American Army Lands in France to Front Front
French seaport reports General Pershing’s army now in France. The second contingent landed amid cheers as transports defied submarine zones. Maj. Gen. Sibert installed at a nearby camp, with troops en route toward the front and vast supply convoys filling the harbor.
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Pershing
France
William L. Sibertig
United States
Sibert
Washington
Germany
Haiti
Santo Domingo
South Africa
General Pershing
Army General Staff
VERDUN FIGHTING AND BRITISH ADVANCE REPORTED
Paris reports heavy fighting west of Dead Man's Kill in Verdun as forces exchange hands five times before both sides abandon the position. German attacks on Avocourt failed. Aisne and Champagne reports also show French repulses. London notes British progress in enclosing Lens area with gains along the Souchez river on a broad front.
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Paris
Dead Man's Kill
Verdun
Peetor
Avocourt
Aisne
Champoene
London
Lenk
Souchez River
Lensy
Woodruff to Lead Timber Regiments for France Service
Lieut. Col. James A. Woodruff, with 18 years in the engineer corps, will organize a regiment of woodsmen and milk workers to supply timber to the armies in France. The unit, skilled axmen and related workers, will enlist men 18 to 40 for the war period, split between American University and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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American University
Woodruff
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Railroads Lose Bid to Raise Freight Rates
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission denied a 4 15 percent freight rate increase sought by U S railroads. The order dated June 27 suspends proposed increases until October 28, 1917, with exceptions for coal coke and iron ore. The commission notes 1916 was a prosperous year for railroads and that wartime effects are not as severe as feared.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChurd
Russians Launch Heavy Strike on Stripa Front
Berlin reports Russian troops opened a major offensive along an 18.4 mile front at Stripa in the eastern theater. They stormed German positions but suffered heavy losses and retreated, marking the widest assault since the revolution.
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Berlin
Stripa
French warship Kleber sinks after mine strike
Paris reports the armored cruiser Kleber struck a mine near Point St. Mathieu and sank while en route from Dakar to Brest. Three other ships and 85 crew members were lost in the incident. The Kleber had departed Dakar, Africa.
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Kleber
Point St. Mathieu
Perlah
Paris
Dakar
Africa
Brest
Coal Price Reductions Agreed by Operators
Washington reports an immediate general cut of 1 to 1.50 per ton in bituminous coal prices at the mine, with further decreases likely after cost investigations. The move, endorsed by the secretary of the interior and the federal trade commission, aims to save hundreds of millions for the public and to be strictly enforced by the coal committee of the national defense council. Secretary Lane thanked coal production leaders, noting the action as essential for national fuel security as government officials may set a tentative price until a permanent rate is fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Federal Trade Commission
Committee On Coal Production
National Defense Council
Lane
Peabody
F. S. Peabody
Coal Production Committee
Fert
Coal Committee
Council of National Defense
Decatur, II
Canadians Drive on Lens Front in World War I Battle
Canadian Army troops stormed and captured the German front line before Avion, near Lens, under heavy artillery fire. The British line advanced to within one mile of Lens center on a two mile front, with men from British Columbia, Manitoba, central Ontario, and Nova Scotia. Nova Scotians seized Leauyette on the Lens Arras road and took prisoners.
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France
Avion
Lens
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
Nova Sccotia
Nova
Colorado miners to strike in Denver area
A formal notice of intent to strike was filed with the state industrial committee by John F. Moran president of district No 16 of the United Mine Workers on behalf of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company workers. Opposition to the Rockefeller plan is a major factor. no pay increase is requested. Amateur killed by pitched ball in Alamota Kansas.
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Denver
Colo
Estate Industrial Committee
John F. Moran
United Mineworkers
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Moran
Forty Drown As Car Plunges Into Niagara River
Niagara Falls, N Y July 2 Forty persons drowned when a Great Gorge route car slid off a landslide affected trestle and plunged into the Niagara river near the lower rapids. Twenty bodies were recovered and many others were injured as rescuers and volunteers searched the whirlpools.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Cuy
National
Greece Breaks With Kaiser and Central Powers
The Greek government breaks diplomatic relations with Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey indicating a state of war though formal declaration is not yet issued. Le Temps reports Greek ministers are ordered to leave Berlin Vienna Sofia and Constantinople with archives placed at the Netherlands legation.
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Athens
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Paris
le Tempy Sdys
Switzerland
G. Carailla
Berlin
Vienna
Sofia
Constantinople
Netherlands
Iowa airman not killed in French action
A telegram from Soissons reports Corporal James Norman Wall of Colfax Indiana not killed but seriously wounded in France. Wall, a member of the French aviation corps, was hit during combat with eight German aircraft and is in a hospital with a bullet through his lungs and another graze to the scalp.
