Russia Turns and Fights Again In War Amid Front Shifts
War report round up notes Russian forces holding ground along the Warsaw line as Austro German advances falter. Italian and German actions on the western front show limited gains. Amalf submarine sinks Italian cruiser Amalf in the upper Adriatic. reports say most crew saved. The Laidlaw versus Hartford Insurance suit to recover Dunmore Hotel fire losses moves toward trial. American steamer Platuria held by a German submarine at Swinemunde.
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Poland
Lubel
Warsaw
Krasnik
Nicholas
Galicia
Petrograd
Lemberg
Rome
Carnie
London
Woevre
St. Mihiel
Paris
Amalf
Adriatic
Minister of Marine
The
Times
Calais
Laidlaw Vs. Hartford Insurance Co
Supreme Court
Dunmore
Swinemunde
Prussia
Platuria
New York
Turkish authorities announce death of Col Leipsig at Constantinople
Turkish officials report Colonel Leipsig died by his own hand in Constantinople. The notice adds no further details and no names of associates are given. The item ends with an unrelated sales prompt urging readers to use a News Want Ad.
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Col. Leipsig
Constantinople
Fourteen Sunday School Children Die In Ontario Rails Crash
A Niagara Falls Park and River railway car carrying 160 people derailed on a steep Queenston incline. Fourteen killed and 70 injured, mostly Toronto Sunday School children from a picnic. Survivors reported a runaway car with brakes failing and the motorman unable to stop before the third curve. Some perished on the boat to Toronto. others died at the scene or en route.
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Toronto
Niagara Falls Park and River
Queenston
Germans Lose 200 Yards Of Trenches To British Forces
Field Marshal Sir John French reported British forces captured about 200 yards of German trench on the extreme left and took 80 Germans prisoner. He noted ongoing artillery duels near Ypres with gas shells, mines, and a successful French contribution with guns and trench mortars.
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London
John French
Europe
Ypres
Neuve Chappelle
Wireless Taken by Government in Suyville Station
Washington reports the government took control of the Suyville Long Island wireless station the sole private direct link between the United States and Germany.
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Gov't. Washington
Suyville
Long Island
United States
Germany
Wheat and oats prices drift in North American markets
Winnipeg and American exchanges report July wheat at 130 3 8 to 131 1 4, Oct 102 1 2 to 102 3 8, Dec 103 3 4, oats at 59 5 8 to 59 3 8 with July flax at 154 1 2 and Oct 160. Chicago July wheat 108 3 4 to 109 1 4, Minneapolis July wheat 127 3 4 to 128 1 4, Sept values 101 3 4 to 103 3 8, linseed cash and futures steady in Duluth at 175 3 4.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Battle leaves 600 Carranza followers dead near Paredon
Reported that 600 Carranza followers were killed in a Monday battle in a fruitless effort to seize Villa stronghold Paredon about 385 miles northwest of Monterey.
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Carranza
Paredona Villa
Monterey
Court Broadside: Wage Nonpayment Case Quick Ruling
Grace Chatterton faced a court charge for wage nonpayment. Frank Hicklin claimed seven dollars. the court awarded seven dollars plus costs totaling one dollar twenty five cents. The decision settles the wage dispute with costs assigned.
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Grace Chatterton
Frank Hicklin
Explosion on the Minnehaha Aboard British Liner
Wireless reports from the Minnehaha captain say an explosion and fire occurred late yesterday 750 miles southeast of Halifax. The ship carried about 100 crew and no passengers, was laden with explosives and inflammable material, and headed for Halifax expected to reach there tomorrow morning.
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New York
Frank Holt
Halifax
General Botha forces capture Oyavi in German Southwest Africa
General Botha's units win a running bush fight in German Southwest Africa and capture Oyavi from German forces. The action underscores ongoing engagements in the region during the campaign.
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Botha
Africa
Oyavi
German Southwest Africa
Falkiner Missing From Battle of St Julien
George Falkiner, former yard foreman for Western Canada Lumber Co in this city, has been missing since the battle of St Julien. Relatives in Toronto report he enlisted with the first contingent and a letter to him via Army post office London was returned marked missing. His aged father is in suspense.
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W. J. Turner
Western Canada Lumber Co
Toronto
George Falkiner
Battle of
St. Julien
Falkiner
Army Post Office
London
Trial Opens For German Spy Crew At Venice
A military tribunal in Venice opened the case against Captain Liebscher and three Lemnos crewmen held at Ancona. They face espionage charges in the wartime naval affair.
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Liebscher
Ancona
Venice
Adriatic Docked Safely at Liverpool in Evening
New York July 8 The Dow Jones News Bureau reported that the Whiteliner Adriatic docked safely at Liverpool at two o clock this afternoon.
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New York
Dow Jones News Bureau
Liverpool
Glasgow House Sale Attracts Record Crowds
Crowds flocked to the Glasgow House sale opening yesterday with staff racing to reorganize stock after a huge rush. Manager Mr Turner announced sales surpassed any previous day, predicting another busy period today through Saturday as new prices and specials are announced. France reports military casualties from the war totaling about 1 4100 000 with 100 000 killed, 700 000 wounded, and 300 000 prisoners.
