Army casualty list in four sections names many men
The army casualty list issued in four sections reports 343 total losses including 154 killed in action and 16 died of wounds. It lists Lieutenants Ames Harwood Young and others from Boston Richmond Florence and more, with numerous corporals, privates, and sergeants named, across many states and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oliver Ames
Boston
Mass
Franklin A. Harwood
Richmond
Frank Leslie Young
Florence
Ala
Marcus Valentic
Gary
William Carter
Evie
Aaron Cohen
Dubois
Patrick G. Cooke
Lessenring
James Daley
Chicago
Paul
Caron
Michigan City
Ind
George C. Duffield
Keosauqua
Iowa
Benjamin T. Francis
Marlboro
Harald Oscar Hallberg
Kane
Harry W. Hammong
Malvern
William E. Horton
Cleveland
Ohio
John R. Jarvis
Creston
Don H. Kitt
Los Angeles
Cal
Rolla M. Newman
Falden
Ill
Frederick W. O'Donnell
Bradford
Frank Raw 6On
Canto Logan
Ilinois
Clarence V. Shurtz
Eagle Grove
Allen B. White
Chelsea
Philip Roy
Goodridge
Philadelphia
Wagoner Howard Gitschall
Douglass
Kaw
la Grande Beebe
Dewey M. Burger
Lean
James A. Burkett
Ramsbauer
Harry Campbell
Spring Valley
Marcona Cirullo-Ripa
Conditi
Italy
Martono Ciruly
Ripa Conditti
Asa I. Collins
Kansas City
Leroy P Daley
Ottumwa
John Dolan
Kellargrea_ county
Ireland
Oliver Dideon
James C. Mason
Dublin
John Merkel
Oscoda
Midi
Poncatti Nazzareno
Corinaldo
Ancona
Angelo Pergiavanni
Chieti
Join Rocone
East 1424 Street
New York
Lincoln Schlott
Lincoln
Maynard R. Simpson
Lovingston
Frank A. Vaillancourt
Fairview
Joseph T. Walczak
Leonard Street
Buffalo
N.Y
George West
Oliver Springs
Tenn
Douglas Urquhart
Ashfield
Glen Filmer
Monroe
Wis
Alexander Loyd
Eliska
Brodie G. Gowrie
Sioux City
Neb
Otto Koch
Ford Avenue
Glendale
Albert M. Swanson
New Haven
Igonn
Casmir Owsilany
Serjeants
Harry
Mirgson
Waterloo
Tawa
Alexander Shanott
Ton Cannaroral
Prince Street
Charles A. Groulx
Ogdensburg
Ileary
Hopp
Mason City
Robert P McLauhhlin
Ivy
George
Milena
Holdrege
Ned
Vmenry Thillips
Grays Lanning
Homer G. Tavern Tinesville Bhan
Vinel strengthens elderly man, claims benefit from tonic
Mr Nelson H Tease of the National Soldiers' Home Tennessee claims Vinel tonic improved his weak health. He says at 74 with poor appetite and sleep issues the product built him up, improved sleep, and overall strength. Ostrofsky Hindle Pharmacy endorses the advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson H. Tease
National Soldiers’ Home
Tennessee
Vinel
Ostrofsky
Hindle Pharmacy
Magazine Editor's Wife Shoots Son Then Takes Poison
LUNOX Mass August 11 Mrs J Allan Dunn wife of a magazine editor and story writer shot and probably fatally wounded her infant son at her home and swallowed poison to end her own life Her husband and physicians said she was removed to the state insane hospital in Northampton where doctors believe she will recover from the poison's effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunox
Mass
J. Allan Dunn
Water Sports Meet Draws Large Crowd At Beach Event
A crowd of about 15 090 watched a water sports day highlighted by Lane and Kruager thrilling fans with sprint and backstroke wins. The event featured a 50 yard three man relay, 800 yard auto race viewing along the park course, and a dead heat among Miss Boyle Miss Meaney for a national title with Boyle scratched. Wainright wowed spectators with diving while Bonsky towed six men in a bold strength display. Post office thrift stamps and program sales supported the event.
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Lane
Kruager
Krueger
Scrueger
Howe's Monument
Helen Meaney
Rye Beach
N. Y
Charlotte D. Boyle
Broooklyn
Uncle Sam
Pelham Bay
Charles F. Greene
William T. Meyer
Life Saving Corps
Helen “Matthews
Wood Avenue
Life Savings Corps
Commoore Bucks
Pershing In Command Of First Field Army
The American field army is organized under General John J. Pershing with corps commanders named as Liggett Bullard Bundy Reed Wright. The move coordinates forces in France and may use divisions on British and French fronts for weeks, with further army formations planned and air details to be arranged by the war labor board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
New England
First Corps
Liggett
Fanch
John J. Pershing
Bullard
Bundy
Reed
Wright
Russell
Bridgeport
War Board
Bethlehem
Penn
Schenectady
Steel
Electrical Works
French Make Great Gains to Eastward
The British Fourth Army under General Rawlinson pushes toward Nesle and Ham as German resistance stiffens around Lihons. All bridges on the Somme between Peronne and Ham are destroyed by allied aviators while air forces bomb improvised crossings. Allied reports say German retreat is chaotic with many officers captured and eleven divisions identified among their ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Hutier
von Marwitz
France
Associated Press
Somme
Nesle
Chaulhes
Road Hog Drives Passing Car Into Ditch
Stratford reports a Ford touring car driven by Miss Wdna Goldsmith was crowded into a ditch near North Main Street. The other car sped away after the collision, leaving the Goldsmith occupants uninjured though the Ford severely damaged. Police are pursuing the hit and run driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Wdna Goldsmith
Marty Wilcoxson
North Main Street
Goldsmith
Pha
Milford man held after Devon dance hall fracas
Micheal Strotnack of 74 Garden Street was arrested just after midnight for breach of peace following a near riot at a Devon dance hall Saturday night. He was booked at Milford headquarters and released to the Chief of Police. other Bridgeport youths reportedly joined the melee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micheal Strotnack
74 Garden Street
Milford
Strotnack
Devon
Bridgeport
Karlsruhe Station in Flames After Raid
London reports from the Air Ministry that Karlsruhe was raided and an explosion occurred at Karlsruhe Station. The notice confirms an air raid and resultant fire at the station, with no further details on casualties or damages provided.
