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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1916
Page
1
City reports 34 deaths from paralysis and 162 additional illnesses as health officials push remedies. Police find fewer sanitary law violations, yet 355 are fined in Manhattan amid ongoing health crackdown.
daily updates show more deaths and cases in Brooklyn, with Manhattan and Queens also reporting gains. officials urge calm, emphasize that spread remains limited to certain districts and that many cases may be misclassified or uninvestigated.
The Milan Daily Telegraph reports Count Julius Andrassy as Austria’s potential new Foreign Minister to replace Baron Burian. Andrassy recently met in Switzerland with France to discuss a peace basis, while Austrian royalty gather at Schoensbrunn for Emperor Francis Joseph’s illness as war news is kept from him.
London reportsin July 14 that Britain and allies abandoned the Declaration of London by Order in Council and similar decree in Paris. The note explains the shift from peacetime rules to applying established law as warfare tech advanced beyond prior concepts.
The royal chateau near Tatos outside Athens was consumed by a forest fire sparked by a smoker in extreme heat. Royal garages, guards’ barracks, and nearby villas were lost as flames spread through dry wood and pines. Firefighters and troops could not save the estate or its contents.
An advertisement proclaims BOSCA Italian sparkling wines equal to the best Champagne, positioning the product as a premium choice for celebratory occasions.
New York National Guard Seventy first Battalion members,state they had no meals since leaving Camp Whitman and raided a baker shop a fruit stand and bakery in Erie. Police intervened and guards secured payment for most items before the men returned to their train.
About 700 New York National Guardsmen swept the Cleveland market district after arriving from multiple units. They seized 200 watermelons, several hams, tobacco, cigars, ale, and other goods. Merchants plan to report losses to the War Department in Washington.
Extra police precautions were ordered in Kansas City as hungry National Guardsmen marching toward the border caused a scare after a riot yesterday when Eighth Massachusetts Infantry troops wrecked a fruit stand. Recruits from New York units received ten days of rations and a 20 cent daily coffee allowance. Major General Leonard Wood cited lack of discipline and said punishment would come from Texas or New York authorities.
C Company Second Texas Infantry prevented an armed Mexican raiding party from crossing the Rio Grande near Donna Texas. Six men advanced at 3 am were warned to halt and opened fire, both sides exchanged shots briefly with no injuries reported. General Bliss plans border inspections while US border patrol reports a separate friendly fire incident at Presidio injuring Private Milhoun whose jaw wound is not dangerous.
Albany July 14 Former Senator J Mayhew Wainwright has been commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Inspector General's Department and is ordered to Texas by the governor. Continued on Page 3.
Charleston reports say the U S naval collier Hector carrying sixty marines and crew of seventy plus twelve officers went ashore and broke in two near Charleston harbor. Officials feared for the sailors and Marines aboard as rescue efforts continued and wireless contact remained limited.
Headlines describe a spate of shark incidents near Matawan Creek New Jersey with two bathers killed and a third maimed. A large man-eating shark, likely over nine feet, believed responsible, sparked a coast guard effort and cabinet discussion on whether sharks are massing along the Jersey coast.
On a 48 hour, fourteen kilometer front from Albert to Bapaume fierce British offensives sought to widen gains. German second line held amid stubborn counterattacks as French forces push near Matrées and Belloy with heavy losses reported on multiple sectors.
Russian forces repel a Teutonic push near Stobychna northeast of Kovel on the left bank of the Stokhod. Berlin reports German counterattacks fail with Russian gains and prisoners. Vienna notes Russian penetration northwest of Buczacz but are driven back. Continued on page 2.
A small British company fighting at Ovillers near Pozieres nearly wiped out after a brave stand. The encounter underscores heavy casualties and intense combat as forces contest the front.
Special dispatch reports heavy combat at Ovillers with gains of trench and ground as British forces from Cheshire and northern counties push through ruined village. Guerrilla-level close quarters battles unfold in underground cellars and bombproofs.
British forces seized Bazentin le Petit Bazentin le Grand and Longueval as the Somme battle intensified. German counterattacks failed to hold the advances as Trones Wood and surrounding positions remained in British hands and heavy casualties were reported.
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