PITH OF THE WEEK NEWS BRAVADO ON WAR FRONTS
London reports First Army Corps breakthrough at Richebourg l Avoue and Festubert and near a mile advance. Gallipoli hosts take Krithia heights after six hours of fighting with heavy losses. Russians hold in the Carpathians as Allies fortify Gallipoli coastline and Reinforcements land. Goliath sunk near Dardanelles. E-14 sails Marmara sinking Turkish craft. Churchill notes submarine success. Constantinople conscripts noncombatants.
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London
First
Richebourg
Krosno
Gallipoli
Egypt
France
Goliath
Dardanelles
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Sea of Marmara
Constantinople
Turkey
Kith and Kin
Carney
Berlin
Bruges
Marines to Aid Americans in Mexico and German Crisis
Washington reports that American marines may land at Guaymas to aid Americans endangered by Yaqui outbreaks with warship support if needed. A rescue mission was ordered to Tobari Bay to help Esperanza after Yaqui attacks. Also noted are the 30th annual health boards conference in Washington and President Wilson’s note to Germany signaling a crisis in international law.
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Guaymas
Tobari Bay
Mexico
Esperanza
State
Germany
Bryan
United States
Washington
Oil strike reported at Sardis Pennsylvania
A new Sardis well in Westmoreland County is producing about fifty barrels per day marking one of the best oil strikes in Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
Sardis
Westmoreland County
Ambasador Page
London
St. Paul’s
Lusitania
Banks
Philadelphia
Governor Walsh
Massachusetts
Boston
Paterson
N. J
New York
Billy Sunday
David Houston
San Francisco
William Thaw
Pittsburgh
Yale Harvard meet decision alters track results
Yale athletic authorities canceled the points earned by W. F. Ross in the twenty fourth Yale Harvard dual track meet over eligibility doubts, giving Harvard the meet. Koov of Kalamazoo Normal notched his second no hitter of the year in a 6 to 1 win over Ypsilanti Normal. Faber of the Chicago White Sox allegedly pitched 67 balls in nine innings, a claimed new world record. In Pimlico, Montr essor won the Stafford Handicap as the favorite.
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Yale
Christy Mathewson
New York Nationals
Pimlico
Montressor
Seven Sons in British Army Widow of Belfast
Foreign Mrs. Margaret Nabney of Belfast, likely Ireland’s sole widow with seven sons in the British army, is noted. Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel refused Salandra’s resignation and kept the Cabinet intact. Lusitania survivors return from Liverpool aboard the New York with the body of Charles Frohman. Don Javier Figueroa named Chilean presidential candidate by the Liberal party. Teutonic banners removed from Windsor Castle chapel. Enemy aliens surrender for internment after the government order.
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Clyde
Manchester
England
Welsh
Miss Neilson
Lusitania
Ninois House
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Immnois
Rhode Island Locomotive Works
Providence
Europe
Princess Patricia
Ottawa
Windhoeks
Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
University of Tokyo
Japan
Socialist Party
Chicago
Anthony F. Wilding
Dardanelles
St. Louis
Ministry of the Interior
Lisbon
Honolulu
Russell Sage
Princeton
Havana
United States
Department of Agriculture
American Locomotive Co
Pittsburgh
Coast
Fort Hamilton
Government
Dover
N. J
Margaret Nabney
Belfast
Ireland
Rome
Victor Emanuel
Salandra
New York
Liverpool
Charles Frohman
Don Javier Figueroa
Liberal Convention
Santiago
Chile
Allies Break German Line Near La Bassée and Yser
British forces advance along a broad front from Richebourg l Avoue to Festubert and seize hundreds of yards of trenches. French troops cross the Yser Canal and recapture positions while Kamerun falls to French forces. Berlin admits gains around La Bassée and Arras as Allied artillery and infantry push forward.
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London
la Bassee
Richebourg-l'Avoue
French War Office
Yser Canal
Het Sas
Steenstraete
Przemysl
Petrograd
San
Poland
Carpathians
Paris
Souches
Faont
Arras
Wains
the Marne
Richebourg L’avoue
Festubert
Fesubert-Quinque Road
Ypres
Berlin
Menin-Ypres
Hooge
Albert
Yver Canal
New Jersey News Roundup Highlights Local Projects
A Gloucester Board of Health move targets unlicensed milk sales while Sewell opens a new fire house. Westville scouts, Pitman bakers, Elmmer M. E. Church speakers, and Ocean City reception events illustrate a broad state week of civic activity.
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Gloucester Board of Health
German Torpedo Boat Launched at Scheldt Yard Near Antwerp
A Rostterdam despatch reports the Hoboken shipyard on the Scheldt near Antwerp launched a new torpedo boat towed through the canal to Ghent for shipment to Zeebrugge. It is said that three torpedo boats and two small gunboats have been built at this yard.
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London
Rostterdam
Hoboken
Scheldt
Antwerp
Ghent
Zeebrugge
British and Allied World War Headlines Echo Across Fronts
A Zeppelin attack on the English coast injures three after a dawn raid while two Zeppelins over Ramsgate cause damage. Fighting in the Dardanelles intensifies as Allies press two heights overlooking the Narrows. Russian and Austro German forces report gains and retreats across Przemysl, Galicia, and Bukowina. Italy reportedly poised for war amid fevered home front.
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England
Italy
Dardanelles
Champaign
Ville Surtouche
Paris
Ramsgate
Przemysl
Petrograd
Krithla
Killid
Bahr
Maidos
Market Prices and Live Stock Bulletin
New York wholesale prices shown for live stock and dressed beef. Steers $5.75 to $6.00, cows $3.50, heifers $7.25, dressed beef $7.25 per 100 pounds. Sheep and lambs quoted at $12 per hundred for spring lambs, and hogs at $7.00 to $8.00 per 100 pounds.
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Reeves
Prine
Indiana
Baltimore
Phila
Wwestern
D. P
Fey
Wig Ducks
Eay Ag
Ohio
Olfo
Michigan
Viermuda
Peer Tobet
Texas
Cartier
Okta
Bermuda
Berumada
Maine
Jersey
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Auth
Nntie
William
Franz Joseph
St. George’s Chispel
Windsor
Marne
Teutons
Kitchener
German Southwest Africa
Kamerun
French West Africa
Esoka
Yser
Notre Dame
Lorette
Carency
Neuville
Ablain St. Nazare
le Pretre
St. Mihiel
New Jersey
Sewell
Company
Woodbury
Westville
Pitman
Ocean City Republican Club
Joseph G. Champion
George QO. Adams
William H. Campbell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wenonah Presbyterian Church
F. J. Cattell
City Statistician
Pitman M. E. Church
Keswick
Mercy
Whitings
Paulsboro
Board of Health and Poor
Oaklyn
M. FE
Colingswood
Board of Education
Hurtsville
Belle Dunlap
Louise V. Lavarus
Anna L. Gruber
Elizabeth D. Myers
Mille A. Pepper
Thomas C. Bee
Moorestown
Paulsboro Water Company
State Fish and Game Commission
Cumberland County
Crystal Lake Avenue
Haddon Township
Blackwood
Samuel Lowder
Newfield
Harry W. Jones
Woodstown
Sea Isle City
Tonersville
Galicia
Bukowina
AMM
Ata Amm
Davis
Maryland
Eirginga
North Carolina
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