Yanks Capture 8400 Prisoners in German Retreat
Allied forces press the German line along the Vesle and Aisne rivers as American troops report 8400 prisoners and 483 suns taken. Fismes falls, Amiens region under pressure, Germans retreat across the Vesle and Avre while Italian fronts report attacks against Austro‑German forces.
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Aisne
Vesle
Rheims
Paris
General Pershing
Fismes
Germany
Soissons
Rhetins
Garhering
Freshet
la Neueiliette
Nhelms
Soissons- Rheims Salient
Amiens
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Montficier
Avre
Albert
Ancre
Lne
Government control expands as midsummer trade shifts
Bradstreets Trade Review from Billings reports government control widening with civilian business steady, war essentials active, non-essentials cut due to fuel, labor and supplies shortages. Crop conditions improve but uneven, labor restless, earnings strong beyond prewar levels. Record livestock prices and tight money noted. crop moving requires funds.
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Bradstreets
Billings
Canadian Soldiers Sent to Front Lines Total 480000
Seattle August 5. Colonel Ernest J. Chambers Canadian chief press censor estimates 480000 Canadian soldiers are on French and Belgian battlefields from a nation of about 8 million people including foreigners. He notes the war cost is immense but Canadian spirit remains unshaken.
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Seattle
Wash
Ernest J. Chambers
Chambers
Canada
United States and Japan Agree to Aid Russia in Siberia
Washington reports that the United States and Japan will each send a few thousand troops to Vladivostok to support the Czecho-Slovak army and safeguard Russian democracy, with allies agreeing in principle and no interference in Russia’s sovereignty.
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Washington
Russia
Siberia
United States
Japan
Vladivostok
Wilson
Draft ages set 18 to 45 for new manpower plan
Secretary Baker announced a war department manpower program to draft men aged 18 to 45 into Class 1 with the president allowed to call out subsets by age. The plan aims to rapidly build forces to defeat Germany, with exemptions and existing rules guiding married men, dependents, and essential industries. About 1,600,000 had already been drafted from Class 1.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Senate
House
Baker
Department
Germany
Mr. Baker
Government Seizes Telegraph and Telephone Lines
Washington August 1 The Post Office Department took control of all telephone and telegraph lines at midnight under a special committee led by Postmaster General Burleson. Firms will operate normally while facilities are coordinated for public and stockholder benefit. Burleson announced possession and urged loyal cooperation to maintain and improve service.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Burleson
United States
Returned Soldiers Rally in Vancouver Strike Clash
About 400 returning soldiers stormed Vancouver labor halls in protest over the killing of Albert Goodwin, alleged draft evader. They forced entry, toppled books and records, and compelled leaders to kiss the Union Jack before marching to drill grounds. The mob warned strike leaders to call off the action or be run out of the city, later halting streetcars by switching off power.
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Vancouver
Nooh
Albert Goodwin
Dominion
W. R. Midgley
John Kavanagh
Trades Council
Furlier
Federal auto tax proposal moves owner levy forward
Washington reports the house ways and means committee approved a graduated excise tax on auto use ranging from 10 dollars yearly on cheap cars to 60 dollars on 3000 dollar models. Additional 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax and 5 dollar yearly motorcycle tax were also set.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Britons Maintain Supremacy in Airplane Battles
London reports a weekly air fighting review showing 70 enemy planes destroyed on the western front and 11 driven down out of control, with 27 British aircraft missing. Across other fronts 18 enemy planes were destroyed at a British loss of two machines, and raids into Germany hit Offenburg Stuttgart Saarbrucken and Baden.
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London
Germany
Offenburg
Stuttgart
Saaarbruecken
Baden
Belgium
Ostend
Bruges Docks
Zeebrugge
Hog Island Launches First Cargo Carrier at Philadelphia
Shipyard's 71 500 ton carrier Quisteonek named by Mrs Woodrow Wilson sails into the Delaware river as 50 vessels are slated to follow by year end. Red Cross urged to enroll 1000 nurses weekly for two months for army nurse corps duty. Chinese government to fund a regiment to Vladivostok with $100000.
