Vesle Front Battles Slow Amid Bad Weather and Gas
War commentary notes bad weather slows Allied progress along the Vesle near Soissons and Rheims. German shelling and counterattacks fail to shift gains as French and American troops hold firm. Paris reports 35 000 prisoners and 700 cannons captured, with Soissons and Chateau-Thierry retaken.
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Vesle
Soissons
Rheims
Montdidier
English Channel
Marshal Foch
The
Record Heat Wave Smashes Northeast Limits
Washington and Baltimore hit 106 degrees breaking marks not seen since 1881. Detroit Harrisburg and Toledo also set new highs with 104 degrees as heat continues across the region.
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Washington
United States
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Detroit
Harrisburg
Toledo
Allied Forces Landed in Archangel in August
London reports an official announcement that allied naval and military forces landed at Archangel on August 2. The move followed Russian populace wishes and sparked widespread enthusiasm.
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London
Archangel
Warilda Hospital Ship Sinking Terrible Naval Tragedy
British port reports torpedoing of the Warilda, a hospital ship with about 600 sick and wounded on board. Some 105 to 180 killed, including nurses and several Americans. 650 survivors treated and sent to hospitals as trains awaited to receive them. Survivors recount a frantic struggle in darkness after the blast.
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Voluntary Aid Department
Red Cross
Market Report from St Paul Livestock Yard
Hogs receipts 3 with steady market. Prices range 18.70 to 18.90. top 18.85. Cattle receipts 2,900 with prices 15 to 25 cents lower. steers 6.25 to 17.50. cows and heifers 7 to 12. veal calves steady 5.25 to 15.50. stockers and feeders steady slow. Sheep receipts 250 with steady market. lambs 10 to 16. rams 7 to 13. ewes 5 to 11.50.
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St. Paul
Paul
Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed Across Hog Cattle and Sheep
Hogs receipts 22 000 with prices about 10 to 156 lower than yesterday. Cattle receipts 13 000 with steady to unevenly lower trends and prime heavy steers at a new record of 18. Lambs and sheep show steady to strong demand with primes at 17.5 to 18.1 for lambs and ewes at 13.25 to 13.90.
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Chicago
Omaha Livestock Market Recap for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Receipts at Omaha on August 7 include 16 800 hogs with prices 18 to 18.60 for heavy and 18.10 to 18.30 for mixed. Cattle receipts about 12 000 with steady to lower demand. natives 12 to 18.40, cows and heifers 8 to 13, westerns 10 to 16, feeders 7 to 12, calves 10 to 13.50. Sheep receipts 10 000 with higher prices. wethers 12 to 14, ewes 10.66 to 18, lambs 16 to 17.40, yearlings 12.50 to 14.50.
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Omaha
Minneapolis Grain Market Report Summary
Minneapolis grain prices and receipts are listed with Wheat at $2.33 for cash No. 1 northern old, Corn No. 8 yellow at $1.65 to $1.76, Oats No. 1 white 69 to 70 cents, Flax at $4.29 to $4.82, Barley at 8 to 10 cents, Rye at $1.74 to $1.76, Bran at $29.81, and Flour unchanged. Receipts reach 336 cars, shipments 41,808 barrels.
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Minneapolis
Chicago Grain Price Report Aug 7
Chicago grain prices list corn oats and rye with No. 2 yellow corn at approximately 1.70 to 1.77 per bushel and No. 4 yellow around 1.68 to 1.70. Oats No. 3 white 68.5 to 69.5 cents bushel and rye No. 2 around 1.56 to 1.57.
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Chicago
German Dental Supplies Put on Blacklist
Chicago August 6 a ban was placed on using made in Germany dental instruments and supplies by a unanimous vote of the National Association of Dental Examiners. Delegates from 29 state boards pledged to sever all relations with Germany which has forfeited the respect and confidence of the civilized world.
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Chicago
Germany
National Association of Dental Examiners
Foch Made Marshal of France as War Front Flags Rise
French council elevates General Ferdinand Foch to marshal rank and honors General Petain with the Military Medal. News notes British officers escaping Holzinden prison camp, mail service plans between New York and Chicago aim to cut Atlantic time, Hoover visits the front at Belleau Wood. Submarine chaser No. 187 sinks after collision near Hog Island. all crew saved. Lenin plot thwarted. Fontana sentenced to Leavenworth. Red Cross urged to enlist 1000 nurses weekly for two months. China allocates 100000 to send a regiment to Vladivostok. Australia reports 321000 troops overseas. Liberty bonds sell at par on the New York Stock Exchange. General March ends troop designations to United States Army. Hog Island ships first cargo carrier Quistcoack. navy orders thousands of reservists to active duty. Wheat crop talks begin under government price plans.
American Casualties Reach 706 in Marne Drive
Washington reports 706 American casualties in the Franco American Marne Aisne offensive. Of these 849 killed in action or died of wounds in the first list. 256 killed in action and 483 died of wounds in the second. Pershing to provide complete verified lists as quickly as possible.
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Washington
Marne
War Department
Pershing
Crowell
Marne- Aisne
American Expeditionary Forces
General Pershing
Paper Mills Declared Essential for War Effort
Washington reports the war Industries Board lists paper mills as essential with a pledge to cut newsprint use. Newspapers are urged to reduce daily editions by 15 percent and Sunday editions by 20 percent. The board also favors no new newspapers starting during the war.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Three American Fishermen Sunk Off Nova Scotia Coast
Three American fishing schooners were sunk by German submarines off Seal Island in Yarmouth county Nova Scotia on Saturday. The crews reached the Nova Scotia coast on Sunday. A submarine commander told an American skipper he had sunk more American schooners from Boston and Gloucester on Friday, but gave no vessel names or crew outcomes.
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N. S
Seal Island
Yarmouth County
Nova Scotia
Boston
Gloucester
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