A Great Allied Offensive Near Lens and Flanders Front
The Entente began a major offensive in Flanders with a vast British force and French troops striking the German lines between Dixmude and Gapaard Warnelon. Allied advances reported beyond German trenches on a roughly twenty mile front as French and British achieve initial objectives. The German high command gathers in Brussels for a war council as Russian leadership changes occur with Korniloff replaced by Tatischeff. An Austrian recapture of Czernowitz is reported alongside a deadly munition factory explosion at Hennigsdorf Germany causing heavy casualties and property damage.
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Dezen
Lens
Flanders
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Dixmude
Gapaard
Warnelon
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
von Capelle
Grand Duke
Albrecht of Wurttemburg
Brussels
Alexis A. Brussiloff
L. «. Korniloff
Icheremisoff
Eighth Army
Korniloff
Tague
Czernowits
Bukowina
Vienna
Czernowita
Tater
Genel Brussloff
Czernowils
Henningsdorf
Germany
Exchange Telegraph Company
Army Spirit Splendid Pershing Telegram Hails Allied Victory
The London Times reports General Pershing telegraphs from Paris praising allied spirit morale and the improving general situation. He says Allies should expect complete victory. King George may open the first American YMCA hut in England with officials deciding in days. The London hut will host American sailors and soldiers next Wednesday. Ohio Court Plaster Poisoned. Health authorities confirm tetanys perm contamination in court plaster sent to health service for analysis.
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Pershing
London Times
Paris
King George
Young Men’s Christian Association
England
London
Dangerous Journey Through Egypt's Interior Nightmare
A traveler recounts a perilous midnight train ride from Port Said to Ismailia during rising unrest in Egypt. Surrounded by seven armed Arabs, he dodges attack by offering his box of cigars and bread, fearing certain murder while the train’s crew is slain and Europeans killed. The tense account ends with the engineer and stoker murdered, leaving the narrator as the sole survivor aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Ismailia
Port Said
Iself
Lowna
Hiy
Mick Ghukes
White
Aras
Stoker
Tris
County Town News Sidelights in Clymer and South Bend
Local notes from Clymer and nearby areas recount church services and social visits. Rev A I South to preach at Nebo on Sunday August 12 at 3 PM. Visitors include Miss Sadie Heiser of Rossiter, Mr and Mrs Henry Chapman hosts in Nant-y-Qle, and many residents making trips to Punxsutawney Windber Barnesboro and Indiana. Community events feature a Red Cross festival in Townsend's yard and a well attended Sunday school with a growing membership. The page lists numerous visits, family gatherings, and personal arrivals across the counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. South
Presbyterian Church
Clymer
Nebo
Sadie Heiser
Heiser
Rossiter
Genevieve Wright
Henry Schastag
Mary
R. D. Bennett
J. GC. Martin
Punxsutawney
James Kendig
Windber
Forest Wolf
Lovejoy
Jack Wright
Floyd Spencer
Callad
Charles Wright
Marry Kendig
Floyd Kendig
Brown
Leo Hower
F. A. Kline
Sam Brown
Patton
J. R. Nicholson
Marstellar
J. M
W. H. Williams
Roy Joiner
Pine Flats
George Davies
Sin
John
Barnesboro
South Bend
Red Cross
Townsend's Yard
Margaret, Smith
Leechbore
E. T. Smith
Rev. E. A. Campbell
Clintonville
How the Marburys Came to Change Their Residence
A crusty narrator recounts how Mrs. Marion Marbury and her husband Frank clash over control and cookery. After she vents, Frank moves out and starts cooking at home. She struggles to hire a cook, dines out, and finally receives an invitation to dinner from Frank. He expresses willingness to reunite if she can find a place for him, but they reconcile with a kiss and no further moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marbury
Goodby
Francis Marbury
Marion Marbury
Mrs. Marbury
Azair
Kiss
Marburys
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Uncle Sam
New Jersey
American Press Association
Signal Corps
General Pershing
France
Ohio
Ohio and Board of Health
United States Hygienic Laboratory
Journey
County Town News
Apollo
Lavinah Crum
Wilkinsburg
Will
Crum
Silvis
Vandergrift
J. W. Moorhead
Idaho
D. B. Townsend
W. A. Simpson
Ed. Wood
Indiana
Robert Har‘mon
Sheloca
Paul Reed
Homer City
Martha Moorhead
J. A. Klingensmith
Lavenia Townsend
Margaret Ramsey
Near Shelocta
W. J. Silvis
Pittsburg
Brushvalley
Harry Ream
Mabel Artemus
William Miller
Johnstown
Mr. Miller
Ernest Herlinger
John Dettis
McCutcheon
Clarence Younking
Russelll Rager
Samuel Craig
ORD
Taylor Smiley
John Cochran
Carl Nelson
Olga
Cornelius Rowley
Be, G. Wolf
New York
Samuel Burkett
Harvey Reithmiller
James Boucher
Deckers Point
Dzrua Shankle
Cherry
Tree
Mary McQuown
Nickletown
Charles Sheasley
McKeesport
Harry Sebring
Mary Hamilton
John Remaley
Paul
Miss Kinter
Laura Wineberg
Ora Daugherty
Locust
the Farmers Bank
Indiana, Pa
Geo. D. Leydic
Philadelphia Street
Hotel Moore
Dinsmore Bros
the Savings & Trust Co
THE
Wallace Dry Goods Co
J. C. Wallace & Son
Henry H. Steving & CO
Philadelphia St
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