Allied drive eyed as London reports tense war mood
London August 10 heavy fighting looms on land and sea as Canadian forces push along the Lens Bethune road near the German held area. In Flanders operations remain officially silent fueling speculation of a possible German sortie into the North Sea. Russian affairs center on Kerensky described as near invalid amid strain from war duties.
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London
France
Lens-Bethune
Flanders
North Sea
Junkers
Kerensky
Liord George
Russia
Police mystery over Mary Gaffney injuries in New Jersey
New York reports Mary Gaffney twenty is found dying near Woodbridge New Jersey after an auto ride with Harry Hilton and William Simpson of Port Reading. Police suspect she fell or jumped from the car. Both men are held on bonds as inquiries continue.
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Woodbridge
Harry Hilton
William Simpson
Port Reading
N. J
Perth Amboy
Seawaren
Anna Gaffney
Open Swimming Meet Sets Stage for Cowell Burns Duel
In Oakland on August 10, anticipation builds for the Neptune Beach meet in Alameda. Local swimmer Frances Cowell faces Southern California star Dorothy Burns in a 100 yard race to decide who holds Pacific coast supremacy.
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Oakland
Cal
Neptune Beach
Alameda
Frances Cowell
Dorothy Burns
Southern California
Pacific Coast
Prisoners Young Asks 20 Or Under In British Report
London dispatch reports Perry Robinson stating that about 30 percent of 4,000 prisoners taken in a recent advance are 20 years old or younger, with 13 percent from 1917, 17 percent from 1918 and a few from 1919. He notes no major infantry action recently and says Germans in Flanders show little counterattack activity. The front near Lens advanced slightly.
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London
Perry Robinson
Theer
Lens
Flanders
Massachusetts Irish Society Honors John Boyle Reilly Tablet
The Massachusetts Chapter of the American Irish Historical Society visited Hull to dedicate a memorial tablet to John Boyle Reilly. The tablet sits on Hull Public Library, a former summer home of the poet, commemorating his influential oratory and poems and leadership of the Irish cause.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
The
American Irish Historical Society
Hull
John Boyle Reilly
United States
O'Reilly
Mortgagee's Sale of Mechanicsville Lot in 1917
By virtue of a July 31 1915 mortgage deed recorded in Guilford County North Carolina the mortgagee will sell at 2 PM September 1 1917 in front of J W Montgomery's store Mechanicsville to highest cash bidder a 1 3 acre lot with a two room house shaped by specific boundary stakes. The sale helps satisfy the secured note. August 1 1917 J W Hedgecock.
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Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
N. C
Elisha King
Edna King
J. W. Montgomery
Mechanicsville
Hind
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N. Y
Order of Eagles
New York
Mary Gaff
Grace Humiston
Swann
New York County
Kohn
Criminal Court
Isola Forrester
Carl
Helen de Menethy
Hannah R. Frank
Ruth Cruger
Tite
J. W Hedgecock
White Sulphur Springs
Mt. Airy, N. C
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Mt. Airy
Mt.Airy White Sulphur Springs
Joe Gwynn
Gilmer Brothers Company
Palm Beach
Gilmer Brothers Company Specialty Store
Main Street
High Point, N. C
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