World War Warfront Reports From Europe And Mexico
Italians claim gains against Austrians while an Italian auxiliary cruiser and a French destroyer were sunk by a submarine. Turks report successes against Russians in the Caucasus and claims of pushing Russians from the Pashtak Pass. Russians advance in Galicia and Volhynia appear checked by German and Austrian forces. Prisoners total 172,484 as Russians advance in Bukowina. American troops prepare to occupy towns along the Mexican border near Juarez and other evacuated areas. French recapture ground near Fleury and west of Thiaumont at Verdun, while Berlin says attacks were repulsed. Bombardment of German lines signals a western front drive by Allies. The Tenth Cavalry clashed with Carranzistas at Carrizal, holding the field for five hours before retreating. reports say the two troops were nearly wiped out by Mexican forces on June 21.
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Caucasus
Paitak Pass
Persian
Bukowina
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Matamoros
Fleury
Swext
Thiaumont
Verdun
Berlin
Tenth Cavalry
Carrizal
Columbus
N. M
Charles T. Boyd
Gomez
Funston
Pershing
San Antonio
Tex
Western states mobilize guards and fortify forts amid border tensions
Nebraska calls in its guard to the border while Fort Bliss in El Paso prepares to expand its base hospital. Military units including Sioux infantry and cavalry could be used in Mexico if ordered, as Custer’s Little Bighorn battlefield re enacts for the fortieth anniversary. Mexican residents in Washington receive notices per the ambassador’s instructions.
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Nebraska
Will Orpet
Marion Lambert
Waukegan
Knights Templar
Scottish Rite
Los Angeles
Lee S. Smith
Pittsburg
el Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Mexico
Custer
Little Big Horn
Billings
Mont
Washington
El Paso Consulate Advised to Return to Mexico
General Funston asked the War Department to press for the release of Americans imprisoned in Chihuahua City after the Carrizal fight, as the consulate at El Paso has been advised to return to Mexico.
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el Paso
Mexico
Frederick Funston
War Department
Carrizal
Chihuahua City
Congress backs large dry civil appropriation and Mexican crisis actions
The House approved 127 million dollars for a dry civil appropriation bill and a five million annual rural post road program. Congress declared an emergency over Mexico, authorizing National Guard deployment and offering family support for guardsmen. Wilson issued an ultimatum to Carranza demanding hostilities clarify and release seventeen American prisoners. Keating pushed for a ten million dollar government munitions factory but failed.
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Congress
House
Carranza
Carrizal
Wilson
Mexico
United States
Keating
Colorado
Argentine aeronauts cross Cordilleras in balloon feat
The Argentine pilots Captain Zuloaga and Engineer Bradley successfully crossed the Cordilleras Andes by balloon. Miss Olga Dormer of Philadelphia, swimming champion at 100 yards, departs for San Francisco to defend her title on July 4. Harvard wins freshman two mile at Yale Harvard regatta in New London with ideal conditions. A Labor Day bout offers 45000 dollars for Fred Fulton versus Jess Willard, tentatively accepted by Willard’s manager Tom Jones. Troop D in field over three months could hurt Colorado Boulder’s football comeback prospects next season. Edwin V Evans and Gerry Chapman, four-letter men, return to service after last fall.
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Zuloaga
Bradley
Cordilleras Andes
Olga Dormer
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Harvard
Thames
New London
Conn
Fred Fulton
Jess Willard
Willard
Tom Jones
Harry Sherman
James Connelly
Minneapolis
University of Colorado At Boulder
Edwin V. Evans
Gerry Chapman
Foreign Matters Sweep Across War Tensions
A train with 150 Americans heads from Mexico City to Vera Cruz. Greece accepts ally conditions and demobilizes officers. Mercury sinks after mine attack with 200 deaths. Refugees flood Vera Cruz as tensions rise. Japan and Russia discuss China protections. Britain offers to assume US interests in Mexico if war erupts.
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Mexico City
Vera Crus
Cologne
Rio Janeiro
L. Martins de Sousa Dantas
Ward Line
Monterey
Vera Cruz
United States
Mexico
Japan
Russia
China
London
Associated Press
Great Britain
War weddings and border war notes across 1916 era
Springfield Isb hosts first war wedding as broker John Matz weds Frances Schramm in Burlington, Iowa. A Topeka man faces a serious charge after claiming service with Pancho Villa’s army. Rome bans Catholic dances. Denver receives decree. Mrs. Astor becomes widow with Bar Harbor ceremony in blue serge. Carrizal casualties and Chihuahua mobilizations reported as refugees arrive in El Paso. Arizona border towns urge troops from Douglas to protect settlements, with officials and utilities groups pushing for guard action.
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Springfield
Isb
Lincoln
Dunne
John Matz
Battery
Chicago
Frances Schramm
Burlington
Iowa
Sacred Consistorial Congregation
Rome
Denver
Madeline Force Astor
Bar Harbor
Jacob Astor
William Karl Dick
New York
el Paso
Carrizal
Felix Gomes
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Arizona
Douglas
Ariz
T. F. Davis
Arizona Military District
United States Leads in Electric Steel Furnaces Growth
The Electrical World reports American electric steel furnace development surged last year by 78 percent. The United States now leads global furnace numbers with 73 in operation or under construction as of January 1, 1916, surpassing Germany and England.
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United States
Niagara Falls
Europe
Germany
England
Bluff Game Prompted by Elderly Exchange
A short quip from the Boston Evening Transcript describes a bluff involving a ten dollar debt and a fifty dollar bill. The Bluffman asks for change, the Banksman agrees, and the Bluffman delays payment until next week citing the elder’s wealth.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Taking Her Seriously Theater Date Hints at Love
A woman recalls her suitor taking her to the theater three times without attempting a kiss, prompting the question of whether he is genuinely serious about love. The exchange reveals skepticism about his intentions and signals the caution in interpreting romantic signals.
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WESK
Union News Service
Galicia
Volhynia
Kimpelung
Carpathians
Belgium
France
Western
A.B
House Post Office Committee
SPORT
Cluts
Pi Omaha
Oor
Wichita Er
Des Moines Ary Wees
Greece
Mercury
Black Sea
Petrograd
Crown Council
Constantine
Zaimis
Athens
Charles Pryor
Pancho Villa
Topeka
Kan
Loveland
Cole
Anderssa
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