Germans Retreat as Allied Advances Expand in France and Belgium
Allied forces press from the North Sea toward Peronne and Ostend with gains around Ypres La Bassee and Albert. French and British troops reach Lille after heavy street fighting as German withdrawals widen toward Tourcoing Roubaix.
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London
Daily Chronicle
France
Flanders
Rouwlers
Dixmude
Nieuport
Lombaertryde
Middlekerke
Ostend
Oostkerke
Oooostkerke
Lille
Tourcoing
Roubaix
Armentieres
French Government Orders $72 000 Trousers For Army
France buys about forty eight thousand pairs of workingman trousers in Chicago at a total of 72000 dollars for use by coppers and miners of the French army. The British government meanwhile plans 6500 motor trucks with an estimated value of 10000000 dollars. Berlin celebrates a Austro German victory over Russia in Poland as reports praise von Hindenburg and German troops.
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France
Chicago
England
Berlin
London
Poland
Silesia
Posen
Reichstag
Seldow
Salamis
Leipsic
von Hindenberg
Germany
Austria
Hindenburg Advances Toward Warsaw Amid Poland War
Reports from Rotterdam and Berlin say Meld Marshall von Hindenburg is closing on Warsaw with up to 750000 German troops in the northwest corridor. Russian forces reportedly withdraw to buy time as German, Russian and Austrian units in Poland suffer heavy losses, with Allied counts claiming about 400000 casualties recently.
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Paris
North Sea
Peronne
Ostend
Ypres
la Bassee
Albert and
Champagne
Chalons
German War Office
Bethune
Flanders
Argonne
Berlin
Petrograd
Warsaw
von Hindenburg
Neuesten Nachrichten
Brussels
Yser
Rotterdam
Poland
Meld Marshall von Hindenburg
Kaiser's throat trouble alarms as war moves rage on
Rome reports the Kaiser's throat illness resembles his father's fatal disease. A Zeppelin bombs Warsaw killing ninety and wounding fifty. Boer rebel Capt Fourle shot at Pretoria. brother Fourle sentenced to death, later commuted to five years. Front-line battles extend from Vosges to the North Sea as Allied and German forces clash while the Admiralty denies warship losses and notes the tonia sunk by a mine off Ireland.
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Rome
Kaiser
Warsaw
Josef Fourle
Pretoria
Lieut
Fourle
France
Belgium
Vosges
North Sea
Ireland
Railroads win rate fight with 5 percent increase nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted railroads in Official Classification Territory a 5 percent rate rise on all goods except coal and iron ore. The decision boosts annual revenue by about 50 million dollars for lines east of the Mississippi and north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers. The ruling cites wartime costs and fiscal strain as reasons, with tariffs to be filed immediately and take effect in ten days.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Potomac
Ohio
Wilson
Trunk Line Freight Association
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Norfolk
Atlantic
New England
Missouri River
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Meat and shoes to rise as cattle supply tightens
Government and stock yards experts project meat at 50 cents a pound and shoes at ten dollars a pair within two years. A census shows visible cattle supply under 35 million, including calves and yearlings, reducing breeding stock to a severely deficient level. Henry J. Williamson, a government statistician, warns meat in America may become a wartime rarity.
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Chicago
America
Henry J. Williamson
Department of Agriculture
Cleary Found Not Guilty In Widow’s Betrayal Case
New City, N Y jury acquits William V. Cleary former Haverstraw town clerk in the killing of Eugene M. Newman 18 year old son in law after six hours deliberation. crowd cheers as jurors say the girl testimony influenced the verdict. District Attorney Gagan calls it unjust while Justice Morschauser releases Cleary to his mother in Haverstraw.
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New City
N. Y
William V. Cleary
Haverstraw
Eugene M. Newman
Bill Cleary
Cleary
George Wyre
Robert M. Moore
Gagan
Morschauser
John Cleary
Bank Robber Hits Two Cincinnati Banks In One Night
An armed bandit first robbed the West End Provident Savings Bank on Freeman Avenue, escaping with 2000 from the counter and 6000 from a drawer after wounding cashier Edward Hughes. He fled to a West Ninth Street lodging, where a police raid ended in a gun battle that killed a policeman and the robber, whose body was found with the stolen money totaling 10000.
