Boys Leave for Camp Sherman In High Spirits
The Cambridge draft selects depart with 24 men per captain for Camp Sherman. Officials urge unity and good humor, noting parallels between teamwork and a well oiled machine, while crowds gather to bid farewell.
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Draft Board
Rosemond
James W. Bell
Camp Sherman
Court Room
Court House
Cambridge Band
Cambridge G. A. R Post
Sons of Veterans
Boy Scouts
Noble County Selects
Bell
6Th
Ohio
Guernsey County
Cambridge
Wheeling Avenue
Byesville
Senecaville
Pleasant City
County
Moore's Wall Paper Store Ad
An advertisement for Moore's Wallpaper Store at 139 North Seventh Street promoting a fine line of new stock and picture framing at low prices during a sale running May 17 for one month.
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Moore's Wall Paper
North Seventh Street
Son of D A Allender Sent to Army Training Camp
D A Allender learns his son Fred, an employee of Western Union Telegraph in Cleveland, has been sent to Camp Gordon in Atlanta Georgia to train for service in the U S Army.
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D. A. Allender
Fred
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cleveland
Camp Garden
Atlanta
U. S. Army
German forces cross Aisne as French and British withdraw
Paris reports the Germans aided by fresh troops have crossed the Aisne between Vailly and Berry au Bac. French and British troops, outnumbered, are drawing back on the Lavesie to Aisne plateau front as reserves arrive. Heavy shelling continues in Champagne Meuse regions and on the Meuse right bank. A German raid near Chambrettes failed.
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Paris
Aisne
Vailly
Berry-au-Bac
French War Office
Lavesie
Champagne
Woevre
Meuse
Chambrettes
German forces cross Aisne front as Haig reports
London reports German forces crossed the Aisne late yesterday with strong attacks along the front. The British line was forced to fall back west of the Aisne near Berry au Bac, about 24 miles east of Soissons, with prior gains at Pont-Avecy. Local fighting recommended on Lys front east of Diekebusch. Prisoners taken in raids on the British front. Artillery active at several points.
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London
Aisne
Haig
Berry au-Bac
Soissons
Pont-Avecy
Lys
Diekebusch
British Replaced Americans With French Armies In Front
British forces recover positions in the Chemin Des Dames sector as American troops who held earlier positions are replaced by French armies in line near Soissons and Rheims. The German offensive’s main thrust remains unclear, with assessment pending after night reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wood
United Press
Soissons
Rheims
Chemin Des Dames
German Crown Prince Armies In Aisne Offensive Drive
German war office claims a segment of the Chemin des Dames in the Aisne region as Crown Prince group of four armies advances. Forces stretch from Soissons area toward Berry au Bac with reported gains of one to two miles along a twenty mile front.
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Crown Prince
von Hutier
Ailly-sur Noye
Noyon
von Boehm
Craonne
von Below
Auberive
von Einems
Avecourt
Germans unleash heavy gas attack in Lorraine sector
The German forces fired 500 large phosgene gas shells in the Lorraine sector, each carrying over three gallons of liquid phosgene, released simultaneously by electricity. The immediate effect was not known.
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Lorraine
American Aviators Defeat German Flyers in Battle Over Lines
Three American aviators engage four German airmen in a fierce clash over the front today. They destroy one enemy aircraft and force the others to retreat behind the lines.
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Lorraine
Americans repulse German attacks and hold line near Cantigny
A World War I dispatch reports three German assaults repelled by American forces who suffered heavy losses yet captured five prisoners. Soldiers describe hand to hand fighting amid sandbags and ruined parapets as Americans counterattacked into village ruins.
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No Man's Land
Cantigny
B. Rowden
Kentucky
Jos
Lawrence
Allentown
A. D. Nolin
Providence
United Press
Clgaret
Saving a dollar builds independence through regular savings
An ad urges small savers to contact Cambridge Loan & Building Co for 5 percent interest on deposits. Secretary R. Deselm promotes the idea that big money comes from careful, small savings and diligent attention to details.
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Cambridge Loan & Building Co
Wheeling Ave
Cambridge
Death of Mrs Mary A Malloy Notices Cambridge Friend Loss
Mrs Mary A Malloy of Midland Maryland formerly lived in Cambridge and was the sister of Mrs FE Murray. Her death was announced Monday and many friends in Cambridge will regret the loss.
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FE. A. Murray
East Cambridge
Mary A. Malloy
Midland
More Men Will Leave Saturday
Names listed include James Albert Abele of Ransom Illinois and many others from Cambridge and surrounding towns. The schedule shows a long list of individuals with alternates, indicating a departure event set for Saturday.
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James Albert Abele
Ransom, IL
R. D
Russell D. Fleming
Cambridge
Frontline News Roundup From Western Front and Ireland
The French held a center sector against an attack at Dickebusch Lake as shelling increased in Champagne Woevre and Verdun. In American theater three German assaults northwest of Montdidier were repulsed with heavy losses. Paris faced resumed German long range bombardment and an air raid alarm. In Ireland the British government aims to force a Commons decision on the Irish situation at tonight’s return of parliament.
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Dickebusch Lake
Champagne
Woevre
Verdun
Montdidier
France
Aris
Paris
Ireland
Commons
Germans Drive Aisne Salients As Hindenburg Presses
The article reports von Hindenburg shifting forces to the Aisne front near Berry-au-Bac, forcing German troops onto the south bank and threatening Allied positions. It notes Foch’s restraint and the risk of luring Allied reserves into the Aisne before a broader move elsewhere.
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von Hindenburg
Aisne
General Foch
Amiens
Hazebrouck
Ypres
Foch
Mrs William Wesley Visit Noted In Byesville Context
Mrs William Wesley of Byesville was in the city on business Tuesday, highlighting a routine local movement by residents traveling for commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wesley
Byesville
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George H. Williams
Williams
Mitchell
Frank Willson
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R. C. Cain
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Wyland Oliver
Harry Spurgeon
Quaker City
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Mr. Rosemond
Frank J. Taylor
U. P
Billy Burke
Cteh
Clarence T. Warne
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Charles M. Hawthorne
New Concord R. D
George R. Robey
William Armstrong
Herman Wilbur Robertson
Cam
Andy Keith
Karl Wilson
Mike Shandrick
Ion N. Mason
Hubbard
Harry Wishart
Akron
Clarence Freil
Howard Burge
Chas
Henry Butler
Zanesville
Max Hammerle Taggert
Gens
Nivelle
Berry-au- Bac
Hylands
Cambridge, Ohio
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