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Hog Island
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Ward
Woodrow Wilson
American Red Cross
Army Nurse Corps
Gorgas
Austrian Workmen Said Dying of Starvation
Washington reports from official dispatches that Austrian work men are dying of hunger in certain provinces with a huge death rate and epidemics. Delegates at a Vienna convention say there is no coal for the coming winter and urge self help to relieve hunger amid government helplessness.
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Vienna
Washington
Pershing Reports Large Casualty List From Recent Fighting
Washington reports General Pershing’s latest casualty list as one of the largest to date totaling 238 with 42 killed in action 48 died of wounds and 126 severely wounded Private W R Davis of Ekalaka Mont now listed as wounded after previously being reported missing The War Department warns the public to expect even larger casualty lists due to ongoing heavy combat.
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Washington
Pershing
W. R. Davis
Ekalaka
Mont
War Department
Three U S Fishermen Torpedoed Off Nova Scotia Coast
Three American fishing schooners were sunk by German submarines off Seal Island Yarmouth County Nova Scotia on Saturday. The crews landed on the Nova Scotia coast Sunday. A submarine commander told an American skipper he had sunk more American schooners from Boston and Gloucester on Friday afternoon. He gave no vessel names nor crew fate.
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U. S
Halifax
N. S
Seal Island
Yarmouth County
Nova Scotia
Boston
Gloucester
New State Council of Defense unit promotes thrift and economy
Bar Music and Napkins Chicago August 5 reports the creation of a new department of the state council of defense. Under Louis M. Sturmer the Commercial Economy Administration aims to eliminate mush from hotels and restaurants, switch to paper napkins, apply the serve yourself plan to retail stores, and drop traveling salesmen to promote thrift and conservation in business.
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Chicago
State Council of Defense
Louis M. Sturme
Commercial Economy Administration
Steel for ships promised 50k tons plates and 16k shapes weekly
Charles Piez announced that the War Industries Board will supply the Emergency Fleet Corporation with 50 000 tons of steel plates and 16 000 tons of steel shapes per week for a year. The steel is enough to build 10 500 000 tons of shipping annually and will provide a cushion of steel to maximize shipyard production nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Charles Piez
United States Shipping Board
War Industries Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
International Harvester Dissolved Under Government Agreement
Washington reports that a federal court decree declaring the harvester trust unlawful will take effect immediately. An appeal pending since 1915 in the Supreme Court will be dismissed, and orders will authorize sale of certain machinery lines and the companys plants in Auburn New York and Springfield Ohio.
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International Harvester
Washington
International Harvester Company
Harvester Trust
Supreme Court
Auburn
N. Y
Springfield
Ohio
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aided Mitchell Mother
Mrs Pearl Monyhan of Mitchell Indiana reports relief from neuralgia during pregnancy after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She gained strength and could perform housework while her seven month old baby weighed 19 pounds The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts notes many letters praising health restored during maternity
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Mitchell
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pearl Monyhan
Four Grandmothers Wish Fulfilled by Child
A three year old visits his grandmother who limits cake to one piece. He asks if all grandmothers think that, then tells his mother he wishes for four grandmothers to be there.
Cuticura Ointment and Soap Ad Offering Free Sample
Watch Your Skin Improve. On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. For free sample address Cuticura Dept. X Boston. At druggists and by mail Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50 Ad.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Local artist’s blanket theft sparks late night scare
A well known local artist returning from Columbus to Cleveland slept in a lower berth. He pulls a blanket from the berth above, finds it warm at the neck, and awakes to violent complaints. The artist fears retaliation as others flee the scene.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Sorghum Defends Campaign Ethics in Playful Exchange
In Nowise Playful Senator Sorghum responds to a quip about quitting politics by saying he never played politics and that a campaign leaves no room for others to gain an edge. He frames politics as serious and not a game.
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Nowise
Senator Sorghum
Better Not Try: A Man Admiring a Woman
A witty remark notes that a man who admires a woman may be dismissed as foolish by others yet cannot be convinced she thinks he is crazy. The line reflects social perceptions of affection and judgment.
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Uadds
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National Guard
Earl S. Robinson
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Wort Juy
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Horlick Malted Milk Company
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