Seven Days Front Battles Across Arras Front
Allied forces push along the Scarpe and toward Monchy Le Preux and other villages as British and French troops report gains and German setbacks on a broad front from Arras to Soissons. Allied crossings and river advances accompany Austro Hungarian reinforcements and ongoing German retreat.
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Field Marshal
Haig
Arras
Scarpe River
Coreul
Monchy-Le-Preux
Guemappa
Vancourt
Soissons
Ussuri
Vladivostok
Daily Mall
Harbin
State Tax Board Sets Railways Full Value Assessment
Missouri state board of equalization votes to assess railroad rolling stock at same level as last year. Previous surge to full cash value sparked debate. full real and personal property value would shift tax burdens, but plan was halted by key officials. News notes include election results and duty to register for draft age extensions.
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Jefferson City
State Board of Equalization
Missouri
State Commission
McAllister
Sullivan
Middlekamp
Parole Revoked for Fred Woelful After Misconduct
Acting Governor Crossley取消 parole of Fred Woelful who was released May 17 after four years of a ten year murder sentence. Parole revoked on state board of pardons recommendation citing association with criminals and improper conduct in St Louis.
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Crossley
Fred Woelful
State Board of Pardons
St. Louis
Order restricting coal supply to towns in Missouri counties
State Fuel Administrator Wallace Crossley uses a rule forbidding coal for domestic fuel outside incorporated towns of 50 or more counties in Southern Missouri. An exception may be granted if wood is unavailable for rural consumers. Additional counties may be added if wood supply supports it.
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Missouri
Wallace Crossley
Insurance rates eyed on St. Louis war time building boom
Special evidence shows a value rise of more than 60 percent in St. Louis buildings since the war began, used to justify a flat 10 percent rate increase by state insurers. Former Judge Revelle, representing the companies, says higher postwar claims justify the rise. Commissioner Williams of Boonville has reserved his decision.
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Pettis County
Sedalia
A. L. Donlin
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Revelle
Williams
Boonville
State Fair Canning and Sewing Winners Named
Judges awarded extra premiums to Missouri children’s clubs at the state fair. Boone led with 25 points followed by Pettis 16 and Saline 8, with several other counties earning smaller sums. The fair showcased more than 20 000 individual items across the children’s clubs.
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Missouri
Boone
Pettis
Saline
Warren
Green
DeKalb
Lafayette
Macon
Henry
Morgan
Johnson
St. Louis
Local Officials Comment On Wages And Workload
Commissioners defend salaries of twenty dollars per day as hard but fair work. They express hope to wrap up duties soon as the secretary of the seven seated body outlines progress and remaining tasks.
Missouri Announces Coal Screenings for Manufacturers
Lieut. Gov. Wallace Crossley says screening coal and low grade fuel are now available for eastern Missouri manufacturers. Up to Sept 10 the fuel administrator allows any quantity of this coal. after that date restrictions similar to other grades apply. Also tips from Missouri Food Commissioner Mumford urge pulping fruit for jam and pies, canning without sugar, and omitting certain pickles to conserve sugar.
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Wallace Crossley
District of
Missouri
F. B. Mumford
Baldwin Wins Nomination Claim After Vote Dispute
Senator John Baldwin of Appleton City asserts he was re chosen as Democratic nominee for the sixteenth district state senate by three votes. He traveled to the capital to present evidence to the secretary of state claiming five uncounted ballots, which would shift the nomination by two votes.
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Folk
U. S
X. P. Wilfley
Whie Wilfley
John C. Higdon
Spencer
Col. Torrey
Torrey
Missouri
Judge Spencer
Wilfley
Audrain
Boone
Cass
Jackson
Johnson
Osage
Platte
Carroll
Douglass
Howell Laclede
Ozark
Putnam
Ripley
St. Charles
Shannon
Taney
Caleb Lipscomb
Springfield
United States Senate
A. W. Lamkin
Supreme Judge
W W. Graves
James T. Neville
Samuel A. Baker
Jefferson City
G. H. Boehm
Ava
Seeva B. Laughlin
Canton
Frank Morische
Social Labor
Baldwin
John Baldwin
Appleton City
State Senate
Missouri War Service Enlistment Updates
The quartermaster ordnance and signal departments may enlist men up to age 56, 15 years above the prior 41 year limit, with social qualifications and light medical checks. Voluntary enlistments of men under 46 are now prohibited. Missouri council of defense announces a state advisory board and community labor boards to oversee the war era labor survey and supply.
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Quartermaster, Ordnance and Signal Departments
Missouri
Missouri Council] of Defense
State Advisory Board
Border Clash at Nogales Kills Two Americans
A skirmish along International avenue at Nogales Arizona left two Americans dead and over two dozen wounded as more than five hundred U S troops engaged Mexicans for ninety minutes. Capt J D Hungerford and Corp Barney Lotz were killed. several officers and civilians were wounded. A truce was agreed until morning with officials attributing the flare up to ill feeling between customs guards.
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Nogales
Ariz
International Avenue
J. D. Hungerford
Corp
Barney Lotz
Frederick J. Herman
Luke Loftus
H. C. Caron
Lieut. S. Lockwood
Gaston Reddock
Cooley
Sonora
A. J. Abasola
Herman
Charles Hardy
Abasola
Bernhardt Returns to Stage on Orpheum Circuit
Madame Sarah Bernhardt resumes performing on the Orpheum Circuit in Kansas City for a week starting September 1. She appears twice daily in two one act plays with her company with proceeds aiding her Paris hospital for the sick and wounded. Sunday through Wednesday feature From the Theatre to the Field of Honor and later Camille scenes.
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Kansas City
Sarah Bernhardt
Orpheum
Madame Bernhardt
Paris
America
France
Martin Beck
Kansas
Red Cross Bathhouse Shelling Kills Belgians
Details reach Red Cross headquarters of a Belgian front bathhouse shelling that killed twenty three Belgian employees and injured sixty. A shell struck the laundry roof around 11 AM, sending men women and children flying in all directions.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Mutiny Rumors Surface in Amsterdam Battalion
Amsterdam reports unrest as a Boche battalion experiences mutiny rumors on August 28. Details remain sparse with no official confirmation from military authorities.
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Boche
Amsterdam
Kermit Roosevelt Earned Cross for Service
Kermit Roosevelt received a cross for his services with the British Army. The award, noted in dispatches, highlighted his contributions during a period of unrest and marked a notable recognition of his military role.
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Kermit Roosevelt
Cross
Bettish Army
Preventing Ants and Roaches in the Home
Keeping food sealed and stored in metal containers prevents ant attraction. Prompt cleanup of spilled foods reduces insect nuisance. Roaches avoid rooms when no food materials are present and odors or food fragments are not kept in drawers.
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Plac
Editor Turns Soldier Tale in London Tit-Bits
An alleged old soldier recalls positions and injuries in a wartime diary, describing map marks, a left wing assault, a shoulder wound, and a shattered right arm from a shell fragment, interrupted by a quip about brains blown out.
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Zareba
London
Poor Comparison in a Family Exchange
A humorous exchange shows Caroline eating a green apple against her mother’s warning. Caroline retorts with witty logic about their dog being “the wellest one of the family,” highlighting a playful misstatement rather than harm.
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Caroline
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