Patrol Boats Engage Submarines Off Massachusetts Coast
Heavy firing persisted off eastern Nantucket Island with three hydro aeroplanes overhead. Reports of a vessel in distress were denied as patrol boats reportedly battled submarines near Race Point while the firing drew closer. Farmers may exchange wheat for flour under a Food Administration rule pending Hoover’s Europe report, with certificates and limits for household flour via mills and elevators.
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Nantucket
Mass
Nantucket Island
Provincetown
Race Point
United States Food Administration
Allies Press on as Germans retreat at Chateau Thierry
Reports from Paris and London recount American and French forces driving German troops from Barbilton Wood and the Chateau Thierry salient. Allied artillery shells both sides as Roosevelts wounded heroically through the Montdidier offensive advances. Jaulgonne and Buzancy fall to Franco Americans while rumors claim Hindenburg is dead.
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Roosevelt
Thorsday
Aisne-Marne
Oulchy le Chateau
Montdidier
von Hindenburg
Henry Wales
Marne
Epides
Mont St. Pere
Barbilton Wood
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Aisne-Marne- Champagne
Fere En Tardennois
Ville En Tardennois
London
Oisne-Marne
Buzancy
Jaulgonne
Mont-Didier
Aubevillers
Savillers
Mailly-Raineval
Mergival
Hoover Warns of Greater Death Toll in Enemy Lands
London July 23 Herbert Hoover said that starvation and malnutrition in enemy countries will cause more deaths than those on the western front in his afternoon address honoring him.
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London
Herbert Hoover
Czecho Slovak Forces Advance With Peasant Rebels
Amsterdam July 23 A Czecho Slovak unit captured Jaroslapo in eastern European Russia and joined peasant rebels in advancing against the Bolsheviki. Red Guards offer futile resistance as reports say Gen Korniloff may be summoned to lead counter revolutionaries.
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Amsterdam
Jaroslapo
Russia
Moscow
Red Guards
Korniloff
Sinking of South Shoals lightship reported off Nantucket
New Bedford July 23 reports claim a German submarine sank the South Shoals lightship off Nantucket though verification is lacking. Heavy firing was heard nearby during the night and into the morning.
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New Bedford
Mass
South Shoals
Nantucket
500 Victims Per Day From Asiatic Cholera in Petrograd
Copenhagen reports 500 daily cholera victims in Petrograd as of July 23, citing capital city information. The figure highlights a severe outbreak status and ongoing health crisis in 20th century Russia.
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Petrograd
Copenhagen
Navy personnel top half million amid fraud probes
Secretary Daniels announced Navy personnel surpassed five hundred thousand. Justice Department disclosed extensive frauds in rubber rain coats for soldiers in France. Seventeen officers and employees from fifteen New York and Brooklyn manufacturers were arrested.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
France
Department of Justice
New York
Brooklyn
Fatal street accident claims child in Walnut Street crossing
Bernard Dew six year old son of Mr and Mrs George Dew died after being struck by an automobile driven by Stewart Douglass of Ryker's Ridge on Walnut Street near Schoenstein bakery. Eyewitnesses say a street car blocked view as the boy crossed toward the bakery. He sustained a fractured skull and severe head injuries and died at 3:50 PM later today.
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Walnut Street
Bernard Dew
George Dew
Stewart Douglass
Ryker’s Ridge
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Schoenstein
Douglass
Mr. Douglass
Roy McCauley
Mr. Dew
Denny Sanatorium
Drs. Cook
Totten
Childs
A. F. Douglass
Harold
Sixth sense of balance aids aviators say scientists
A science section describes the inner ear balance system located in three tiny canals that help determine body position without sight. The piece notes variability in sensitivity among individuals and its importance to pilot success. It also reports the death of a child from whooping cough and funeral details for Justin Jeannette O Banion.
President Wilson Seizes Telegraph and Telephone Lines
President Wilson issued an executive order taking over the nation’s telegraph and telephone lines under the Aswell resolution and authority. The move also appears to affect cable companies, with Secretary Burleson preparing a public statement on the order and its full scope.
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Washington
Wilson
Aswell Resolution
Burleson
War Casualties Reported With Local Names Included
A July 250 report lists Army and locomarine corps casualties. Leslie De Chapin of Ridgville is killed in action and Chas Boc ca of Gary is severely wounded.
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Washington
Army and Locomarne Corps
Leslie de Chapin
Ridgreville
Chas. Bocca
Gary
Scurfy scale threatens Madison shade trees
Inquiries to Prof Doddridge describe the scurfy scale insect affecting Madison area shade trees from Southern Canada to the Gulf States. Reports note the female is dirty gray and irregular, the male small and snow white with three ridges. Experiments by Prof R A Cooley show linseed or cottonseed oil emulsions as effective control when applied in spring or at egg hatch, with detailed mixing formulas and application guidance.
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Doddridge
Madison
Canada
Gulf States
R. A.cooley
Montana
Marriage of Miss Bernice Suter to William Crapo
Announcements inform friends of the marriage of Bernice Suter of Indianapolis to William Crapo of the same city on Saturday July 13. The bride, former Jefferson county resident, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Suter long residents of North Madison. Crapo works for Pullman Auto Co in Indianapolis. couple have gone to housekeeping.
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Bernice Suter
William Crapo
Indianapolis
Jefferson County
Henry Suter
North Madison
Crapo
Pullman Auto Co
Official report on food office action against Matthews
County Food Administrator Nichols Harper received notice from State Food Administrator Barnard Matthews of Candin charging him with using customers' names to sign certificates. The order bars Matthews from selling wheat until October 1. Harper believes lifting the ban earlier is warranted. Matthews was sustained for selling eggs without candling, but no action taken due to his prior self-defense.
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Nicholas Harper
Barnard
Thirty Six Answer Call Jefferson County Loyal Sons Leave
A crowd gathered at the local station as thirty six more of Jefferson County’s men left for service, in one of the war’s largest quotas. Canteen girls in white with red cross bands cheered, offering apples and pencils while friends photographed the departure.
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Jefferson County
Maison
Anna Harper
Helen Lauer
Gladys Grayson
Ines Mayfield
Eleanor
Robert Driskell
Karl A. Cain
Ransom Wainscott
Driskell
Glen Vernon
Brooksburg
John Frederick Kreeger
Jefferson county men to Camp Taylor assigned to Seventh Brigade
A group of Jefferson county men who departed yesterday morning for Camp Taylor has been assigned to the Seventh Brigade, according to the latest dispatches.
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Camp Taylor
Jefferson County
Crawford Adams violinist to headline Madison Chautauqua acts
On August 6 at Madison Chautauqua Crawford Adams a violinist of rare ability will perform with audience interactive selections. Roselth Knapp Breed humorist brings real life sketches and Rollo Hudson pianist pairs with Adams for tonal blends. George Wainscott and Elizabeth Faunce of Patriot wed in the Danner House parlors.
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Crawford- Adams Company
Chautauqua
Crawford Adams
Roselth Knapp
Rollo Hudson
Northeastern Conservatory of Music
Madison Chautauqua
George Wainscott
Elizabeth Faunce
Patriot
Danner House
J. W. Moody
The
Christian Church
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