26 Jul 1916
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1916
Page
1
The Frederick Town Savings Institution promotes travelers cheques in denominations of 10 20 50 100 and 200 dollars as a safe and satisfactory way to carry funds for vacations in the United States Canada or elsewhere and invites customers to use this service along with other banking matters.
Repair and paint roofing and spouting at reasonable prices. Call 914 for service. Full hardware line including tools paints tinware and enamel ware.
Washington announces negotiations nearly complete for the U S purchase of the Danish West Indies from Denmark for 25 million dollars. A treaty will be sent to the senate for ratification, granting U S possession of St Croix St Thomas and St John, aiding navy bases and shipping lanes near Porto Rico and the Panama Canal. The sale faces Danish parliamentary approval and historic opposition from Danish aristocrats and German influenced factions.
The eldest son of the German Crown Prince has advanced to the rank of lieutenant, marking a notable step in the royal family's military and ceremonial duties within the Empire.
Eleven men perished when a gas explosion choked a new water works tunnel fifty feet below Lake Erie. Ten others died resisting the fumes and one more later. Rescue teams with oxygen helmets recovered bodies as investigators sought the blast cause. Names and roles include Harry Wolkes William Dolan and John Johnson in Cleveland.
Washington July 26 Representatives of three large American banks informed Acting Secretary Polk they are willing to advance a $30,000,000 loan sought by China to rehabilitate its finances. The proposal is understood to have full State Department approval.
Budapest reports Cossack detachments crossing into Hungary causing widespread panic. Refugees overwhelm frontier towns, blocking roads and straining relief as Russians retreat after brief incursions. Heavy exhaustion and famine among refugees noted. gendarmes contest advance amid battlefield reports from Bakharoff.
London reports British forces hold the village of Porteres after repelling German counterattacks. Since July 1, Allied reports say 26,223 Germans captured, plus 140 guns, trench mortars, and hundreds of machine guns. Sudden Wilmington death follows a shooting in Pennsgrove. Delaware militia mobile against demands for movement to Demtag, N M.
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