01 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1916
Page
1
Savings institution promotes travelers' cheques for trips across the United States and Canada in $10 to $200 denominations. It advertises safety and satisfaction, inviting customers to use the bank for travel and other banking services.
New York reports a fourth arrest in the Black Tom explosion at Jersey City as investigations expand. Edmund L. McKenzie, president of National Storage, faces a warrant. Albert M. Dickman and Alexander Davidson are held on $5,000 bonds. Theodore B. Johnson also bound on $5,000. Dead numbered three with a dozen missing and many injured as authorities probe explosives storage and railroad links amid vast property damage.
British troops advanced posts north of Bazentin le Petit on the Somme plateau after local engagements. German counterattacks between Hemwood and Monacy farm were repulsed, while French batteries enfiladed German forces on the Somme left bank. French gains near Delville Wood and Trones Wood yielded 250 taken prisoners. French troops north of the Somme resumed operations proving new methods. Emperor Francis Joseph in critical condition. Archduke Karl summoned to bedside as Vienna reports.
Two American men were killed and one wounded when Mexican bandits crossed the Rio Grande near Fort Hancock Texas. A U S cavalry detachment pursued, exchanging fire at an old log cabin where five bandits were slain. The casualties included John Twoney and Robert Woods, with Lewis Thompson wounded. Mexican reports claimed three bandits were captured and stolen stock recovered.
At a Holy Roller church on Lick Mountain in Wytheville Virginia a free-for-all fight ended with deadly gunfire. Joseph Peoples was killed, Leck Fisher shot multiple times and dying, and Frederick Fisher Gordon Fisher and William Spencer jailed on shooting charges amid a mountain feud. A separate item notes nine year old John F Carter Jr drowns in a millrace at Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania after a dog slips and falls in. An inventor claims electrically heated clamps to crease pants while worn.
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