German Kaiser pensions seven Prussian generals in 1916 context
Berlin reports the Kaiser will retire five generals and assign two to garrison duties. Other dispatches note British submarines sinking two freighters near the British Isles, German offensives near La Maisonette and Biaches, and various Allied and Russian military actions around Picardy and the eastern fronts.
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Berliner Tageblat
von Bredow
von Wiestkowsky
Glokke
Cramer
von Beuer
von Kleist
Krahmer
Convention names Hughes backer and Illinois campaign opening
Governor Philipp is renominated by the Milwaukee convention for a second term. Charles Evans Hughes is endorsed for president as the national Republican platform is linked. Marshall Cousins of Hall Claire is chosen lieutenant governor. Hughes steps into the Midwest with a Chicago rally on August 8 and a Detroit stop on August 7. A crash west of Jacksonville kills five, injures one. New York health reports 160 new infantile paralysis cases and 31 deaths in 24 hours, Brooklyn showing the largest rise. A separate line notes a train shooting near Bucyrus leaving four passengers wounded.
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E. L. Philipp
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Charles Evans Hughes
Marshall Cousins
Hall Claire
Illinois
Chicago
Mr. Hughes
Detroit
Greater
New York
Health Department
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Chicago-New York Broadway Limited
Bucyrus
Villa Cuts Communications as Mexican War Flares
Rebel forces under Villa sever all lines from Chihuahua City southward and threaten to capture the city. Rail lines north of Jiminez torn up for miles and telegraph and telephone wires cut. Carranza reports negotiations with Washington proceeding satisfactorily. US troops in San Antonio and Texas National Guard engage in border skirmish near Donna. In Nogales, Col Alejandro Barron is held on charges of organizing a Mexican expedition.
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Chihuahua City
Villa
City
Mexico City
Jiminez
Felix Diaz
Carranza
Sonora
United States
Nogales
Ariz
Col
Alejandro Barron
Mexico
Fire destroys summer palace of King Constantine
Wireless dispatch from Athens to Paris reports Constantine's summer palace at Destruction area burned, with the king escaping in an automobile from a dangerous position. In Cork 1000 Sinn Féiners wreck a recruiting office after the Dublin rebellion releases prisoners and the Commons advisory committee recommends releasing 460 detainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Athens
Constantine
Dublin
Cork
Ireland
House of Commons
London
Wilson Reports German Sub Deutschland Peaceful Vessel Claim
President Wilson told a Washington citizenship convention that the neutral board regards the German submarine Deutschland as peaceful and entitled to privileges. He urged foreigners becoming citizens to stay loyal and practice loyalty at home.
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Polk
Washington
Government
Neutrality Board
Wilson
Senate
James Hay
Madison
United States Court of Claims
Old Ben’s Grief Moves Horace Greeley Statue West
A large crowd watches as the five ton Horace Greeley bronze statue is moved from Printing House Square to City Hall Park. The effort includes a topple and a crack in a window as horses and a truck struggle on slick streets.
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York
Park Row
Printing House Square
Bel Franklin
Ben
Mr. Franklin
Tribune
Horace Greeley
Uncle Horace
Newspaper Row
Horace
Mail Street
Broadway
Chambers Street
City Hall Park
City Court Building
Humane Woman Receives Raise as Milwaukee Dog Catcher
Miss Leonore Cawker, known for caring for homeless dogs and cats, gains a raise to 1200 dollars a year as Milwaukee’s official dog catcher after a decade of unofficial work. She previously earned 500 dollars and ran the department with staff and a private kennel, advocating painless euthanasia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilwaukee
Wis
Leonore Cawker
Upper West Side
War munitions dumped into sea off New York
A tonnage of police seized arms were destroyed in an annual offshore disposal. The haul included 978 revolvers 366 other weapons and 109 shotguns and rifles loaded into three cars at headquarters arsen al and sunk 27 miles southeast of the lightship under Captain Keyes.
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York
Greenwich Village
Jersey
Marine Division
The
Department
Keyes
Broadway
Scotland
St Louis Opens Fly Pound Amid Citywide Traps
St Louis bans flies with a citywide program and a fly pound to trap and deter swarms. Fly traps placed around the city become local attractions as officials target the pests like stray dogs with a pricing plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Louis
St. Louis
Mound City
Louis Ang
Third Death Likely From Big Four Collision North of Warsaw
Mil-ton Brumbaugh aged 60 was killed and his wife fatally injured when their car was struck by Big Four train No. 27 eight miles north of Warsaw. Benton Genzhorn and family from South Haven Mich were severely hurt. Brumbaugh was a Republican candidate for county commissioner. Mrs Brumbaugh died in hospital after being dragged from the burning wreckage by Frank Tringle. Genzhorns had multiple injuries including a broken back and leg. one passenger suffered burns.
