McCain
National Guard
Lens and Verdun clash show differing World War I tactics
London reports German forces press Verdun while British under Haig push at Lens with localized attacks. Front line advances on a ten mile front skirt German counterattacks at Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill, causing heavy French losses but limited territorial gains for Germany.
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London
Germany
Verdun
Marshal Haig
Lens
Haig
Dead Man's Hill
Dead Man’s Hill
Government targets 1400 aviators for air service
Washington reports rapid progress in the air service plan. Eight hundred men are in preliminary schools with 200 more weekly. after August 25, 200 weekly will advance to flying fields and 1400 are expected to be actively flying by September 8. Glasgow frame on peace and war. Tooele smelters vote to return.
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Washington
Committee On Public Information
German Ships Beingutilized in American seizure program
Washington reports seven German merchant ships seized at outbreak of war have been turned over by President Whitson to the shipyard board for operation.
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Washington
President Whitson
Shipyang Board
Bell No Isi and To Germans
Washington reports the Venezuelan government has given assurances that it has no intention of disposing of the matter in dispute. The statement reflects ongoing diplomacy as tensions with Germany and other powers are discussed by U S officials.
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Bell No Isi
Washington
United States
Coal price cuts ordered by government and operators
Washington reports sweeping reductions in bituminous coal prices at all eastern mines, from $1 to $5 per ton, with a further 50 cent cut for the government, effective July 1. About 400 operators pledged to supply coal at reasonable prices under government price controls.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Lane
Defense Council
Fort
Federal Trade Commission
Smith
Geological Survey
Exposed Russian agitator read German peace document
Washington dispatches reveal Nikolai Lenin, a radical socialist leader, urged general peace without annexation or indemnity to delegates in Petrograd. M Veitsensky or Veitensky followed with a speech echoing Lenin and announced he had read an intercepted German radio signed by King Leopold of Bavaria.
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Leopold
Washington
Germany
Council of Soldiers
Workmen
Petrograd
Francis
Nikolai Lenin
M. Veitensky
Lenin
Leopold of
Bavaria
New York Police Probe Into Ruth Cruger Case
An inquiry into police methods in the Ruth Cruger disappearance is under way before Commissioner of Accounts Wallstein. Investigators subpoena officers directly linked to the case to assess handling, which he described as stupidity carelessness and negligence.
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Cruger
New York
Ruth Cruger
Accounts
Wallstein
Repudiates Coal Agreement in Washington Meeting
Secretary Baker as head of the council of national defense repudiated a tentative $3 per ton coal price agreement reached at a Washington conference with coal producers Secretary Lane and council coal production members plus the Federal Trade Commission.
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Washington
Baker
Council of National Defense
Lane
Defense Council
Council
Coal Production Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Designs Unsinkable Cargo Boat Endorsed by Italy
Rome reports naval engineer Umberto Pugliere has designed an unsinkable cargo vessel now approved by the Italian ministry of marine. The design promises potential adoption by allied nations and could influence future maritime construction.
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Rome
Umberto Pugliere
Ministry of Marine
Lost Only Five Steamers Parie-Only Two French Merchant Men
A fragmented report notes the sinking of five steamers and two French merchant ships exceeding 1,600 tons, with three or fewer of similar size surviving. The text is garbled but mentions maritime losses and French vessels in wartime context.
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Parie
Bone Dry Law in Effect Steers Mail Advertisements
United States Marshals and Postoffice Inspectors on watch for violators as the Reed amendment cuts off liquor ads from the mails. Twenty three states gone bone dry after midnight Saturday, eleven more partially affected. Officials urge strict enforcement with heavy penalties for violations to suppress mail order sales in dry areas.
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United States Marshals
Postoffice
Washington
Justice and Post Office Department
United States
Big Fight On Beer And Wine in Senate
Washington report shows a heated Senate battle over whether President Wilson should regulate beer and wine production or keep both beverages fully prohibited. The outcome is uncertain and will delay the food control bill to week’s end. Administration backers seek absolute exemption while Gore leads a dry coalition backing presidential discretion.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Gore
Oklahoma
House
Wilson Urges Beer And Wine On Food Bill
President Woodrow Wilson joined the food bill debate urging limited alcohol controls He backs stopping manufacture of whisky and gin but argues beer brewing and light wine production should not be halted now He spoke to Senate leaders in Washington to support the measure and keep factions from clashing over prohibition policy
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Congress
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Offer Armistice to Russia Reported by German Sources
Copenhagen reports a wireless message from Field Marshal von Hindenburg offering an armistice to Russia. Dieut Allmanroeder, a noted pilot in Lieut Baron von Richtofen's squadron, has been killed in aerial combat. Italian posts withdrawn from Agueilo Pass amid Austrian bombardment. Boston suffrage board condemns women picketing the white house. An Atlantic Port reports Capt John Elling and 12 Norwegian crewmen rescued after the Sorland sinking off Ushant.
