Burgess prohibits blank cartridges and fireworks in borough
The Burgess bans blank cartridges high explosive firecrackers and other unlawful items within the Fourth of July limits citing danger and law respect concerns. The move targets rowdies rather than Patriotism and police urge restraint among youths. Governor Brumbaugh vetoes the salary hike for legislators from 1500 to 2500. Albert Hinkle of York dies of a heart attack. J B Stabley elected commander of York Adams County Ancient Order of the Knights of the Mystic Chain. Smigesville chosen for the 1918 convention with a parade and town decorations.
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America
Albert Hinkle
York
J B. Stabley
Yee
York-Adams County Association of the
Ancient Order of the Knights of the Mystic Chain
Littlestown
Smigesville
British Front Roars As Major Offensive Looms Near Ypres
A general survey reports signs of a near resumption of large scale fighting on the British front in France. The bombardment around Wytschaete and action near Vimy ridge intensify as trench raids increase. British ships bombarded Ostend and a distant clash with a German light squadron yields a destroyer loss and damage.
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France
Ostend
Admiralty
Wytschaete
Ypres
Vimy Ridge
Allied Offensive Near Lens and Scarpe Front
In the Lens area and mining district General Haig seeks to push Germans from the coal region. An offensive breaks from Lens to the Scarpe as artillery roars in Belgium. British advance on Greenland Hill east of Lens while French forces under Petain repel two more German assaults northwest of Braye in the Aisne.
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Lens
Douglas Haig
Belgium
Scarpe
Greenland Hill
Petain
Braye
Aisne
Haig looms offensive on nine mile Belgian front
General Sir Douglas Haig launches a major blow on a nine mile front along the Messines Wytschaete ridge between Ypres and Liège. British reports claim first objectives seized and progress across the line with Messines and nearby towns in British hands as German attacks near St. Quintin are rebuffed.
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Douglas Haig
Belgium
Messines- Wrytschaete
Ypres
Lisle
Messines-Wytschaete
Messines
British Drive Advances in Belgium as German Resistance Drags
Reports from London describe hesitant German reactions to a British thrust in Belgium with weak counterattacks. General Baig’s troops hold the ground gained while over six thousand Germans are reported captured and more are being sent rearward. Several batteries are reported taken and shells cited as destroying others. On the French front near Orient, artillery activity remains strong.
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Belgium
London
Baig
T. Orientin
Germans Fail To Reoccupy Messines Salient After British Defeat
Official and unofficial despatches say German attempts Friday night to reclaim the Messines salient failed. General Plummer's wellplanned operation and strong British positions left the Germans, even with massed fresh troops, unable to regain ground. Italian notes hint at possible Austrian moves in the Trentino but report no current offensive.
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Messines Salient
Plummer
Trentino
Germans Fail to Counter at Ypres Front Amid Haig Drive
Report from the Ypres front states German forces show no effective counter attack as British and Allied troops press gains from the prior Haig offensive. South of Ypres German bombardments recapture ground in several sectors while French units hold and the Chemin des Dames sees brief German penetration near Cerny repelled with prisoner losses. In the Austro Italian theater, fighting continues mainly in artillery exchanges.
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Ypres
T O
Field Marshal
Haig
Teutons
Ung
Chemin Des Dames
Cerny
New Oxford Borough Cautions on Fireworks and Explosives
On June 11 1917 New Oxford Pennsylvania council bans sale or possession of blank cartridges firecrackers high explosive devices balloons and similar items within the borough and warns violators face arrest under law. Burgess Geo Hummer signs the order.
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New Oxford
State of
Pennsylvania
Hummer
York man dies after Sunday road accident
William Keesey was injured Sunday night in York when the spring wagon he and his family were driving was struck by an automobile and died later at York hospital.
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William Keesey
York
York Hospital
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