Turks Repel Aegean Offensive In Dardanelles Battles
The official report from Constantinople says Turkish artillery repelled Anglo French efforts at the Dardanelles. British and Soviet campaigns discuss German advances near Shavli while Russians regain ground near Przasnysz and hold in the Dniester region. Submarine attacks reportedly sink Turkish transports, and renewed Turkish repulsion is confirmed at trenches lost on June 12.
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Associated Press
London
Constantinople
Russia
Petrograd
Shavli
Baltic
Prza- Snyéz
Warsaw
Dnies
Dardenelles
German Offensive Advances Across Polish Front
The Overseas News Agency reports a decisive battle raging along the Russian front with German forces advancing along the Rawka river west of Warsaw. The German battle line spans about six hundred eighty two miles across Poland Galicia and Bukowina. An Athens dispatch follows from London dated June 17.
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Berlin
Sayville
Rawka River
Poland
Galicia
Bukowina
Revolt in Malines reported amid German action
An Amsterdam dispatch reported that inhabitants of Malines Belgium rose up on Tuesday German soldiers opened fire killing seven hundred civilians and the town was isolated by electrified wire fences. No confirmation from other sources.
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London
Amsterdam
Malines
Belgium
Russians abandon positions after river San clashes
Berlin reports the Russians retreated north of the Siénawa river on the San toward Tarnograd Rusel and Poland, abandoning their posts as operations continue in the region.
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Berlin
Siénawa
San
Tarnograd
Rusel
Poland
French advance gains heights in Vosges above Fecht valley
The French report gains in the Vosges near Alsace dominating the Fecht river valley. Officials say the operations place French forces in control of the high ground overlooking the valley.
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Associated Press
Paris
Vosges
Alsace
Fecht
Regent Demand Grows Over Greek King Illness
Athens newspapers allied with Venizelos after election call for the appointment of a regent due to the king's illness. The London dispatch notes the war party supporters push for governance continuity despite the king's condition.
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London
Athens
Venizelos
War Party
Drilling Begins on New Gas and Oil Well
Drillers under Fred M. Allison started work on the Bryan company gas and oil well yesterday after noon at about 4:00. Progress has been rapid and the drill has reached over 100 feet. The community follows the venture closely as many are financially invested and hopeful for a paying gas or oil supply due to abundant gas in the area.
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Fred M. Allison
Bryan Company
Real Estate Transfer in Brazos County Details
J H McCullough transfers 61 acres in the T F McKinney League to R Q Astin in Brazos County. Consideration listed as 1750 dollars. The record notes a land transfer and the amount exchanged.
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J. H. McCullough
R. Q. Astin
T. F. McKinney League
Brazos County
Texas property tax rate hits new high for 1915 16
Austin Texas June 16 Property owners in Texas will pay the largest tax rate for 1915 16 ever fixed in the state A 25c ad valorem tax plus 20c school tax and 5c constitutional tax for Confederate veterans pensions yields a total rate of 54c per hundred dollars valuation The record high is close to the constitutional cap of 35c for ad valorem taxes and marks a notable rise from historical levels across decades.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State of
Notes and Personalities Highlight Local Studious Plans
Miss Evelyn Sanders will study voice in Chicago this summer under Prof. Clippenger and take August piano training in a Crosby Adams program. She also accepted a voice and piano teaching position at Rusk Baptist Academy for September.Miss Robbie Nicol, a Peabody College student in Nashville, earned high honors and a summer scholarship from the Texas Board of Education, continuing domestic science studies toward her degree. The Bryans celebrate her growing achievements. Letters from California remind of the expo's beauties as Mrs. Robert W. Howell plans July visits to Long Beach and a August trip with her husband to the San Francisco Exposition and Yellowstone Park. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Boatwright and Miss Ruth Boatwright head to the Panama Exposition in San Francisco then Colorado, Grand Canyon, and Salt Lake City. Mrs. Robert S. Webb Jr. and daughter Marie Elizabeth depart for Bloomington, Illinois to spend a month with her parents, Eugene Clay Ferguson and wife. Morning porch parties continue to be a Bryan social staple, many noted this past week.
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Evelyn Sanders
Chicago
Clippenger
Crosby Adams
Robbie Nicol
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Peabody
Texas Board of Education
Robbie
Bryan
Robert W. Howell
Newton Bringhurst
Long Beach
California
Howell
San Francisco Exposition
Yellowstone Park
H. O. Boatwright
Ruth Boatwright
San Francisco
Colorado
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Salt Lake City
Apartment Tragedy in New York Burglar Kills Wife
Carmen Cornelius, wealthy merchant, reported a burglary at his New York apartment. Police found his wife dead in bed and a young man dead on the floor, both shot. Cornelius says the man attempted a robbery. he shot the intruder after killing his wife.
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Associated Press
New York
Carmen Cornelius
Cornelius
Mexican Affairs in New Focus
Washington reports show widening gaps between Carranza and his commander Gregon, cabinet dissensions, and Carranza moving his headquarters to the San Juan de Ulloa fortress in Vera Cruz harbor. Obregon delays his march on Mexico City while cabinet reorganization occurs, risking Carranza government solidarity as four cabinet officers resign.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carranza
Gregon
Caranza
San Juan de Ulloa
Vera Cruz
Obregon
Mexico City
Judge Landis Fines Man Two Cents In Disobedience Case
Chicago June 19 Federal Judge Landis fined Henry Johnson two cents after he used a shotgun to drive off a federal agent seeking to inspect for foot and mouth disease on Johnsons premises. The same judge previously imposed a twenty nine million dollar fine on Standard Oil Co. decades ago.
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Standard Oil Co
Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Landis
Henry Johnson
Jury trial on Thaw sanity test upheld discretion
Albany report says the New York Court of Appeals affirmed Supreme Court Justice Hendrick's ruling directing a jury to test Harry K. Thaw's sanity. The court held the trial is not mandatory but remains within the judge's discretion to grant.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Peter A. Hendrick
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Colwell Reappointed Principal of Bryan Colored School
The Bryan public school board elected A. H. Colwell of New Orleans as principal for the 1915 16 session, succeeding E. A. Kemp who served last year. Fire escapes will be installed at the East Side school and music rooms moved to property lines to create more play space. A committee, W. T. James and W. C. Lawson, will study costs to start a domestic science department and report next meeting.
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Public
A. H. Colwell
New Orleans
Colored School
E. A. Kemp
Colwell
Bryan
East Side
W. T. James
W. C. Lawson
Marriage Licenses Issued for Stapleton and Andrews Pair
M F Stapleton and Mise Sleeta Andrews receive marriage license. Willie Love and Alice Arnett also obtain licenses, recording two new unions in the county clerk's office.
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M. F. Stapleton and
Mise Sleeta Andrews
Willie Love and
Alice Arnett
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