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Karlsruhe
London
Air Ministry
Nine Schooners Sunk by U Boat off Maine Coast
Navy dispatches report a German submarine sank nine fishing schooners off the Massachusetts coast including Kate Palmer Amita May Reliance Starbucks and Progress. Four survivors from Kate Palmer reached port aboard Helen Morley. fate of others unknown. An Atlantic port reported four more vessels attacked near Georges Banks with one schooner disappearing. Captain Edward A. Proctor of Gleaner witnessed gunfire and a schooner vanish while pursuing a risky escape south of Ree Point.
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Robert
Richard
Maine
Canadian
Luzblanca
North Atlantic
Navy Dept
Washington
Massachusetts
Navy Department
Kate Palmer
The
Amita May
Reliance
Starbucks
Progress
Helen Morley
Atlantic
Gleaner
Georges Banks
Edward A. Proctor
Pirea
Proctor
Ree Point
Bridgeport Mobilizes Nurses for Overseas Service
Bridgeport announces recruitment to send nurses overseas with reduced age and education barriers for qualified applicants. Led by Lt Willard Stleck and local Red Cross organizers, the effort lists Margaret Rourke and numerous Bridgeport volunteers guiding the drive, aiming to fill overseas posts with capable, and lightly constrained, medical personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollee
Losin
Slate
Bray
Winifred At
Gasumaiuin
Red Cross Commission
Jesse Scanton
Red Cross Komitee
Aliss Eizabeth Oliver
Bridgeport Hospital
Eva Hugo
Bridgeport Vlinde
Helena Kelly
Atisa Wato Pulte
Anna Cullen
Julia Moran
Elizabeth Lavery
Allied Attacks Reduce Activity on Yser and Ancre Front
Berlin via London reports the war office stating that between the Yser and the Ancre fighting declined during the day but revived at many points in the evening. Strong enemy thrusts on both sides of the lines were repulsed.
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Tivig
London
Libens
Unig
Lihons
Wrenel
Kove
Berlin
War Office
Yser
Ancre
Oise
Somme
Trong
Raincourt
Ayre
Rosieres
Amiens
Artille
Now Approaching Town on Somme Front
A wartime dispatch describes Allied advances from Compiegne to Noyon as French forces push toward Montdidier and east toward Tilleloy and Canny-Sur-Matz. Observers expect continued German retreat with rear guards. Air battles intensify as Allied planes destroy bridges on the Somme and push to seize Rov e. Prisoner tallies rise and German entrenchments form on the Vesle front.
Obituary notices for McDonald Hennessey and others in local paper
The obituary column reports funeral services for Etta Toohey McDonald at 8:30 from her sister Mrs Martin Kane’s residence and 9 from Sacred Heart church with burial at St. Michael’s cemetery. Also listed are the deaths of James A. Hennessey, Ellen Agnes Tent Lent, Eleanor Lewis Curtiss, and Richard Leander Gali with service details and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Toohey McDonald
Martin J. Kane
Warren Street
Sacred Heart Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
James Ryan
Worcester
Mass
James A. Hennessey
West Avenue
Lnto
Hugh
Stratford
Mary
John
Holy Name Society
Ellen Agnes
Edward A. Lent
Bridgeport Hospital
Carrell Avenue
Lent
Church of the Blessed Lnuerament
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rush
Joseph
Edward
James
Dennis Moroney
Heather
William Tivene
Mie
August Waler
Stratford Avenue
Holy Cross Cemetery
Eleanor Lewis Curtiss
Eleanor Lewis
David Burr Cluetiss
Nichols
Bozeman
Montana
Charles B. Curtss
Daniel Shelton
Nichols Ceretory
Richard Trait
Richard Leander Gali
Tvanistan Avenue
Bolshevik Split and Death Reported in Russian Cities
Fragmentary article notes Bolshevik and Menshevik tensions in Kazan and mentions the death of a Bolshevik leader Schinsky in Novgorod and Ryazan districts. It references councils of representatives and the ongoing purge of moderates amid Soviet power struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kazan
Novgorod
Riazan
German embassy to move from Moscow to Pskov
Reports from Berlin say the German embassy in Moscow will relocate to Pskov due to conditions in Moscow. The route will go via Petrograd Helsingfors and Reval on the Baltic coast, with Moscow cited as the cause for the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
M Cow
Pskov
Moscow
Berlin
Psk
Petrograd
Petrograi Helsingfors
Finland
Reval
Driver Reports Own Car Smashed in Collision
Fohn Welwick of 06 Bostwn Avenue reported to the Third point station that his automobile and methane driven by Arth Meeker of 1079 Fairfield Avenue collided at Orland Street and Fairfield Avenue shortly after 10 o clock last night. He stated that he was driving south on Orland Street when Meeker’s car struck, Welwick’s car was badly damaged. No arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fohn Welwick
Bostwn Avenue
Third Point
Arth Meeker
Fairfield
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