Fronts in Europe See Heavy Actions on Eastern War Fronts
European fronts show Austro German armies pressing Russia around Warsaw and along the Narew while fierce artillery duels continue on the western line. Ostrolenka and Radom fall as Russian defenses crumble. Italian actions on the Isonzo claim gains near Gorizia but Austrian reports say Italian losses are high. The coal miners' strike in South Wales nears settlement as Turkish sailings face disruption from Russian destroyers.
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Warsaw
Ivangorod
Vistula
Narew
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Bug
Berlin
Russtan
Poland
Ostrolenka
Radom
Vienna
Baltic
Sokal
Bug River
Galicia
Ypres
Sir John French
Isonzo
Corso
Rome
Gorizia
Kreuzeberg
South Wales
Miners’ Federation
London
Black Sea
Caucasus
Sebastopol
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Cattaro
Amalfi
Adriatic
East
England
United States protests Carranza occupation of Naco border
Washington reports protest over Carranza forces occupying Naco on the Sonora Arizona border. U S note urged adherence to the Scott agreement banning border operations endangering Americans. Zapata reoccupied Mexico City as Gonzales moved north to meet Villa, surprising Washington and Mexican agencies.
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Naco
Sonora, Arizona
Carranza
United States
Washington
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Silliman
Republic
Gonzales
Belleved
Villa
Pachuca
State Department
Sonora-Arizona
San Antonio
Texas
Piedras Negras
Monclova
City of
Zapata
Arbuckle Estate Heir Dies in New York at 45
Charles Jameson, heir to the John Arbuckle estate valued at 390 million dollars, died Friday after two operations. He was 45.
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New York
Charles Jameson
John Arbuckle
Precincts Vote on Road Bonds in San Jacinto County
Cold Springs precinct No 1 in San Jacinto county voted 94 to 0 against a $48000 road bond. In precinct No 2 Camilla and Shepherd combined voted 190 to 18 for a $75000 road bond.
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Cold Springs
Tex
San Jacinto County
Camilla
Shepherd
Rotary Club elects new head in Oakland
Allen D. Albert of Minneapolis Minnesota was elected president of the International Association of Rotary Clubs Friday in Oakland California.
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Rotary Club
Oakland
Cal
Allen D. Albert
Minneapolis
Leo Frank Attacked in Prison, Throat Slashed by Fellow Inmate
Leo M. Frank, serving life for Mary Phagan's murder, was stabbed in the throat by fellow inmate William Creen at the State Prison farm in Milledgeville. Surgeons treated him, sewing twenty five stitches. Frank's condition described as doubtful.
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Miledgeville
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
William Creen
Dreen
Guy Compton
Creen
Columbus
Kitchen
Atlanta, Ga
Double Quarantine Enforced for Ships at Galveston Port
Galveston Texas begins a double quarantine system with both the U S public health service and Texas state health department inspecting and fumigating ships. Dr R L Wilson announces that all vessels are in quarantine until cleared. State charges 10 for boarding and 650 for fumigation, federal government charges none. About 200000 has been spent on a new federal quarantine station with hospital, detention quarters, and living space for the head surgeon and assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
United States Public Health Service
Health Department
State of Texas
R. L. Wilson
United States
Liberty Bell Installed at Panama Pacific Exposition
The liberty bell, symbol of independence, was installed Saturday in the Pennsylvania pavilion at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Crowds cheered as the bell reached the plaza, with Speaker Champ Clark Governor Hiram Johnson and other speakers present. Forty eight girls representing the states laid wreaths on the bell.
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San Francisco
Cal
America
Pennsylvania
Champ Clark
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Swiss Alarmed By Rare Bird Visit
Swiss papers report a beautiful bird new to Switzerland appearing in the Engadine causing superstition. The bird is linked to historic famines and upheavals in 1570 1784 1866 and 1870 tied to pest outbreaks internal strife and the Franco German war.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Engadine
IC C C sweeps Texas into Shreveport tariff regime
Interstate Commerce Commission extends Shreveport rate case to Gainesville Fort Worth Waco and all points between shifting Eastern Texas to Shreveport rules effective Sept 16 The order defines Eastern Texas and adopts Texas Oklahoma rate scales for long hauls while moving Texas shipments from Texas to Western classification. officials note rate equalization aims to curb discrimination.
