Allied Capture of 500 Prisoners Near Lassigny and Roye
Allied forces push toward Lassigny and Roye with early reports of 500 German prisoners taken in the sector east of the Oise. French troops secure Vassens NW of Morsain as bombardments and assaults continue along the Oise Aisne front.
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Paris
Oise
Lassigny
Eche de Paris
L’homme Libre
Vassens
Morsain
Aisne
War Office
Breslincourt
Nancy
Chemin Des Dames
Roye
Bacquemont
Fendi
Beaveaigues
Il Pino
Beauraignes
France
Plessier
Debeneny
Chaos in Russia as Bolsheviks plan escape from Kronstadt
Telegraph dispatches from Stockholm report Petrograd plunged in terror with up to 80 000 arrests since early August. Bolshevik leaders are aboard the warship Aurora at Kronstadt awaiting possible German aid if the regime collapses. Lenine and Trotsky arrived in Petrograd August 10 and Kronstadt is under special police measures.
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Wahington
Petrograd
Stockholm
Moscow
Lenine
Trotsky
Kronstadt
Geoff
Revolutionary Party
Rational Assembly
Germany
Wounded Private Doane And Fellow Soldier Messages
Mrs. A Willard of 173 Third Street N W reports her husband Pte Willard is in Middlesex Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder from August 15. Telegrams note Private Herbert Lambert Doane of the Mounted Service admitted August 11 to No 5 General Hospital Rouen with gunshot wounds to the lower extremities. Director of Records says Pte Roane served two years in France after several enlistment attempts.
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A. Willard
Third Street
N.W
Pte. Willard
County of Middlesex Hospital
Pte
Willard
Ora Doane
Balmoral Street
Herbert Lambert Doane
The
Mounted Service
No. 5 General Hospital
Rouen
Roane
Victoria
France
Toronto Street School
Errth Columbia
Citizens to visit Ronalane with Rotary and trade groups
Mr AD W Hays of the Canada Land and Irrigation Company invites Rotary members to join City Council Board of Trade and Auto Club for a trip to Ronalane for a corn feed. Cars should notify seats, with a 7 20 a.m. departure from the Board of Trade building. H L Tweed asks representatives to a Board of Trade meeting to finalize plans.
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AD. W. Hays
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Rotary Club
Board of Trade and Auto Club
Ronalane
Board of Trade
H. L. Tweed
Board of Trade meeting to plan August Ronotane trip
A Board of Trade meeting will be held tonight at 8 at the Board of Trade rooms. Members are urged to attend to arrange the August 28 Ronotane trip. An electrically operated machine is aiding Boston Red Cross workers in turning out surgical bandages.
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Board of Trade
Ronotane
Boston
Hed Cross
Henry Sliozberg Assassinated in Petrograd Russia
Telegraph from Copenhagen reports the assassination of Henry Sloisberg, prominent Jewish relief leader and former Galicia Bukovina official, in Petrograd. Shosherz, noted authority on Russian civil law, aligned with Bolshevik and pro-Patente stance.
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London
Anglo-Jewish Press Agency
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Henry Sloisberg
Jewish Relief Commission
Russia
Shosherz
Galicia
Bukowins
Premier Stewart Captivates Crowd With Frontlines Talk
Premier Stewart spoke for about two hours at the Kam press theatre addressing the audience about conditions at the front in England and France. He praised Britain’s effort and urged unity among Canadians and Americans, stressing the war’s urgency and the need for victory. Mayor Brown welcomed Stewart and noted his return from the battle line ahead of a planned trip to England.
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Stewart
Kampress Theatre
Flanders
England
France
Great Britain
Canada
States
Brown
Medicine Hat
Europe
Drevest
London Street Car Strike Grows With Female Underground Walkout
London Aug 20. The omnibus and street car strike widens as more women join the underground railway walkout. Congestion returns as over 4,000 workers remain on strike, extending the disruption in transit services this morning.
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London
London Omnibus and
Premier Stewart addresses Rotary Club at noon luncheon
Premier Stewart spoke to Medicine Hat Rotary members and guests at the noon luncheon. He praised Rotarians, noted regret at missing farmers, and thanked Hon. C R Mitchell and Mayor Brown for their roles in local projects including a war-time railroad to Medicine Hat.
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Stewart
Rotary Club
Rotary Elute
BO W. Stacey
Premier Stewart
C. R. Mitchell
Medicine Hat
Fremier
Co Ro Mitchell
Mitchell
Brown
Albearta
North
Canada Gains Full Control of Troops, Ottawa Says
Ottawa reports Canada now has complete control over all its troops except in discipline and military operations. Officials describe recent inter-imperial developments as the most significant since confederation, noting the change as a major shift in Canada's status and defense oversight.
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Ottawa
Canada
Labor Day Committee Meets Tonight at Trades Hall
A meeting of the Labor Day Celebration committee will be held tonight at 8 o clock in the Trades and Labor Hall Becker Block. Every member is requested to be present.
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Trades and Labor Hall
Becker Block
Captain Tom Tweed Killed in Action
Mrs JT M Tweed received a cablegram revealing that Captain Tom Tweed, formerly private in Medicine Hat's Own the 75th, was killed in action in France. He rose rapidly from private to captain in the Canadian shock troops, celebrated for intrepid conduct and high morale. The community extends condolences to his wife two sons mother brother and sister.
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Tom" Tweed
France
Chinese Allies Advance On Trans-Baikal Front
The Chinese government has sent a large force to the Siberian border to repel a threatened German and Hungarian POW invasion allied with the Red Guard and Bolshevik elements against the Czechoslovaks in Trans-Baikal.
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Washington, DC
Siberian
Red Guard
Bolsheviks
Trans-Baikal
Allied troops withdraw from Archangel sector
Report from Vologda via Moscow asserts Allied troops in Archangel area have withdrawn beyond Bolshevik artillery range. Soviet forces are said to have blown up the Balkal tudflel of the Trans-Siberian railway, according to the Rheinsche Westfalische Zeitung.
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Amsterdam
Vologda
Moscow
Rheinsche Westfalische Zeitung
Essen
Archangel
Russia
Vienna Faces Shortages as Meat Supply Threatened
Washington reports Vienna may face complete exhaustion of meat supply after authorities order three meatless days per week. The Swiss capital warns residents and markets to adapt amid ongoing food shortages.
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Vienna
Washington
Ios
British Tanker Sunk North Atlantic by German Raider
Philadelphia Aug 19 German submarine sank a British tanker in a running battle Friday about 300 miles northeast of Nantucket according to the tanker’s crew. The crew arrived in Philadelphia tonight from Mexico with details of the attack.
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North Atlantic
Philadelphia
Nantucket
Anker
Mexico
Unclear text fragment on recruits and inspection motives
Fragmented OCR note mentions recruits and inspections with unclear names and purpose. No coherent events or entities to define a full news item.
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Somme
Haig
Ghaos
Aurora
Iene
Ast
Henry Sliozberg
Labor Day Committee
Capt
T. Tweed
JT. M. Tweed
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