World News Roundup from the Front Lines and Washington
Austrian pressure on Monte di Val Bella repulsed by Italian forces with two thousand prisoners taken. German offensive in the west anticipated. Allied forces report activity near Château-Thierry and along the Marne. Wilson seeks control of telegraphs and telephones. liquor to soldiers in private homes barred. War profiteering probes, domestic turmoil, and civil unrest noted alongside reporting from France Belgium and the United States.
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Monte di Val Bella
Fraves
West Front
Washington
Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Mosley
Passy-En-Valois
War Office
Draft numbers drawn for 1916 Army classes
America’s second draft lottery was held on June 27. A table shows each registration number with its draw order, then assigns registrants to one of five classes based on mailed questionnaires, followed by placement on class lists determined by the call number from the draw.
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Senate
Baker
Washington
America
Public War Department Figures Show Major Overseas Troop Growt
President Wilson released a Baker letter detailing American overseas forces as of July 1 totaling 1 019 115. The three month period from March to May saw 637 929 men embark, six months ahead of schedule. Generals Pershing Liggett and divisions prepared in France bolster the effort as supplies and equipment meet demand.
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Washington
Wilson
Baker
Pershing
France
Western Republic
Liggett
A Million Men Pushed From Civil Work to War Jobs
Washington reports that about a million draft age men have been shifted to war related employment under the work or fight order. Women have filled many of these roles, with estimates of around half a million. From now, men on draft lists lacking essential war work may be transferred to the army, subject to local board mercy in hardship cases.
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Washington
General Crowder
Crowder
Prospect for Cotton Good
The Department of Agriculture forecasts a cotton crop of 15,325,000 bales this year, up 4,025,000 from last season and second only to one other record. The crop's condition is 85.8, with acreage at 37,073,000 acres, higher than last year and near an all time high.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Doan
Washington Gladden Dead in Columbus at 82
Washington Gladden prominent Congregational minister and author died in Columbus at age 82 after a second stroke of paralysis suffered last Sunday. The longtime national figure passed away this morning in his home.
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Washington Gladden
Columbus
City
Glaiden
Belgian Steamer Chilier Sunk 1400 Miles Off Coast
The Belgian steamer Chilier was sunk on June 21 about 1400 miles from the Atlantic coast. Twenty-five survivors were rescued by a sailing vessel on June 27, and the Navy Department announced the loss.
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Washington
Chilier
Atlantic
Navy Department
Men’s Efficiency College Ad in Kansas City
An advertisement promotes Men’s Efficiency College at 915 Walnut, Kansas City Missouri. It claims quick readiness for graduates with new methods and offers free trial information and flexible start dates.
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Men’s Efficiency College
Walnut
Kansas City
Ady
Coal production rises in six day period and April compares
The fuel administration reports 11,688,000 net tons of bituminous coal mined in six days, up 5.7 percent from the prior week. For the month the estimate is 6,478,000 net tons, about 10 percent higher than April 1917.
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Fuel Administration Amoun
Pathfin
Snowy Owls Recorded in Nebraska History
The Argonaut notes four previous sightings of snowy owls in Nebraska, describing the species as Arctic migrants with striking plumage. It highlights their two foot height and typical habit of perched on straw stacks or hummocks rather than tree branches.
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Nebraska
Arctic
Old Grist Mill to Norristown Replacement
The Montgomery County Historical Society formed a committee to move a 1734 grist and sawmill from ham to Elmwood Norristown. The relic, long unused, was donated by Miss Mary and accepted by Norristown officials to be cared for along Stony Creek for future generations. The plan includes transporting a driving wheel turbine wheel and possibly a gob crusher.
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Norristown
Montgomery County (Patorical Society
Ham
Elmwood
Mary
Stony Creek
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