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Washington
Texas
Shreveport
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gainesville
Fort Worth
Waco
Brazos River
Gulf
Oklahoma Commission
Santa Fe
Texas Commission
Oklahoma
First Bale Ginned in Riverdale Goliad County
The first bale of cotton in Goliad county was ginned Friday at Riverdale gin. It weighed 405 pounds and was raised on W. F. Pettus' farm. The premium on the first bale totaled $40.
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Goliad
Tex
Goliad County
Riverdale
W. F. Pettus
Police seek 11 year old believed to be Catherine Winters
In Mannington West Virginia police think an 11 year old abandoned by wanderers may be Catherine Winters the missing girl kidnapped two years ago in Newcastle Indiana.
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Mannington, W. Va
Catherine Winters
Newcastle
Ind
Villa Defeated Again in Sonora Clash
In Anavacachi Pass west of Agua Prieta after a six hour battle General Calles Carranza commander in Sonora reportedly defeated Villa troops led by General Jose Maria Acosta. Calles commanded about 8000 troops while Acosta had around 1500.
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Douglas
Ariz
Anavacachi Pass
Agua Prieta
Calles
Carranza
Sonora
Villa
Jose Maria Acosta
Acosta
Strike at Remington Arms Plant in Bridgeport Conn
Machinists at Remington Arms and Ammunition Company plants and four sub contractors walkout with about 175 workers joining, according to labor leaders estimates.
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Remington Arms Plant
Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Georgetown Gin Plant Burns in Texas Fire
The Georgetown Gin Company plant, valued at 8000 dollars, was destroyed by a fire Friday night in Georgetown Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Tex
Georgetown Gin Company
Big 3000-barrel well brings boom to Taylor Texas
Michael Murphy's sixth well at Taylor, Texas, produced about 3,000 barrels on Monday, marking one of the town's largest oil discoveries to date.
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Taylor
Taylor, Tex
Michael Murphy
Sub That Can Go and Return Demonstrated by Lake Test
Bridgeport Conn In a test of a new G class submarine Simon Lake claims the vessel can cross the ocean and return without fuel stops.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Simon Lake
Train Plunges 200 Feet Killing Three Near Dalhart
A 200 foot plunge into a gulch at Indianola near Dalhart Texas on Tuesday killed three men and wrecked an engine and ten freight cars of the El Paso and Southwestern railroad.
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Dalhart
Tex
Indianola
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Daughter of Gen Sherman Dies in Paris
Paris report says Mrs Eleanor Sherman Thackara wife of Alexander M Thackara American consul general at Paris died Sunday She was a daughter of General Sherman of Civil War fame.
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Paris
France
Eleanor Sherman Thackara
Alexander M. Thackara
Thackara
General Sherman
Stolen Wallace Post Office Funds Recovered in California
Federal postal inspectors recovered about $18,000 of the roughly $20,000 stolen from the Wallace Idaho post office in December 1913. Clarence McDaniels, a former clerk there, confessed to the theft and is under arrest in San Francisco California.
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San Francisco
Cal
Wallace (Idaho
Clarence McDaniels
Lusitania Victim Washed Ashore Identified in Kerry
Documents bearing the name of J. K. Montgomery vice president of a Philadelphia national bank were found on the body of a Lusitania victim washed ashore on the Kerry coast.
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Queenstown
Kerry Coast
J. K. Montgomery
Philadelphia
Goliad Produces First Bale This Year
Goliad reports its first bale ginned this year weighing 628 pounds, raised by Sam Johnson and processed at the B. W. Martin gin on July 17. The bale was shipped to Houston.
