Verdun Battle Rages On As German Assaults Continue
London reports Verdun, described as the greatest battle in world history, enters its 52nd day with German forces pressing on both banks of the Meuse. Forts hold despite massive artillery and gas bombardment as losses exceed 200,000 on both sides.
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London
England
Verdun
Meuse
Douaumont
Paris
France
Dead Man's Hill
Caillette Wood
Vaux
Gremans
Pierce
Germany
Caurettes Wood
Cumieres
War Office
Douaumont-Vaux
Berlin
Dardanelles
Felabie
Ikskull
Petrograd
Kizerum
Adige
Sugana
Rome
Noozie South Dakota Weather Forecast Update
South Dakota forecast generally fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight and on the eastern portion Thursday. Fresh westerly winds expected across the state.
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South Dakota
Atrocities Reported by Cossack Regiments in Galicia
Eb J Ward of Ottawa Illinois recounts letters from his daughter Mrs Anton Widitz in Vienna detailing Cossack raids in Galicia during March and February. He adds personal observations from his own visit, confirming the claims of widespread semibarbarous conduct and officers encouraging seizure of women as spoils.
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Chicago
Galicia
Eb. J. Ward
Ottawa
Ill
Palmer House
Anton Maximilian Viditz
Vienna
Austria
Julia Jennings Ward
Mr. Ward
Dirt Weakens Good Gravel in Pit Testing
In Brookings South Dakota Professor Robertson Cook from the State College engineering department explains a simple test to gauge dirt contamination in gravel fill. A quart Mason jar filled with material to be tested, with stones removed, is shaken and allowed to settle. the dirt layer height above coarser material indicates suitability. If the dirt layer exceeds three eighths of an inch, washing is advised before use.
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Brookings
S. D
Robertson Cook
State College Engineering Department
Opening Day Of Major League Baseball Season
Opening games across seven of eight major league cities forecast clear, fair weather with big crowds. In the National League Boston visits Brooklyn and New York travels to Philadelphia while Chicago plays Cincinnati and Pittsburgh hosts St Louis. in the American League Detroit opens at Chicago and St Louis goes to Cleveland with Philadelphia at Boston and Washington at New York. The season follows a period of reform after the 1915 champions Boston Red Sox and a shift of independent league players to the majors and minors as teams rebuilt.
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New York City
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Boston Red Sox
Referees Named for Polley Disbarment Hearing
In Pierre the supreme court selected Judge D Haney Mitchell John B Hanten Water Town and T H Hull Huron as referees for the Polley disbarment proceedings with hearings to begin in this city. The same session held that banning liquor sales within five miles of towns is unconstitutional for title sufficiency but that the legislature may enact such control.
Statement on Gravel Quality for Strong Concrete
A remark stresses that clean coarse hard gravel is essential to make strong concrete and should be strongly emphasized. The quote highlights gravel quality as a key factor in concrete durability and performance.
Armour in City Fire Destroys Ten Central Buildings
A late afternoon blaze in the central east block devastates ten principal business structures, origin blamed on wiring. Firefighters lose water supply briefly as wind fans the flames, with $100,000 possible loss. Insurance coverage uneven as several policies lapsed. Buildings include the Gem theatre and a bakery. many are one story frame structures.
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Armour
8. D
Walther
Edwards’ardware
Armour State Bank
C. W. Taylor
Gem Theatre
H. J. Crochett
John Moran
T. J. Barrett
Hamm Brewery Company
Timothy Norton
Nation
Richard Harding Davis Dies at Mount Kisco Home
Renowned author and war correspondent Richard Harding Davis died at his Mount Kisco, New York residence from heart trouble. His body was discovered this morning after he apparently suffered a heart attack while at the telephone.
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Mount Kisco
N. Y
Richard Harding Davis
Villa Death Rumors Spark Mexican Pursuit
Across El Paso reports claim Pancho Villa is alive and hidden in the Sierra Madre as U S forces push the rear guard through Durango and Chihuahua. Pershing shifts headquarters while rail lines are contested and Carranza loyalists fight at Pasaje.