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Glasgow
Tornado Swept Middle West Destroys Towns and Kills Several
A cyclone sweeping from Nebraska to Ohio caused extensive damage and numerous deaths. Cincinnati reports about 34 dead with up to a million dollars in damage. St Charles and St Peters in Missouri were nearly wiped out without fatalities. Lincoln and Custer counties in Nebraska suffered crop damage. Indiana and Illinois faced widespread destruction and injuries.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Missouri
St. Charles
St. Peters
Gilmore
Lincoln
Custer
Calloway
Illinois
Mound City
Indiana
Chicago Tron workers resume strike action resolution
A portion of the Chicago structural workers returned to duty after more than six weeks of strike action. About 1,500 workers recommenced labor that had been halted, signaling a partial easing of the labor dispute.
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Chicago
Promotion Examinations From School Classes
A long list of students across multiple teachers shows names under Mr Canevan Mr Friedman's Miss Nelson Miss Coulson Miss Craig and Miss Perry with many pupils awaiting promotion exam results. The fragment ends with continuation note page two.
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Leste Long
Florence Lyle
Hazel Wilson
Nelson
William Stothers
Kile Ausley
Victoria McBride
Bruce Macdonald
Ernest McCracken
Harry Morrice
Mosie Levine
Kenneth Gregory
Betty Allen
Harold Knight
Matthew Crozier
Recruits Mount for Local Hat Company Battalion
The 63rd Regiment adds volunteers with 105 men accepted by noon and more awaiting. John King, veteran miner, tops list with seven medals including South African and Africa-related honors. two of his sons also serve at the front. Patrick O Connor, James W Hamilton, Leo Dowd and others join or sign up as Captain Davidson plans a southern recruiting tour to complete a second company.
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63Rd Regiment
John King
King
Africa
Omdurmin
Grenadier Guards
Grenadiers
Patrick O'Connor
Dublin Fusiliers
South Africa
Canada
B" Bottery
Kingston
London
James W. Hamilton
Dominion Land Office
City
Empress
Davidson
Edmonton
Amputation Count Reported for British Soldiers in WWI Hospitals
The record notes that amputation of limbs was required in only 782 cases among British soldiers admitted to hospitals in France and Belgium.
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France
Belgium
The Lost Is Found Child Missing in City
Police search for the ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Haywood ended when a ranch in the country reported the boy found He had been missing since last evening and was located at noon today in a rural location near Fifth Street and Eighth Avenue.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Newport
Covington
Fort Thomas
Mitchell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Latonia
Terrace Park
Peloc
Becker May Confess If Reprieve Denied
New York sources say Charles Becker's counsel Martin Manton stated Becker would reveal names of graft money receivers if his appeals fail and the electric chair looms for the Rosenthal murder. The plan allegedly involves six men, including police department figures, tied to bribery from gamblers and illicit resorts. Confusion surrounds testimony and immunity contracts as appeals proceed.
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New York
Charles Becker
Martin T. Manton
Becker
United States Supreme Court
Herman Rosenthal
Whitman
Manitoba Parliament Buildings Scandal Proceeds at Inquiry
Winnipeg July 8 Three members of the Royal Commission investigating the parliament buildings scandal testified before a new commission about negotiations before the old government resignation. Chief Justice Mathers weighed continuing the probe, while prosecutor Fullerton aimed to wrap his case tomorrow and Liberal counsel Pitblado signaled a quick resume.
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Winnipeg
Royal Commission
Mathers
Howell
F. H. Phippen
A. B. Hudson
Fullerton
Isaac Pitblade
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Ith
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Minnehaha
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Turner
Kk. R. Bradley
St. Louis
St. Charles County
St. Louis County
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Henderina van der Doorn
Francis Maltby
Olivia Johnstone
Gwennie Taylor
Ella Coursey
Helen Clark
Mabel Evans
Beatrice Russell
Marguerite Schram
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Helen Welling
Agnes Spence
Leslie Evans
Hattie Brehm
Edgar Cleary
Wietske Rube
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Harriet Larson
Marion Smith
Florence Gardiner
Laurence Stover
Sadie Chudleigh
Betty Wright
Moir Dawson
James Robinson
Leighton McAmmond
Eadwin Dilworth
Hilda Lydeard
Freeman Tilley
Howard Hargrave
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Allan Morris
Violet Pearen
Arthur Atwood
Frank Harvey
Elva Stone
Alice Dickinson
Fran Miss Perry
Chris Charlie Blundell
Hazel Crittenden
Stanley Crittenden
Frances Depew
Lois Ginther
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Frank Lee
W. Ginther
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Margaret Morrison
Willie Allan
Leo Dowd
England
Dowd
Redcliff
William Aitken
Lethbridge
William Bard
Patrick O’connor
Ireland
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Donald Cameron McKay
Earnest W. Crouch
Clarence Walker
Ernest EK. Worts
Kerro
Bert, Sask
Robert Wood, Shepherd
Wallsgrove
Coventry
Eng
David Rose
Farmer
Conicayvil
Darnway
Scotland
Edward T. Lloyd
Miner
Waterloo
Ing
Frank Austin
Cook
Montreal
Jaimes McDermont
Mon
Treal
Big Tim" Sullivan
New Haven
Manitoba
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