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Goliad
Tex
Sam Johnson
B. W. Martin
Houston
First 1916 Cotton Bale Ginned at Woodsboro Farm
The first 1916 bale of cotton was produced on the Huber Buehring farm in Woodsboro Texas. It weighed 506 pounds with 1,550 pounds of seed cotton and sold for eleven dollars.
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Woodsboro
Tex
Huber Buehring
McLoughlin Wins Panama-Pacific Tennis Title
In San Francisco M B E McLoughlin defeated William Johnston to win the Panama Pacific Exposition championship in men’s singles 7 9 46 8 6 6 2 7 5 before the largest crowd ever seen at a tennis match.
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San Francisco
Cal
M. BE. McLoughlin
William Johnston
Carranza Receives Munitions Shipment
A shipment of 1500 30-30 rifles and 50000 rounds 30-30 cartridges from an eastern factory was consigned to the Carranza forces in Nuevo Laredo and crossed the Rio Grande to the Mexican side Friday.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
American Artists Win Prize at Panama-Pacific Exposition
The grand prize for American oil paintings at the Panama-Pacific Exposition was awarded Friday to Frederick Carl Frieseke, born at Owosso, Michigan.
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San Francisco
Frederick Carl Frieseke
Owosse
Mich
First cotton ginned in Skidmore as drought drags on
The first cotton of the season was ginned in Skidmore Texas on Saturday. The crop is shedding due to continued drought conditions.
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Skidmore
Tex
Saw Mill Destroyed in Aldridge Fire at Aldridge Lumber
The Aldridge Lumber Company lost its saw mill plant with 400,000-foot capacity in a Monday blaze. Insured value or loss listed at 250000 dollars. Local firefighters battled the flames to prevent spread to nearby buildings.
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Aldridge, Tex
Aldridge Lumber Company
Falls County Still Wet Prohibition Vote
Falls County voters carried the prohibition election Thursday in a county that was already wet as Waco reports. The result shows no change in dry status for the county despite the statewide context.
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Falls County
Waco
Tex
Two Negroes Lynched After Georgia Murder Suspects
Two Black men suspected of aiding Peter Jackson in the Cochran murder case were lynched Friday night near Hawkinsville by a citizen posse. The suspects were previously lynched Thursday for the killings of three white men near Cochran on Tuesday night.
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Cochran
Peter Jackson
Hawkinsville
Gas Strike Delights San Angelo With Test Well Hit
Gas has been struck at the test well north of San Angelo, Texas, and considerable excitement has been created. Local officials and residents await developments as crews secure the site and assess flow potential.
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San Angelo
Tex
Look at her and her wringer repair dispute
The ironmonger describes a departing customer who demanded compensation for a wringer repair delay. He says she wanted him to pay a charwoman’s fee and claims she pressed for a dinner bill for her husband on a non wash day.
Mayor Recieves Ambiguous Bath Ticket Prank
A company opened a swimming bath and sent a free ticket to the mayor as a compliment. He liked it at first but grew suspicious after a second one arrived. He warned the bath proprietors that a third ticket would be taken as a personal insult.
Spring Sign Sparks Funny Exchange Between Hyker and Pyker
The dialogue hints at a playful spring mood as Hyker asks for the defining sign of the season and Pyker jokes about a craving to watch others work. The exchange captures a lighthearted newsroom moment signaling seasonal shift.
Equitable Division Dialogue from the Cruler Parable
A child explains fair sharing to a parent asking if the cruler was divided as instructed. The response affirms that the elder gave the younger the hole, illustrating a simple tale of equal treatment and unselfish sharing.
Monument Built by Postum Recalls Health Turnaround
An Illinois man proclaims he became a “monument built by Postum” after quitting coffee and using Postum. He credits relief from dyspepsia constipation headaches and indigestion with improved appetite digestion and sleep, saying he is now strong and healthy. The ad notes two forms of Postum and prices, urging readers to try it.
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Postum
Illinois
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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