British Casualties Surprisingly Few In Present Offensive
London dispatch reports two wounded officers from Fricourt Montauban and Bazentin discuss casualties aboard a Southampton hospital ship. They say total losses are heavy but the proportion remains favorable, noting gains in ground and morale despite brutal fighting.
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London
England
Southampton
Fricourt
Montauban
Bazentin
la Boiselle
Constalmaison
Loos
Reer
Germany
Ieee
Southern Railway records June 1916 spending and south allocations
Washington reports June 1916 disbursements by the Southern Railway totaling 5,523,320 with 4,589,493 paid to southern entities. The month shows 614,806 more spent in the south than funds from southern transportation, plus 713,585.23 for roadway and structure improvements. Twelve month figures show gross revenue of 69,907,675 and operating expenses of 48,993,670 with higher improvement outlays.
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Washington, D. C
Southern Railway Company
South
A. H. Plant
American ambulance volunteer earns croix de guerre at Verdun
W H Wheeler Jr Harvard sophomore and Greenwich Conn youth who joined the American Ambulance in Paris last February writes of Verdun ten days of front line work. He recalls near total losses in his division about 60 percent and describes wrecked roads, dead horses, shattered cars, and close calls while treating the wounded.
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New York
W. H. Wheeler, Jr
Harvard
Greenwich
Conn
American Ambulance
Paris
Verdun
Barber
Somme
Bret
Wartime Casualties and Recovery Prediction
An unnamed officer predicts the war ending before summer and Germany's defeat, while another officer notes many present casualties will be fighting fit within a month of landing and observers their revived vigor as they rejoin action.
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Germany
Pay Day for New York Militiamen on the Border
McAllen Texas August 3 This marks the first pay day for New York militia on border protection duty. They receive pay only for days served for the federal government not for waiting time at home. Hundreds asked for direct pay to families but the government refused citing army rules. The men must wait for funds to arrive before forwarding them to New York.
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McAllen
Tex
New York
Uncle Sam
British Officers Monitor Deutschland’s Return Voyage
London naval officers track the German submarine merchantman Deutschland and doubt its safe homeward passage. An admiralty official says Britain has no policy to alter actions against the vessel and remains determined not to treat it as a normal merchant ship.
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London
Admiralty
Society at Newport Art Association Fete Opens
Newport society prepares for the Newport Art Association lawn fete featuring dances by young society girls in filmag nudgings on a raised platform. Vanderbilt cousins Mike Crave and Cornelius Vanderhilt will seek subscriptions during the event.
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Newport
B.L
Newport Art Association
Mike Crave Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderhilt
Guntersville Bank Cashier Dies After Shortage Discovery
In Guntersville Alabama S A Bradford cashier at the Bank of Guntersville died by his own hand after a state bank examiner reported a book shortage. Directors met and summoned the state superintendent to take charge as a bank report showed capital of 50 000 and deposits around 102 174.74.
Trains Arrive Asheboro Daily at 10:40 and 2:35
Norfolk Southern announces daily arrivals at Asheboro with two daily schedules 10 40 a m and 2 35 p m except Sunday. Information available from L Burkhead Agent Asheboro N C and from E D Eyle H S Leard traffic manager general passenger agent Norfolk Va.
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Asheboro
Aberdeen
Intermedi
L Burkhead
N. C
E. D. Eyle
H. S. Leard
Norfolk, VA
Barelegged Beach Dance Spreads in Cleveland
Cleveland girls dance barefoot on Lake Erie beaches inspired by Miss Millie Peckham and Miss Byrle McCullum after a San Francisco trip. They cite an English scientist claiming vitality enters through the soles, and say water-soaked sand provides the best dance floor.
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Cleveland
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Ready For Art Association
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Cliggalte Myers Sabacco
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Ford
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Montgomery
Norfolk Southuirn
North Carolina
Terminal Station
Norfolk
Norfolk Southern
N. B
Steer
Charlotte
Sands
Lake Erie
Millie Peckham
Miss Byrle
Cisco
Hart Drug CO
North State
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
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Raleigh
Henderson
Petersburg
Richmond
Fayetteville
Camden
S. C
Columbia
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