Verdun Front Threats as German Offensives Press
French and American forces report serious fighting across the Western Front. In Verdun area German attempts risk widening the breach unless repelled. Loore hospice retaken by French near Loere. Italian and Balkan reports show varied action while Chateau Thierry sector sees ongoing allied progress and brave American maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Juoe
Thureday
Chateau Thierry
Wirele
Conners
Oklahoma
San Angelo
Tex
Frode
Marne
Ourey
War Office
Chesy
Dummard
Veuilly-la- Palerie
Rourcnches-le- Thielot
Fragmentary memoir line on Dick and Richard Waverly
A damaged fragment recalls a morning scene with a boy named Dick and a person named Richard Waverly. The narrator hesitates to wake him, hearing a remembered crooked smile and a clipped phrase as if in dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murman
Richard Waverly
Margie Reflects on Dicky and Mollie’s World War II Child Shadow
Margie recalls Dicky and the blind child Mollie cares for, revealing fears of loss and protection. Mollie explains her choice between motherhood and marriage, expressing sorrow for Chad’s troubled past and the value of small happiness with Pat. To Be Continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle
Margie
Dicky
Sam
Annie
Mollie
Chad
Heaven
Belt
Tricky Criminal Is Lodged in Stout Cell
Fort Collins officers arrest Robert McArthur, a Denver fugitive with prior jailbreaks. He is jailed in Larimer awaiting escort back to Denver. McArthur, a quick and agile suspect with boxing skills, resisted briefly before being taken into custody after hiding at an auto filling shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout
Fort Collins
Colo
Byrd Halligan
Sanders
Denver
Robert McArthur
McArthur
Larimer
Democrats of Colorado to hold general assembly July 22
Denver June 8 The Democratic State Central Committee voted to move the general assembly from July 16 to July 22 in Denver at farmers' request. Delegates will be apportioned three per county at large plus one for every 200 in population, totaling 052 delegates. Presidents Wilson and the national administration were endorsed, stressing victory in World War I and democratic governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Democratic State Central Committee
General Assembly
Assembly
Woodrow Wilson
Y M C A Plans Expanded Recreation for Hawaii Forces
The Army and Navy Y M C A will extend activities to all forces on Oahu with new community houses at Port Kamehameha and Schofield Barracks. Three Y M C A secretaries will staff each building, led by Dudley from Fort Rosecrans Hiessa from Camp Kearny and Glepn from Camp Kearny. The Old Royal Hawaiian hotel serves as their current base in Honolulu a $200000 building supporting sailors soldiers and marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hiessa
Camp Kearney
L. Glepn
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A
Honolulu
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Local Briefs From Cheyenne Denver And Leadville
Chief A. W. Bates of the Cheyenne fire department spent a fifteen day vacation in Denver. Ronald Abbey, son of Mr and Mrs Abbey, is reported to be much improved after a stay at St Johns hospital with pneumonia. A marriage license was issued in Leadville to Lewis Lawson and Olle Josephine Williamson. A. K. Lee of Thermopolis, a noted banker, visited Cheyenne. L. D. Merrick led land buyers from Sidney Neb. Narry Henderson returned from Loveland with 2000 sheep for his Horse Creek ranch. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs A N Jeffers on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Gates
Denver
A. W. Bates
Cheyenne Fire Department
Thorador
Ronald Abbey
Abbey
St. John's Hospital
Leadville
Ida Graham
Lewis Lawson
Olle Josephine Williamson
Henderson
Narry Henderson
Loveland
Horse Creek
Fort Morgan
Hern To Jeffers
A. N. Jeffers
Pebrican Street
Cheyenne to Have One Express Office Merger Plans Reported
Cheyenne anticipates a four company express merger with Wells Fargo, American Express, Southern Express, and Adams Express forming a single system. G C Taylor of American Express would lead the consolidated firm, with operations centralized at the U P depot office and a $50 million capitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
Adama Express
Cheyenne
American Express Company
U. P
Wells Fargo & Co
American Express Co
Southern Xpress Co
Adams Express
G. C. Taylor
Uncyenne
Einim
Combine
Boy Drowns Crossing Creek Near Sheridan
Special to the Leader reports that Victor Stanley son of Meary Stanley drowned in Little Goose Creek five miles from Sheridan while crossing the stream on a foot bridge on the Stanley ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader
Victor Stanley
of Meary Stanley
Little Goose Creek
Sheridan
Stanley
Dipping Delays For 50000 Sheep In Western State
Dipping operations for 50,000 sheep affected by scabies in the western part of the state have been delayed due to insufficient facilities. The schedule set July 1 to July 15, but handling all sheep is unlikely within that window. A meeting of sheep men at Cokeville will decide plans, likely extending the deadline to July 16 and shifting start to June 20 or 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Millard
State Sheep Board
Cokeville
Crabbe Heads to Buffalo for Temperance Field Meet
Crabbe, superintendent of the State Anti Saloon league, left Friday for Buffalo to hold a temperance field meet today. He will remain there through the week and visit at the pre elnde in Johnson county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr.tl. Crabbe
State Anti-Saloon League
Buffalo
Yinit
Pre Elnde
Johnson County
Dr Johnson heads to Chicago for medical convention
Dr Johnson departed this morning for Chicago to attend the American Medical Association convention during the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Chicago
GV. Johnson
The
American Medical Association
Keep Em Busy Watchword Of Officer In Command Of Ship
London May 8 The watchword Keep em busy is cited as the press describes Sgt S- commanding a transport ship crew of American soldiers. He enforces daily drill and routines to ward off weariness during voyage to war. The scene depicts orderly mornings, meals, and troop activities aboard ship with a diverse company and impromptu entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
D. Company
German Woman Sentenced for Child Murder Plot
The Abendpost reports Frau Helene Bufer, a Cologne resident, attempted to murder her stepson by stabbing and later fatally injuring a frail child with barbed wire and a plunge from a bridge. A policeman and a soldier rescued the girl, who remains in the infirmary in critical condition. Bufer received a prison sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stettin
Helene Bufer
Cologne
Deutx
Count Kaspar Preysing Killed on Western Front
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kaspar Preysing a 43 year old Bavarian noble and head of a leading Bavarian family was killed on the western front. Tarnished by youth, he was seen as a key leader of the Fatherland party and earned fame as a cavalry figure in previous wars, including dispatch riding under heavy fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Kaspar Preysing
Fatherland Party
Bavaria
Hue
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Indech
Rt. Michtel
France
Grave Poril
Plenders
Loere
Alon
Loore
Ypres
Flanders
Italy
Macedonia
Te Jon
Newitly
Mee, Vanderbilt
Picatray
Associated Frese
Pergeant
Puleworth
Charlea Glosberg
New York
Ginsberg
iBy
Tritleh
Privoners
Hulluch
Strareele
Albert
Arras
Locre Hoapice
Toul
Luneville
Wyoming Trust & Savings
Chayenne, Wyo
Pat
Democrats OF
Colorado
Thermopolis
Aa. K. Lee
Sidney
L. D. Merrick
Sidney, Neb
Cheyenne Filling Station
Corner Pioneer and
Eighteenth Sts
Con-O-Co
Texaco
Veedol
Mobiloil
United States
C. A. Hammer
Plains Pharmacy
U.S. Shipping Board
Indiana
Olien
Kultur
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