British Dreadnaught Agamemnon Sunk Claims Prof Duesing
In a letter from Kiel University professor Carl Duesing cites German forces sinking the British dreadnaught Agamemnon off the Dardanelles on May 26. He asserts this is the eighth British dreadnaught lost in the Dardanelles region since the war began and describes related battles and prisoner captures.
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Duesing
Herman Duesing
Carl Duesing
Kiel University
Germany
Royal Naval Academy
Darkansiles
Dar
Aegean
Galicia
Duessing
Teutonic
Premsys
New York Herald
Heave
Landstrom
Italy
Escapes German Submarines in Ship Full Speed
The ship charged through a trough of the sea to outpace German submarines. Captain Olsen described shells failing and the crew pounding the ship as waves swelled. He ordered speed ahead, the submarine chasers followed but could not arm their guns, and the maneuver was deemed a success.
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Olsen
Prince of Wales Fund Tops 25 Million in Britain
London reports the Prince of Wales Fund has reached 25,460,000 dollars with about 10,526,000 distributed to aid families of soldiers and sailors and those in civil distress. Widows orphans and maimed veterans receive substantial support while fund administration costs have totaled over 30,000 dollars.
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London
Prince of Wales Fund
Britain
Berlin fund drives melt precious jewelry for soldiers
In Berlin a public drive pools gold and silver items donated by citizens to aid relatives of fallen soldiers. Valuables with high artistic value are appraised by expert jewelers and may be preserved for museums or collectors rather than melted, while less valuable pieces are melted to raise funds.
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Berlin
Fatherland
Oddi Pations
Coalition government movement gains strength in Australia
Melbourne on June 25 reports a growing push for a coalition cabinet in the Commonwealth of Australia to end the war. The Age and the Argus urge unity and a sinking of party lines in national affairs amid the political debate.
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Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Aecoee the Age
Radical
the Argus
Liberal
Convicted Coward Redeemed by Heroic Action at Ypres
Professor J H Morgan recounts a condemned coward who showed bravery during the Ypres fighting. A court-martialed sergeant, sentenced to five years, nearly earned the Victoria Cross after breaking through lines. His punishment was quashed and a new act allowed redemption of character.
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Ypres
J. H. Morgan
London
Peepee Neers
Chinese Government Sets Up Isolation Hospital at Pekin
The Ministry of the Interior will convert a large building in the Shih Tizo Hutune area of Peking into a government isolation hospital. Estimated annual cost is about 20 000 dollars with initial setup at least 10 000 dollars. Municipal funds cover the latter. ongoing maintenance will come from the government budget. The move follows a scarlet fever and throat disease outbreak prompting urgent action.
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Peking
Ministry of the Interior
Shih Tizo Hutune
Mobilization talk for English physicians grows in London
London reports a push to mobilize English doctors amid a shortage of qualified surgeons and rising civilian and military demands. Medical Council officers favor organizing the profession on a war footing, reassigning private practice to meet varying workloads while maintaining service in crowded cities and rural areas.
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London
England
Medical Council
For Sale or Exchange Bridgeport Income Property Ad
Income producing property in Bridgeport offered for sale or exchange for lots farm or unimproved land. The Bridgeport Land and Title Company at 875 Main St contact via phone 771 D25.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Land & Title Company
Main St
THE
Bridgeport Land Title Company
Young Men At Battle Front Going Insane
London report by Dr. Murray Leslie warns very young soldiers under 21 show mental shock from war service with two main types. Shell-induced stupor and neurasthenia require careful treatment before returning to duty. Censorship safeguards national morale, optimism as mental tonic for both nation and individuals.
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London
Murray Leslie
Leslie
July Band Concert Schedule Set by Park Board
The Board of park commissioners released the July band concert calendar with venues at Seaside Washington Lafayette Old Mill Green Hancock Ave and Seaside venues. The schedule lists dates July 1 4 5 3 8 11 15 18 20 22 25 and 27 with various bands including C A C Beardsley Ww and Seaside Olympic and Wood among others.
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Ww. &W. Seaside
C. A.C. Beardsley
W. Seaside
C. A.C. Washington
Olympic Lafayette
Old Mill Green
Seaside
Olympic Hancock Ave
C A G Seaside
A. Cc
Wood
A. GC
Beardsley
Yellow Mill
Manx Children of Ofy to Begin Work Soon
About 3,000 school children in the district are expected to enter stores and factories to help family revenues. C. M. Hall head of the state board of education predicted the June rush for work certificates is unusually large this year.
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State Board of Education
C. M. Hall
FIUMAN INTEREST [VOTES FOUND IN THE LATEST WAR BULLETINS
June 25 reports from Warsaw describe the German Empress fainting at a hospital after a wounded officer expressed vengeance wishes. Other items note Austrians shooting clergy, Canadian Pacific secrecy on munitions orders, a Turkish sultan’s minor operation, and women joining the railway union amid war needs.
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Petrograd
Novoe Vremyn
Warsaw
Posen
Wilhelm
Montreal
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lapland
America
Canada
Munitions Department
British War Office
Thomas
Sultan
London
Turkey
Israel
Aerial exploits lure Holland villagers to watch German flights
At Rottumeroog, the eastern Dutch island, locals observe daily flights from German Tauben and Zeppelins over the North Sea while martial law restricts landings. Coast guards, submarines, and occasional torpedo boats punctuate the vigilant scene as German and British warships patrol nearby waters. The island, once populous, features medieval merchant warehouses and pirate history, with Douwe van Glinis and Barthold Entens van Mentheda named among its past
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Netherlands
Europe
Holland
Ems
Borkum
Heligoland
Wilhelmshaven
North Sea
Groningen
Douwe van Glinis
Barthold Entens van Mentheda
Island refuge held through James era and castle ruin
The narrative recalls a retreat from the British Isles with King James, Clanricarde building a castle on the island, its destruction in 1707 by a great flood. Sea birds bred there with eggs sent to the mainland, but many fled due to cannon fire from target practice on Borkum and sight of airborne war machines with whirring propellers.
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British Isles
James
Clanricarde
Borkum
Germans Accused of Poisoning Water in South Africa
Capetown June 25 dispatch from a British officer describes German methods in retreat in South West Africa. Wells were polluted with creosote using tins linked to bottoms to leak poison, forcing reliance on sweet water after tins were found. Mines left by retreating Germans reportedly hidden in plateaus and hillsides, with several detonations and many more yet to be unearthed.
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Capetown
South Africa
Lar Aus
Southwest Africa
Aus
Went Conducts Camp at Lake Keever Maine
Harvey C Went physical director of public schools and boy scout head directs a camp for six Bridgepo boys at Lake Keever Maine. Women will hereafter be eligible to membership in the National Union of Railway Men in Great Britain.
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Hrailway Union
London
National Union of Railway Workers
Marr Harvey C. Went
Lake Keever
Maine
Bridgepo
National Union of Railway Men
Great Britain
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