British Regain Infantry Hill Front in Belgium
British troops report regaining part of ground lost when Germans penetrated the front line trenches east of Monchy le Preux on Infantry Hill near Monchy. Weather remained wet and stormy with continued fighting on the Belgian front.
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Petrograd
Kimpchhing
Bukowina
War Office
Bystritza
Dniester
Pruth
Galicia
Zhroez
Rome
Copla
Austria-Hungary
Adriatic
Italian War Department
Paris
Cerny
Aisne
London
British War Department
Infantry
Monchy le Peeux
Attica
Athens
Piraeus
Exchange Telegraph Company
Reuters, Limited
Kiev
Krylenko
The
Council of Workmen’s
11Th Army
Warneton
Monchy le Preux
Queant
Danton
Throwioghuntee
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Ypres
Fined Fifty For Keeping iost Watch
Mrs Hodston of Minto Avenue was fined 350 for possessing a watch valued at 60 knowing it was stolen. She claimed she obtained the watch from her child who said a teacher gave it to her, but prosecutors showed she wore it and denied ownership when asked by the watch owner’s husband.
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Godfrey
Canada
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Slacker plan to dodge draft using heart stimulant exposed
Roscoe S. Conkling and Francis G. Caffey announced an investigation after a witness alleged a German sympathizer physician planned to treat two young men with a heart stimulant to defeat medical exams for draft exemption. The information, given by an unnamed source, prompted immediate action by U S district attorney and adjutant general officials.
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New York
Francis G. Caffey
United States District Attorney
Roscoes
Conkling
Bank Changes Name to American Exchange Bank
Milwaukee stockholders unanimously vote to change the corporate name of the German American bank to American Exchange bank, citing a response to a general request from customers and stockholders. The bank officials announced the action at the meeting held today.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Exchange Bank
Burglary Blows Safe in Lethbridge
Lethbridge reports a Tuesday night burglary that blew open a safe and stole the Dominion Express Company order book numbers Nos Li 182660 1888699. Merchants are urged to watch for these numbers in possible attempts to cash them locally.
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Lethbridge
Dominion Express Company
Berlin to Contribute Over 104 Million Sharks to State Tax
Greater Berlin will contribute slightly more than 104 million sharks to the state income tax this year, marking an increase of about 11.06 million sharks from the previous figure. The announce emphasized steady growth in regional tax receipts.
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Greater
Berlin
Ontario War Convention Calls for Nonpartisan Government
Toronto crowds at the Win-the-War gathering demand conscription and a united national government. Speakers including Rowell Guthrie and Hearst press war centralism, denounce party lines, pledge loyalty to King George, and urge Canada to mobilize manpower and resources for victory.
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Toronto
Church
G.T. Denleon
Police Managistrete
Saranto
Exes
Artis Currie
St Wis
King George
William Dhearst
Ontario
No OW. Rowell
Puash Guthrie
Tiher
Canada
Sir William Said
Mabotye
Caution on food conservation warns against under eating
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, chairwoman of the national defense council women’s committee, urges Americans to avoid under eating while promoting thrift. She states advice targets only wasteful or overeating women and not those who are naturally frugal or financially strained. The emphasis is on preserving normal physical and moral health during conservation efforts.
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Washington
Aug
Anna Howard Shaw
National Defense Council
Dr. Shaw
Utah Enacts Drastic Bone Dry Prohibition Law
Utah goes bone dry at midnight with strict penalties for sale giving away or possession of intoxicating liquors. Drinking in public or being intoxicated in public is a misdemeanor. Physicians cannot prescribe liquor for beverage purposes.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Police Court: John Roberts Charged With Train Fare Evasion
John Roberts appeared before Magistrate Rae this morning charged with riding a CPR train without paying fare. He was fined five dollars plus costs.
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John Roberts
Rae
C.P.R
Negroes Appeal to Wilson Carry Petition for Equality
A 3 A delegation of black Americans left New York for Washington to deliver a petition bearing 15 000 signatures to President Wilson. The protest targets racial discrimination and calls for an end to what the group terms offensive behavior.
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New York
Washington
Wilson
Recruiting 9 Nt Low Ebbs In District No 10 Winnipeg
Wartime recruitment in Military District No 49 shows a low ebb with 4525 signed last month and only 4 in the last two weeks. September last year had a worse total of Ko men enlisted, including a recruit who joined in the United States and others who signed for Imperial services.
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Winnipeg
Aly
United States
Imperial Services
Irrigation Focus Dominates Western Canada Convention
Maple Creek Saskatchewan hosts the eleventh annual Western Canada Irrigation Association meeting where Hon. W R Motherwell warns of food surplus exhaustion postwar and years of low prices for farm products. Experts discuss alfalfa under irrigation, dry farming limits, and the use of irrigation reservoirs for fish stocking plus costs in Cypress Hills.
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Maple Creek
Sask
W.R. Motherwell
Western Canada Irrigation Association
Matherwett
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Fairfield
Dominion Seperimental
Lethbridge
Cs I
B. E. Pritog
Dominion
Fishetteg
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von Hildenburg
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von Capelle
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England
Crutchstick Fund
Same Carter
Wpp
Hon
Woop. McPherson
Rowell
Robert Borden
Currie
Hearst
Thay
Hueh Guthrie
Wilfrid
Guthrie
Whifrid
United Action
Eesia
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F. H. Peters
Dominion Government
Cypress Hills
WAR Department
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