Slavs at Czernowitz Capital of Bukowina War Front Update
Great Russian drive across Volhynia and Galicia pushes toward Czernowitz with thousands of prisoners and captured weapons reported. Hussars and Austro-Hungarian forces clash from Pripet to Bukowina as Verdun bombardment continues and British forces seize Mombo and Bismarckburg.
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Volhynia
Bukowina
Petrograd
Czernowitz
Francis Joseph
Dniester
Horodonka
Zale Szczyky
Pruth
Sniatyn
Pripet River
Russia
Galicia
Russian War Office
Baronivichi
Berlin
Tarnopol
Verobievka
Kozloe
Vienna
Gulf of Riga
Buwakina
Riga
Verdun
Thiaumont Farm
Zillebeke
Belgium
Teutons
Trent
Rome
Arsa
Pasubic
Posina
Astico
Asiago
Sugena
Maso Torrent
Victor Emmanuel
Scurelie
Legirna
Conni Zugna
Caucasus
Mesopotamia
Constantinople
Asiatic
Turkey
Nominated by Acclamation at St Louis Democratic Convention
Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Marshall were renominated by acclamation at the St Louis convention. Only one delegate opposed Wilson. The Democratic platform credits four years of reform, banking and currency changes, a federal trade commission, tariff adjustments, tax fairness, labor protections, and postal improvements.
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Robert Emmett Burke
Illinois
James
Glynn
New York
Wilson
Tumulty
Marshall
St. Louis
Democratic Party
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Republican Party
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Trade Commission
Raid by Mexican force at San Ignacio sparks border clash
At San Ignacio near Laredo 100 Mexican fighters under Luis de la Rosa attacked Troop M of the Fourteenth Cavalry. American losses were three killed and six wounded. eight Mexicans killed and many horses and equipment lost. Major Gray hunted a hot trail, while many raiders may have reentered Mexico.
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San Antonio
Tex
Luis de la Rosa
San Ignacio
Laredo
Alonzo Gray
Mexico
Department
Funston
Gray
Mann
Nominating Speech Declares Moral Leader of Democracy
John W. Wescott of New Jersey delivers a sweeping nominating speech praising prophecy fulfilled and the eternal verities of righteousness. He lauds schoolmasters statesman financier emancipator pacificator and moral leader status amid war calamities and hostile rhetoric.
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St. Louis
John W. Wescott
New Jersey
Obscure Medical Ad and Broad Global Snippet
A vintage ad for Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial urges keeping a bottle in the medicine chest. The text claims fifty years of constant use and lists prices 25c and 50c. The snippet then shifts to a stark note on Persian irrigation dependence along the Caspian coast and a remark about China’s appearance being Japanned.
Lung-Vita Cured Her Says Mrs Clark
Mrs Rubie Clark of Nashville Tennessee says she was bed bound before an agent offered Lung-Vita She says three doctors diagnosed tuberculosis and Lung-Vita cured her The Nashville Medicine Co offers a thirty day treatment for $1 75 and testimonials in support of consumption and asthma.
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Clark
Rubie Clark
Oriel St
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Medicine Co
Steger
Rip Van Winkle not available for commencement speech
A school commencement planning talk in a nearby county includes a trustee urging Rip Van Winkle as speaker. The teacher explains Rip is not available this year, noting the joke ends with the trustee’s mistaken suggestion. The story comes from Rev. W. H. Book of Colum bus.
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W. H. Book
Tabernacle Christian Church of Columbus
Bartholomew
Rip van Winkle
Rip
Identity of a Pacifist Fool in Lugubrious Portrait
A man with a profoundly somber face declares he is not a humorist but a pacifist who believes preparedness will trigger war. The narrator presses him and calls him a dad-burned fool, noting his extreme woe and bleak mood.
Consulting a Lawyer Opinion and Price Disparity
A dialogue features a client comparing two lawyers for the same opinion. One charges $25, another $5, highlighting value of confidence in a case. The exchange touches on war in Europe and gendered perception, ending with a quip about a woman being a case herself.
Similar Brand and a Ring Query in Witty Exchange
A witty exchange unfolds as a fair maid toys with an engagement ring asking about the first wife Katharine. The widower confirms and notes deep affection, while she expresses desire for a duplicate ring. De Soto and a river fleet are mentioned with no profit noted. An optimist enjoys fruit, a pessimist slips on the peel.
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Katharine
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Europe
German East Africa
Mombo
Usambaru District
Bismarckburg
Lake Wanganyika
Kern
Thomas Riley Marshall
Texas National Guard
Texas Regiment
Thomas R. Marshall
U. S
Texas
Larero
BRUSH
Minaden
Charles F. Flowers
Edward Katonah
Thomas H. Ewing
James E. Roach
William Oberlies
William Minnette
Tony Havlina
Henry Matasoff
Presidio
Carranza
Ojimaga
Ojinaga
Rojas
Martinez
Villanueva
Ortega
Antonio Reyes
Villa
Pina
T. A. Coleman
Webb
Villareal
Carranza Army
Cenobio Mendez
Coleman Ranch
International & Greater
Encinal
Mendez
Dolores of
Antonio Carbajal
Cactus
Caspian
China
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Philadelphia Ledger
de Soto
Postum Cn Yo ! Limited
U. S.A
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