Verdun and Chateau Thierry Battles Show Allied Struggle
French and American forces report continued fighting on the Verdun and Chateau Thierry fronts. American marines in France describe intense combat near Chateau Thierry with multiple heroics and machine gun exchanges. French and British actions push and retake positions including Loere hospice and nearby hills as observers note shifting front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar le Dao
Indech
Rt. Michtel
France
Grave Poril
Plenders
Loere
Alon
Loore
Ypres
Flanders
Italy
Macedonia
Paris
Juoe
Thureday
Chateau Thierry
Wirele
Conners
Oklahoma
San Angelo
Tex
Drarent Murman Ld On Cowl Reflected In Hazy Morning
Fragmentary diary style lines describe a damp cold morning and the speaker recalling Dick Waverly and his crooked smile. The spoken memory hints at a decision and a phrase the speaker imagines Dick saying as they consider continuing.
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Murman
Richard Waverly
Silent Bonds of Mothers and Memory in a Dark Tale
Margie recalls caring for Dicky while Mollie shares a stark view of motherhood and blindness. Mollie says some women are born to be wives, not mothers, and laments Chad’s cruel fate. The passage ends with Chad’s happiness returning briefly as Pat reunites with him.
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Merle
Margie
Dicky
Sam
Annie
Mollie
Chad
Heaven
Belt
Tricky Criminal Is Lodged in Stout Cell
Fort Collins Colorado deputies and city officers arrested Robert McArthur, a Denver suspect known for escapes. He is jailed in Larimer County awaiting escort back to Denver. he resisted briefly but was taken into custody after a chase near an auto filling shop.
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Stout
Fort Collins
Colo
Byrd Halligan
Sanders
Denver
Robert McArthur
McArthur
Larimer
Democrats of Colorado Set July 22 Assembly in Denver
The Democratic state central committee met in Denver and postponed the assembly from July 16 to July 22 to accommodate farmers. Each county gets three delegates at large plus one per 200 population, totaling 052 delegates. Endorsements favored the national administration and Wilson’s war effort.
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Denver
Colo
Democratic State Central Committee
General Assembly
Assembly
Woodrow Wilson
Army and Navy Y M C A to Expand on Oahu
The army and navy Y M C A will extend activities to all forces on Oahu with central council funding. Community houses are planned at Port Keymeham and Schofield Barracks with three Y M C A secretaries at each site. The Old Royal Hawaiian hotel in Honolulu serves as their current home.
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F. H. Hiessa
Camp Kearney
L. Glepn
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A
Honolulu
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Denver trip marks Chief Gates vacation schedule
Chief A W Bates of the Cheyenne fire department spent a fifteen day annual vacation in Denver Thorador. Ronald Abbey, son of Mr and Mrs Abbey, hospitalized with pneumonia at St Johns, is reported much improved. A marriage license was issued to Lewis Lawson and Olle Josephine Williamson of Leadville. A K Lee, banker of Thermopolis, visited Cheyenne. L D Merrick toured with land buyers from Sidney Neb. Nary Henderson returned from Loveland with 2000 sheep for his Horse Creek ranch. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs A N Jeffers at 1825 Pebrican Street on June 6.
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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 Merge Planned
The four express firms Wells Fargo American Express Southern Express and Adams Express plan a Cheyenne merger likely July 10. G C Taylor of American Express will lead the combined company which will operate from the U P depot and use one blanket contract with railroads.
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
Victor Stanley Drowns Crossing Creek Near Sheridan
Special to the Leader reports that Victor Stanley, son of Mary Stanley, drowned in Little Goose creek five miles from Sheridan while crossing the stream on a foot bridge on the Stanley ranch.
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Leader
Victor Stanley
of Meary Stanley
Little Goose Creek
Sheridan
Stanley
Shorten Vats to Dip Sheep
Dipping operations for 50 000 sheep in the western state have been delayed due to facility shortages. Secretary H R Millard of the state sheep board says the dipping period was set for July 1 to July 15. A Cokeville meeting will decide on a plan, likely extending the closing date to July 16 and possibly moving start to June 20 or 21.
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H. R. Millard
State Sheep Board
Cokeville
Crabbe Leaves for Buffalo Temperance Meet
Crabbe, superintendent of the State Anti-Saloon League, left Friday for Buffalo to hold a temperance field meet today. He will stay through the week and visit the preliminary in Johnson County.
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Pr.tl. Crabbe
State Anti-Saloon League
Buffalo
Yinit
Pre Elnde
Johnson County
Johnson to attend AMA convention in Chicago
Dr Johnson left this morning for Chicago to attend the American Medical Association convention during the coming week.
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Johnson
Chicago
GV. Johnson
The
American Medical Association
Keep 'Em Busy Watchword On Ship Command
On a transport deck in calm seas Sergeant keeps troopers at work and in high spirits. The officer enforces a strict routine with drills then uses the ship’s lounge and gym as recreation hubs, showcasing a melting-pot regiment with a mix of nationalities and music.
German Woman Sentenced For Attempted Murder Of Stepdaughter
In Cologne a German woman named Helene Bufer faced trial for trying to kill her young stepdaughter. She wrapped the child's legs with barbed wire, carried her across a bridge, and threw her into the river while the girl struggled. A patrolman and a soldier stopped the assault. the child survived but was left in critical condition and in the infirmary. Bufer received a prison sentence.
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Stettin
Helene Bufer
Cologne
Deutx
Count Kaspar Preysing Shot On Western Front
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kaspar Preysing age 43 head of a Bavarian noble family killed on the western front. Once a noted leader of the Fatherland party in Bavaria he gained fame as a military rider in the Turco-Molkan war and served as a dispatch rider under fire. The Count was a famed cavalry leader across several fronts in the present war.
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Amsterdam
Kaspar Preysing
Fatherland Party
Bavaria
Hue
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Marne
Ourey
War Office
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Dummard
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Rourcnches-le- Thielot
iBy
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Arras
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Toul
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Wyoming Trust & Savings
Chayenne, Wyo
Pat
Democrats OF
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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
D. Company
Indiana
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Kultur
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