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Paris
James Norman Wall
Colfax
French Aviation Corps
Soissons
Hall
War appeal urged to stores on nonessential services
Washington June 2. The commercial economy board of the council of national defense urged retailers to illuminate nonessential services and release unnecessary items as a wartime measure. The call emphasizes cutting extras to support defense efforts and curb waste.
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Washington
Commercial Economy Board
The
Council of National Defense
Water Tank Collapse Drowns 18 Aboard Milwaukee Boat
A Milwaukee river disaster aboard the Christopher Columbus excursion boat leaves 18 confirmed dead and many injured as a 25,000 gallon tank falls from a 100 foot tower crushing decks packed with school outing parties from Northwestern University and University of Chicago. U S authorities open inquiry and signal possible arrests. Captain Moody describes the moment of impact and attempted reversal as survivors recount the panic on flooded decks.
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Milwaukee
West Lyes
H. W
Fred Blum
Blanche Cooper
Kay
Bertha M. Gomstock
Kenyon
Minn
Thomas H. Creel
Parkersburg
W. Y
Robert Downs
Colored
Chicago
Eva Estrnn
Alfred B. Murray
Cecil Nell
Billings
Olin
Bertha Parsons
A. G. Pallak
Dubuque
Alta Roberts
Morrill
James Brody
Brody
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Big Chicago Bank Fails After Seizure by Detectives
The Graham & Sons private bank at 659 West Madison Street closed Friday. State's Attorney Hoyne's detectives broke in with fire axes two hours later and took possession. An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed for William Shale claiming $3,000. The bank, once led by Andrew J. Graham, was among Illinois' strongest with deposits estimated near $5,000,000, burdened by illiquid real estate bonds.
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Chicago
Graham & Sons
West
Madison Street
Hoyne
Federal District Court
William Shale
Andrew J. Graham
Illinois
Nominee Greathouse Named to Federal Vocational Board
Washington June 80 The president sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles A Greathouse former superintendent of public instruction in Indiana and now chairman of the Democratic state committee to be a member of the federal vocational commission The men nominated to serve on the board include Arthur BE Holder of Town for three years Charles A Greathouse Indiana for two years James Phinney Munroe Massachusetts for one year
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Washington
Senate
Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana
Democratic Estate Committee
Federal Vocational Commission
Arthur BE
Charles A, Greathouse
James Phinney Munroe
Mansachusetts
Those Awful Cramps Marysville Woman Praises Remedy
A Marysville Pa woman describes twelve years of monthly cramps and bedridden days. After trying doctors and remedies she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and regained health. The notice urges other young women with painful or irregular periods to consider the remedy and write for advice.
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Marysville
Benne
Lydia Bi
Pinkham
I. Casinot
Lydia E. Pinkham
Georch R
Nayior
Lydia
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Mass
Old False Teeth Bought and Irish Flag Designs Debated
An ad offers to buy old teeth for five dollars a set and promises refund if unsatisfactory. A Christian Science Monitor piece discusses proposed Irish flags after home rule, noting options like a red St Patrick cross with shamrocks and a golden sunburst, or three golden crowns, drawing on Munster arms and historical colors.
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Ireland
Fiona MacCumball
Fenians
Munster
Henry VIII
United Irishmen
Christian Scevice Monitor
War Gardens Expand Across New York City Acres Plots
New York City war gardens cover 745 acres on vacant lots. In Brooklyn and Queens 5000 plots shift from idleness to cultivation with many city employees among the workers.
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New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Not to Be Encouraged in a Garden Plot
Dialogue captures a domestic quip where Mrs. Crogslots questions using her husband for garden work. The retort notes his gardening yields only hunger, highlighting humor in everyday marriage banter and a frugal household dynamic.
Sudden Question Sparks Family Pause
A terse dialogue unfolds as a woman and a man debate timing and paternity while a judge mediates. A technical aside notes reviving a coal fire with salt and compares sweetening powers of sycose to sugar, hinting at domestic or experiment discourse.
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White House
Attle
Dead Man
Col
J. A. Woodruff
Nes Fy
Dominion
Colorado
Rockefeller
Great Bend
Alamota
Ufe
Cheodore Norton
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
Boris A. Bakthimetieff
Russia
Niagara
Great Gorges
Greece
Kaiser
Austria
Iowa
James Hall
Oastland
of Graham & Sons
Wilson
Domestic Supply Co
Birghamtor
N.Y
Harry
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