Dr Martin Skwatton Martin Aided Formation Of American Field Hospital
Dr Martin Skwatton Martin a Columbia University surgeon who organized the American field hospital in France will lead the preliminary setup with surgeons and nurses from Columbia Johns Hopkins and Harvard. Osler proposed the plan with Army Medical Corps approval. The hospital aims for efficient care without experimental surgery and will be among Europe’s largest field hospitals.
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Skwatton Martin
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
France
Staten Islpent
New York City
Martin
Harry Payne. Whitney
French War District
Whitney
Juilly
America
Ark of the New American Field Hospital
Columbia
Johnstropkine
Harvard
William Osler
Nada
Oxford University
Johns S Hopkins
English Army Medical Corps
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
New American Hospital
Europe
Brilliant Storming Operations Climax to Przemysl
Berlin reports swift fall of Przemysl after a two month occupation by Russian forces. Austro German victory sparks jubilation in Berlin Vienna Prague and Budapest with flags and national anthems in the streets. Press notes indicate accelerated siege and heavy Russian reinforcements. observers call the defeat a turning point ending Russian dominance in Galicia.
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Berlin
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Przemysl
Vienna
Prague
Budapest
Galicia
Vossische Zeitung
Lemberg
Lublin
Invangorod
Brest-Litosky
Russians claim Przemysl fall freed munitions and troops
Petrograd reported that Russian forces evacuated positions north and west of Przemysl after removing all war materiel seized from Austrians. The defense around the city was deemed unnecessary, as Przemysl could not be held, and batteries and front lines were shifted east. Attacks between Przemysl and the Dniester were repulsed.
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Przemysl
Dniester
Danish schooner Salvador sunk. crew saved at Lerwick
The Danish timber schooner Salvador was torpedoed on Wednesday night. After the submarine fired on the vessel and destroyed the stern, the crew were ordered into lifeboats and adrift for 12 hours. They were rescued by a trawler and landed at Lerwick, Scotland.
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London
Salvador
Lerwick
Scotland
German Officers in Galicia Decorated
Berlin reports Gen Alexander Linsingen who led the Stry capture received the Pour le Merite along with numerous Galician campaign officers. Generals Von Plettenberg and Von Francois were honored with the same prize, while Generals Von Emmich and Von Der Warwitz already held it and were awarded the Oak Leaf distinction.
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Berlin
London
Alexander Linsingen
Stry
von Plettenberg
von Francois
von Emmich
von der Warwitz
Italian King Honors Heroic Lieutenant
Rome reports the Alpine detachment captured an entrenched Austrian position in Val Inferno defile near Cal Dagno. The lieutenant led the assault despite wounds and was awarded the military medal by King Victor Emmanuel. In Richmond, Confederate veterans marched in celebration with the Stars and Stripes.
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Rome
Val Inferno
Cal Dagno
Ministry of War
Traces of Censors Deleted in Berlin
Berlin reports that German press lacks visible censor blanks as in France and Austria. A Dusseldorf police raid on Volkeszeitung ordered Sunday issue withdrawn after the socialist paper printed blank spaces where censorship had removed sentences.
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Berlin
Dusseldorf
Volkeszeitung
Public hearing on widening Congress Street on south side
The board of appraisal and benefits held a hearing for property owners on the south side of Congress Street about widening the north side. Logan Brothers and attorney J J Cullinan for S Z Poli said no benefits would accrue. A New Haven road rep offered to remove an abutment if city pays 35000. Some opposed extending Beers Street while Huntington road residents supported a new grade. Also noted, a fire in the hold of the steamer City of Delhi in Boston harbor caused 15000 damage.
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Board of
Congress Street
Logan Brothers
J. J. Cullinan
S. Z. Poli
New Haven Road
Beers Street
Huntington Road
Taft Praises Wilson at Bryn Mawr Commencement
In Philadelphia a Taft address at Bryn Mawr College commencement praised President Wilson on Germany. In Muskegon Michigan a woman Mrs Albert Steele was found guilty of killing her 111yearold stepdaughter and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia
Taft
Wilson
Germany
Albert Steele
Muskegon, Mich
Tea coffee butter and eggs sale pitch ad
An old advertisement promotes tea coffee butter and eggs with emphasis on purity value and cleanliness. It highlights Duchess coffee 30¢ per lb and smaller prices for coffee varieties, Elgin Creamery and Spring Valley butter, and eggs at 25¢ per dozen. It touts sanitary farm practices and direct to consumer delivery.
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van Dyk
Elgin Creamery
Spring Valley
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