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Russia
Copenhagen
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Dieut
Allmanroeder
Lieut. Baron von Richtofen
Boston
The
Massachusetts Suffrage Association
Atlantic
John Elling
Ushant
France
Ahaz and the collapse of Judah in Chron Interpreted
A Moody Institute lesson on King Ahaz of Judah, his sixteen year reign ending in ruin, his defiance of God, idolatry and reliance on Syria and Assyria, contrasted with divine rebuke and the danger of trusting human power over Jehovah. The study links ancient events to modern politics and commerce, noting the moral consequences of unfaithfulness.
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Ahaz
Judah
Jerusalem
Kingdom of
Israel
Baal
Solomon
Uzziah
Jotham
Baalim
God
HL Ahaz
Syria
Isa
Assyria
Damascus
Low Plains
Mississippi Briefs Highlight State Events and People
Kaleidoscope of Mississippi items notes Greenwood Young Men's business group growth, Biloxi ice price protests, Seashore Divinity School session near Biloxi, Pontotoc home guards with 60 enrolled, Jackson women knitting parties, Leflore circuit court term called by Judge Everett, Greenwood Y M V station materials arriving, West Point Jersey cows, bank deposits in three Hattiesburg banks surpassing 3 million, Georgetown farmer Mack Little dies by self slashing, Belzoni field hospital corps organized by Dr Robertson, Epworth league conference in Columbus July 5 6, Pontotoc citizens form home guard unit, Clarksdale Baptist church plans $30 000 church building, Carthage 95 year old Mrs Coman buried bones of her dead hawk, Lincoln county soldier sailor record project, Newton Stratford meeting program July 5 6, Sam Wilson leaps overboard near Jonesville, Greenwood cur market proposal to city council, Tallahatchie revival ends, James Richardson recommissioned Newton captain, Lott of Holcomb under arrest for bigamy, Lonnie Moseley dies, Herman Owen shoots Oscar Cartwell, Miss Frances Hogg heads to France with Red Cross, Crystal Springs uses sawdust fuel, John Taylor of Crystal Springs with 22 sons in US Army, Pontotoc rural carriers switch to autos, Corbett Artie showcased as fine young man in Prentiss County.
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F. E. Everett
Indianola
Leflore County
Greenwood
David Cottrell
West Point
Jersey
Hattiesburg
Eeeree Mack Little
Georgetown
Seece James Richardson
Newton
National Guard
James Walter Howell
Lott
Holcomb
Beatrice Martin
Duck Hill
Miss
Ruleville
Carroll County
Ise Lonnie B. Moseley
Mississippi
United States
Southern District of
Hinds County
Jackson
Herman Owen
Columbus
Oscar Cartwell
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Ends Suffering From Cramps
Mrs. Gzovez R. Namor of Box 72 describes twelve years of severe cramps and fainting spells. After trying doctors and various remedies she found relief with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy and recommends it to others with similar symptoms.
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Lydia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hunt's Cure Promises Money Back if Itch Persists
An ad touts Hunt's Cure for itching skin diseases with a money back guarantee. The offer lists conditions such as itch, eczema, ringworm, and tetter and notes price from druggists or directly from Jelne Co. Sherman, Tex. Sea Soldiers Good Shots highlights marines skilled with rifles and a Vera Cruz shooting story.
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Hunt
Price Ruggists
Jelme Co
Sherman, Ter
Has a Fine Edge Town Ponies Quote
A compact remark contrasts a sharp mind about money with a husband praising a wife for cutting into his income. The line appears in a playful exchange from the Town Ponies column reflecting thrift and risk in pursuit of success. The wry joke underscores money sense and boldness.
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Glssgow
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War Office
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Trent
EB. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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Seashore Divinity School
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Pontotoc
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Epworth League Conference
the Methodist Church, South
Lincoln County
Aecee
Newton County Sunday School Association
Association
Stratfor
Sam Wilson
Jonesville
Greenwood Business League
P. H. Howse
Methodist Church
Tallawah
H. Mellard
Purvis
9 Church
Frances Hogg
Miss Hogg
Matty Herse« Charity
Meridian
Birmingham
Red Cross
Crystal Springs
John Taylor
Pontotoc County
E. W. Walton
Booneville
Corbett Artie
Prentiss County
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Neville
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