A General Survey of the War
War news reports a British cruiser Hampshire sunk west of the Orkney Islands with Earl Kitchener and 400 officers and sailors aboard. Fierce fighting rages on the Flemish front with heavy Canadian losses. Paris claims repulse of German attacks near Verdun. A Russian offensive advances toward the Romanian border as Petrograd cites initial successes.
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Earl Kitchener
Hampshire
Russia
Orkney Islands
Flanders
London
Paris
Meuse
Verdun
Petrograd
Germans Renew Push At Fort Vaux And Ypres Front
German forces press Fort Vaux near Verdun after a lull, with French reports of repulses and heavy losses. Heavy fighting continues on the British front near Ypres as Wilhelm II proclaims a shattered naval supremacy in the North Sea. Russians claim progress in their offensive with prisoner totals rising to about 40,009. Vienna says czar’s attacks mostly repulsed with losses, Austria evacuates minor positions, Rome notes Austrian invasion checked.
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Fort Vaux
Verdun
French War Office
Ypres
William
Wilhelmshaven
North Sea
Britain
Vienna
Rome
News of World War I Front Shifts Across Europe
Avices to the Russian Embassy in Rome report Lutsk captured with Austrian brigades and Volhynia front smashed with Teutons pushed back twenty miles. Berlin acknowledges loss of battle cruiser Lutzok and small cruiser Rostock in Jutland. Paris notes loss of Fort Vaux near Verdun. French lines still hold outskirts and trenches. Rome says Austrian advance checked and Teutons driven back at several points.
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Rome
Lutsk
Volhynia
Berlin
Lutzok
Rostock
Jutland
Paris
Fort Vaux
Verdun
War developments in Europe as fronts shift and leaders confer
Advisers to the Russian embassy in Rome report the eastern front broken by ninety four miles to a depth of thirty seven and a half miles. Russian prisoners total 55,000. Allies tighten control of Greece and enforce treaty obligations. French appoint Salonika governors. Greek ships barred from port. Greek army demobilized. German attack on the Meuse pushes at a point near Thiaumient farm as General Joffre attends a war council in London.
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Rome
Greece
Salonika
Meuse
Thiau Mient Farm
Joffre
London
Russian advance splits German Austrian forces on front
Petrograd reports capture of ninety seven officers and five thousand five hundred men. Italian transport Principe Umberto torpedoed with one thousand soldiers aboard. feared heavy losses. Meuse battles continue with heavy artillery on both sides and a lull in infantry assaults per French war office.
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Petrograd
Meuse
War Office
Russian Offense Claims Vast War Prisoners and Gains
The Russian official statement reports 409 officers and 35,000 men captured in Volhy nia and Galicia with 30 guns and a large booty seized. It credits General Techitskyn’s force for 18,000 prisoners near Czernowitz and Lukowina as Austro-Hungarians were overwhelmed.
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Volhynia
Galicia
Techitskyn
Czernowitz
Lukowina
Verdun
Chamber of Deputies
Navy Aviator Killed In Calamitous Flight Mishap
Lieutenant Richard C. Saufley, a Navy aviator, died when his aircraft crashed on Santa Rosa Island Pensacola. The accident marks a deadly training incident involving military personnel and equipment.
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Navy
Richard C. Saufley
Santa Rosa Island
Pensacola
Woman 75 Killed by Train in Maryland Crossing
Mrs. Emma Collins, seventy five, was killed when she stopped in front of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train at Hyetteville near Hagerstown Maryland. Emergency crews found no signs of life and authorities investigated the crossing incident as a fatal accident.
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Emma Collins
Baltimore & Ohio
Hyetteville
Hagerstown
Marriages in the area include Deatrick and Bringman union
Miss Correne Deatrick daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Deatrick of Biglerville wed Jay W Bringman son of Mr and Mrs W I Bringman of Gettysburg in Elkton Maryland. They plan to move to Kansas City where Bringman will work as a chemist for a railroad company. Elizabeth Sanders of Taneytown and J Edw Gray of Littlestown married at St Aloysius Church Littlestown. Earl Long of Littlestown wed Beatrice Noel of Mt Jay township at St Pauls parsonage Littlestown.
