Verdun Returns To Storm Center Of Battle
Verdun again becomes focal as French seize the Thinumont work and much of Fleury on the Meuse right bank. Fleury changes hands amid fierce combat. Germans report recovering territory and holding the area as siege-like fighting continues. The clash comes with other fronts as Russian and Austro-German actions unfold.
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Verdun
London
Somme
Meuse
Fleury
Paris
Thinumont
Berlin
Street Car Strike Grips New York City
New York Railways employees vote to strike paralyzing Manhattan surface transit. About 2,000 workers demand a three cent raise as crowds clash with strikebreakers and police. Officials foresee widespread disruption across Manhattan Bronx and parts of Long Island with possible 4,000 strikebreakers pledged to fill in.
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New York City
New York
Manhattan Island
New York Railways Company
Central Labor of
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Car Men's Union
Hedley
Manhattan
Bronx
Long Island
Third Avenue
W. D. Mahon
Fifth Avenue
Wyoming State Guard recruits pour in as campaign gains pace
Adjutant General Andersen reports fifteen recruits drawn yesterday from Laramie Basin and Sheridan, with plans for a mass meeting in Laramie to spur support. The guard faces a shortfall of about seventy five men but officials express optimism that enough volunteers will join to enable deployment to the Mexican frontier.
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Andersen
Wyoming National Guard
Laramie
Basin
Sheridan
Chéyanne
Jack Meyer
Commercial Association
Court House
Iself
Wyoming
Pythian Knights Enjoy Seaside Pleasures
In Portland the Knights of Pythias hold their twenty ninth biennial session. After today’s business a recess is planned with visits to Astoria and Seaside. A special train will take delegates to Astoria for a luncheon on the municipal dock followed by a clam bake at Seaside.
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Portland
Ore
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Astoria
Seaside
Supreme Temple
Pythian Risters
Municipal Dock
Wyoming Public Service Commission Urges Congress Action on Railroad Wage Dispute
Wyoming public service commission asks U S Senator Warren and Representative Mondell to back federal empowerment of the Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad wage terms. The move aims for a fair settlement among workers, carriers, and shippers as a nationwide rail strike looms. Other western states have adopted similar resolutions urging swift federal handling.
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Wyoming Public Service Board of
Warren and
Mondell
Public Service Commission of
State of
Wyoming
U. S
Francis EB. Warren
Frank W. Mondel
State of Wyoming
Idaho Commission
Commiscommissions
Brother Room
Woman Found Digging Grave in City Cemetery
Mrs. Leona A. Whaley of 721 West Twenty seventh Street was arrested by police after being found digging up a grave in the city cemetery. Sexton Oscar Braun reported the incident. She is in county jail, said to have had fits of insanity for months.
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Leona A. Whaley
West Twentyseventh Street
Oscar Braun
Sexton
Whaley
Red Cross Exhibit Demonstrates Government Safety Efforts
The Red Cross exhibit aboard the safety train arriving August 10 at Cheyenne illustrates government safety work across railroads and industry. Lectures by medical experts and instructors cover first aid and accident prevention, with plain talks for firemen policemen and workers around machinery. The program emphasizes practical, nontechnical guidance to reduce injuries before physicians arrive.
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Red Cross
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Comeipeoey
Aia
Ulmog
United States
United
Hindenburg Appointed Supreme Commander on Eastern Front
Reports from Amsterdam via London note Hindenburg gains supreme command on the Western front as German papers hail the move. They say the step unifies army groups and that eastern front commanders accept his authority. The dispatch also mentions German attacks in the Carpathians near Koplias and Rudka Mirynakaia.
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Hindenburg
Hed
Rudka- Mirynakaia
Kove
Teutons
Carpathian Mountains
Koplias
Amsterdam
London
von Hindenburg
Hamburger Nachrichten
Treaty Signed for Purchase By U S of Danish West Indies
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson to appoint three commissioners soon to join a Mexican delegation led by Luis Cabrera Ignatio Donillas and others as the two sides seek settlement of border disturbances. Meetings to discuss troop withdrawal border protection and investigation of raids are planned with time and place to be announced.
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U. S
Danish West Indies
Washington
Wilson
Car-ranza
State Department
Carranza
Luis Cabrera
Minis
France
Ignatio Donillas
Communing
Pani
Mexico
Germans Prepare to Repel British Landing Parties
Amsterdam dispatch reports German forces braced for possible British landings on the Flemish coast as the Entente offensive grows. Reinforcements to the marine corps and workers at Zeebrugge were observed while a night drill simulated repelling a landing.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Reeps
United States to Buy Danish West Indies for 25 Million
Washington reports the United States will purchase the islands of St Croix St Thomas and St John from Denmark for 25 million. The treaty is sent to the U S Senate and Danish parliament for ratification with possible Senate opposition over price. Danish approval uncertain amid European interest and colonial history.
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Washington
United States
St. St. Croix
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Red States Senate
Senate
Germany
Hughes to Speak in State Towns During Flying Campaign
Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes will fly from Salt Lake City on August 24 and stop briefly in Cheyenne on August 25. The campaign train will halt at Pyapeton Rewlins Rock Springs and Laramie en route to Cheyenne where a reception at the Parish House is planned. Hughes then continues to the east from Bridgehampton.
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Charles Evens Hughes
Republican Party
Cheyenne
Denver
Salt Lake City
Midoaight
Union Pacific
Repubican
Pyapeton
Rewlins
Rock Springs
Laramie
Hughes
Bridgehampton
New York City
Yuan Shih Kai Not Dead Says Chinese Papers
Chinese papers and readers question Yuan Shih Kai's death with claims he may have escaped abroad or hidden associates in alleged financial misdeeds through the funeral. An anonymous Pek ing Daily Gazette letter ridicules the death as a political farce and accuses officials of orchestrating blame and a national hero façade.
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Peking
Associated Press
Yuan Shikai
Tate
Peking Daily Gazette
Yuan Shi-kai
China
Particopa Criminis
Yuen Shi-kai
Sub-contractor killed by lightning atop Pike's Peak
Charles Linville a Pike's Peak Highway sub-contractor was struck by lightning on the summit and died. The incident occurred today at Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs
Charles Linville
Korea to Send Gift Albums to World Leaders
Seoul reports the government general of Korea will present albums with historic Korea photos to President Wilson and to monarchs and leaders including the king of Britain, the president of France, and the czar of Russia along with other rulers and high persons.
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Korea
Wilson
Seoul
Great Britain
France
Erar
Verdun Couriers Rise in War’s New Role
Paris dispatch describes a new soldier type the courier of Verdun who forges communications across a cratered front. These athletes with stout hearts sprint through shell holes and smoke to relay orders while avoiding trenches for speed and stealth amid continuous bombardment.
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Paris
Preas
Verdun
Bine le
Bine
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War Office
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Congress
U.S
Ghes
Evanston
Rawlins
Yuan Shi Kai
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