French Forces Press Front With Gains on Somme
French and British units on the Somme front report advances near Combles and Courcelette. Paris says French troops found many German dead and took several prisoners. Allied artillery activity increased with aerial combat and new trench gains reported.
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London
Coureclette
Somme
War Office
Combles
Paris
Tuandon
France
Somre
Haig
Foch
Combes
Ihe
Freyeh
Britigh
175th Battalion Call Urges Immediate Duty at Sarcee
The 175th Battalion orders men to report immediately for duty at Sarcee. Equipment is packed for entraining, and the corps plans to move east next week. Efforts are underway to recall harvest leave personnel as soon as possible.
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Sarcee
Serve Yourself Store Opens with Low Prices
Mr. Foster of Foster's Shoe Store on Main Street opens a third street branch named Serve Yourself Store. Shoes are displayed for self-service with only cash desk help, aiming to cut prices by reducing paid assistance. The store opened this morning to crowds, located opposite the Assiniboia Hotel. Col Theodore Roosevelt considers a campaign trip plan proposed by Republican leaders to reach the Pacific coast.
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Mr. Foster
Foster’s Shoe Store
Main Street
Third Street
Foster
Assiniboia Hotel
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Greece’s Proposals Tilt Greece Toward War
Athens reports Greece sent definite proposals to Entente capitals. If accepted, Greece would enter the war. continued uncertainty could see Greece declare war on Bulgaria on its own.
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Athens
Greece
Bulgaria
Big Sympathetic Strike Readied in New York Area
Hugh Frayne AFL organizer announced a sweeping sympathetic strike involving about 600000 union members in Greater New York and Westchester County. The plan would begin Wednesday morning following a conference of roughly 60 union leaders.
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New York
Westchester County
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Splendid Result of a French Aeraonauts Courgeous Flight
Paris reports Flight Warrant Officer Baron flew nearly one hundred miles beyond the German border and bombarded Ludwigshafen and Mannheim on the Rhine. The raid caused a large fire and several explosions at Mannheim.
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Paris
Baron
Ludwigshafen
Palatinate
Rhine
Mannheim
Mannhelm
Local Casualties A Pritchard Brother In Frontline Service
Among the wounded in yesterday's casualty list appears Pte. J. E. Pritchard of this city, brother of Mr. Arthur E. Pritchard. He joined a Calgary battalion, later transferred to an Ontario Highland unit, and had been in the trenches since July.
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Pte
J. E. Rifchard
Arthur EB. Pritchard
Calgary
Ontario Highland Corps
One More Score to Settle with Foxy Ferdinand
A Romanian official in London states Bulgaria agreed not to attack Romania when Romania declared war on Austria-Hungary. He cites Russo Romanian victory in Dobrudja and says General Averescu moved from Transylvania to Dobrudja after evidence Bulgaria would break its word. The Bulgarians face failure of the plan to seize Constanza and the Danube bridge.
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London
Bulgaria
Rumania
Austria-Hungary
Dobrudja
Averescu
Hungary
Transylvania
Constanza
Danube
Rumor of Franz Joseph Abdication Spreads in Europe
Amsterdam dispatch reports Count Michael Karolyi asking the Hungarian diet if Franz Joseph abdicated his sovereign rights to the German emperor. The Hungarian premier allegedly said Karolyi was wrongly informed and that the king fully retained his sovereignty. Paris notes the chamber approves war credits for the year and the Socialist majority backs Ribot's financial plan, vowing to protect France’s territorial integrity including Alsace-Lorraine.
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Amsterdam
London
Michael Karolyi
Hungarian Independence Party
Hungary
Budapest
Ticza
Karolyi
Paris
Chamber of
Socialist Party
Blanc
Raffin-Dugens
Ribot
France
Algace-Lorraine
Canuck Soldiers Break German Lines At Courcelette
Ottawa reports Canadian troops in the Somme offensive, capturing Mouquet farm and the sugar refinery at Courcelette, taking over 1200 prisoners including 82 officers. Montreal and Toronto battalions led assaults, repelling German counterattacks as they held newly captured trenches.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Courcelette
France
London
Sommie
Mouquet Farm
Montreal
Vancouver
Toronto
Teachers May Earn Higher Grade Certificates
Arrangements allow teachers with Grade XX certificates to obtain Grade IIIT or First Class credentials while remaining in charge of schools. Evening classes, special courses, and summer sessions aid higher qualifications. The Provincial Institute of Technology and Art offers extra-mural courses with correspondence classes starting by October 1. Applications to G. R. Dolan in Calgary due by October 1.
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Provincial Institute of Technology and Art
Calgary
Department of Education
Institute of Technology and Art
G. R. Dolan
M.A
Western farming shows strong threshing returns in district
Local farmers report widespread threshing across the district with J and Bowell field yielding about 4500 bushels at 30 bushels per acre. About 4028 bushels sold for 5828.50, 600 bushels kept for seed. Hewitt harvested 12550 bushels on part of acreage, land said to repay investment multiple times since purchase at 16 per acre.
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I and J
Bowell
Hewitt
Grain price report and death notice in condensed wires
Winnipeg market recap lists Oct wheat at 157 1 4 and 158 1 2, Nov at 186 1 8, 156 a. No. 36. oats and barley values follow. Chicago futures show Sept wheat 1645 Dec 1543 4 and 156 5 8, May 16. Minneapolis and other exchanges feature Dec and May quotes. Also notes the death of Private mh.
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C.W
N.W.C
Chicago
Minneapolis
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