Czernowitz Threatened as Russian Drive Races East
London reports heavy fighting along the eastern front from the Gulf of Riga to Bukowina. Russians push toward Czernowitz, recapturing Dubno and advancing in Galicia while French hold Verdun against renewed German assaults. Prisoners exceed 100,000.
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London
Gulf of Riga
Bukowina
Riga
Jasielda
Pripet
Tirul
Petrograd
Russia
Lutsk
Russian War Office
Galicia
Czernowitz
Bohulintze
Buczace
Verdun
Thiaumont
Fort Vaux
Fort Souville
Fort Tavannes
Eut
Verna
Volhynia
Dubno
Volhynian
Csernowics
Fragmented OCR item hints at a local notice
Incomplete text from a historic newspaper fragment shows garbled phrases and missing details about an event or notice. The readable parts suggest a public or legal notice but lack names, dates, places, or actions to specify scope or outcome.
Kansas City To Host Massive 12 Month Convention Surge
Kansas City expects a record year with the American Osteopathic Association meeting July 31 drawing about 3000 delegates, and the Grand Army of the Republic in August hosting seven or eight related groups. Estimated distant attendance ranges from 30,000 to 50,000, depending on rail rates. The Missouri Press Association marks its 50th anniversary with a three day stay and a special souvenir program. September brings a Dairy Association show, followed by the American Bankers Association and the American Royal Live Stock Show in November. The Missouri State Historical Society plans a 1000 member meeting, as the National Department of Superintendence conference looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Osteopathic Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Kansas Citians
Missouri Press Association
United States
Park Board
Longview
Muehlebach
Southwestern Dairy Association
Convention Hall
American Bankers’ Association
American Royal
Missouri State Historical Society
Department of Superintendence
National
L Wreck Injures Thirty In New York
A collision near New York injures about thirty people. Emergency crews respond as sirens echo through the streets. Authorities investigate the cause while hospitals treat the injured.
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New York
Fragmentary OCR Note Unknown Names in Oregon Notice
Fragmented text reflects a local notice from Oregon with unclear names and action. Readable elements include a reference to a person or title and partial place hints. Details are insufficient to determine exact event, date, or involved organizations.
Builders and Carpenters Enter Widening Strike Conflict
The Kansas City Builders' Association and the building laborers trade group are in a deepen ing dispute as carpenters refuse to work on any job where policemen are stationed for protection. The carpenters, bound by a by law, may join a sympathetic strike against contractors who refuse the wage increase from 35 to 40 cents an hour or to meet a committee. Seven large jobs have already resumed work, with only one major project still idle, while the association secretary notes that non union labor is readily available to replace striking workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Builders’ Association
Building Laborera
Carpenters’ Union
Labor Temple
Builders’ Association
J. A. G. Badorf
Missouri Crop Report Shows Strong Corn Progress and Wheat Losses
The May period brought favorable farming weather with 82 percent of Missouri corn planted. Regions report 68 to 93 percent planted, overall stand better than hoped. Wheat suffers losses with 57.2 percent condition, Hessian fly and winter kill causing failures in Franklin and St. Charles. The corn crop outlook remains promising. total acreage near 1,050,000.
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Missouri
Franklin
St. Charles
Eight Thousand Dollar War Claim Paid to Minor
Helen Fagan aged ten of Springfield receives 8000 from the United States government following a Court of Claims decision in Washington. The award pertains to the steamer William Henry sunk by Captain Samuel Houston in the Arkansas river to block Confederate supply run to Fort Smith during the Civil War.
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Helen Fagan
Springfield
United States
United States ‘Court of Claims
Washington
William Henry
Samuel Houston
Arkansas River
Fort Smith
Explosion at lamp plant kills three in St Louis
Three men die and three are wounded in an explosion at the United States Incandescent Lamp Company plant in St. Louis. Among the dead are R. W. Ferguson general manager and Stanley Nogalski vice president of Laclede Iron Works.
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United States Incandescent Lamp Company
St. Louis
R. W. Ferguson
Stanley Nogalski
Laclede Iron Works
Deaths and notices from Warrensburg and nearby towns
Former Warrensburg postmaster Jo H. Smith died at his home during the Roosevelt and Taft administrations. Brig. Gen. Bernard G. Farrar, 85, ex US sub-treasurer in St. Louis, died at his home. Frank Fruin of Brookfield, ex-conductor for the CB&Q, was killed at St. Joseph after stepping in front of a train. A Palmyra electrocution claimed Milton White’s life, the 31-year-old son of a local family. Fred Schachnee, age 23, died from a hip condition after an illness. multiple fragile notes appear in the text.
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Jo H. Smith
Warrensburg
Roosevelt
Taft
Farrar
Bernard G. Farrar
United States Army
United States
St. Louis
Burlington
Frank Fruin
Brookfield
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
St. Joseph
Missouri suffragists quit campaign plans for 1916 ballot
At the St Louis suffrage headquarters the Missouri W C T U announced no petitions would be filed to place a suffrage amendment on the 1916 ballot. The decision followed Iowa's defeat and a national pullback urged by Carrie Chapman Catt. A temperance educational drive replaces suffrage campaigning statewide, with Debora Knox Livingston listed as a speaker for September in Kansas City and other appearances.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Iowa
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Fannie L. Taylor
Kansas City
Anna Gordon
Carrie Chapman Catt
Gust
National Board
Debora Knox
Livingston
Kaneass City
Lamar Boy Drowns in Muddy Creek
Ralph Wells, 20, of Lamar, was drowned the other afternoon in Muddy Creek at Mayor Egger's ranch. The body has not been recovered. Twenty three Murt In Afton Wreck. Twenty three persons injured when Chicago and Alton train No 213 derailed after hitting a broken rail east of Francis Station.
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Lamar
Ralph Wells
Muddy Creek
Mayor Egger
Murt
Afton
Chicago & Alton
Mexico
Francis
Sheriff Sale Notice in Bates County Missouri
Transcript execution from the Circuit Court clerk of Bates County Missouri sets a May term 1916 sale at the East Court House door Sevi Cage area for Beech Rosier versus R J Groves. The property lies in Bates County and Missouri with sale at nine o'clock that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Bates County
R. J. Groves
Missouri
East Court House
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Czar
Nathaniel A. Usher
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Oregon
Spredieg
Seeseey
Milton
T. White
Palmyra
Ees Shores
Fred
Butler and
Missouri State Bank
the Walton Trust Co
Butler, Missouri
U. S
Frank E. Walker
Rep
Standard Serum Co
Butler
Peoples Bank
W. Mill
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