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Cincinnati
West Ind
West Ninth Street
West End
Provident Savings Bank & Trust Co
Eighth Street
Freeman Avenue
Edward Hughes
Hughes
General Scott Sent to Naco to End Boundary Fire
The War Department dispatches Gen. Hugh L. Scott Chief of Staff to Naco Arizona after Gen Bliss reports worsening conditions at the border. The move is viewed as an administration effort to stop firing across the international boundary at that location.
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Washington
Hugh L. Scott
Naco
Ariz
War Department
Bliss
Arrests in Mexico City Shake Carranza Regime
Senor Galarza and Francisca Castanada officials of the National Railways under Carranza have been arrested on a charge of stealing a million pesos while running the roads. The piece notes improving industrial and railway conditions in the republic. Washington reports military appropriations and diplomatic moves, including Roumanians studying U S business and arms purchases, and Wilson’s cautious stance on withdrawing federal troops from Colorado.
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Mexico City
Senor Galarza
Francisca Castanada
Mantager
Carranza
Ciarranza
Washington
War Department
House
Committee On Military Affairs
Republic
Bryan
Denver
Wilson
John McLennan
United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
LIFER HAM THIEF PARDONED
Lansing Michigan Governor Ferri orders parole for TLewi Oliver longtime prisoner labeled a lifer in Marquette He was sentenced to life for burglary under the Sahbiu Criminal act by Judge Howard Whest of Iberanza County Circuit court in a Marquette case.
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Lansing
Mich
Ferri
Michigan
Tlewi Oliver
Marquette
Oliver
Howard Whest
Ingtaz County
Math professor joins Prussian unit as company clerk
In a Prussian landwehr company muster, the captain seeks neat writing and quick calculation. Corporal Kammermeyer, a professor of mathematics, is assigned as company clerk after being summoned by the first sergeant. The captain doubts his fit but Kammermeyer offers his service.
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Kammermeyer
Cuticura Hair Cure Adpledged To Promote Growth
At the First Signs of falling hair get Cuticura. It works wonders. Touch spots of dandruff and itching with Cuticura Ointment, and follow next morning with a hot shampoo of Cuticura Soap. This at once arrests falling hair and promotes hair growth. For a free sample each with 32 pa. Skin Book, address post card Cuticaga Dept X Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Dept. X
Boston
Distorted Vegetarianism
A friendly adviser suggests vegetarianism to a worried wife as a way to cope with rising living costs. The woman counters by aiming to convince her husband to switch to beefsteak and stop living on liquor and tobacco.
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John
Castoria Safety Reminder For Infants And Children
A brief public health notice urges careful inspection of Castoria bottles for the proper signature of Fletcher, highlighting the remedy as a trusted product in use for over 30 years and recommended for children.
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Fletcher
Debts and a Hair Specialist Mentioned in Quick Exchange
A brief dialogue contrasts danger over scalp with a joke about a hair specialist. It then shifts to a comic aside on European war debts and monthly accounts, capped by a quick punchline.
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Todd
Painless restaurant filling outshines dental parlor visit
A humorous comparison states that the filling experience at a restaurant is far more satisfactory than a visit to a dental parlor. The remark implies dining ambience can ease the discomfort associated with dental work.
Salted Either Way Antisuffrage Beat Turns Comic
Miss Lucy Price of Cleveland recounts a New England encounter after an antisuffrage talk a passerby praised her speech and invited her to more antisuffrage meetings only to realize the talk was judged as a suffrage address by the listener.
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Lucy Price
Cleveland
New England
Miss Price
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Weathering Battles Echo On Ancient Theories
A dialogue contrasts heavy explosions and rain with Marathon’s arrows and spears. The speaker notes rain at historic battles, while the other dismisses the idea as outdated. The exchange highlights debate over whether weather outcomes align with warfare.
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Fontenoy
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