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Ger. Pershing
Casas Grandas
Mexico
Bandit Villa
Villa
Columbus
New Mexico
Persh
Chihuahua
Senora Innocente Riveri
Senora Tomas Milan
Senora Riveria
Guerrero
Minaco
San Antonio
Texas
Casas Grandes
Mexico-Northwestern
Pershing
Latevo
Carranza
Torreon
Pasaje
Durango
Contreras
Centreros
Nazas
Ruse
N. M
Francisco Villa
Fox
The
Sierras
H. A. Dargue
WB. S. Gorrell
Satego
Mexico City
Mex
Sierre
War Department
Cusihcuirachio
Il Paso
Dodd
Colonel Brown
Parral
el Paso
Chihuahua-Durango
Doctor Claims Germ Causes Epilepsy in Ground Origins
Dr Reed startled the medical world by announcing epilepsy as a germ disease and asserting the epilepsy germ comes from the ground. Further experiments will be conducted to verify the claim.
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Reed
Dispatches Report American Columns Base Near Parral
Private interests in the Parral district report dispatches noting American forces have established a temporary base near Parral and that a motor truck train delivered supplies to that base.
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Parral
Soldiers Pray At Soap Box Altar In Mexico Camp
In a frontier bivouac near Mexico a few hundred Khaki soldiers held a Sunday night religious service under a starry, makeshift canopy. Chaplains preached from a soap box rostrum using humorous anecdotes and vaudeville numbers, omitting creed while stressing Christian faith. The crowd remained attentive as they sang America, coyotes howling outside campfire light.
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Mexico
Billy Sunday
States
Father Joyce
America
Six New Yorkers and One Canadian Indicted in Fight Film Smuggling Case
Indictments name Harold T. Edwards Isaac C. Ulman Harry A Fishbeck W V Bulmer James J Johnson Lawrence M D McGuire and J J Orknay charging conspiracy to import and transfer Willard Johnson fight films across the Canadian border at Rouses Point to evade US law. Five arrests expected as grand jury proceeds. Doctors Bobb install a new high grade x ray machine in First National Bank building.
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Syracuse
N. Y
United States
New York
Harold T. Edwards
Olney and Comstock
Isaac C
Plant Blast Kills Three at Nemours Mills
A Dupont Powder plant at Nemours Mercer county exploded four times today. The blasts shattered nearby homes in the village eight miles away, killing a workman and two children whose bodies were found among the ruins. The plant had been operating day and night on war orders. Communication lines to Nemours were cut by the blasts, hampering details.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Dupont Powder Company
Nemours
Mercer County
Maps in Use Made in 1863
Washington reports a woeful lack of current military maps hindering defense planning. General William M. Black cites Charleston studies showing the latest map dates to 1863 Confederate engineering corps. He also asks for funds to feed war dogs recently assigned to the army.
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Washington, D. C
Military Affairs Committee
William M. Black
Black
Charleston
S. C
Confederate Engineering Corps
House Votes Fort y Million Appropriations
The House passed the river and harbor bill totaling 40 million dollars by 210 to 138. Amendments to cut items were rejected. an effort to halve the total failed. Most funding continues existing work, with a 700 thousand dollar Brooklyn navy yards approach deepenment as the only new plan, urged by President Wilson.
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HOUSE
Washington, D. C
Mann
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Wilson
Proxy Fathers To War Babies in Europe News
East Hammond reports war baby births from Europe with foreigners accepting fatherhood by proxy. A Chicago worker named Joe Stewoski sent cigars after learning his wife gave birth to a son while he has not seen them in four years. A Gibson laborer also celebrated a birth with cigars for bosses as his proxy fatherhood.
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Chicago
Europe
East
Hammond
Joe Stewoski
Gibson
America
Summer Resort Gossip Probed at May-Dull
Characters discuss idleness at a summer resort with quips about Paris and romance. Blanche taunts Harry while Cora seeks confirmation about a rumored romance.
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Reichstag
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Noozie
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