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Correne Deatrick
John W. Deatrick
Biglerville
Jay W. Bringman
W. I Bringman
Gettysburg
Gettysburg College
Elkton
Kansas City
Bringman
Elizabeth
John J. Sanders
Near Taneytown
J. Edw. Gray
Anna Gray
Littlestown
St. Aloysius Church
O’callaghan
Earl T. Long
Aug. Long
Beatrice I. Noel
Nathaniel Noel
Mt. Jay Township
St. Paul’s Parsonage
John Jay Will
Marriage notices for Earl Burrier and Miss Anna Ironicke
Earl R. Burrier civil engineer and Miss Anna Ironicke of Schenectady were married May 25 at 2 pm by Rev J B Baker at St James Lutheran parsonage Gettysburg. Eliza A McKinney of Bendersville and Willis S Sterner of Gettysburg also wed at the same parsonage.
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Earl R. Burrier
Elmer Burrier
Mast Berlin
Anna Ironicke
Schenectady, N. Y
J. B. Baker
St. James’ Lutheran Parsonage
Gettysburg
Eliza A. McKinney
Bendersville
Willis S. Sterner
Couple Banqueted in Cashtown Nuptials at Hartzell Home
Miss M Faith Bucher and Harry C Hartzell of Cashtown wed on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev M B McLaughlin at the home of Mrs J R Gilbert near Mt Pleasant.
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M. Faith Bucher
Harry C. Hartzell
Cashtown
M. B. McLaughlin
Trone and Redding wed in Baltimore ceremony
Seith A. Trone and Miss Minnie M. Redding were united in marriage at 1 o clock on Sunday afternoon in Baltimore by Rev. 8. G. Ziegler. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob A. Trone and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Redding, Hanover.
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Seith A. Trone
Minnie M. Redding
Baltimore
Council Proceedings June 6 1916 Regular session
Regular session held with Burgess Jrummer and all members present. May minutes approved after correction. Street work discussed Pleasant street grading but not paving. other street repairs ordered with tile drainage for Eagle Hotel rear and South Peters street. Stand pipe cleaning ordered. bids and junk offers noted. College board to hire drill instructor. Rev Wickey elected instructor in history and philosophy. Railroads rumored to seek shorter routes West to New York and Baltimore.
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Burgess Jrummer
Livingston
Pleasant Street
Little
Taughinbaugh
Kohr
Kxeeny
Eagle Hotel
Keeny
Hoffman
Eagle Alley
South Peters Street
Cagle Hotel
Dixon
Kepner
Melhorn
Sweeney
Council
Wagner
Gettysburg College Board of Trustees
Army
Norman J. Wickey
Littlestown
College
Seminary
Wickey
Harvard
Philadelphia and
Reading
Maryland
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Special Parke Stamp Day Offers Bargain Stamp Deals
Customers can fill stamp books by purchasing Parke products including coffee cocoa vanilla tea baking powder and spices offering stamps per purchase such as 40 stamps per pound of Parke's 30c coffee and 50 stamps per 1-4-12 pounds of cocoa, promoting multiple products and prices across Parke's line.
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Parke
Cam Parke
Meteor explosion rocks York area with scorched lawn
A falling meteor exploded near York shortly before 1 am Sunday, causing heat damage over a 30 foot radius including a burned snowball bush. Debris woke residents with a roof impact sound but only a window pane broke at the home of Gustav R. Brostrum chief electrical engineer for York Mfg Co. The event is blamed on intense heat from burning gases.
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West Ind
York
Gustav R. Brostrum
York Mfg. Co
Delaware County Grand
William H. Harvis
William Campbel
Leiperville
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Council Proceedings
Ihtep
Nproval
Sale
Spirkic Y
Frederick Street
Hanover, Pa
J. Rigargoes
New Oxford, Pa
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
York County Agricultural Society
Hanover
Hanover Agricultural Society
Samuel McKee
Tidioute
Kane Summit Hospital
Kane
Mr. McKee
Bull” Durham
Bull
Bull Durham
North Carolina
Durham
U.S
Durham, N.C
THE
American Tobacco CO
Ritene Pee
Sere
Iby
Aan
Prowell
Penn’a
Abraham Roth
Sauctioneer
Abbottstown, PA
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