War Year in Review: Allied Losses and Fronts Across Europe
A weekly condensed update lists major wartime developments: Cunard liner Franconia sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Romanian forces falter on a 50 mile Transylvanian front. British troops advance in Macedonia capturing Nevolyen. Somme Verdun artillery duels continue. Rumania retreats across the Danube. Russia reports heavy losses while Brusiloff presses in Volhynia. Greek cabinet resignations and Turkish advances are noted. various political and crime items round out the summary.
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Transylvania
Ispahan
Persia
Constantinople
Struma
Macedonia
Nevolyen
Somme
Verdun
Bulgaria
Berlin War Office
Bucharest
Danube
Russia
Berlin
Constantine
Athens
Dubrudja
Brussiloff
Volhynia
Lemberg
Wyoming oil and church notes lead Wyoming news roundup
Sheridan beet harvests begin as Lost Soldier area draws attention. Casper sees a new oil company plan while Cody dedicates a $12000 M E church. Laramie hospital near completion and a 13th Wyoming women's clubs convention. Numerous fatalities and mining oil activity across the state are reported with details on farms, guards, and fairs.
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Western
Union News Service
Sheridan
Thomas Heaney
Cheyenne
D. C. Roath
Wheatland
Women’s Clubs of
Wyoming
Hartley Hinton
Big Horn County
Pittsburg
Arthur O. Perrin
Rawlins
Ogden
Frank L. Houx
Bates Park Oil Company
Casper
Whiteside Company
Big Muddyfield
Andrew Ryan, Jr
State Bank of
Glenrock
Wyoming National Guard
Big Piney
T. O. Beck
Elmer Rathbun
Scarecrows Too Useful Prompting Filial Notice
An official notice in a Württemberg country paper orders peasants to remove old clothing from scarecrows in fields. The move follows discoveries that escaped prisoners of war swapped outfits with scarecrows, complicating identification and security.
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Wurttemberg
One Exception About Dynotizing Pups and Encyclopedias
A humorous quip contrasts a professor claiming he can dynotize any man with the notion that no one has faced a slick salesman. The speaker implies even professors meet their match against eager encyclopedia sellers and pedigreed dogs.
Burglary Report Sparks Police Pawnshop Watch
A burglar breached a residence last night and took a diamond ring and a freshly baked pie. Police patrol pawnshops but have yet to locate the thief. An unrelated remark asks if anyone has checked the morgue for clues.
Remark on Bookcase Praise Sparks Literary Contrast
The speaker notes a compliment implied by Wombat when they see his bookshelf. The juxtaposition places the speaker's works beside Shakespeare, prompting reflection on intent.
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Wombat
Strange Girl Refuses Movies and Feigned Decline
A note from a strange girl says her daughter appears well but shows no interest in going to the cinema, despite eating and sleeping normally and seeming to have her faculties. The remark hints at an underlying issue affecting her behavior.
Women’s health cure praised by Harrisburg reader
Mrs Frank Knopf of 1642 Fulton St Harrisburg Penn credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with strengthening her during single life and aiding recovery after marriage. She reports a doctor noting a growth removed without surgery and praises the product as a household staple and miracle.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Harrisb Penn
Lydia E
Frank Knopf
Fulton St
Harrisburg
Penn
Pittsburg
Gardner
Troy Hill
Lydia BE. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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Charles Call
Ambulance Corps
National Guard of California
Woodlands
Cal
Rutland
Chicago
William Warner
United
Missouri
Kansas City
Manuel Esquerdo
Miami
Arizona
Gila Valley Bank
Williams
Christian Brothers’ College
St. Louis
Henry Rider
Howell
Couzens
United States
Washington
Panama
Burleson
Japan
Shun Shimada
Alaska
Navy Department
Congress
Tokio
Marshal Terauchi
Count Okuma
Red Cross
Straits of Dover
Boulogne
Paris Figaro
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
New York
Paris
England
France
von Schoelen
von Wandel
Noble
Nobreford
Alberta
Vienna
Geneva
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Francis Joseph
Germany
North Sea
English Channel
Overseas
Waterford
Ireland
John Redmond
Sporting News
Abe Attell
Stanley Yoakum
Denver
University of Minnesota
B. E. Smathers
Boston Americans
Charles E. Hughes
Brooklyn
Topeka
Peoria
Ill
Kan
John Savage
F. J. Kiinger
Boulder, Cola
Union Pacific Railroad
Crowe
Augusta
Wichita
Omaha
Wilson
Goethals
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Rublee
The
Trade Commission
Commercial Club
Jones
Wyoming State News
E. W. Fening
Union Pacific
Laramie
W. E. Wagner
Tongue River
Sheridan County
Pork and Crop Production Club
Jackson's Hole
Fremont County
Andrew M. Ryan, Jr
Andrew Ryan
Will Powell
Albany County
Sydenham Hospital
Midwest Refining Company
Elkhorn Company
Big Muddy
Sage Creek
Wind River
Oblo Ol Company
Lander
Frank 8. Smith
Dubois
Font Peut Lene
Fletcher
Kidas
Dean
Case Louis Johnson
Durango
Colo
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Foster
Jurn CO
Buffalo, N
Forwalids
Albert Minn
Lydia E. Finkham
Water St
Albert Lea, Minn
Geshea
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