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London War Office
Somme
Picardy
Longueval Village
Bazantin le Petit
Bazantin le Grand
Jacksonville
Warsaw
Milton Brumbaugh
Benton Genzhorn
South Haven
Mich
South‘sound
Sae -Jeesburg
Brumbaugh
Stanley Bolow ski found in marsh near Michigan City
Stanley Bolow ski of Hedgewisch, missing for a week, was found in a marsh near Michigan City. He was crazed from suffering, wearing only a shirt, covered with mosquito bites, nearly unrecognizable. Officials believe he wandered off, went sunstruck, and weakened by blood loss.
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Hammond
Stanley Bolowski
Hedgewisch
Michigan City
Dye to Fight State Committee Ouster for Hughes Backing
Indianapolis July 17 William Hilton Dye Progressive national committeeman ousted by the state committee for backing Charles E Hughes in the campaign says he will not recognize the committee’s authority to oust him and prepared to contest the action.
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Indianapolis
William Holton Dye
State Committee
Charles BE. Hughes
Governor grants pardon to long‑escaped Indiana convict
Indianapolis July 17 Governor Ralston pardons Fred Connor who escaped from the Indiana reformatories 15 years ago and was never recaptured. He is serving a term in the Ohio state penitentiary for safe blowing, and clemency was sought to permit a parole from Ohio.
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Indianapolis
Ralston
Indiana Reformatory
Fred Connor
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ohio
South Bend Plans Centennial Historic Pageant
South Bend announces a notable centennial celebration on October 4 and 5 with an historical pageant as the principal feature. Henry B. Rooney of Chicago is named pageant director. The event will involve 8,000 active participants including a 5,000 voice chorus.
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South Bend
Hoosierdam
Henry B. Rooney
Chicago
Rev. August Johnson Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Laporte reports the death of Rev. August Johnson age sixty two, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church here for nine years. He was prominent in synodical labors across Illinois, Indiana and Michigan and died following an operation for appendicitis.
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Laporte
August Johnson
Swedish Lutheran Church
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
New Albany Boy Proposes State Stars on Flag
Carson Champhill of New Albany suggests awarding a distinct star for each state on the national flag with Indiana taking the upper right corner position. He advocates highlighting states to honour them and make the flag more meaningful nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Carson Champhill
Indiana
Springfield marksman sets trap record at 23 yards
C. A. Young of Springfield Ohio broke 100 consecutive targets at 23 yards to establish a new world record in trap shooting in Peru. Officials report the prior record was 98 at 22 yards.
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Peru
C. A. Young
Springfield
Counterfeit Money Circulation Reported in Seymour
Seymour on July 17 reports counterfeit silver dollars and five dollar notes circulated among local business men. The silver dollars are crude and light in weight while the five dollar notes are hard to distinguish from genuine currency.
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Seymour
Ade Declines Progressive Nomination for Governor
Kentland July 17 Will H. Ade brother of George Ade and former Progressive congressional candidate says he will not accept the nomination for governor On the Progressive ticket he was proposed for the fourth place.
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Ade
Kentland
Will H. Ade
George Ade
Congress
Mother of four seeks help from Lydia E. Pinkham Co
A Washington Park resident identifies as a mother of four and offers to share her story or seek advice. She invites readers with questions to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts for free guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Park, Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn Mass
Byplay Minstrels Interlocutor Quiz in Roving Skit
The piece features a back and forth joke about wealth with Mr Interlocutor and Mr Tambo. It notes the absurd punchline about capital being the richest country and mentions a ballad performance by Mr Payne as the undertakers collect Mr Tambo's remains.
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United States
Mr. Tambo
Deejand
Tand
Tan
Alway Doub- On
Payne
Bere
Peg
Jim Finn
Raus Mit der Kaiser
Philadelphia
Purported Baby Bath Remedy Ad Amid Murky OCR Text
Fragmentary OCR describes a soap product claim for babies with rashes eczema and itching and references a clubhouse theft. The legibility is poor with garbled phrases and unclear chronology or attribution.
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Appelings
Hull
England
Bute
Ben Aden
France
la Maisonette
Biaches
Fanoe
Jutland
Copenhagen
Germany
Lower
Strupa
von Bothmer
Stokhod
Kovel
Petrograd
Buczacz
War Office
Vienna
David Lloyd-George
Seaham Harbor
Lege
Marian Lambert
French Broad River
Asheville
N. C
Theodore Waserman
Hector
Charleston
Santo Domingo
H. A. Merrill
Charlotte, Mich
Hetty Green
Wisconsin Infantry
San Antonio
Tex
Second Texas Infantry
A. S. Horton
National Guard
Rio Grande
Donna
General Pershing
Navy Department
Navy
R. Hunt
Decatur, Hil
Greeley
Dog Catcher of
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pe “T
Kile
Aly
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